Do MonierLifetile products have an Energy Star rating?
MonierLifetile has been actively participating in the studies that are being conducted by Lawrence Berkley and Oakridge National Laboratories to determine the best ways to make roof systems more energy efficient. These studies evaluate Cool Roof performance under the auspices of the California Energy Commission. While we have evaluated a number of our tiles to the Energy Star standard, we feel that the California Cool Roof Council (CCRC), which demands a 40% reflectivity and .75 emissivity is far more useful than the Energy Star level of 25%. Since Energy Star is currently re-evaluating their test standards, we have submitted some recent test results from Oakridge (ORNL) for their consideration as additional criteria for people interested in reducing their energy usage. In short, the latest testing proves that tile roofs offer advantages far greater than can be achieved with just reflective coatings and emissivity ratings. In fact, the study indicates that the vented air space between
