Roof Cooling Granules

Applying 3m science to our innovative roofing granules we offer sustainable solutions to homeowners manufactures and contractors.

Roof cooling granules.

Our specialty granules offer unique performance features for asphalt shingles stone coated metal and low slope cap sheets can reduce the urban heat island effect and pollution in smog ridden cities. Our highly reflective shingles can help to reduce temperatures in your attic so your home will stay cooler in the summer to help save on air conditioning costs. Wide arrange of colors save energy and look great at the same time. These include shingles that fight algae growth offer enhanced resistance to damaging hail and offer cool roof color technologies that reflect the heat of the sun to keep homes cooler and can reduce the expenses of air conditioning.

Use reflective mineral granules or a factory applied coating rather than a dark coating on a mineral surfaced sheet. Substitute reflective marble chips or gray slag for dark gravel in a flood coat of asphalt. A cool shingle with white granules costs about the same as one with the old standard dark asphalt granules while a shingle with its specially coated granules colored to match the desired color of the roof can cost from about 35 to75 cents more per square foot source. The cool roof collection shingles are specially designed to reflect the sun s rays helping to make your home more comfortable and energy efficient.

Their solar reflective nature allows the granules to reflect sunlight and heat that other shingles would typically absorb. Benefits of mineral shield roofing granules include. These shingles are specially designed with solar reflecting granules to help decrease the amount of heat transferred into a home. Energy star qualified shingles come in a variety of colors including dark colors even dark browns and grays.

Extend the life of the roof thanks to solar reflecting granules that reduce shingle temperature and subsequently slow asphalt aging. Depending on your location choosing a specialty shingle can even reduce your insurance costs e g. Contains a uv blocker that protects against damaging sunlight improving the durability of the membranes and the system color lock ceramic firing helps maintain the true shingle color weather resistant and designed to meet industry and code requirements. An impact resistant shingle installed on a home in a hail zone.

The cool roof collection has a variety of deep colors that are unexpected of solar reflective shingles which tend to be lighter in color. 3m cool roofing granules are the perfect example of 3m innovation. 1 according to the cool roof rating council cool roofs may save homeowners an average of 7 15 on their total cooling. Thanks to modern reflective technology you can join the green revolution with timberline cs shingles.