These buildings have been hard to cool in the summer as they retain heat ... who leads the Raman Lab at UCLA Samueli. "In recent years there has been massive interest in cool roof coatings that ...

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The Sustainable Building Materials Laboratory (SBML) is used for the research of myriad building products and materials that make up, shape, impact, and determine the physical/built environment.