Community-System Strategies for Resilient Cooling (Web-based)
Community infrastructure, such as thermal energy networks, district geothermal, urban forests, shade structures, and smart surfaces, can have a collectively lower upfront cost and lower community-wide energy consumption and the costs of cooling. For example, strategic deployment of cool roofs in Atlanta, mandated by ordinance, are expected to cool the city by 2.4 degrees F in peak summer, deliver $310 million in direct energy savings, and generate $760 million in net financial benefits. This webinar will explore community-system technologies and strategies for resilient cooling and their benefits for community-wide energy reliability, grid resilience, and extreme heat preparedness. Participants will hear directly from experts on targeted solutions and the policy levers needed to scale up their broad adoption.