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Cool roofs are best at beating cities’ heat 4 July 2024 .
Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels.
Conversely, extensive use of air conditioning would warm the outside environment by as much as 1 degree C in London ’s dense city centre.
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