Confort équipesTeams working in a furnace
Over 35°C in the picking area: throughput drops and heat-related breaks multiply.
Reflective roof coating for warehouses
Keep your warehouses cool all summer long.
Better working conditions for your teams and protected goods, without relying on air conditioning and with no disruption to operations.
−10°C
under the roof
No interruption
to your operations
Steel deck · Bitumen
Membrane compatible
Ils maîtrisent déjà la chaleur de leurs sites
Why act?
Heat takes a toll on
your teams and your goods.
A steel deck warehouse roof can hit 80°C at peak summer. That heat moves through the building, wears down your teams, threatens your goods and overloads your cooling units.
Confort équipes
Stock sensibleDamaged goods
Cosmetics, wines, pharma: temperature spikes lead to losses, returns and customer disputes.
Froid industrielOverloaded cooling units
Compressors run longer, the bill climbs and the cold chain becomes more fragile.
Décret tertiaireA building that deteriorates faster
Beyond a certain size, controlling consumption becomes a matter of operating costs and building value, not just comfort.
The Covalba solution
Your roof reflects
the sun instead of absorbing it.
Air-conditioning a warehouse of several thousand square meters is often impossible or prohibitively expensive, when it isn't simply absent. Rather than cooling the air, a reflective coating keeps the roof from heating up in the first place. A dark roof soaks up solar radiation, while a reflective roof sends it back before it reaches the building.
Conventional roof
jusqu'à 80°Cen surface
- Dark surface
- Absorbs heat
- Transmits heat into the building
Reflective coating
jusqu'à 90%du rayonnement réfléchi
- Light-colored surface
- Stays close to ambient temperature
- Limits indoor heat buildup
- Passive solution, with no energy consumption
- Applied from the outside, with no disruption to operations
- Compatible with steel deck, bitumen and membrane
Measurable benefits
A cooler warehouse,
with immediate effects.
The reflective coating works up on the roof, but you feel it across the whole operation.
Dès le premier été
Up to
-10°C
indoors in summer*
*Depending on exposure, insulation and building configuration.
Ce que ça change concrètement sur site.
Quatre impacts lisibles dès l’exploitation : confort, stockage, froid et durabilité.
01
Équipes plus confortables
Moins de fatigue pendant les pics de chaleur.
02
Produits mieux protégés
Stockage plus stable dans les zones sensibles.
03
Froid moins sollicité
Groupes frigorifiques soulagés en période chaude.
04
Toiture préservée
Moins d’UV et de contraintes thermiques.
Your sites
A solution for every warehouse.
Covalba coatings are built for logistics buildings where heat hits your teams, your products or your costs.
Stockage01
Dry warehouses
Large volumes, heat that builds up high, better-protected products.
Préparation02
E-commerce fulfillment
More comfortable pickers during activity peaks.
Flux tendus03
Cross-docking
Docks and sorting areas less exposed to overheating.
Zones froides04
Cold storage warehouses
Less demand on cooling units, faster ROI.
Technique05
Hangars and technical warehouses
Sensitive equipment protected, less stress on the roof.
Stockage01
Dry warehouses
Large volumes, heat that builds up high, better-protected products.
Préparation02
E-commerce fulfillment
More comfortable pickers during activity peaks.
Flux tendus03
Cross-docking
Docks and sorting areas less exposed to overheating.
Zones froides04
Cold storage warehouses
Less demand on cooling units, faster ROI.
Technique05
Hangars and technical warehouses
Sensitive equipment protected, less stress on the roof.
A simple, low-risk application method
How the coating is applied, in 4 steps.
Everything happens from the outside of the building. Your operations keep running normally throughout application, without interrupting production or affecting your certifications.
Step 01
Assessment
Analysis of the roof, the condition of the substrate, access constraints and your thermal objectives.
Step 02
Preparation
Cleaning, securing the area and preparing the substrate so the coating adheres properly.
Step 03
Application
Continuous spray application of the coating, from the outside, with a setup tailored to the site.
Step 04
Inspection & follow-up
Verification of application quality and long-term performance.
Equipment stays at ground level
Only the hoses go up onto the roof. No load, no vibration, no risk to the structure.
Applied by your own trained contractor
Covalba backs your contractor with application specs and guidance for our reflective roof systems.
Concrete results
Trusted across
the sector.
Our projects speak for themselves: surface temperature readings, equipped sites and operator feedback. Proof from the roof, not from the pitch.
