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Next Urban Heat Island Webcast:
April 29, 2008
2:00-3:30 Eastern Time
If you would like to participate, please contact Eva Wong (wong.eva@epa.gov).
Urban Heat Island Webcasts and Conference Calls
EPA holds free, national, quarterly urban heat island (UHI) webcasts. Prior to 2008, these meetings were held via conference call. Through these webcasts, and former conference calls, stakeholders from around the country inform each other of their urban heat island-related work. Scientists, practitoners, industry representatives, and government officials and staff all participate.
Presentations and other materials from these webcasts and conference calls are posted below, organized by topic. Note that some presentations are relevant to several topics and thus may be listed more than once. The most recent webcast is also listed by date.
- Most Recent Webcast
- Measuring and Modeling Urban Heat Islands
- Heat Island Impacts
- Mitigation
- Pre-2005 Conference Calls
Contact Us, if you would like to participate in future HIRI Webcasts and receive UHI-related notices.
Most Recent Webcast |
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| Date | Topic | Speaker | Webcast Files |
January 29, 2008 |
Seattle's new landscaping requirement for Seattle's Houston Downtown Management District's Vertical Garden (Green Wall) grant program (PDF) (34 pp, 2.2MB) Updates on EPA's UHI Activities (PDF) (10 pp, 84K) |
Steve Moddemeyer, Seattle Department of Planning and Development Anton Sinkewich, Central Houston Inc.
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January 29, 2008 Webcast (wmv) (12.3MB) |
Measuring and Modeling Urban Heat Islands |
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| Topic | Speaker | Date |
| How Researchers Measure Urban Heat Islands | James Voogt (University of Western Ontario) | July 2007 |
| Remote Sensing of Land Cover in Urban Environments | Nicholas Goodwin (University of British Columbia) | July 2007 |
| Measuring UHI in San Juan, Puerto Rico | Jeff Luvall (NASA), Dr. Jorge Gonzalez (Santa Clara University) | January 2007 |
| New York City Urban Heat Island "Reconnaissance": Preliminary Findings On Street Trees, Parks and Various Urban Surfaces Using Mobile Sensors | Stuart Gaffin (Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University) | October 2006 |
| Linking Urban Form, Function, and Climate | Gerald Mills (University College Dublin) | January 2005 |
| Characterizing NY’s Surface Urban Heat Island | Dr. Bill Solecki and Jennifer Cox (Hunter College) | January 2005 |
Heat Island Impacts |
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| Topic | Speaker | Date |
Air Quality |
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| Overview of NASA’s Air Quality Modeling Project in Atlanta (PDF) (43 pp, 3.5MB) | Dr. Dale Quattrochi (NASA) | October 2005 |
Water Quality & Management |
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| Beating the Heat from Urban Runoff | Don Waye (EPA) | October 2005 |
Heat & Health |
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| Urban Heat and Health | Jason Samenow (EPA) | July 2007 |
Mitigation |
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| Topic | Speaker | Date |
Strategies and Technologies |
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Trees and Vegetation |
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| Tree Canopy Programs in the Washington DC-MD-VA Air Quality Plan | Gary Allen (Center for Chesapeake Communities) | April 2007 |
| Sacramento’s Urban Forests for Clean Air Project | Charles Anderson (Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District) | April 2007 |
Green Roofs |
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| Portland, Oregon’s Green Roof Activities | Tom Liptan (City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services) | April 2007 |
| Building Energy Impacts of Green Roofs | Dave Sailor (Portland State University) | October 2006 |
| Update on Green Roof ASTM Standards | Michael Gibbons (Architectural Systems) | October 2006 |
Cool Roofs |
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| Cool Colors Project | Hashem Akbari and Dr. Ronnen Levinson (LBNL) | April 2006 |
| Austin Energy’s Cool Roof Rebate Program | Dr. Norman Muraya (Austin Energy) | October 2005 |
| Chicago’s Latest Cool Roof Requirements | Brendan Daley (Chicago Department of Environment) | January 2005 |
Urban Heat Island Activities |
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EPA Activities |
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Updates on EPA's UHI Activities (PDF) (10 pp, 84K) Note: this presentation was also given by webcast; it is the third presentation in the webcast file. Webcast (wmv) (12.3MB); Transcript (textfile) (68 K) |
Eva Wong, EPA |
January 2008 |
Seattle's new landscaping requirement for Seattle's Note: this presentation was also given by webcast; it is the first presentation in the webcast file. Webcast (wmv) (12.3MB); Transcript (textfile) (68 K) |
Steve Moddemeyer, Seattle Department of Planning and Development
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January 2008 |
Houston Downtown Management District's Vertical Garden (Green Wall) grant program (PDF) (34 pp, 2.2MB) Note: this presentation was also given by webcast; it is the second presentation in the webcast file. Webcast (wmv) (12.3MB); Transcript (textfile) (68 K) |
Anton Sinkewich, Central Houston Inc.
