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Abstract
Through its Heat Island Reduction Initiative (HIRI) program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with stakeholders to reduce summertime urban heat islands – elevated temperatures in built-up areas, compared to more rural surrounings. HIRI provides information on cool (i.e., reflective) roofing and paving products and on increasing urban vegetative cover in communities. HIRI also tracks and supports policies and programs that advance heat island reduction. This paper provides an overview of the HIRI program – highlighting EPA-supported energy and air quality research results, and summarizes implementation activities. It also discusses barriers to advancing mitigation, and outlines next steps for EPA’s HIRI program, with a specific discussion on cool roofing and green roofing, and the role green roofing will have in the HIRI program.
Through its Heat Island Reduction Initiative (HIRI) program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with stakeholders to reduce summertime urban heat islands – elevated temperatures in built-up areas, compared to more rural surrounings. HIRI provides information on cool (i.e., reflective) roofing and paving products and on increasing urban vegetative cover in communities. HIRI also tracks and supports policies and programs that advance heat island reduction. This paper provides an overview of the HIRI program – highlighting EPA-supported energy and air quality research results, and summarizes implementation activities. It also discusses barriers to advancing mitigation, and outlines next steps for EPA’s HIRI program, with a specific discussion on cool roofing and green roofing, and the role green roofing will have in the HIRI program.
Date
5/2005
5/2005
Author(s)
Eva Wong
Eva Wong
Page(s)
Keyword(s)
green roof; EPA; heat island; HIRI program
green roof; EPA; heat island; HIRI program