Urban Heat Island
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News
Green Roofs: How Rooftop Gardens Cool Cities and Cut Energy Bills
Anyone who has stood on a flat concrete roof in midsummer knows how fierce it gets up there. Now picture…
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Radiative Cooling: Can Special Roofs Cool Cities Without Power?
Surfaces that have radiative cooling roofs capabilities can keep cool as they reflect sunlight and release heat into the atmosphere,…
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Opinion
Can Vertical Forests Actually Cool Singapore’s High-Rise Neighbourhoods?
Singapore features buildings that make use of plants, from the creepers used in the building of the 27-floor Oasia Hotel…
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Trends
Can Planting Trees Cool Our Cities?
In 93 cities in Europe, summer temperatures were around 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than in the nearby countryside. Can Planting…
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News
Why Your City Feels Hotter Than the Countryside — and How Green Spaces Fix It
If you have ever alighted from a bus in the city center and felt a wall of heat hit you,…
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