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As an Assistant Volunteer Liaison, NYC Civic Corps Member Lauren Mattina explains, “I am involved in the entire recruiting and training process so it’s really rewarding to see the positive changes taking place throughout the program because it shows that our hard work is paying off.”

The cool roof at PPPL was downright chilly when two representatives from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s NYC °CoolRoofs program came to visit the Laboratory recently. But the meeting itself was warm and could lead to a partnership between the city group, PPPL and Princeton.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, community service projects are going on throughout New York and across the country.

Diahann Billings-Burford has always been Superwoman to me. When I was sixteen, she was my relentless college advisor at Prep for Prep,

"I saw an ad on TV for a two-year school where I could learn graphic design and threw away $25,000 on a worthless diploma..."

Tuesday will be a citywide day of superdeeds by volunteers as they rally to a call by Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and others for community service

The last time I wrote on white roofs, the finding was that they could actually cause a net cooling. But the study didn’t take into account how much the cooling of the buildings reduced electricity demand.

A comparison of the surface temperatures of a white roof at MoMa P.S. 1 in Queens with those of a black roof last June to August. The roof was coated with a white acrylic paint. One hundred seventy degrees Fahrenheit is the approximate temperature to which chicken should be cooked. It's also the temperature that was recorded on some asphalt roofs in New York City last July during a heat wave that set a record for electricity use.

A new study quantifies the true beauty of white roofs - dramatically cooler surfaces that reduce discomfort, cooling costs, and a tad of global warming.

Yale e360 published today news that a New York City roof covered in a white synthetic membrane was on average 43 degrees F cooler than surrounding black tar and asphalt roofs during times of peak heat last summer. The news favoring white roofs is based on a study by scientists from Columbia University and NASA.