Accelerated Aging Integration

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Advanced Aging Integration

The Integration of Artificial Soiling and Weathering in a Commercial Weatherometer Project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), seeks to advance the process for accelerated aging of roofing products from the research and IP protection phases of commercialization through product integration, testing, and validation. 

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The Integration of Artificial Soiling and Weathering in a Commercial Weatherometer Project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), seeks to advance the process for accelerated aging of roofing products from the research and IP protection phases of commercialization through product integration, testing, and validation. Berkeley Lab will work with industry partners to develop commercial devices for rapid prototyping and rating of cool roofs.
The Integration of Artificial Soiling and Weathering in a Commercial Weatherometer Project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), seeks to advance the process for accelerated aging of roofing products from the research and IP protection phases of commercialization through product integration, testing, and validation. Berkeley Lab will work with industry partners to develop commercial devices for rapid prototyping and rating of cool roofs.

The Integration of Artificial Soiling and Weathering in a Commercial Weatherometer Project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), seeks to advance the process for accelerated aging of roofing products from the research and IP protection phases of commercialization through product integration, testing, and validation. Working together, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Q-Lab Corporation, a global provider of material durability testing products, will develop commercial devices for rapid prototyping and rating of cool roofs.

This Integration project derives from the success of our Advanced Surfaces Project, which uses a weatherometer and newly developed soiling method to rapidly age roofing products. Our goal is to integrate the soiling method into existing weatherometer technology in order to provide the cool roofing industry with a new accelerated aging technology that offers many benefits. These include faster prototyping of high-performance cool roofing materials, advancing innovation in the cool roof market, bringing new energy-efficient products to market nearly three years faster, adapting easily to changing building energy code requirements, and boosting annual sales of cool roofs.

 

CONTACT

Mohamad Sleiman
Research Scientist
(510) 486-4678

Thomas Kirchstetter
Principal Investigator
(510) 486-5319 or (510) 486-7071

Related Publications

2018

Chen, Sharon S, Hugo Destaillats, Jing Ge, and Ronnen M Levinson. Calibration of laboratory aging practice to replicate changes to roof albedo in a Chinese city. 2018. LBNL-2001005.

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2014

Sleiman, Mohamad, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Paul H Berdahl, Haley E Gilbert, Sarah Quelen, Lea Marlot, Chelsea V Preble, Sharon S Chen, Amandine Montalbano, Olivier Rosseler, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part II: Development of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 122 (2014) 271-281. LBNL-6714E.

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