The summer of 2022 was unprecedented: the series of heat waves between June and August provided a glimpse of how climate change will make cities increasingly arduous places to live in the summer months. That’s especially true in the most densely populated areas, where tightly packed buildings and ubiquitous concrete and asphalt surfaces can drive up temperatures and rapidly turn city blocks into furnaces. In addition, the darker colors used for urban structures tend to attract and absorb heat. These dense urban areas are known as heat islands, and they’re what two students at EPFL Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC)—Clara Gualtieri and YueWanZhao Yuan—chose to study for their Master’s project in environmental engineering. They conducted important research on heat islands and what can be done to mitigate the effects.
Click here for original story, Preventing heat islands is a priority for the future of our cities
Source: Phys.org