Cooler Cities and Concrete

Concrete can be utilised in urban design to help mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect.

Designing buildings and infrastructure to cope with the impacts of climate change and urban heat can help communities stay safe and comfortable in a changing climate, and Concrete can play an important role here.

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FOOTNOTES

[1]  Beating the Heat: A Sustainable Cooling Handbook for Cities (2021) United Nations Environment Program
[2] Urban Heat (2022) NSW Government, Department of Planning and Environment
[3] World's Largest Study of Global Climate Related Mortality Links 5 Million Deaths a Year to Abnormal Temperatures (2021) Monash University
[4] Mitigating Climate Change with Reflective Pavements (2020) MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub
[5] Concrete Roads: Benefits of Solar Reflectance (2017) Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia
[6] Examples of Cooler Reflective Streets for Urban Heat-Island Mitigation: Portland Cement Concrete and Chip Seals  (2003) Pomerantz, M, Akbari, H, Chang, S.-C, Levinson, R, and Pon, B. 
[7] "Solar Reflectance Values of Concrete" (2018) Concrete International, Marceau M, and VanGeem M.