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January 2008 |
State and Local Activities |
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| Portland, Oregon’s Green Roof Activities | Tom Liptan (City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services) | April 2007 |
| Sacramento’s Urban Forests for Clean Air Project | Charles Anderson (Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District) | April 2007 |
| Tree Canopy Programs in the Washington DC-MD-VA Air Quality Plan | Gary Allen (Center for Chesapeake Communities) | April 2007 |
| Sustainable South Bronx, NYC NGO | Rob Crauderueff (Sustainable South Bronx) | January 2006 |
| De-brief of the December 6-7, 2005, Cooling our Communities Workshop in Tucson, AZ | Ryan Bell (ICLEI) | January 2006 |
| Chicago’s Latest Cool Roof Requirements | Brendan Daley (Chicago Department of Environment) | January 2005 |
| Austin Energy’s Cool Roof Rebate Program | Dr. Norman Muraya (Austin Energy) | October 2005 |
Other |
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| Overview of iTree | Greg McPherson (USDA Forest Service) | October 2006 |
| Modeling the Effects of Heat Island Mitigation | Dave Sailor (Portland State University) | April 2006 |
| Urban Surface Modification as a Potential Ozone AQ Improvement Strategy in CA | Haider Taha (Altostratus) | January 2006 |
Pre-2005 Conference Calls* |
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| Topics | Speakers | Date |
| Mitigation Impact Screening Tool (MIST); UHI modeling in CA; ICLEI Workshops (PDF) (4 pp, 1MB) | David Sailor (Portland State University), Haider Taha (Altostratus), Ryan Bell (ICLEI) | October 5, 2004 |
| Lessons learned from European heat wave; Sacramento UHI strategy; EPA Supplemental Environmental Projects (PDF) (4 pp, 127K) | Larry Kalkstein (U of Delaware), Misha Sarkovich (SMUD), Hyatt Nolan (EPA), Joyce Rosenthal (Columbia University), Eva Wong (EPA), David Hitchcock (HARC) | December 17, 2003 |
| University of MD research on urbanization and land use on surface temperature; CA’s Title-24 cool roof standards (PDF) (3 pp, 552K) | Eugenia Kalnay (U of MD), Hashem Akbari (LBNL), David Sailor (Portland State University), Eva Wong (EPA) | September 24, 2003 |
| OUTCOMES model, UHI and urban sprawl research in New Jersey; New York City green roof study(PDF) (4 pp, 205K) | Gordon Heisler (USDA Forest Service), William Solecki (Montclair University), Colin Cheney (Earth Pledge), Ryan Bell (ICLEI), David Brosch (City of Baltimore), Eva Wong (EPA) | June 24, 2003 |
| Philadelphia Cool Homes program; Urban forest research; Chicago’s cool roof amendment (PDF) (4 pp, 1MB) | Liz Robinson (Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency), Greg McPherson (USDA Forest Service), Gerry Bakker (City of Chicago) | March 18, 2003 |
| UHI and LEED; Penn State green roof research; Baltimore’s cool roof pilot (PDF) (4 pp, 339K) | Peter Templeton (USGBC), Dave Beattie (Penn State), David Brosch (City of Baltimore), Ken Sandler, Vinnie Hunt (City of Tucson) | September 24, 2002 |
| UHI research in Washington, DC; Climate & public health in NYC region; Atlanta green roof objectives; Toronto UHI Summit (PDF) (4 pp, 335K) | Ivan Cheung (George Washington University), Joyce Rosenthal (Columbia University), Ben Taube (City of Atlanta), Catherine Wood (Toronto Atmospheric Fund), Ryan Bell (ICLEI), Ann Dougherty (Environmental Council of Concrete Organizations), Eva Wong (EPA) | June 11, 2002 |
| Pavement reflectance study; Land use and energy studies; CA Cool Savings Program; UHI in Gilbert, AZ’s general plan; Houston Cool Cities Update (PDF) (4 pp, 226K) | Mel Pomerantz (LBNL), Hashem Akbari (LBNL), Kris Kiehne (Sacramento Cool Community Program), Paul Hollar (City of Gilbert, AZ), Dana Easley (HARC), Jim Scapaleto (ACPA) | March 12, 2002 |
