1: Landscape Design That Reduces Urban Heat Islands, Non-Roof (1 point), Energy and Atmosphere Credit 1 (1-10 points) or Innovation in Design Credits (ID), etc.
The authors propose that such indicators might include access to public cooling centers during heat waves, the existence of early warning systems for heat waves, mitigation plans to reduce urban heat islands, the number and quality of surveillance systems available to collect data on climate--health effects, and the availability of local public health workers and task forces trained in climate change research, surveillance, and adaptation.
Examples of specific topics discussed include management of the urban spatial setting to determine the effect of urban heat island in Bangkok, Thailand; Islamabad, Pakistan, as a town planning example for a sustainable city; the role of universities in innovation and sustainable development in regional planning; the ethics and governance of natural heritage and urban growth; the use of silica fume for sustainable and environmentally-friendly concretes; and sustainable building codes as a tool of management and protection of rural areas of Abruzzo, Italy.
Technical presentations given on Friday morning, May 8, will include the following: "Environmental issues: Tire wear emissions and urban heat island effect," Kamil Kaloush, Arizona State University; "Recycling-RAP, scrap and more," Jeffrey Melton, NH RMRC; "Quiet pavements," Adam Alexander, FHWA; "Texas recycling experience," Jerry Peterson, Texas Department of Transportation; and "Porous pavements," speaker to be announced.
Devitt said artificial turf has some other unintended consequences as well, such as adding to the urban heat island effect, which means artificial turf, like concrete and asphalt, radiates heat back into the air at night, giving cities warmer nights.
Enter the growing trend of Green Roof Agriculture (GRA), also known as urban agriculture or soil-less agriculture, a technology which will help confront the long term threats of global warming, smog, pollution and the urban heat island (UHI) effect.
Yet with the city's urban heat island effect being concentrated here, it will be some weeks yet before these still-green leaves realise it's time for a golden autumn.
