Fluorescent Pigments for High-Performance Cool Roofing and Facades

PPG Industries and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are partnering to develop a new class of dark-colored pigments for cool metal roof and façade coatings that incorporate near-infrared fluorescence and reflectance to improve energy performance.

PPG Industries

Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group physicist Paul Berdahl inserts precursor solution into a furnace. After boiling and then combustion, a fluorescent red pigment is formed.

University of California, Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group physicist Paul Berdahl inserts precursor solution into a furnace. After boiling and then combustion, a fluorescent red pigment is formed.

University of California, Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

PPG Industries and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are partnering to develop a new class of dark-colored pigments for cool metal roof and façade coatings that incorporate near-infrared fluorescence and reflectance to improve energy performance.

PPG Industries

PPG Industries and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are partnering to develop a new class of dark-colored pigments for cool metal roof and façade coatings that incorporate near-infrared fluorescence and reflectance to improve energy performance.

PPG Industries

June 30, 2025

Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group physicist Paul Berdahl inserts precursor solution into a furnace. After boiling and then combustion, a fluorescent red pigment is formed.

University of California, Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group physicist Paul Berdahl inserts precursor solution into a furnace. After boiling and then combustion, a fluorescent red pigment is formed.

University of California, Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

June 30, 2025

Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group physicist Paul Berdahl inserts precursor solution into a furnace. After boiling and then combustion, a fluorescent red pigment is formed.

University of California, Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group physicist Paul Berdahl inserts precursor solution into a furnace. After boiling and then combustion, a fluorescent red pigment is formed.

University of California, Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

June 30, 2025