Self-Cooling Paint is on a roll

Person painting a wall with an industrial sprayer

SRI’s cooling solution garners media attention and commercial interest.


Keeping homes and industrial facilities cool is an expensive, energy-intensive proposition.

SRI’s Self-Cooling PaintTM seeks to make a dent in cooling costs and carbon footprints alike.

As Paint & Coatings Industry recently reported, SRI’s Self-Cooling Paint “passively reflects solar radiation and emits heat back into space — reducing surface temperatures without consuming energy or relying on traditional cooling systems.”

Internal testing by SRI has demonstrated that a surface treated with Self-Cooling Paint is 10-15 ºC (18-25 ºF) cooler than an adjacent uncoated surface. Furthermore, Self-Cooling Paint has a higher initial Solar Reflective Index than any commercial product listed by the Cool Roof Rating Council.

The paint’s stellar performance, Paint & Coatings Industry points out, is catalyzing significant interest from industry: “SRI has entered a licensing agreement with a commercialization partner to bring the product to market and is currently exploring additional partnership opportunities for application-specific deployments.”

Learn more about SRI’s Self-Cooling Paint.


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