`Cool roofs` can beat high heat in homes
(WorldNews India)

With India too facing the effects of global warming with abnormally high temperatures, simple and low-cost `cool roof` measures may bring relief to the people, say experts. `Simple steps such as painting roofs with lime-based whitewash, adding tarp-like coverings, or white ceramic tiles, can help bring down roof surface temperatures by 30 degrees Celsius and also reduce indoor temperatures by three to seven degrees,` New York-based advocacy Natural Resources Defence Council`s (NRDC) Director of India Programme Anjali Jaiswal told IANS. She said the innovative...