Session 4 |
| | Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands (parallel with session 3) |
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Chairpersons: Anthony Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Jay S. Golden, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 1:30 PM | 4.1 | Tools for the Mitigation of the Urban Heat Island
Harvey Bryan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and V. Agarwal and P. S. Antia |
| 1:45 PM | 4.2 | Rooftop “greening” as an option for microclimatic amelioration in a high-density building complex  
Paul W. Osmond, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 2:00 PM | 4.3 | Experimental Study on the Measurement of Sensible Heat Flux at the Roof Surface Coated by High Reflectivity Paints
Masakazu Moriyama, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and H. Takebayashi and S. Nogami |
| 2:15 PM | 4.4 | Effect on CO2 Emissions of Building-Urban Area by Introducing Solar Reflective Paint
Tomohiko Ihara, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Genchi, M. Matsuo, Y. Yoshida, and R. Matsuhashi |
| | 4.5 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| 2:30 PM | 4.6 | Comparison of energy impact of Heat Island Reduction Strategies between Tokyo and Houston
Akira Urano, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and H. Akbari |
| 2:45 PM | 4.7 | Development of cool pavement with dark colored high albedo coating
Tsuyoshi Kinouchi, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Yoshinaka, N. Fukae, and M. Kanda |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | 4.8 | Study on the influence of sensible heat flux distribution on air temperature in the built-up area
Hideki Takebayashi, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and M. Moriyama |
| | 4.9 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| 3:45 PM | 4.10 | Urban geometry and electrical energy consumption in a tropical city
Léa Cristina Lucas Souza, State University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. S. Pedrotti and F. T. Leme |