- 21. Paris When It Sizzles: The City of Light Aims to Get Smart on Heat
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- ... in France of taking August off for holiday. Paris virtually shuts down as the temperature drifts around in the seventies, and people go to the beach or the mountains to cool off and relax. Think of it ...
- Created on 18 July 2023
- 22. NASA Researcher Finding Ways to Turn Down the Heat in Cities
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- ... and green spaces, this heat often disproportionately affects older adults, low-income communities and some communities of color. Green roofs are designed to harness the cooling power of plants to lowe ...
- Created on 21 March 2022
- 23. Urban Greening ‘Not a Panacea’ for Dealing With Extreme Weather, Study Finds
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- ... findings today in the journal Nature Communications, the team show that the cooling or flood-reducing potential of green urban spaces depends strongly on the prevailing climate of the city in question, ...
- Created on 26 January 2022
- 24. New Modeling Technique Shows Greater Likelihood, Frequency of Extreme Heat Events in Urban Areas
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- ... safety guidance and improving access to health facilities like cooling centers and hospitals. Longer-term strategies include adaptation practices, which help cities adapt to the warmer temperatures induced ...
- Created on 21 June 2021
- 25. Mobile Forests Could Help Cities Cope With Climate Change
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- ... solutions can provide cities with urban cooling, cleaner air, regulated water supplies and flood protection. They include simple approaches like planting new trees and creating parks with a rich collection ...
- Created on 19 August 2019
- 26. Portland State Study Demonstrates How Plants, Trees and Reflective Materials Can Reduce Extreme Heat in City Neighborhoods
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- Planting more vegetation, using reflective materials on hard surfaces and installing green roofs on buildings can help cool potentially deadly urban heat islands -- a phenomenon that exists in nearly all ...
- Created on 08 July 2019
- 27. Beijing growing explosively, impacting weather and climate
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- ... by blocking the air, and also by creating friction," Jacobson explained. "You have higher temperatures because covering the soil reduces evaporation, which is a cooling process." Roads and ...
- Created on 26 June 2015
- 28. New Technology Brings Temperatures Down
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- ... of your blessedly cool room — which stays cool even in the height of summer heat. If you look around, you might notice that there’s no air conditioning. The Greeks don’t need it, because their homes are ...
- Created on 08 December 2014
- 29. Why don't building owners install modern controls?
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- ... Laboratory shows that commercial buildings could cut their heating and cooling electricity use by an average of 57 percent with advanced energy-efficiency controls, according to a year-long trial of the ...
- Created on 24 May 2014
- 30. Los Angeles IS cool! Even the roofs! ...
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- Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the U.S., has made history by becoming the first major city to require all new and refurbished homes have a "cool roof." On December 17, 2013 the Los Angele ...
- Created on 23 December 2013
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