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International Workshop on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands |
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| Location and date(s) of workshop: |
Tokyo: 14 August 2006 |
| Organiser(s): | IEA with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
Background: |
Most electricity networks worldwide are now summer peaking in response to rapidly rising air conditioning loads. The urban heat island phenomenon, which has been observed and measured for over a century, is a major contributory factor to this growth in AC loads. This workshop, which was co-sponsored by IEA and the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), is the first international event in which experts and policy makers have met to discuss measures to mitigate urban heat islands. The benefits include improved thermal comfort, reduced cooling energy use, lower smog concentrations (and related health benefits), and more. |
| Links to relevant documents: |
Final Workshop Review and Statement Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands: A Global View See also the IEA's "Cooling Buildings in a Warming Climate" workshop in Sophia Antipolis, 2004 |
| Proceedings: | Part 1 Environmental Impacts of Urban Heat Islands 1) 1st Day's Opening Lecture Chair: Sue Grimmond, King's College London, UK "Technology and Policy Instrument for Mitigating the Heat-Island Effect" Shuzo Murakami, Keio Univ., Japan
2) Actual Conditions and Impacts of Urban Heat Islands
Part 2 Current State and Future Prospects of Research and Development
4) Field Measurements and Simulations
5) Greening and Construction Materials
6) 2nd Day's Opening Lecture Chair: Paul Waide and Ryuji Yanagihara
8) Life-Cycle Assessment
a) "Stuttgart - on the way to a sustainable development - climatic aspect
-" Chair: Hashem Akbari and Kazuo Iwamura Chair: Hashem Akbari and Kazuo Iwamura |
