Presentations

Sunday, September 20, 2009
5:30 - 7:30 pm Welcoming Reception and Outline of Conference Akbari, H.
Monday, September 21, 2009
8:30 am Breakfast  
8:30 - 8:45 am Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Utility Activities Turnbull, P.
Measurements
9:00 - 9:20 am Study on the Characteristics of Solar Radiation in the Geometrically Complex Urban Spaces by Using a Spectroradiometer Ashie, Y.
9:20 - 9:40 am Urban Heat Island and Human Heat-Stress Values During the July 2006 Portland, Oregon Heat Wave Bornstein, R.
9:40 - 10:00 am Continuous Moving Measurement Method for Thermal Environmental Distributions in Streets Nakao, M.
10:00 - 10:20 am Urban and Rural Temperature Trends in Proximity to Large U. S. Cities: 1951 - 2000 Stone, B.
10:20 - 10:30 am Questions  
10:30 - 10:40 am Break  
10:40 - 11:00 am Evaluation Method of Heat Island Intensity for Coastal Urban Area Miyazaki, H.
11:00 - 11:20 am Climate Impacts of LCLU Changes on a Tropical Coastal Region Under a Changing Climate Gonzalez, J.E.
11:20 - 11:40 am Analytical Solution of Cold-air-drainage Flow Within and Above Forest Canopy Li, Y., Luo, Z.
11:40 - 11:50 pm Questions  
11:50 am Lunch  
11:50 - 12:05 pm Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Activities Burch, D.
Pavements
1:00 - 1:20 pm A Study on the Effectiveness of Heat Mitigating Pavement Coatings and Development of a Prediction Model for Air Temperatures in Singapore Ping, T.
1:20 - 1:40 pm Measurement of Optical Properties and Thermal Performance of Coloured Thin Layer Asphalt Samples and Evaluation of Their Impact on The Urban Environment Synnefa, A.
1:40 - 2:00 pm Hot Weather Comparative Heat Balances in Pervious Concrete and Impervious Concrete Pavement Systems Haselbach, L.
2:00 - 2:20 pm Evaporation Performance Analysis for Water Retentive Material Based on Outdoor Heat Budget and Transport Properties Kinoshita, S.
2:20 - 2:30 pm Reduction of Urban Heat Island Effect Through Harvest of Heat Energy from Asphalt Pavements Mallick, R.B.
2:30 - 2:40 pm Questions  
2:40 - 2:50 pm Break  
Reflective Materials
2:50 - 3:10 pm Reduction of Reflected Heat of the Sun by Retroreflective Materials Sakai, H.
3:10 - 3:30 pm Method for Measuring Solar Reflectance of Retroreflective Materials Using Emitting-receiving Optical Fiber Iyota, H.
3:30 - 3:50 pm Thermochromic Energy Efficient Coatings for Buildings and Urban Structures Karlessi, T.
3:50 - 4:10 pm Evaluation of Solar Reflectance of Cool Materials by On-site Measurement and Its Aged Deterioration Kinoshita, S.
4:10 - 4:20 pm Questions  
4:20 - 4:40 pm A Novel Technique for the Production of Cool Colored Roofing Materials Levinson, R.
4:40 - 5:00 pm CO2 Emissions Reduction by Solar Reflective Coating for Automobiles Ihara, T.
5:00 - 5:10 pm Questions  
5:10 pm Adjourn  
6:00 pm Banquet  
  Letter from Professor Mizuno on Osaka Heat Island Measures Technology Consortium (HITEC) activities Professor Masakazu Moriyama
  California Energy Commission (CEC) Activities Commissioner Julia Levin
  California Legislature Activities CA Assembly Member Nancy Skinner
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
8:30 am Breakfast  
8:30 - 8:45 am Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) Activities Hao, S.
Design of Buildings
9:00 - 9:20 am Pedestrian Ventilation System: A Novel Approach to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands Mirzaei, P.A.
9:20 - 9:40 am An Experimental Study of Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effect by Novel Applications of Bamboo as a Constructional Material Kandya, A.
