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an understanding of planning policy, implementation constraints on a practical level and have a
practical feasibility approach to potential urban heat island mitigating technology/strategy
integration upon building construction and their effects on issues such as longevity, energy use
and building structure. It is preferable that this construction contractor has had exposure to
urban heat island sensitive materials, their selection, and implementation.
Satellite Measurement of Meteorological Conditions Specialist (SMMCS): This role is
proposed for an individual(s) with expertise in remote satellite meteorological measurements.
They must have an understanding of the technologies and techniques that can be used to identify
the urban heat island, its intensity, and thus measure the potential changes of mitigation
strategies ode to mass scale implementation.
Modeling Expert (ME): This role is proposed for an individual(s) with capabilities and
experience in measuring and modeling a wide range of: environmental impacts, climate change
and urban heat island phenomena including: air quality, storm water temperatures, ecology, and
atmospheric temperatures at local and global scales. Therefore this individual/s will be familiar
with a range of relevant modeling tools and processes that may be used to understand and
monitor any climatic changes ode to mass urban heat island countermeasures.
Urban Energy Systems Expert (UESE): This role is proposed for an individual with an intimate
understanding of the fundamental energy systems, their use (transport, land‐use, urban
environment interactions, supply networks, buildings), efficiency and technical issues in an
urban setting. They must have experience in monitoring and adapting, modeling, and evaluating
different urban energy set‐ups and their implications upon energy security, urban heat island
and climate change.
Roadmap Coordinator (RC): This role is proposed for an individual with extensive experience in
guiding and defining roadmaps. They do not have to be directly related to the field of urban heat
islands but they must have a systems dimension that provides them with the appropriate tools
and capacity to tie the large range of complex issues and variables, express their interactions at
the micro/macro/global scales, and thus enable them to guide and unify a path for the integration
of technologies and strategies to mitigate the urban heat island effect culminating in a roadmap.
Policy Expert (PE): This role is proposed for an individual(s) with an understanding of existing
relevant policy, barriers and implementation issues, processes and tools, effectiveness and has an
innovative approach to policy integration with other established initiatives. It is important that
such an individual has been actively involved in researching and developing climate change and
environmental policy ‐ and preferably has had some involvement in advocacy and policy
development for urban heat island mitigation. It is likely that such a role can be fulfilled by more
than one individual given the different approaches, lessons and experiences gained from
different parts of the world.
Finance Expert (FE): This role is proposed for an individual(s) with an understanding of existing
relevant financial mechanisms, barriers and implementation issues, tools, effectiveness and has
an innovative approach to using and developing financial mechanisms to integrate and
complement other established initiatives/efforts. It is important that such an individual has been
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