Water conservation benefits of urban heat mitigation

Cool roofs have been shown to mitigate heat in urban areas, but their impact on water conservation has not been examined. Here the authors conduct simulations with an urban canopy model to show that implementation of cool roofs in California can also reduce outdoor water consumption by up to 9%.

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Autores principales:	Pouya Vahmani, Andrew D. Jones
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2084e27d3dfe451f872bd3c58f748fae
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2084e27d3dfe451f872bd3c58f748fae2021-12-02T14:40:37ZWater conservation benefits of urban heat mitigation10.1038/s41467-017-01346-12041-1723https://doaj.org/article/2084e27d3dfe451f872bd3c58f748fae2017-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01346-1https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Cool roofs have been shown to mitigate heat in urban areas, but their impact on water conservation has not been examined. Here the authors conduct simulations with an urban canopy model to show that implementation of cool roofs in California can also reduce outdoor water consumption by up to 9%.Pouya VahmaniAndrew D. JonesNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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description	Cool roofs have been shown to mitigate heat in urban areas, but their impact on water conservation has not been examined. Here the authors conduct simulations with an urban canopy model to show that implementation of cool roofs in California can also reduce outdoor water consumption by up to 9%.
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Water conservation benefits of urban heat mitigation

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