Urban systems, from their early origins, were acknowledged to be responsible for both
benefits and penalties due to anthropogenic actions affecting human wellbeing. In this view …

To help address the built environmental issues of both heat island and stormwater runoff,
strategies that make pavements cooler and permeable have been investigated through …

Ultraviolet (UV) albedo and UV reflectance are defined, compared and contrasted, to explain
their roles and place in studies focusing on UV radiation and exposure measurements, in …

In the absence of ground reflected radiation measured data, an average albedo value of 0.2,
which describes the reflective properties of the bare ground is generally used. The variation …

This dissertation research examines the effects of different cool pavement design and
management strategies on improving the thermal environment and mitigating near-surface …

About 90 percent of this excessive heat is due to buildings and pavements that absorb and
store solar heat (According to the Green Buildings Council). The only reference that focuses …

The 2010 Earthquake in Haiti caused catastrophic damage to the metropolitan area of Port
au Prince. The earthquake destroyed approximately 105,000 homes, causing more than 2.3 …

Roofing solutions with high capacity to reflect incident solar radiation, the so-called cool
roofs, can provide an effective answer to summer overheating of either individual buildings …

Blue colour-coated steel roofs (BCCSRs) offer a lightweight and economical option to
concrete and other cladding in buildings, but they are also controversial for altering the …

Roofs are severely hit by solar radiation in summer; hence the use of cool materials on the
finishing layer provides a significant reduction in the heat flow entering the building, with …