Strategies for shading urban heat islands to create thermally healthy public spaces

Increasing heat stress due to climate change is causing large portions of our cities to become harmful to our health. Urban overheating is a global phenomenon that affects pedestrians in cities all over the world and demands the implementation of urgent climate-adaption strategies.

Vulnerable groups of people are particularly at risk from thermal stress, which makes it difficult for them to take advantage of public spaces. Our NEB Action aims to reduce temperatures in urban spaces through shading measures to restore their recreational appeal and prevent social isolation. The solar modules within these shading elements will allow them to be used simultaneously for energy generation.

We are studying Neuperlach to identify heat islands in public spaces and to determine areas where shading measures make sense in terms of their social usability, environmental integration and economic value. In participatory formats that involve the city inhabitants, we develop demonstrators that show how climate-appropriate design can bring about social, ecological and economic enhancement, establish identity and thus create an inclusive, liveable, beautiful and sustainable city.

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