Patent ID: 8277882

Claim:
A method of forming a roofing material, siding material, and combinations thereof comprising: a) selecting a plurality of granules; b) providing an adhering surface that is designed to be subsequently used as at least part of a roofing system of a structure; c) applying said granules on said adhering surface until at least 90% of said adhering surface is covered by said granules, at least a portion of said granules are highly reflective granules that have an average reflectivity of at least 55%, at least a portion of said granules are non-coated granules having a generally white color; and, d) applying a layer of paint to said adhering surface, said granules, and combinations thereof to form said roofing material, said siding material, and combinations thereof, said paint including a highly reflective paint, said highly reflective paint has a generally white color, said highly reflective paint including water based paint, latex based paint, acrylic-based paint, latex-acrylic-based paint, urethane-based paint, solvent-based paint, polyvinylidene fluoride based paint, and combinations thereof, said roofing material, said siding material, and combinations thereof having an average resulting reflectively of at least 55%.