Phoenixs asphalt gets up to 170 degrees - cool it by 40 degrees

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Phoenix's asphalt gets up to 170 degrees - cool it by 40 degrees
Updated: Feb 06, 2013 Bob D3 Forwarded to PlanPHX Leadership Committee and appropriate city department	84 13 9

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The world is finding short term fixes to our broiling asphalt seas - high tech paint.

From article 1: "Pavement accounts for 35-50% of the surfaces in city, according to the Berkeley Lab. Since city dwellers spend much more time on sidewalks than they do on roofs, paler pavement would be an improvement they could immediately appreciate."

Let's get painting, Phoenix!

More Info:: High-Tech Paint Keeps Parking Lots 40 Degrees Cooler; Phoenix's Emerald-Colored 'Cool Pavement' Will Reduce Ground Heat by 30 Degrees

9 Comments

by Ardyce E If we'd paint streets and parking lots in the various colors of the desert floors, we could emphasize that Phoenix. is built on a desert. What an aerial view! What an identity for our city!

Feb 07, 2013 at 2:33 PM
by Patrick B4 We could charge different development fees for various forms of ground coverage, based on their heat island effect. Black asphalt should be the most expensive. Permeable parking should be the least.

http://www.myplanphx.com/shaping-phoenix-s-future/permeable-parking

Feb 07, 2013 at 6:05 PM
by Ardyce E I'd combine this with installing grates at intersections to pull vehicle exhaust under the street and take it elsewhere. This would affect pollution and surface temps.

Feb 05, 2013 at 8:16 PM
by Bob D3 Thank you Ardyce, no I haven't. It makes sense there though - I didn't know about it.

Feb 06, 2013 at 10:33 PM
by Ardyce E Bob, maybe you haven't seen the grates under the drive-in windows at McDonald's. The exhaust is sucked under the driveway and taken elsewhere. Neither the drive-thru cashier nor the customer is asphixiated or roasted.

Feb 06, 2013 at 7:46 PM
by Bob D3 Are you being ironic? I'm actually making a serious proposal but there could be delicious whimsy in executing the ideas :)

Feb 05, 2013 at 9:54 PM
by Patrick B4 Not to mention, how cool would it be to have a reputation as "that funky city with the colorful streets"? Some will absolutely hate the notion. Don't listen to them.

Feb 02, 2013 at 11:13 PM
by Ardyce E And parking lots.

Feb 05, 2013 at 7:55 PM
by Bob D3 Excellent! We could have a street painting festival - at every place Streets Dept. needs to resurface the road!

Feb 03, 2013 at 4:48 PM

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