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.

National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Review and Recommendations on Decarbonization

 

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."

 
Smart Surfaces