David J. Sailor

TL;DR: The authors developed an integrated urban modelling system coupled to the weather research and forecasting (WRF) model as a community tool to address urban environmental issues, which can capture urban heat islands, complex boundary-layer structures aloft, and urban plume T&D for several major metropolitan regions.

TL;DR: In this paper, a physically based model of the energy balance of a vegetated rooftop has been developed and integrated into the EnergyPlus building energy simulation program, which allows the energy modeler to explore green roof design options including growing media thermal properties and depth, and vegetation characteristics such as plant type, height and leaf area index.

TL;DR: Individual-level mitigation can be a policy option under favorable contextual conditions, but must be accompanied by mitigation efforts from industry, commerce, and government.

TL;DR: In this article, a generalized approach for estimating season-specific diurnal profiles of anthropogenic heating for cities is presented, which consists of heat released from three components: building sector, transportation sector, and metabolism.

TL;DR: In this paper, the spectral reflectance of various white coatings and building materials that might be labeled in such a program is examined, and the results of meteorological and smog simulations for the Los Angeles Basin are discussed.