Explore Phoenix's innovative Cool Pavement initiative that reduced surface temperatures but increased heat exposure for pedestrians. Discover the pros and cons of this reflective road coating based on thorough research by ASU.
Yes, but most of the time, on most of the street, there isn’t a person or other object absorbing sunlight from both directions. So the vast majority of the heat that would’ve been absorbed into some kind of temperature increase in the road itself (and surrounding air and objects) gets rejected back into the sky/space, at the cost of a little bit more sunlight being absorbed directly by the cars and people who happen to be walking by.
Yes, but most of the time, on most of the street, there isn’t a person or other object absorbing sunlight from both directions. So the vast majority of the heat that would’ve been absorbed into some kind of temperature increase in the road itself (and surrounding air and objects) gets rejected back into the sky/space, at the cost of a little bit more sunlight being absorbed directly by the cars and people who happen to be walking by.