City of Adelaide Cool Roof Trial 2022

Bitumen roads and building materials collectively absorb and store the sun’s solar heat that contributes to excessive heat in our cities like Adelaide and dense urban areas which is known as the urban heat island effect.
These heat islands are significantly hotter than temperatures in surrounding suburbs and rural areas and impacts the well being of communities as well as increasing air conditioning demands which increases carbon emissions and costs.
The number of extreme heat days are predicted to increase and exacerbate the urban heat island effect, the City of Adelaide is working to better understand the environmental impacts and reduce heat islands.
In 2019/2020, the Council undertook a Cool Road Adelaide trial with other stakeholders in which a treated road was monitored to see how specialised coatings reduced surface and ambient air temperatures in the city.
Like bitumen roads, normal roof materials heat up significantly by absorbing the sun’s solar heat. The darker the roof, the hotter it gets. Ultimately this heat increases air-conditioning demands, carbon emissions and energy costs.
In April 2022 the City of Adelaide engaged Neotech Coatings to apply Super Therm Ceramic Cool Coating as part of their Cool Roof trial on two buildings in the southern Adelaide parklands.
As an example, a netball clubrooms had a dark, Deep Ocean Colorbond® roof. On a 25°C day the external roof temperature was 53°C. The other building had a lighter Surfmist roof and recorded 45°C. The heat loads into the metal roof and transfers into the building, pushing up the need for air conditioning.
The roofs were pressure cleaned and repaired in a day and the Super Therm application was applied the next day.
After application with Super Therm on a 27° day, the netball clubrooms roof was a very cool 23° compared with previous high of 53° on the uncoated roof. This 225% improvement means it was much cooler inside the building as there was a tiny amount of heat loading into the roof space and traditional insulation.
The University of Adelaide is independently researching data as part of the cool roof trial. Based on urban heat mapping and testing sensors before and after application, they are collecting data both on the roof and inside with a final report post summer 2022/23.
Super Therm was developed with NASA over 6 years and tested for fire prevention. It also prevents roof thermal shock, extends roof life, reduces CO2 emissions towards Net Zero, inhibits mould and mildew and proven 20-50% energy savings.
The City of Adelaide’s investment will last well over 20 years against the rising threat of heatwaves, blackouts and increased sustained heat events. They will also be able to make future decisions with local verified data in relation to adapting buildings in Adelaide for climate change.
While cities globally manage growing heat threats, Super Therm is used around the world to solve heat challenges and the City of Adelaide are future proofing to protect their important assets and the community’s well being.
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The results are only on this project in this location, for this structure and time period, and in these climate conditions, any other location may change the result achieved.

[@davidbaldwin4972]

Massive improvement, no brainer very impressive product. Why waste your time buying glasswool batts this coating is in a class of its own.

[@NEOtechCoatings]

Absolutely David!

[@TheApothecaryAus]

Hi Neotech, where are the independent finalised reports from Adelaide City Council or Adelaide University? Adelaide City Council don't mention this project in any PR that I could find on google. Asking as I'm genuinely curious about this product for my home and are sceptical - despite the claims and case studies on your website? Thanks.

[@NEOtechCoatings]

Thanks @TheApothecaryAus understandable perspective. The report is completed and is with the ACC still. They've not released it, not due to the great performance of Super Therm but due to their own internal requirements. This was the email back from the ACC "I have been following up with my Associate Director as to whether we can provide you with a copy of the full report and the advice I have is that we are not yet able to release the whole report." 29 November, 2023. I can assure you the reports are independent and we've not seen anything and kept arms length from the process due to integrity of the organisations and results.
Despite everything, I can assure you all information, testing, reports, results and other case studies on our website are 100% legitimate. Super Therm has been in the marketplace for 35 years and if you compare what we publish compared to other paints/coatings on the market there's nothing to hide. We block heat and whether you're in Adelaide, Middle East, Africa or USA it works the same across every surface, every industry and every situation. Please call me on 0409 678 654 or email [e-mail] or follow me on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/shanestrudwick/ Happy to chat and answer all and any questions you have. Cheers Shane, NEOtech Coatings

[@TheApothecaryAus]

Thanks Shane, appreciate the prompt reply and well articulated update @@NEOtechCoatings

[@moorechez67]

How durable? Hail, falling branches, etc?

[@NEOtechCoatings]

@moorechez67 Super Therm is a very tough coating. An epoxy top coat will really protect it however it's designed as a industrial coating. So far a test we're undertaking is 34 years and had about 15% loss of efficiency. It is tested to 100km/hr driving rain as well and fire resistant to 160°C.