Abstract
This research investigated the development of reflective coating in order to enhance the solar reflectance. The
influence of pigment volume concentration (PVC), types of pigment, and thickness of coating were examined.
The results obtained showed an increase in the solar reflectance as the pigment volume concentration and
the thickness of coating were increased. It was also found that the increasing of the pigment volume
concentration and the thickness of coating did not produce any major changes in the solar reflectance as
reaching its saturation value. In the comparison with the solar reflectance of commercial coating, it was found
that the solar reflectance of the reflective coating was higher than that of the commercial coating, except for
the red and blue pigments which do not have significant difference when compared with the commercial
coating. The degradation of coating was also investigated by accelerated weathering test. It was found that