Zircon addition to ceramic roof tiles increases solar reflectance, potentially reducing the urban heat-island effect and lowering demand for internal cooling of buildings

摘要

It has been shown that zircon can assist architects in lowering the environmental footprint of buildings they design. A study has concluded that the addition of zircon increases the solar reflectance of ceramic tiles. A paper summarizing the findings of the study was presented at the ECerS conference in Turin (June 2019). It reported how if zircon-containing ceramic tiles are used as a building envelope, they improve the thermal comfort within the building by reducing energy requirements.