|
|
|
Heat Island Effect
Heat Island Effect: - A "dome" of elevated temperatures over an urban area caused by structural and pavement heat fluxes, and pollutant emissions. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Heat Island Effect:: |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,The city of St. Louis' so-called "heat island effect" could result in temperatures near the 100-degree mark today and Tuesday. The heat island effect means
'Green roofs' good news for city dwellers,environment - 04 Aug 2008
Miramichi Leader,The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages the creation of green roofs for mitigating the urban "heat island effect," whereby temperatures in
Architecture students to design Cap Metro bus stops - 04 Aug 2008
UT The Daily Texan,According to the grant proposal, the stops should have a "thermal cooling effect, mitigate the 'urban heat island' effect and take advantage of sustainable
Northwest's Newest Hospital Is Also One Of The Nation's Greenest - 04 Aug 2008
CSRwire.com (press release)The additional tree canopy will help reduce the heat island effect and cool runoff leaving the site. Sacred Heart recycled fir trees required to be removed
Groups urge action as report finds black Americans are more likely ... - 04 Aug 2008
Grist Magazine,They are twice as likely to live in cities where the heat-island effect makes already-high temperatures more severe. They're also likely to be "fuel poor.
Keep your cool with a simple reflective roof - Aug 1, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Air-conditioning demand can also be increased by the urban heat island effect, the rise in air temperature over cities caused by replacing vegetation with
Beijing's Olympic Smog: How Bad Will It Be? - Aug 1, 2008
BusinessWeekThese actions should help reduce what's known as the "urban heat island" effect, in which air warmed by activity in the city creates a heat bubble that
Raise the roof - Jul 29, 2008
Boston Globe,..."Green roofs are an innovative and great way to minimize the urban heat island effect," says John Walkey, chair of Boston's Urban Forest Coalition,
They're seeing green in Livingston - Aug 2, 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,Still, the new building will be constructed to accept solar panels and its roof will be white to mitigate the heat island effect from dark roofs, she said.
Photo by YH Huang - Jul 27, 2008
Gotham Gazette,Call it the heat island effect or the draw of fun in the sun, the desire for sand between your toes and salt in your skin hits many of us during the summer.
Nighttime warmth is the big worry in heat wave - Jul 18, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,Experts agree that the urban heat-island effect is a factor. Paved surfaces and tall buildings trap heat during the day and are slow to release it at night.
Nueva School - Aug 1, 2008
Greenroofs.com,...also help to insulate the buildings, reduce the energy required to heat and cool them, mitigate storm water runoff and minimize the heat-island effect.
Study says green roofs are better insulators, more eco-friendly - Jul 29, 2008
UT The Daily Texan,The rooftop temperatures of regular roofing material contribute to an urban "heat island effect," Simmons said, which causes urban centers to be 2 to 10
Innovative Black Pigments that Don't Heat Up As Much as Expected - Jul 8, 2008
Azom.com...“When applied extensively over large areas, our innovative coatings can also counteract the urban heat island effect, the overheating of entire metropolitan
US blacks face harsher climate change impact - Jul 29, 2008
ReutersBlacks are more than twice as likely as whites to live in cities where the so-called heat island effect is expected to make temperature increases more
Study predicts more heat-related deaths in western US - Jul 16, 2008
Rocky Mountain News,...called the urban-heat-island effect, in which cities crisscrossed with asphalt and concrete are somewhat warmer than rural settings not so far away.
No smoking hot spot - Jul 17, 2008
The Australian,Land-based temperature readings are corrupted by the "urban heat island" effect: urban areas encroaching on thermometer stations warm the micro-climate
Making Melbourne cool. It's about altitude - Jul 23, 2008
The Age,Other recommendations include: â– Standards to tackle the "urban heat island effect" - radiant heat in the CBD from roads and buildings - including urban
REGION: Cool roof coming to neighborhood near you - Jul 20, 2008
North County Times,...of something weather wonks call the "urban heat island effect," said Bill Patzert, a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
Heat can be Dangerous - Jul 11, 2008
Rundtownnews.co.uk,...and gradually releases heat at night, producing significantly higher night time temperatures in urban areas, known as the ‘urban heat island effect’.
