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4 Comments
SRI Values
I have a question about determining the SRIThe solar reflectance index (SRI) is a measure of a material's ability to reject solar heat, as shown by a small temperature rise. Standard black (reflectance 0.05, emittance 0.90) is 0 and standard white (reflectance 0.80, emittance 0.90) is 100. For example, a standard black surface has a temperature rise of 90_F (50_C) in full sun, and a standard white surface has a temperature rise of 14.6_F (8.1_C). Once the maximum temperature rise of a given material has been computed, the SRI can be calculated by interpolating between the values for white and black. Materials with the highest SRI values are the coolest choices for paving. Because of the way SRI is defined, particularly hot materials can even take slightly negative values, and particularly cool materials can even exceed 100. values for our building's hardscapes. Generally majority of our parking is covered in either solar panels or light grey concrete. I was wondering how do we determine the actual SRI value of the building materials to be able to successfully input in the required templates for LEED Online?
Tristan Roberts replied Editor – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, LLC Apr 24 2010
Rey, please review the steps described in the Getting It Done tab for this credit, above, and let me know what specific questions you have. (That's simply a good place to start.)
Utilizing an existing parking garage
The project I am involved with now has no parking on site. It is all mandated by the city to use the parking garage a block away. Can this be used to achieve this credit, option 2 parking under cover or does the parking have to be handled on site?
Tristan Roberts replied Editor – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, LLC Jun 10 2010
I would say that to meet the requirements of this credit, you would have to include the parking garage within your LEED boundary, which seems unlikely here.
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