[MCN] Heat in the city: Dark roofs kill, light roofs save lives

[Lance Olsen]

Public Release: 5-Apr-2019
Reflective roofs can reduce overheating in cities and save lives during heatwaves
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
A new modeling study from the University of Oxford and collaborators has estimated how changing the reflectivity of roofs can help keep cities cooler during heatwaves and reduce heat-rated mortality rates.

JOURNAL
Environment International
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uoo-rrc040519.php>Full release https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uoo-rrc040519.php <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uoo-rrc040519.php>


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“...it is now equally important that policy-makers understand the more extreme possibilities that consensus may exclude or downplay.”
 
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