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Use the red arrows to advance through the slide show, or jump around by selecting an item below. LEED certification Construction Driveway, retention pond The roof Solar hot water system The floor Energy efficiency, lighting Water conservation, sewage Showers, furniture "Green" transportation LEED certification plaque |
Field Lab Green Features
Nearly all (94.28 percent) of the Field Lab roof has an SRI of 29. The USGBC's required value for a steep-sloped roof is 29.
The Solar Roof Index (SRI) is used to evaluate a cool roof. SRI incorporates reflectivity and emissivity properties into one easy-to-read, standardized measure. The greater the surface ability to reflect solar heat, the less heat is transferred into the building, and thus requiring less energy for cooling. SRI is calculated with a complex formula to produce a scale of 1 to 100 measuring the roof's combined thermal properties. It is defined so that a standard black (reflectance 0.05, emittance 0.90) is 0 and a standard white (reflectance 0.80, emittance 0.90) is 100.
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