Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2432 The University of Texas at San Antonio (144320)
Principal Investigator: Dessouky, Samer
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 97,832
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 4/1/23 - 3/31/24
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Engineering and Integrated Design
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Ceid Cvl Env Engr & Const Mgmt
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Mitigation UHI with Cool Pavement
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
City of San Antonio - Texas
CFDA: 0
Program Title: none
Note:
SAMs 1.1.1; Researchers, city planners, and sustainability leaders are now focusing on mitigative techniques to reduce the urban heat island (UHI). Cool pavements, those that increase the albedo of the surface and reflect more incoming shortwave radiation, have been deployed extensively in cities such as Phoenix and Los Angeles to mitigate the UHI magnitude. Studies of the effectiveness of cool pavements have revealed complex results depending on the precise "temperature" that is being considered (e.g., surface temperature, air temperature, wet bulb globe temperature). It is important to measure the impact of cool pavements on the net radiation budget and a variety of temperature characteristics to fully understand their effectiveness in San Antonio since previous studies have focused on cities located in different climatic regions with differing urban morphologies. The UTSA team will perform a series of in-situ testing to evaluate the pavement characteristics. The in-situ data will be analyzed to compare the performance of the control versus the cool pavement sections. The research fundings will assist COSA decision makers on developing mitigation policies of UHI considering the integrity and functionality of roadwork network.
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