On the impact of modified urban albedo on ambient temperature and heat related mortality

Heat mitigation technologies can improve sustainability in cities. An holistic experimental and numerical impact assessment of urban overheating and related heat mitigation strategies on energy consumption, indoor comfort, vulnerability and heat-related mortality and morbidity in cities

(2020) M. Santamouris et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Holistic approach to assess co-benefits of local climate mitigation in a hot humid region of Australia

(2020) Shamila Haddad et al.   Scientific Reports

Impact of heat on mortality and morbidity in low and middle income countries: A review of the epidemiological evidence and considerations for future research

(2019) Hunter Green et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Potential benefits of cool roofs in reducing heat-related mortality during heatwaves in a European city

(2019) H.L. Macintyre et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between daily mean temperature and mortality in China

(2019) Qianlai Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Recent progress on urban overheating and heat island research. Integrated assessment of the energy, environmental, vulnerability and health impact. Synergies with the global climate change

(2019) M. Santamouris   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Modification of the association between high ambient temperature and health by urban microclimate indicators: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) Leah H. Schinasi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Passive and active cooling for the outdoor built environment – Analysis and assessment of the cooling potential of mitigation technologies using performance data from 220 large scale projects

(2017) M. Santamouris et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Synergies between Urban Heat Island and Heat Waves in Athens (Greece), during an extremely hot summer (2012)

(2017) Dimitra Founda et al.   Scientific Reports

On the ageing of cool roofs: Measure of the optical degradation, chemical and biological analysis and assessment of the energy impact

(2016) Elena Mastrapostoli et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Delineation of Spatial Variability in the Temperature–Mortality Relationship on Extremely Hot Days in Greater Vancouver, Canada

(2016) Hung Chak Ho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Urban vegetation and heat-related mortality in Seoul, Korea

(2016) Ji-Young Son et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Innovating to zero the building sector in Europe: Minimising the energy consumption, eradication of the energy poverty and mitigating the local climate change

(2016) Mat Santamouris   SOLAR ENERGY

On the impact of urban heat island and global warming on the power demand and electricity consumption of buildings—A review

(2015) M. Santamouris et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION TECHNIQUES – THE STATE OF THE ART

(2015) Hashem Akbari et al.   Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Micro-scale urban surface temperatures are related to land-cover features and residential heat related health impacts in Phoenix, AZ USA

(2015) G. Darrel Jenerette et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Analyzing the heat island magnitude and characteristics in one hundred Asian and Australian cities and regions

(2015) M. Santamouris   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

On the energy impact of urban heat island and global warming on buildings

(2014) M. Santamouris   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

On the thermal characteristics and the mitigation potential of a medium size urban park in Athens, Greece

(2014) Fotini Skoulika et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Avoided Heat-Related Mortality through Climate Adaptation Strategies in Three US Cities

(2014) Brian Stone et al.   PLoS One

Intra-urban vulnerability to heat-related mortality in New York City, 1997–2006

(2014) Joyce Klein Rosenthal et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk–Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation

(2013) Bill M. Jesdale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Neighborhood Effects on Heat Deaths: Social and Environmental Predictors of Vulnerability in Maricopa County, Arizona

(2012) Sharon L. Harlan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Study on reflectivity and photostability of Al-doped TiO2 nanoparticles and their reflectors

(2012) Sanjeev Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments

(2012) M. Santamouris   SOLAR ENERGY

A study on the cooling effects of greening in a high-density city: An experience from Hong Kong

(2011) Edward Ng et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment

(2011) Dev Millstein et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Effects of Urban Surfaces and White Roofs on Global and Regional Climate

(2011) Mark Z. Jacobson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO2offsets

(2010) Surabi Menon et al.   Environmental Research Letters

An evaluation of the progress in reducing heat-related human mortality in major U.S. cities

(2010) Laurence S. Kalkstein et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

Modeling effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies on heat-related morbidity: a case study for Phoenix, Arizona, USA

(2009) Humberto R. Silva et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Heat-related mortality: a review and exploration of heterogeneity

(2009) S. Hajat et al.   JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Variation of daily warm season mortality as a function of micro-urban heat islands

(2009) A Smargiassi et al.   JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

Monitoring the effect of urban green areas on the heat island in Athens

(2008) I. Zoulia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

On the Use of Cool Materials as a Heat Island Mitigation Strategy

(2008) A. Synnefa et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology