Roof color is among the most important features to make up your mind about, an aspect that has direct influence not only on the style and appearance of your building, but on how efficiently you will be able heat and cool the building interior as well.
As a general rule, light colors reflect heat, while darker shades absorb more of the heat they come into contact with and the more heat comes in through the roof, the more difficult it will be to cool the air that penetrates the area underneath the roof. The color of the covering material will determine the amount of solar heat reflected and absorbed, the phenomenon being something that should be paid special attention to in hot climate areas – the color of the roof will also determine the amount of heat that the roof lets through and transfers towards the building interior, but the differences in terms of heat insulation between light colored and dark roofs are less significant in winter. Colorado Springs roofing companies with industry experience will help you determine what roof is best for your home and climate.
To illustrate the impact of the color of the roof color on the amount of heat absorbed by the building through the roof, on a very hot day, the temperature in the attic of a building that has a light-colored roof can be 20-40 degrees Fahrenheit lower than in the buildings that use a dark roof in the same area. This could mean that the light-colored roof uses about 20% less energy on that day.