| Heat health watch/warning systems; Philadelphia Cool Homes pilot program; Austin UHI mitigation (PDF) (4 pp, 279K) | Larry Kalkstein (U of Delaware), Liz Robinson (Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency), Fred Blood (City of Austin), Esther Matthews (Austin Energy) | December 11, 2001 |
| Florida Power & Light reflective roof study; Chicago energy code; research on designing thermally efficient cities (PDF) (4 pp, 268K) | Craig Muccio (Florida Power & Light), Brendan Daley (Chicago Department of Environment), Brian Stone (University of Wisconsin), Jeff Luvall (NASA), Jerriann Ernsten (Salt Lake City), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Maria Sanders (ICLEI) | September 25, 2001 |
| Biogenic emissions and large-scale urban tree planting; California cool roof retrofit program; Toronto Heat Island Summit; ICLEI Policy Adoption Campaign (PDF) (4 pp, 264K) | Arthur Winer (UCLA), John Karlick(U of CA Cooperative Extension), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Maria Sanders (ICLEI), Eva Ligetti (Toronto Atmospheric Fund), Niko Dietsch (EPA), Kris Kiehne (Sacramento Cool Community Program) | July 19, 2001 |
| CA AB970 & cool roof rebates; Fair Oaks Village cool parking lot; UHI modeling techniques (PDF) (4 pp, 18K) | Kris Kiehne (Sacramento Cool Community Program), Andy Youngs (CA Cement Promotion Council), Maria Sanders (ICLEI), Eva Wong (EPA), Niko Dietsch (EPA) | April 19, 2001 |
| Chicago green & cool roof requirements; pilot project updates (PDF) (3 pp, 31K) | Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Alex Holt (City of Chicago), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Maury Estes (NASA), Jeremy Castle (EPA), Edgar Mercado (EPA) | May 25, 2000 |
| Los Angeles air quality modeling; Department of Energy grant for carbon sequestration; other city updates (PDF) (3 pp, 67K) | Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Haider Taha (Altostratus), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Gary Gero (City of Los Angeles), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Tina Davies (City of Houston), Alex Holt (City of Chicago) | March 23, 2000 |
| Los Angeles urban airshed modeling; Sacramento and Salt Like City proposals (PDF) (3 pp, 72K) | Gary Gero (City of Los Angeles), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Maury Estes (NASA), Lucie Griggs (City of Atlanta) | February 24, 2000 |
| Salt Lake City demonstration projects; Sacramento cool pavements research and NASA analysis (PDF) (3 pp, 63K) | Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Maury Estes (NASA), Virginia Gorsevski (EPA) | January 20, 2000 |
| Sacramento, Salt Like City, Atlanta, and Miami Cool Community programs (PDF) (3 pp, 62K) | Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Ray Tretheway (City of Sacramento), Meryl Redisch (Salt Lake City), Lucie Griggs (City of Atlanta), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Stacey Mandell (City of Miami), Tina Davies (City of Houston), Alexandra Holt (City of Chicago) | December 2, 1999 |
| Sacramento Cool Community showcase and rooftop gardens; Cool Communities web site; urban development software (PDF) (4 pp, 65K) | Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Martha Turner (City of Sacramento), Lucie Griggs (City of Atlanta), Tina Davies (City of Houston), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Gary Gero (City of Los Angeles), Matt Nichols (ICLEI) | October 28, 1999 |
