Evaluating the Health Benefits of Urban Cooling
GCCA gathered a team of top climate researchers, including Larry Kalkstein (University of Miami), Jennifer Vanos (Texas Tech University), David Sailor (Portland State University), and Scott Sheridan...
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South Africa Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Exchange
Welcome to the South Africa Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Exchange (EERE Exchange), a regularly-updated platform for sharing information on initiatives related to the growth of markets for...
View ArticleGCCA Executive Director Kurt Shickman on WAMU’s Metro Connection
Johnathan Wilson, environmental reporter for WAMU (a public radio station in Washington, DC) recently spoke with GCCA Executive Director, Kurt Shickman about rising global temperatures. Kurt talked...
View ArticleCatch GCCA Executive Director, Kurt Shickman on KCRW
Madeleine Brand, a reporter for NPR station KCRW in Santa Monica, California, noted that extreme heat is now the most deadly of weather-driven disasters. She invited GCCA’s Executive Director, Kurt...
View ArticleCool Surfaces News Roundup: October 2014
Each quarter, the Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) compiles the media covering cool roofs, cool pavements, and a wide range of urban heat island-related issues in a report we call Cool Retrospective....
View ArticleGCCA Defends Cool Roof Proposals at International Green Construction Code...
The final action hearings for the 2015 International Green Construction Code were held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in early October. GCCA Executive Director, Kurt Shickman and Deputy Director Amy Dickie...
View ArticleGCCA Discusses the Benefits of Cool Pavements
On November 6th, GCCA Deputy Director Amy Dickie gave a talk at the annual gathering of the Northern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The talk was titled, Keeping Your...
View ArticleCool Surfaces News Roundup: January 2015
Each quarter, the Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) compiles the media covering cool roofs, cool pavements, and a wide range of urban heat island-related issues in a report we call Cool Retrospective....
View ArticleGCCA Board Member Explains Cool Roofs and Reflectivity
Dr. Ronnen Levinson, a GCCA Board Member and researcher in Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory’s (LBNL) Heat Island Group, presented his research on cool roofs – Cool Roofs Through Time and Space –...
View ArticleCool Surfaces News Roundup: July 2015
The Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) compiles news covering cool roofs, cool pavements, and a wide range of urban heat island-related issues in a report we call Cool Retrospective. In this issue,...
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Cool Cities Network Workshop
Cities are the front line in the battle to adapt to and thrive in a world of rising temperatures. GCCA, along with our partner C40: Cities of Climate Leadership, launched the Cool Cities Network to...
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GCCA Executive Director Kurt Shickman on WAMU’s Metro Connection
Johnathan Wilson, environmental reporter for WAMU (a public radio station in Washington, DC) recently spoke with GCCA Executive Director, Kurt Shickman about rising global temperatures. Kurt talked...
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Catch GCCA Executive Director, Kurt Shickman on KCRW
Madeleine Brand, a reporter for NPR station KCRW in Santa Monica, California, noted that extreme heat is now the most deadly of weather-driven disasters. She invited GCCA’s Executive Director, Kurt...
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GCCA Discusses the Benefits of Cool Pavements
On November 6th, GCCA Deputy Director Amy Dickie gave a talk at the annual gathering of the Northern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The talk was titled, Keeping Your...
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GCCA Board Member Explains Cool Roofs and Reflectivity
Dr. Ronnen Levinson, a GCCA Board Member and researcher in Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory’s (LBNL) Heat Island Group, presented his research on cool roofs – Cool Roofs Through Time and Space –...
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Cool Cities Network Workshop
Cities are the front line in the battle to adapt to and thrive in a world of rising temperatures. GCCA, along with our partner C40: Cities of Climate Leadership, launched the Cool Cities Network to...
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Los Angeles Urban Cooling Collaborative
Helping to Demonstrate the Benefits of a Cooler Los Angeles as a Model for Other Cities The Los Angeles Urban Cooling Collaborative (LAUCC) is a unique national partnership between nonprofit groups,...
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New Thinking on Cool Roof in Cool Climates
Roofing Magazine’s September/October edition includes an article from GCCA that examines some of the new research that is toppling the myth that cool roofs are not suitable in cool climates. You can...
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Saving Billions by Managing Urban Sun and Rain
We have long known that smarter material choices for our roofs and pavements would lead to significant improvements in urban economies and quality of life. Now, a report for the District of Columbia...
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Remembering Dr. Art Rosenfeld
On Friday, February 27th 2017, the world lost Dr. Art Rosenfeld, a man with an impossibly sharp, endlessly curious, boundlessly energetic mind with a heart to match. The obituary from Lawrence...
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