Exposure to excessive heat is responsible
for thousands of deaths and emergency
room visits annually in the United States.
Due to climate change, Texas cities have
been warming faster than the rest of the
world. Within 25 years, the number of 100
F days is expected to double. Cities are
even more vulnerable than the countryside
due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.
(Bielson-Gammon 2021)Adapting cities to
this new climate reality is critical to ensure
the vitality of public spaces and the health
of urban dwellers. This major research
project (MRP) evaluates the most effective
means to reduce UHI at a neighborhood
scale in a humid subtropical context. The
MRP presents two massing frameworks and
nine toolkit items that can be used by
architects and urban designers to lower the
air temperature and improve human
thermal comfort.
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