| Presentation to Sacramento City Council on UHI; Chicago UHI mitigation projects and City Hall rooftop garden; Atlanta UHI mitigation project and brownfields (PDF) (5 pp, 71K) | Martha Turner (City of Sacramento), Alex Holt (City of Chicago), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Lucie Griggs (City of Atlanta), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Maury Estes (NASA), Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), | September 30, 1999 |
| Sacramento cool roofing residential shingles; Baton Rouge GIS day; Los Angeles air quality modeling (PDF) (5 pp, 27K) | Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Maury Estes (NASA), Gary Gero (City of Los Angeles), Tina Davies (City of Houston) | August 26, 1999 |
| Reflective roofing data collection in Baton Rouge; UHI outreach kits developed in Atlanta; EPA UHI strategy (PDF) (5 pp, 27K) | Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Lucie Griggs (City of Atlanta), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Martha Turner (City of Sacramento) | July 22, 1999 |
| Los Angeles UHI grants; heat island reduction strategies in the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality building (PDF) (3 pp, 19K) | Gary Gero (City of Los Angeles), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Stacey Mandell (City of Miami) | June 10, 1999 |
| Life cycle cost analysis of asphalt and concrete; NASA creating interactive temperature profiles (PDF) (3 pp, 18K) | Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Lucy Griggs (City of Atlanta), Lisa Gartland (PositivEnergy), Fran Stewart (City of Baton Rouge), Maury Estes (NASA) | May 13, 1999 |
| Salt Lake City Cool Communities outreach presentations; paving workshop results; Sacramento UHI strategic plan (PDF) (5 pp, 27K) | Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Meryl Redisch (Salt Lake City), Alan Hirsch (City of Sacramento), Ray Tretheway (City of Sacramento), Virginia Gorsevski (EPA) | April 15, 1999 |
| Salt Lake City “Kool Kids” curriculum; Utah Transit Authority addresses UHI; ENERGY STAR and UHI (PDF) (4 pp, 20K) | Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Gary Gero (City of Los Angeles), Alan Hirsch (City of Sacramento), Lucy Griggs (City of Atlanta) | February 4, 1999 |
| UHI database and map development; reflective roofs in Salt Lake City (PDF) (2 pp, 11K) | Meryl Redisch (Salt Lake City), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Alan Hirsch (City of Sacramento), Ray Thretheway (City of Sacramento), Maury Estes (NASA), Virginia Gorsevski (EPA) | January 5, 1999 |
| Q&A on ENERGY STAR Roof Products Program; Q&A on urban fabric analysis and air quality modeling (PDF) (8 pp, 42K) | Rachel Schmeltz (EPA), Haider Taha (Altostratus), Meryl Redisch (Salt Lake City), Maury Estes (NASA), Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Ray Tretheway (City of Sacramento), Tom Whitney (Sacramento Tree Foundation), Mark Guillory (City of Baton Rouge) | August 19, 1998 |
| Lessons learned from successful Salt Lake City flyover; discussion on roofing materials (PDF) (4 pp, 24K) | Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Mark Guillory (City of Baton Rouge), Maury Estes (NASA), Meryl Redisch (Salt Lake City) | July 16, 1998 |
| UHI modeling software; pilot city updates (PDF) (4 pp, 26K) | Virginia Gorsevski (EPA), Tom Whitney (Sacramento Tree Foundation), Camille Russell (Utah Office of Energy Services), Mark Guillory (City of Baton Rouge) | June 17, 1998 |
*Prior to 2005, the conference call summaries were titled "Heat Island Reduction Initiative (HIRI) News" and were prepared as PDFs. These files are organized by date instead of by topic due to the limitations of the PDF format. The headings in the "Topics" highlight just some of the material discussed during the conference call.