Research and Reports

The Coalition has researched and published, with national partners and cities, rigorous and extensive cost benefit analyses of smart surfaces. This includes quantifying for the first time a dozen specific benefits of smart surfaces, many related to health, including reduction of temperature and pollution, reducing flood risk, and protecting city credit rating.

Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions (2023)

 

The new U.S. National Academy of Sciences Consensus Study Report on solving climate change addresses the importance of Smart Surfaces.

Co-author Vivian Loftness, SSC’s Steering Committee Co-chair notes that, "The National Academies' 2023 report on Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. features Smart Surfaces as a critical action for reducing heat and carbon, mitigating climate change, and advancing a more just and equitable built environment."

 
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