9:40 - 10:00 am Break  
10:00 - 10:20 am Effect of Evaporative Cooling Techniques by Spraying Mist Water on Energy Saving in Apartment House
[Video]		 Narumi, D.
10:20 - 10:30 am Questions  
10:30 - 10:40 am Break  
Vegetation
10:40 - 11:00 am Arbo-Structure: Ecomasterplanning the Road to Cool, Healthy Cities and Urban Islands McBride, D.
11:00 - 11:20 am Development of a Green Roof Environmental Monitoring and Meteorological Network in New York City Gaffin, S.R.
11:20 - 11:40 am SMUD Shade Tree and Cool Roof Programs: Case Study in Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effects Sarkovich, M.
11:40 - 11:50 pm Questions  
11:50 am Lunch  
11:50 - 12:05 pm Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Activities Patel, N. / K. Diehl
1:00 - 1:20 pm Field Measurement on Energy Budget of Isolated Plant Unit Yoshida, A.
1:20 - 1:40 pm Increasing Green Infrastructure in Compact Developments: Strategies for Providing Ecologically Beneficial Greenery in Modern Urban Built Environments Staley, D.C.
1:40 - 2:00 pm Urban Vegetation Effects on the Spatial Variability of Temperature in the City Center Nabeshima, M.
2:00 - 2:10 pm Questions  
Modeling of Air
2:10 - 2:30 pm Development of Empirical Models for an Estate Level Air Temperature Prediction in Singapore Jusuf, S.
2:30 - 2:50 pm Study on a Simple Evaluation Method of Urban Heat Island Mitigation Technology Using Upper Air Data Takebayashi, H.
2:50 - 3:00 pm Questions  
3:00 - 3:10 pm Break  
3:10 - 3:30 pm Analysis of Relationship Between Meteorological Conditions and Ground O3 Levels in Summer Over the Central Kanto Area Khiem, M.
3:30 - 3:50 pm Impacts of Urbanization vs. Global Warming in Southern California Coasts Lebassi, B.
3:50 - 4:10 pm Mesoscale and Meso-urban Meteorological and Photochemical Modeling of Heat Island Mitigation in California: Results and Regulatory Aspects Taha, H.
4:10 - 4:20 pm Questions
Urban Planning
4:20 - 4:40 pm The Mitigation of UHI Intensity by the Improvement of Land Use Plan in the Urban Central Area: Application to Osaka City, Japan Moriyama, M.
4:40 - 5:00 pm Urban Climatic Mapping in Hong Kong Ng, E.
5:00 - 5:10 pm Questions  
5:10 pm Adjourn  
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
8:30 am Breakfast  
8:30 - 8:45 am California Air Resources Board Activities Waters, D.
Urban Planning
9:00 - 9:20 am A New Urban Planning Approach for Heat Island Study at the Community Scale Li, K.
9:20 - 9:40 am Effect of Policies for Building Low-Carbon Cities and Evaluating Them in Asia: From Mitigation Around Buildings Yoshida, Y.
9:40 - 10:00 am National Research Project on Kaze-no-michi for City Planning: Creation of Ventilation Paths of Cool Sea Breeze in Tokyo
[Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4]		 Kagiya, K.
10:00 - 10:10 am Questions  
10:10 - 10:40 am Break  
Quality of Life and Health
10:40 - 11:00 am Quality of Life in Metropolitan Athens Using Satellite and Census Data: Comparison Between 1991 and 2001 Stathopoulou, M.
11:00 - 11:20 am Estimating Reduced Heat-attributable Mortality for an Urban Revegetation Project Mills, D.M.
Policies
11:20 - 11:40 am Promotion of Cool Roofs in the EU: The Cool Roofs Project Synnefa, A.
11:40 - 12:00 pm Policies Towards Greening, Permeability and Building Separation for Better City Planning in Hong Kong Ng, E.
12:00 - 12:20 pm Global Cooling: Policies to Cool the World and Offset Global Warming from CO2 Using Reflective Roofs and Pavements Akbari, H.
12:20 - 12:30 pm Questions  
12:30 pm Lunch  
1:30 pm Conference Closes