Million Cool Roofs Challenge Winner: Indonesia, Dr. Eng. Beta Paramita

Selamat kepada Dr. Eng. Beta Paramita
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Project Manager Cool Roofs Indonesia

Cool Roofs Indonesia is a partnership of Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), University of Florida, and Milenium Solutions USA. The group ran a pilot project deploying cool roof materials on residential, industrial and public buildings. Building on the learnings from the pilot project had impressive result. At one industrial site, indoor temperature dropped by 10.7^oC (from 40^oC to 29.7^oC) following the application of cool roof coating. And in an architectural consultant, indoor temperature were reduced by around 4.3^oC (from 32^oC to 27.7^oC).

The Million Cool Roofs Challenge was launched in 2019 as a project of the Clean Cooling Collaborative in collaboration with the Global Cool Cites Alliance, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), and Nesta Challenges. The Million Cool Roofs Challenge awarded to 10 finalist teams based in Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Niger, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa.
As the Challenge winner, the team will receive an additional $750.000 to expand cool roofs in Indonesia.