‘Cool roof’ pilot program offered in select neighborhoods

Dated: October 28 2025

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Summer temperatures in Philadelphia can be dangerously hot, and many Philadelphians struggle to afford their air conditioning bills. Officials with the city’s Office of Sustainability and the nonprofit Energy Coordinating Agency hope to chip away at both of these issues with a simple solution: painting roofs white. The two organizations are launching a pilot program to test out the effectiveness of “cool roofs” on 150 homes in Philly’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The Energy Coordinating Agency will monitor the temperature in some of the homes and analyze utility bills for energy usage before and after the cool roofs were installed, to track the coatings’ effectiveness at cooling homes during the summer and reducing the need for air conditioning. Read more at WHYY and apply at the Energy Coordinating Agency’s website.
Source: WHYY; 9/18/2025

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