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1 October 2007
From an energy efficiency perspective, roof technology has not progressed substantially in hundreds of years. This is about to change according to the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory - with the use of active thermal mass components, reflective pigments and coatings, subventing, radiant barriers and other novel techniques being tested by a team led by Bill Miller and Jan Kosny.