Flexible Roofing Facility: 2004 Summer Test Results

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Danny Parker, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Secondary Author(s)

Sherwin, John; Sonne, Jeffrey

Report Number

FSEC-CR-1514-05

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-CR-1514-05.pdf

Keywords

Attics; Buildings; Roofs; Roofing systems; Cooling energy use; Residential energy efficiency; Roof testing; Summer energy performance

Abstract

The Flexible Roof Facility (FRF) is a test facility in Cocoa, Florida designed to evaluate five roofing systems at a time against a control roof with black shingles and vented attic (Figure E-1). Since 1989 the testing has evaluated how roofing systems impact summer residential cooling energy use and peak demand. In the summer of 2004, the following roofing systems were tested. Materials tested were: Galvalume® unfinished (unpainted) 5-vee metal with vented attic (3rd year of exposure), galvanized unfinished 5-vee metal with vented attic (3rd year of exposure, black shingles with standard attic ventilation (Control Test Cell), white standing seam metal with vented attic (3rd year of exposure after cleaning).

Date Published

7-1-2005

Identifiers

520

Notes

Original Publication: Danny Parker, Jeffrey Sonne, John Sherwin, "Flexible Roofing Facility: 2004 Summer Test Results", Prepared for U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Program, July 2005

Subjects

Roofs--Testing; Building materials--Testing; Energy conservation; Buildings--Energy conservation

Local Subjects

Buildings - Attics; Buildings - Roofs

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Parker, Danny, "Flexible Roofing Facility: 2004 Summer Test Results" (2005). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 520.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/520