These 5 cities aim to cool down by scaling up ‘smart surfaces’ in coming years

Source: Smart Cities Dive

Dive Brief:

  • Five cities —  Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, New Orleans and Columbia, South Carolina — will participate in a three-year project to scale up the adoption of surfaces that reduce urban heat, the nonprofit Smart Surfaces Coalition announced Thursday.

  • City staff and local organizations will receive data on what sites in the city could best benefit from such surfaces, as well as policy guidance, funding, guidance for securing federal funds and access to an online cost-benefit analysis tool.

  • A cost-benefit analysis of the potential of “smart surfaces” in Baltimore showed that such investments can provide value of more than 10 times their cost.

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Chelsea McCullough