Review and Critical Analysis of International UHI Studies

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Professor Maldonado is a Professor at the University of Porto, he is a member of the Energy Demand Management Committee of the European Commission, Coordinator of the Buildings Concerted Action (CA) for the Transposition of the EPBD and a member of the Energy Advisory Group (AGE) of the European Commission. Professor Maldonado holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering on HVAC and Indoor Air Quality. Professor Maldonado spoke at the 2009 RESNET Building Performance Conference and will be speaking next year at the World Sustainable Energy Days 2010 conference and Clima 2010 the 10 th REHVA world congress. Name: Neelam Patel Current Position: US Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Heat Island Program Role: Policy Expert Telephone Number: +1 202 343 9384 E‐mail: patel.neelam‐r@epa.gov Mr Neelam Patel is the manager of the EPA’s Urban Heat Island Program. Name: Jaquelin Ligot Current Position: IDEAcarbon / The Carbon Rating Agency, London Role: Finance Expert Telephone Number: +33 (0) 684 220 437 E‐mail: jacqligot@googlemail.com Mr Ligot Jacquelin has nearly 20 years of experience in project financing (debt and equity) and policy dialogue, with private and public clients. He has concentrated much of his career in project finance on projects involving sustainable development, climate change, sustainable energy, infrastructure and carbon markets and has over 15 year experience in emerging markets, notably countries in transition (C&E Europe, CIS), Turkey, South Africa. As head of the European Review and Critical Analysis of International UHI Studies Page 145
Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s energy efficiency and climate change team for 8 years (2000‐2008), he has designed funds or financing facilities that finance energy‐efficiency upgrades of existing buildings and combined heat and power / district heating networks in Central and Eastern Europe. Mr Ligot was also Head of Unit – Borrowing and Treasury for the City of Paris in the Finance and Economic Affairs Department. Review and Critical Analysis of International UHI Studies Page 146
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Assessment of International Urban H
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Comments iii Bibliographic Report a
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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS vii Bibliographic
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The mitigation technologies were fo
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a forward path; provides an economi
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2.1.1 Population Size/Density Popul
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workday effect and weekends. Studie
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Some UHI impacts are positive such
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correlation with vehicles and traff
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2.2.4 Peak Power Peak power describ
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temperature and climate, thus chang
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3 QUANTITATIVE MODELING & SIMULATIO
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The following papers use a number o
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Another study in Japan simulated ai
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This paper applied a model to calcu
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3.2 Simulations of UHI 3.2.1 Introd
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A study in France sought to find ou
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Traffic flow was calculated using c
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Implementation Issues 4 North & Asi
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These studies were founded primaril
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(humidification and heat sink insta
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emissions and the tree topology rel
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At a City scale one study focuses o
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This section reports the findings f
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Recent steps taken in cities in the
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� Most US States encourage tree p
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o 29 German cities offer subsidies
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4.5.1 Review for Cool Roofs: 4.5.1.
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the global emitted CO2 offset poten
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standards to promote the cool roofs
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The expected savings generated in c
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� The degree to which the change
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enefits are complex to measure dire
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controls of the active cooling/heat
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temperature increases due to paveme
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curb‐side planting. Data gatherin
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location, orientation, growth/morta
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seasons, climate types, etc. Furthe
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the summer than the winter, thus ra
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A study in Japan tested the effect
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One US study written in 1998 seeks
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This section reports the findings f
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planning approach. Medium resolutio
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Urban design and planning is a comp
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5 CRITICAL REVIEW OF UHI COUNTERMEA
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� Implementation Issues: The esti
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savings are used over solutions tha
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� 10.5 MtCO2 emissions per year f
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� Preparation: Substantial prepar
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Page 133 and 134: 7 GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC PANEL 7.1 Intro
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