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* Keep roofs a lighter color (building codes, paint? Need an [[environmental impact assessment]] to compare painting with leaving as is.{{sp}}) | * Keep roofs a lighter color (building codes, paint? Need an [[environmental impact assessment]] to compare painting with leaving as is.{{sp}}) | ||
* Keep roads a lighter color - choosing a lighter color of bitumen or concrete (provided it's not so bright that it causes excessive glare for drivers). | * Keep roads a lighter color - choosing a lighter color of bitumen or concrete (provided it's not so bright that it causes excessive glare for drivers). | ||
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* [[Green roofs]] - provided the extra weight doesn't mean excessive [[embedded energy]]. | * [[Green roofs]] - provided the extra weight doesn't mean excessive [[embedded energy]]. | ||
* [[Green walls]] | * [[Green walls]] | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | * [[Microclimate]] | ||
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| + | == Interwiki links == | ||
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| + | * [[wikipedia:Urban heat island]] | ||
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[[Category:Heating and cooling]] | [[Category:Heating and cooling]] | ||
[[Category:Urban planning]] | [[Category:Urban planning]] | ||
[[Category:Sustainable cities]] | [[Category:Sustainable cities]] | ||
Revision as of 11:30, 7 June 2011
Keys to avoiding/mitigating urban heat islands:
- Keep roofs a lighter color (building codes, paint? Need an environmental impact assessment to compare painting with leaving as is.[expansion needed])
- Keep roads a lighter color - choosing a lighter color of bitumen or concrete (provided it's not so bright that it causes excessive glare for drivers).
- Higher, multi-level buildings, interspersed with green areas, rather than low rise sprawl with a majority of hard surfaces. (This is also preferable in terms of water permeability, avoiding excess stormwater runoff, and thus having better groundwater recharge.)
- Vegetation covering most of the land surface
- Green roofs - provided the extra weight doesn't mean excessive embedded energy.
- Green walls