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Monitoring the Energy-Use Effects of Cool Roofs on California Commercial Buildings [PDF]

, 2004
Solar-reflective roofs stay cooler in the sun than solar-absorptive roofs. Such ''cool'' roofs achieve lower surface temperatures that reduce heat conduction into the building and the building's cooling load.
Rainer, Leo, Konopaki, Steve, Levinson, Ronnen, Akbari, Hashem   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo, Mason Fidino, Christopher J Schell, Marccus D Hendricks, Seth B Magle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Cool Roofs in Different Climatic Regions: A Quantitative Empirical Analysis [PDF]

, 2014
This research investigated regional climate differences and weather impacts on the effectiveness of cool roofs. In most US climate zones, cool roofs can reduce energy consumption because they reflect more sunlight and heat than standard roofs.
Petry, Kimberly Johanna
core   +1 more source

Interaction of urban heat islands and heat waves under current and future climate conditions and their mitigation using green and cool roofs in New York City and Phoenix, Arizona

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Urban environments and heat waves interact synergistically and aggravate the thermal environment through the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Of concern is the potential for a projected warmer future climate to further compound heat waves in urban ...
Mukul Tewari, Jiachuan Yang, Hiroyuki Kusaka, Francisco Salamanca, Campbell Watson, Lloyd Treinish   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cool Roofs' Case Studies

, 2013
The chapter presents a set of exemplary case studies where the cool materials were implemented and the impact ...
Zinzi, M.
core   +1 more source

Rethinking Environmental Impact Assessment for nature positive development

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Achieving “nature positive” development within existing regulatory frameworks will be challenging. Halting and reversing biodiversity loss requires protection, restoration, and enhancement of ecosystems alongside a fundamental shift in how biodiversity is valued and quantifiable improvements are assessed.
Holly Kirk, Dale Wright, Georgia E Garrard, Casey Visintin, Matthew Selinske, Sarah A Bekessy   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the Application of Cool Paintings for the Passive Cooling of Existing Buildings in Mediterranean Climates

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2013
Building roofs play a very important role in the energy balance of buildings, especially in summer, when they are hit by a rather high solar irradiance.
V. Costanzo, G. Evola, A. Gagliano, L. Marletta, F. Nocera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heterogeneous Exhumation Mechanisms in Neoproterozoic Collisional Metamorphism: P–T Constraints From Pelotas and Punta del Este Terranes, Southern Brazil and Uruguay

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
Petrography, thermobarometry, and pseudosection modelling reveal peak metamorphic conditions of 3–7.5 kbar and 520°C–800°C in Tonian‐Cryogenian orthogneisses of the Dom Feliciano Belt. Metamorphic field gradients of 27°C/km–39°C/km and variable exhumation mechanisms support correlation of these units as remnants of a Himalayan‐type Piratini Orogeny ...
Thaiane Niederauer‐Santos, Carla Cristine Porcher, Daniel Triboli Vieira, Edinei Koester, Diego Jaldín, Karina Luengo, Luisa Caon   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi, Lucrezia Masci, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Monica Bini, Alexander Francke, Ilaria Isola, Carlo Ricotta, Laura Sadori, Alexander Sarantis, Sławomir Sprawski, Jakub Sypiański, Irene Tunno, Cristiano Vignola, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Adam Izdebski   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia

Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
wiley   +1 more source