On the impact of modified urban albedo on ambient temperature and heat related mortality

• Published in: Solar energy Vol. 216; pp. 493 - 507
• Main Authors: Santamouris, M., Fiorito, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2021; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Albedo; Ambient temperature; Cities; Climate change; Fatalities; Heat; Heat mitigation; Heat related mortality; Mortality; Population number; Poverty; Reflective materials; Socioeconomic factors; Solar energy; Statistical analysis; Urban heat island and overheating; Urban heat islands; Urban heat island and overheating; Heat mitigation; Heat related mortality; Reflective materials

•Increase of the albedo causes a temperature drop of 0.09C per 0.1 rise of the albedo.•Increased albedo reduces HRM between 0.1 and 4 deaths per day.•Mortality drop is in statistically significant with albedo increase and socioeconomic parameters. Urban heat island and regional climate change raise...