Subject: Re: black 80%-solar-absorbing shadecloth, Was: AC Short Cycling

From: [email-masked] (Meir Laker)
Date: 11 Jun 96 17:42:58

From: [email-masked] (Nick Pine)
   Date: 8 Jun 1996 07:16:22 -0400
   
   PS: Lent 700 ft^2 of 13.9 cent/ft^2 black 80%-solar-absorbing shadecloth to
   the local newspaper, . . .  so they could see how their
   comfort and AC bills change when they hang it over their barn red south wall
   with R11 insulation and 84 ft^2 of double pane windows. 

Why black, solar absorbing cloth?  Wouldn't white reflective cloth
keep the sun "away" and therefore keep the building cooler?

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Meir Laker 

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