Energy Efficiency

COOLR® Makes A Roof Cooler

COOLR® is a family of sustainable, energy efficient roofing products comprised of 70% Kynar 500® or Hylar 5000® prepainted metal and acrylic coated Galvalume®. COOLR® is available in a wide variety of colors and is:

Highly Reflective

Meets EPA Energy Star Products Program performance criteria. Emissivity as high as 87% is achieved with COOLR® prepainted metal.

Exceptionally Durable

Proven to last over 30 years with minimal maintenance and offered with a non-prorated warranty for most applications. Paint colors retain 95% of their initial reflectance and emittance over time.

Recycled Content and Is Recyclable

Made Of Material that are environmentally friendly, typically having a minimum recycled content of 25%. 100% recyclable at the end of a long, useful life.

COOLR® efficiency chart

Review the COOLR® efficiency chart for performance criteria by color. The chart below notes Energy Star and LEED rated colors.
  • All Sheffield COOLR® metal is painted with a .20 mil primer and .70 - .90 mil Top Coat of 70% Kynar 500 or Hylar 5000. The reverse side has a .20 primer and .30 - .40 backer coating.
  • For low slope roofing to meet Energy Star requirements the ISR must be >0.65. After 3 years, the solar reflection must be >0.50
  • For steep slope roofing to meet Energy Star requirements the ISR must be >0.25. After 3 years, the solar reflection must be >0.15
  • For low slope roofing to meet LEED 2009 requirements the ISR must be >78.
  • For steep slope roofing to meet LEED 2009 requirements the ISR for 100% of the roof must be >.22. If less than 100% it must be >.29
  • Low slope is defined as <2.12
  • Low slope is defined as >2.12

COOLR® EFFICIENCY CHART

* Energy Star approved, L - LEED-NC v2.2 approved
Name Rating Solar Reflectivity Emissivity
Aged Copper * L 0.470 0.850
Ash Gray * L 0.390 0.840
Burgundy * L 0.250 0.850
Champagne Metallic * L 0.490 0.800
Charcoal Gray * L 0.290 0.840
Colonial Red * L 0.300 0.850
Copper Metallic * L 0.490 0.860
Dark Bronze * L 0.260 0.840
Evergreen * L 0.270 0.860
Hartford Green * L 0.260 0.850
Hemlock Green * L 0.290 0.860
Mansard Brown * L 0.270 0.860
Matte Black * L 0.290 0.830
Medium Bronze * L 0.300 0.870
Patina Green * L 0.280 0.870
Pre-Weathered Galvalume * L 0.300 0.790
Regal Blue * L 0.260 0.850
Regal Red * L 0.420 0.830
Regal White * L 0.670 0.860
Sandstone * L 0.540 0.860
Sierra Tan * L 0.350 0.860
Silver Metallic * L 0.590 0.790
Slate Blue * L 0.290 0.850
Slate Gray * L 0.330 0.840
Solar White * L 0.680 0.850
Stone White * L 0.600 0.860
Teal * L 0.250 0.860
Terra Cotta * L 0.350 0.860
Acrylic Coated Galvalume * L N/A N/A