Reflective Roofing Granules

Built on 3m s history of roofing innovations these highly reflective granules can provide a solution for commercial building manufacturers that is environmentally friendly for a greener environment.

Reflective roofing granules.

Our highly reflective shingles can help to reduce temperatures in your attic so your home will stay cooler in the summer to help save on air conditioning costs. A cool roofing system 10 50 includes highly reflective calcined kaolin particles 20 62 having a solar reflectance of 80 to 92. The highly solar reflective shingles with up to 40 solar reflectivity are landmark solaris platinum shingles. Solar reflective shingles and solar reflective roofing membranes can be an important component in a building system designed to reduce overall building energy consumption and the impact the home or building has on the environment.

1 according to the cool roof rating council cool roofs may save homeowners an average of 7 15 on their total cooling. New highly reflective granule surfaced roof membrane developed through collaboration between 3m and soprema. Our specialty granules offer unique performance features for asphalt shingles stone coated metal and low slope cap sheets can reduce the urban heat island effect and pollution in smog ridden cities. For instance reflective color pigments are added to the granules coating to enhance.

When applied to a roofing substrate 54 the highly reflective kaolin particles 20 62 produce a roofing system having a solar reflectance greater than or equal to 70. Modified bitumen sheet membranes have one or more layers of plastic or rubber material with reinforcing fabrics and are surfaced with mineral granules or. Reflective roofing granules are processed to retain the same strength and overall robustness as traditional asphalt roofing granules. Landmark solaris is a steep slope solar reflective asphalt roofing shingle which contains advanced colored granules that reflect the suns rays and can reduce a roofs temperature by as much as 20 in the summer.

New soprema sg granule surfaced cap sheets are improved with 3m highly reflective granules bringing improved durability and an even brighter white appearance to the market. These are all manufactured by certainteed. Processing reflective roofing granules. Landmark solaris from certainteed roofing is a brilliant energy saving breakthrough that puts cool roof technology to work.

3m highly reflective granules are a drop in granule replacement to manufacture cap sheets that meet title 24 and other reflectivity codes. However reflective roofing granules require different processing considerations. Apply a cool coating directly on top of a dark asphaltic emulsion coating. Use reflective mineral granules or a factory applied coating rather than a dark coating on a mineral surfaced sheet.