Heat Islands

Modeling the Effects of Heat Island Mitigation

Dr. Sailor gave an overview of the Mitigation Impact Screening Tool, which provides back of the envelope estimates of temperature, energy, and ground-level ozone impacts from implementing heat island reduction strategies. Dr. Sailor also provided an overview of his research modeling the building energy impacts from green roofs.

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