Standards Rating Council

Department of Energy to Set the Bar:  .4 SRi = 10 tons CO2

 Tax credits should only be available under the Cool-America Plan to individuals and companies who use products which have been tested by independent accredited laboratory  and certified to meet with the Department of Energy solar reflective standard of .4 SRI or higher.  It is not the intention of the Cool-America Plan to cause a glut in the marketplace of white paint, or to promote any  product which claims to be solar reflective, but which does not do the work of significantly offsetting C02.

To this end, a Standards Rating Council will be established to provide oversight of the products being used in the implementation of the Cool-America Plan.  The Council adopts a policy of "Buyer Beware" for Individual and company intending to use solar reflective coatings in order to apply for tax credits, and suggests that no application of solar reflective materials by anyone be authorized for tax credits. Unless a product has been tested, and can deliver measurable performance which meets  the DOE standard of .4 SRI or higher, it will not qualify.  In this way, the Cool-America Plan insures that the goals of the program will be met by producing measurable results for each project in three primary areas:

1.  C02 Offsetting 

2. Direct and Indirect energy savings

3. Mitigation of thermal heat