-7 to -10°C
in roof surface temperature
up to -20%
in air-conditioning demand
Passive solution
with no energy consumption, applied from the outside
Cas clients
Des références concrètes à rapprocher de votre site.
Les cas déjà publiés structurent les preuves sectorielles ; les pages projet détaillées resteront une phase séparée.
LogistiquePreuve terrain
Pa.Sa.Ge International - entrepôt froid
Entrepôt fruits et légumes de 3 000 à 3 500 m² à Perpignan : baisse de température sur quais et zones froides, moins de chocs thermiques et moins de litiges à la livraison.
3 000-3 500 m²d’entrepôt logistique30 000 t/ande marchandises15°C -> 8°Csur les quais-4 à -6°Csur le froid
Voir le cas
LogistiqueRéférence publiée
Centre logistique froid (confidentiel), France
Installation de la peinture réflective CovaTherm SRI=119 sur l'étanchéité bitumineuse.
Voir les références
LogistiqueRéférence publiée
Stocklor - Thaon-les-Vosges 88, France
Installation de la peinture réflective CovaTherm SRI=119 sur l'étanchéité bitumineuse
Voir les références
LogistiqueRéférence publiée
Stocklor - Rambervillers 88, France
Installation de la peinture réflective CovaTherm SRI=119 sur l'étanchéité bitumineuse
Voir les référencesIls nous font également confiance
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Dossier logistique
Heat in logistics warehouses: what your roof really changes.
Why logistics warehouses overheat in summer
A logistics warehouse combines three characteristics that make it a heat trap. Its roof is vast, often several thousand square meters in a single span. It is generally made of poorly insulated or uninsulated steel deck, a material that absorbs and transmits heat very quickly. And it caps a large volume of air, in which heat rises and stratifies. At the height of summer, the surface of a dark roof can exceed 80°C, and a large part of that energy ends up transmitted indoors. The upper areas, mezzanines and top racks then become the hottest points on site, where goods are often stored and forklift operators move around.
Warehouse heat and working conditions
Heat in the warehouse is above all a workplace health and safety issue. Forklift operators, order pickers and dock workers carry out sustained physical effort, sometimes in buildings where the temperature exceeds 35°C in summer. Building extreme heat into how you organize the work is essential to protect teams. By lowering the temperature under the roof, a reflective roof coating helps create more bearable conditions, so you see fewer drops in throughput, less absenteeism and fewer heat-related stoppages. At labor-intensive sites such as e-commerce platforms, it drives performance directly.
Protecting heat-sensitive goods
Many products stored in warehouses degrade above a certain temperature, even outside refrigerated areas. Cosmetics, electronics, wines and spirits, dry goods and pharmaceutical products all have storage temperature ranges to respect. When the heat transmitted through the roof drives up the indoor temperature, particularly in the upper area, the risk of losses, non-conformities and disputes increases. By stabilizing the temperature, a reflective coating helps keep goods intact through the hottest periods.
Reflective roof coating: a passive answer to building heat
A reflective roof coating means applying a light-colored coating with high solar reflectance over the existing roof. The principle is well backed by decades of research on urban heat islands. Rather than absorbing radiation like a dark surface, the roof sends it back outside. The surface heats up far less, so the heat transmitted to the building drops too. It is a passive solution: once applied, it works without consuming energy, unlike air conditioning, which has to be powered continuously and is often absent from warehouses.
The specific case of cold storage warehouses
For refrigerated platforms and warehouses with chilled areas, an additional challenge comes into play. Every degree of heat transmitted through the roof has to be offset by the cooling units, which run in overdrive during hot periods. By cutting that heat input, the reflective coating eases the load on the compressors, reduces the energy bill and lowers the risk of a cold chain break during extreme heat. It is at these sites that the return on investment is fastest.
Reflective coatings and the existing building stock
Controlling energy use is becoming a major challenge for large storage buildings. A reflective roof coating fits this trajectory as a low-impact measure, especially at sites with refrigeration or air conditioning. Since most recent warehouses already ship with light-colored roofs, the challenge centers on the existing stock: older buildings with dark roofs or aging steel deck, refrigerated sites facing high running costs, and people-heavy operations. On these buildings, the Covalba reflective coating delivers a fast response, applied from the outside, with no downtime, and built to last thanks to a coating protected against yellowing and loss of reflectivity.