Healthy Urban Environments media coverage
AZ Heat Preparedness and Resilience Workgroup
- In Phoenix’s hottest neighborhoods, a ground-level search for ideas to tame extreme heat AZ Central | August 31, 2020
- Arizona heat deaths spike amid record temperatures, pandemic fears KJZZ | August 24, 2020
City of Phoenix Pavement Cool Seal
- Extreme heat is here, and it’s deadly High Country | September 1, 2020
- ‘Cool Pavement’ experiments help urban planners find ways to ease rising temperatures AZ Central I May 15, 2020
- Phoenix and ASU announce results of cool pavement study Downtown Devil | September 20, 2021
- Phoenix “cool pavement” program results, technology aims at cooling neighborhoods AZ Family | September 16, 2021
- Is lighter-colored pavement helping cool down Phoenix city streets? 12 News | October 3, 2021
- To Beat the Heat, Phoenix Paints Its Streets Gray Scientific American | October 3, 2021
- Here’s how cool pavement pilot program is impacting Phoenix AZ Big Media | September 23, 2021
- Living in a heatwave: How cities are being futureproofed against climate change Euronews | July 16, 2021
Design, Development, Testing and Modeling of Innovative Building Materials for Urban Cooling
- ASU Completes Study With Tempe to Cool Down Bus Shelters State Press | September 28, 2021
- ASU testing new material to make Tempe bus stops cooler ABC 15 | August 4, 2021
- Tempe Bus Shelter Pilot Project Tests Out Sun-Reflecting Film KJZZ | August 2, 2021
Developing and Testing HeatReady Standards for Cities
- Phoenix is ready for more rapid growth Medium | June 29, 2020
- How Phoenix is working to beat urban heat Scientific American | February 13, 2019
- ASU teams up with Phoenix in competition to fight climate change The State Press (Pre-HUE) | March 28, 2018
Heat and Health Maps for Decision-Making in Tempe
- Tempe takes climate action with first heat walk City of Tempe News | September 20, 2019
HeatReady Neighborhood
- In Phoenix’s hottest neighborhoods, a ground-level search for ideas to tame extreme heat AZ Central | August 31, 2020
HeatReady Schools
- Preparing valley schools for heat readiness School of Sustainability | August 6, 2020
Measuring the Urban Canopy and Cool Corridors
- How America’s hottest city will survive climate change The Washington Post | July 8, 2020
Neighborhood-Scale Comparison of Heat Mitigation Strategies Phoenix
- Mitigating Rising Temperatures In The Edison-Eastlake Community In PhoenixPatch.com | May 6, 2021
Playspace Redesign to Improve Children’s Environment and Health: A Pilot Project in South Phoenix
- On summer days, fun playground equipment can turn dangerously hot Boston Globe | July 19, 2019
- Catalyst: Hot playgrounds and microclimates Arizona PBS | March 20, 2019
The Right Shade in the Right Place: Thermal Assessment of Natural and Engineered Shade in Tempe
- New Research: Some Types Of Shade Better Than Others At Keeping Us Cool KJZZ | June 15, 2021
- ASU shade research could help guide urban heat island mitigation strategies ABC 15 | August 20, 2021
- 50 grades of shades: Researchers find that it’s not all created The Foothills Focus | September 18, 2019
- Arizona researchers say shade is not all created equal KTAR News | September 2, 2019
- 50 grades of shade: Researchers find that it’s not all created equal Cronkite News | August 29, 2019