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Rural fringe takes on Urban Heat Island Effect with light coloured roofs

Wilton’s new Development Control Plan (DCP) has looked to face climate change head on, with roofs installed on new homes required to be of lighter, more reflective colours that can cool residential buildings in warmer months. In a bid to tackle the urban heat island effect head on, which sees human activities drive up temperatures […]

Sydney suburb orders residents to paint roofs white and plant a tree in every garden to tackle climate change

07/04/2022 / Uncategorised

The plans will attempt to tackle blistering summer temperatures in the city. Sydney will ban dark roofs on new homes and ask residents to plant a tree in their garden to help tackle climate change and reduce blistering summer temperatures. As part of the plans, lighter-coloured roofs will be mandatory in new properties and residential

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