CoolRoofs the Fix for 'Heat Island' Summers
Community Access is excited to take part in the NYC CoolRoofs program. Eight of our buildings are getting new white reflective roof coatings this summer, completely free. The coatings reduce cooling costs and decrease carbon emissions, helping to combat the urban “heat island” effect, which is caused by dark surfaces like roofs and paving. Community Environmental Center in Long Island City is coordinating the CoolRoofs project for the City, obtaining donations of materials and lining up workers, many of them volunteers.
- Sustainable South Bronx workers take a quick time-out on the roof of 29 East 2nd St. (Check out our Facebook page for more CoolRoof pictures!)
The Community Access buildings being coated with white roofs this summer are 29 East 2nd St., 109 Avenue D, 258 East 4th St., 910 DeKalb Ave., 1363 Franklin Ave., 1750 Davidson Ave., 1189 Tinton Ave. and 1022 Rev. James A. Polite Ave. We hope to get the rest our roofs coated next summer.
