Jump to this Video »
Energy 101: Cool Roofs
https://www.energy.gov/eere/videos/energy-101-cool-roofs

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy

This introductory video covers the basic facts about how to keep residential and commercial roofs cool and why it is important to reducing the heat island effect and conserving energy.

Video length: 2:17 min.

Learn more about Teaching Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness»


Climate Literacy

This Video builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.

Click a topic below for supporting information, teaching ideas, and sample activities.

Energy Literacy

This Video builds on the following concepts of Energy Literacy.

Click a topic below for supporting information, teaching ideas, and sample activities.

Notes From Our Reviewers The CLEAN collection is hand-picked and rigorously reviewed for scientific accuracy and classroom effectiveness. Read what our review team had to say about this resource below or learn more about how CLEAN reviews teaching materials
Teaching Tips | Science | Pedagogy | Technical Details

About the Content

  • This video states that traditional, dark-colored roofing materials absorb a great deal of sunlight, which in turn transfers heat to a building.
  • Evidence presented on how cool roofs can mitigate the heat island effect in urban areas.
  • The video also discusses how growing vegetation on top of a building is a cool roof variation.
  • Comments from expert scientist: Overall, the video is very easy to follow and presents sound scientific principals in the explanation.

Technical Details/Ease of Use

  • The text version of the video has both the narration and description of the visuals. This can be used with screen readers by visually-challenged users.
  • There is closed-captioned text, but there are some minor inaccuracies.

Related URLs These related sites were noted by our reviewers but have not been reviewed by CLEAN

http://www.energy.gov/eere/videos
Entered the Collection: April 2014 Last Reviewed: April 2014

Jump to this Video »