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Environment & Climate

GAF creates innovative cooling solutions for overheated cities

Inhabitat Wed, 02 Au

With climate change ramping up and an El Nino weather pattern in effect for the western hemisphere, heat island effect has become a real problem for cities sweltering under the summer sun. GAF created a product called Streetbond Pavement Coating that aims to turn that heat island effect around by reflecting heat back into space.

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