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Cool Fixes for Hot Cities Part 1: San Antonio

This page includes a recording, presentation slides, and transcript from EPA’s August 1, 2018 webcast, "Cool Fixes for Hot Cities Part 1: San Antonio."

Part 1 of the Cool Fixes for Hot Cities webcast series covered San Antonio’s Under 1 Roof program, which aims to provide relief from extreme heat and high utility bills to the city's low-income residents. The growing program has installed over 150 cool roofs for low-income homeowners so far. Learn more about San Antonio’s program, the benefits of cool roofs, and monitoring efforts in this 90 minute webcast.

  • Webcast Slides: Cool Fixes for Hot Cities Part 1: San Antonio (pdf) (7.76 MB)
  • Section 1: Introduction (pdf) (844.92 KB)
  • Section 2: Overview of Cool Roofs for Heat Island Reduction (pdf) (3.49 MB)
  • Section 3: San Antonio's Under 1 Roof Program (pdf) (3.28 MB)
  • Section 4: Performance Assessment of High-Solar Reflectance Roofs in San Antonio (pdf) (2.28 MB)
  • Webcast Questions and Answers (pdf) (666.88 KB)
  • Webcast Transcript (pdf) (491.3 KB)

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