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The increased amount of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere, and the rapid depletion of fossil fuels have urged the humans to develop technologies that lead in the direction of a sustainable future. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of U-Values of buildings and villas in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The effective U-Value of two different types of roof assemblies of the GCC region was determined, and comparisons were also made between the U-Values for a standard and eco-friendly paint coating. Four different chambers were designed for this project, which had similar wall assemblies, but different roof specifications. Different parameters were collected and recorded, which showed a minimum of 5 % and a maximum of 11 % reduction in the electrical usage and U-Value for the rooftops that were coated with the eco-friendly paint. It was also observed that the effects of the eco-friendly paint were more prominent when an insulation layer was present in the wall envelope of the roof.
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Shahid, S., Whistler, W., Nazarinia, M. (2014). Effective U-Value of Wall Assemblies for an Eco-Friendly Paint Coating. In: Hamdan, M., Hejase, H., Noura, H., Fardoun, A. (eds) ICREGA’14 - Renewable Energy: Generation and Applications. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05708-8_23
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