Beat the heat
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Reflective tiles help keep the roof cool
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Cool and pretty: These white tiles make for aesthetics too.
To understand it best,
take a barefoot walk on
this roof at 2 p.m. when
the sun is at its fiercest
best.
As you stroll around,
place your palm on the
granite topped, short pillar.
Your hands encounter
burning heat. As for
your feet, they feel no
heat, as it would be inside
the house. The secret: V.
Venkatakrishnan has laid
the terrace of his house
with heat resistant tiles.
At Rs. 50 per square
foot, it sounds like an expensive
proportion, but
as the tiles neither retain
heat nor allow heat to
sink through them, the
dwelling directly beneath
the terrace (which is normally
a stiflingly hot living
space), feels quite
cool, and the room temperature
here is at least 8
degree Celsius less than
the ambient temperature.
There is no sensation of
radiation inside this living
space. This means
that you could save up to
40 per cent of your air
conditioning charges or
perhaps do away with air
conditioners altogether.
The tiles are constituted
with cement and materials
with infrared
resistive properties. The
white colour of these tiles
makes for sophisticated
aesthetics too.
HEMA VIJAY
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