{"id":167636,"date":"2025-08-22T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/167636\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T22:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T22:56:08","slug":"dallas-partners-with-smart-surfaces-coalition-to-cool-down-urban-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/167636\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas partners with Smart Surfaces Coalition to cool down urban core"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city of Dallas is taking steps to cool down the urban core. According to a release, the city has partnered with Smart Surfaces Coalition<\/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to changing infrastructure to make urban areas cooler.<\/p>\n

“Smart surfaces” include elements like trees, pavement, and roofs, which have an impact on the temperature within urban areas.<\/p>\n

A new analysis of Dallas finds that heavily urbanized areas of the city often are 14 degrees F hotter than less developed areas because of the abundance of dark, impervious surfaces including roofs, roadways and parking lots.<\/p>\n

A review of surface infrastructure in Dallas concludes that the city has approximately 333,000 roofs, 20,400 lane-miles of road, and 1,400 acres of parking lots. These impermeable surfaces absorb up to 95 percent of incoming solar radiation, heating up the city dangerously during summer months and exacerbating flooding issues.<\/p>\n

Implementing “smart surfaces” \u2014 including trees, green stormwater infrastructure, porous and permeable pavements, and reflective roofs and roads \u2014 could reduce peak summer air temperatures by 3.1 to 6.9 degrees F in Dallas\u2019 hottest neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

Dallas will partner with the Smart Surfaces Coalition to identify the city\u2019s hottest and most flood-prone pockets and to adopt smart solutions to mitigate extreme heat and stormwater flooding.<\/p>\n

Solutions include<\/a><\/p>\n