RIC New Residence Hall Receives LEED® Certification - Jul 21, 2008
RIC News and Events,A white energy star roof reduces cooling loads on the building, saving energy, while reducing the heat island effect created by black surfaces in urban
Charleston Church Welcomes Members to 'Green' Sunday School - Jul 29, 2008
Carolina Newswire (press release),...an extensive vegetated roof to collect and filter rainwater and help mitigate the “heat island� effect, recycled building materials wherever possible,
Chicago Goes Green in Its Alleys - Jul 13, 2008
Voice of AmericaThis is known as the urban heat-island effect. The Green Alley program also uses recycled materials. And it uses energy-saving streetlights.
Another Reason to Expand Infill Housing in Palo Alto - Jul 20, 2008
Palo Alto Online,The Australian studies say that even small communities exhibit a heat island effect; this isn't news. The academics you quote are infamous for their
Try to strike a balance between natural and urban - Jul 5, 2008
Pensacola News Journal,There is an Urban Heat Island effect that predicts that ground temperatures go up in urban areas when vegetation is removed. As trees are cut down,
A Cool Roof Is Hot Right Now - Jul 17, 2008
North American Press Syndicate,GAF also offers several white, energy-saving roof options that might also help reduce what’s known as the “heat island effect�-a phenomenon in which
Scorchers to double and frosts to fade as Victoria hit hard - Jul 7, 2008
The Age,The report says Melbourne and other cities are increasingly affected by the "urban heat island" effect: temperature rises caused by reflected heat from
Are the Dog Days also good salad days?; - Jul 18, 2008
Northern Daily News,Urban areas are actually hotter than rural areas because of something called the heat island effect. Many factors are involved, but essentially,
Asphalt Assn. Defends Product’s "Green" Qualities Countering ACPA ... - Jul 18, 2008
Associated Construction Publications,ACPA alleged that concrete pavements mitigate the urban heat island effect. NAPA pointed out that the United States Environmental Protection Agency says,
University acts as green beacon - Jul 9, 2008
Environmental Data Interactive,Green roofs also crown most of the buildings, offering not only high levels of insulation but also helping to reduce the heat island effect,
TX and Louisiana Hospitals Go Green - Jul 28, 2008
Nurse.com,For example, the sod roof system not only controls the heat-island effect, it also provides a quiet area for sitting outside. Other elements that make the
Montecito Point office building topped off - Jul 28, 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,...increased use of daylighting, recycled building materials and solar-reflective roofing to reduce the building's "heat island" effect, Orr said.
An Inconvenient Wheeze - Jul 21, 2008
ADVANCE,Urban areas often experience warmer temperatures than other parts of the world, a phenomenon dubbed the heat island effect. As a result, cities tend to have
Phoenix gets real - Jul 9, 2008
Arizona Republic,...shows how well-designed building heights and placement can shade streets and promote air movement, relieving some of the "urban heat island" effect.
Trees are essential for a healthy city - Jul 25, 2008
Winston-Salem Journal,Though not majestic, even parking-lot trees serve to collectively mitigate the "heat island" effect produced by the storage of thermal energy in concrete,
Tim Lambert's weblog - Jul 19, 2008
ScienceBlogs...and, in line 2, that McKitrick is right that the insufficiently-corrected heat-island effect of rapid urbanization since 1980 has artificially doubled
National Park(ing) Day Returns September 19 - Jul 17, 2008
Public Works.com,Two spots were transformed into Park(ing) parks with grass, trees, benches, and plants to provide a refuge from the urban heat island effect in the downtown
Desert gets lost in growth debate - Jul 23, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,...within the desert, and an emphasis on parking garages with significant landscape watered by harvesting on site to reduce the heat-island effect.
Zukerman: Where is Newton Centre? - Jul 22, 2008
Newton TAB,Their big tar roofs double the heat island effect of the parking lots by absorbing sunrays and polluting the air. A few magnificent old churches stand
Foundation for 'trophy-quality' buildings - Jul 17, 2008
Daily News Tribune,Also, new roofs will be constructed with a high reflection rating to reduce heat island effect. Chip Batchelder of Wyman Street Advisors, leasing agent for
General Motors Applauds LaFontaine Automotive Group's New State-of ... - Jul 16, 2008
Insurance News Net (press release),...a white roof and generous use of green belts to reduce the "heat island" effect of such a large facility; a rainwater collection system for irrigating
The Nature of Design - Jul 14, 2008
Miller-McCune.com,Moreover, Genzyme's green roof mitigates the heat-island effect of standard asphalt roofing, while 18 interior gardens help bring the outdoors inside.
