BUSAN, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Busan Metropolitan City is building on its cool roof project from last year to prepare the city for heat waves this summer. Busan’s cool roof project assists with painting roofs in the city white, which helps to reflect sunlight and prevent the building from heating up. Over 400 residential [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul has launched a campaign for its ‘Cool Roof’ project, in which the city will paint roofs with thermal-barrier white paint for free, to mitigate the heat island effect and save energy. In the summer, roofs absorb heat and eventually lead to temperature increases inside buildings, causing air conditioning [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In order to reduce the urban heat island effect and save air-conditioning energy, the Seoul metropolitan city government will commence on a campaign to paint the rooftop in white color. To this end, the city government on August 28 appointed “Rooftop Moonlight,” a female duet, as honorary ambassadors for the cause. [...]