Links & Research

Supporting and Affinity Organizations

• Georgia Concrete & Products Association

• The Georgia Conservancy

• Georgia Quality Growth Partnership
• Southface Energy Institute
• Southeast Cement Promotion Association
• Pervious Concrete Pavements

Urban Trees and Benefits

• Trees Atlanta
• American Forests
• Georgia Forestry Commission
• Southern Nursery Association
• Greenroofs.com
• Georgia Urban Forest Council

Research

• NASA Site
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
• EPA Energy Star
• U.S. Forest Service Urban Forestry Research
• Cool Roof Rating Council
• "Cool Communities Tool Kit-How to implement Urban Heat Island Mitigation in your community" 
• University of Georgia Stormwater research
• EPA Heat Island Reduction Initiative

• Energy Reports:

The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (NBNL) has just posted it's "Streamlined Energy-Savings Calculations for Heat-Island Reductions strategies" Report. This report estimates the impact of Heat Island Reductions strategies on buildings' cooling and heating energy use and peak power demand using the DOE-2.1E model and weather data for 240 locations in the U.S. For more information see" http://www.library.lbl.gov/docs/LBNL/473/07/PDF/LBNL-47307.pdf

• 2004 Buildings Energy Databook Now Available.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy compiled information from numerous sources on commercial and residential building energy consumption.

For more information see: http://buildingsdatabook.eere.energy.gov

• Air Quality Modeling Reports:

 For more information see: NASA Metropolitan Atlanta Air Quality Project

• Houston Advanced Research Center: Cool Houston Project

Review Houston's Cool Communities strategies and programs for heat island mitigation at: http://www.harc.edu/harc/Projects/CoolHouston/

Additional urban heat island modeling information has been posted on the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) website. For more information see: http://www.harc.edu/air and click on "Research Projects" then "Hi.2002" to download the Meteorological and Emissions Sensitivity Modeling Study of Rapid Ozone Formation Events in the Houston-Galveston Airshed report.

Links to web sites below refer to light surfacing and urban heat island issues:

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory articles and reports on light colored surfaces: http://eetd.lbl.gov/Heatisland/PUBS/PAINTING
• http://eande.lbl.gov/Heatisland/LEARN/Lighten
• Various articles on green building technology and environmental issues from Building Operating Management magazine at:    www.facilitiesnet.com/
• Urban Forests info on American Forest web site: www.americanforests.org