What can be done to reduce the Heat Island Effect? • Plant more canopy type trees • Use lighter colored materials for roads and parking lots • Use high Albedo materials for roofing What is Albedo? • Reflectivity + Emissivity = Albedo • Reflectivity: the percentage of incident light or electromagnetic radiation that is reflected. • Emissivity: the rate at which absorbed energy is radiated from an object. Dark Asphalt has a very low Albedo which means that it absorbs more heat than an object with a high Albedo such as a highly reflective white roof.

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