Vancouver Olympic Village (Millennium Water) - Jul 11, 2008
Greenroofs.com,The intent of the green roofs on this project are to reduce the heat island effect of urban development, provide plants to clean the air and add oxygen and
First Earth friendly fuel station opens - Jul 11, 2008
High Plains Journal,Roof and rain gardens will reduce the urban heat-island effect as well as filter pollutants and greenhouse gases from the air. In his remarks, Askew said
Green rooftops can have many uses - Jul 10, 2008
China Internet Information Center|,Transport and Tourism and the Environment Ministry as effective measures to counter global warming and ease the urban heat island effect.
Batten down the hatches: global warming is here - Jul 10, 2008
Talk Radio News Service,He referred to this phenomenon as the ‘urban heat island’ effect. Both speakers agreed that these changes require substantial national planning and
LEED: Credits, Cuts, and Converts - Jul 9, 2008
Rapid Growth,There were additional benefits: The vegetative roof, when coupled with very white concrete, also eases the urban heat island effect and helps cool the
Excitement is building in Kettering over new First Financial Bank hub - Jul 9, 2008
Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton,...energy-efficient insulation, white roofing membrane to reduce “heat-island� effect, filmed window tinting to reduce air-conditioning needs,
Research paves way for a sustainable sidewalk - Jul 8, 2008
Unionews,...“The concrete we poured is pervious, which allows water to percolate through – thus charging underground aquifers, reducing heat island effect and
Road alignment out of whack, critics say - Jul 8, 2008
Tucson Citizen,These systems can lower ambient temperatures by reduce the heat-island effect, minimize flooding, reduce water consumption and reduce the need for expensive
archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
XML / RSS / Syndication options
mongabay.com features more than 350 RSS feeds to meet your specific area of interest
MONGABAY.COM
Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development (more)
CONTENTS
|
Rainforests Tropical Fish Madagascar Pictures Kids' Site Languages |
About Contact Archives Submissions Newsletter Contribute |
SUPPORT
You can help support mongabay.com by becoming a contributor to keep this site up and running. Thank you for your continued interest in the site.
Help support mongabay.com! Use the link below to buy from Amazon.com!
T-SHIRTS
Madagascar Wildlife
Save Madagascar
Sucking on this frog
may make you insane
In Madagascar there are
lemurs that dance
Don't fall asleep
the sloths will
eat you <
Canvas shopping bags
Some Blogs:
How to Save the World
Bottleworld
Earth-Info.Net
NewScientist Blog
Gristmill
Journal Watch
Celsias
Cleantech Blog
EcoGeek
EcoSherpa
Earth Blog
GreenOptions
Lime
Plenty Magazine
How the World Works
ScienceBlogs
Sierra Club Compass
The Oil Drum
Treehugger
Triple Pundit
WorldChanging
TOPICS
Africa
Agriculture
Alternative Energy
Amazon
Amphibian Crisis
Amphibians
Animal Behavior
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Automobiles
Biodiversity
Bioenergy
Biofuels
Biomimicry
Birds
Borneo
Brazil
Bushmeat
California
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Finance
Carbon Sequestration
Cellulosic Ethanol
China
Climate Change
Congo
Conservation
Coral Reefs
Deforestation
Ecological Services
Endangered Species
Energy
Environment
Environmental Law
Environmental Politics
Ethanol
Extinction
Fires
Fishing
Forests
Fossil Fuels
Green Business
Green Design
Green Energy
Greenland-Arctic
Happy-Upbeat Environmental
Hurricanes
Illegal Logging
India
Indigenous People
Indonesia
Interviews
Invasive Species
Lemurs
Logging
Madagascar
Mammals
Monkeys
New Guinea
Ocean Acidification
Oceans
Oil
Olpc
Orangutans
Palm Oil
Plants
Politics
Pollution
Population
Poverty Alleviation
Primates
Remote Sensing
Renewable Energy
Reptiles
Saving Rainforests
Sea Ice
Sea Levels
Sea Turtles
Sharks
Solar Power
Species Discovery
Strange
Technology
United States
Water
Whales
Wildlife
more
|
About | Privacy Copyright Rhett Butler 2009 |
