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Overpopulation and rapid urbanisation are transforming our cities into urban heat islands . Super cool materials and other heat-mitigation strategies reduce the energy needed for cooling , decreasing carbondioxide emissions that deteriorate air quality . The benefits are shared across the global population , particularly aiding low-socio economic communities , as well as supporting industry and government , through the development of new markets , energy saving and informed urban planning , says Mat Santamouris .
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Climate , energy and cities
Cool materials were applied in the mitigation case and a reduction of the ambient temperature was observed . Extracted from the project report for Cooling Riyadh . Images : Supplied .
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