When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to feel like an oven, as buildings and pavement trap the sun’s warmth and ...

There are some proven steps that cities can take to help cool the air – planting trees that provide shade and moisture, for ...

To protect urban residents from heat during summer, simply painting every rooftop white or opting for a reflective coating could help reduce outdoor temperatures across a city by 1.2 degrees ...

In the researchers' models, cool roofs lowered temperatures more than green roofs. However, cool roofs also reduced precipitation in some areas, including Florida, which is a negative tradeoff.

This Obscure But Powerful “Dark Roof” Lobby May Be Making Your City Hotter Reflective roofs can reduce energy bills and make urban areas livable. Roofing manufacturers have other priorities.

In a historic neighbourhood in Nanjing, China, architects have developed a tailored method to urban renewal, focusing on ...

Since most of these urban land parcels do not have green space available for infiltration, there is a need to create it. One way to do this is to remove the buildings and pavement that cause the ...

Slowing urban expansion would cut warming from the heat island effect by one-third to one-half, the study found. Equipping all buildings with “green” roofs planted with vegetation would cut ...