Smart Surfaces Coalition

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.

Smart Surfaces: A Study for San Francisco International Airport

Iona Isachsen, Greg Kats, Dean Berkowitz, Ingrid Suazo Meza, Dr. Haider Taha, Dr. Barrak Alahmad, Ryan McCuaig, Elizabeth Wesley

The Smart Surfaces Coalition (SSC) has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the local climate and SFO’s surface characteristics and evaluated how cool (reflective) surfaces in particular can improve the working environment of outdoor workers. This study uses high resolution local climate modeling to evaluate three roof and pavement albedo modification scenarios (low, moderate, high) for their impact on air temperature and worker productivity.

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