New group wants to help US cities scale up climate-resilient ‘smart surfaces’

Buildings, roads and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit heat more than natural landscape, resulting in urban heat islands with higher temperatures than outlying areas. The coalition hopes smart surfaces are the answer to these problems. The work the organization supports is not new for many communities: Notoriously hot cities like Los Angeles and Phoenix in recent years have experimented with cool pavement coatings, which reflect rather than absorb heat.
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