Heat Island Webinars
Next Heat Island Webinar:
More webinars will be announced soon.
EPA holds free, national, heat island webinars. Through these webinars, stakeholders from around the country share their work on heat island causes and impacts, cooling solutions, and more. Participants include scientists, practitioners, industry representatives, government officials, and educators.
Presentations and other materials from these webinars are posted below, and can be searched or filtered by topic:
| Presentation | Presenter | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview of EPA's Climate Change Indicators | Mike Kolian (EPA); Lisa Bacanskas (EPA) | June 2021 | Measuring and Modeling; EPA Activities |
| Climate and Heat: Trends, Health Impacts, and Risks | Victoria Ludwig (EPA); Mike Kolian (EPA); Marcus Sarofim (EPA) | June 2021 | Heat Island Impacts |
| Heat Islands and Equity Overview and Program Resources | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | June 2020 | EPA Activities; Heat Island Impacts |
| Nature's Cooling Systems: Community-Built Heat Action Planning | Melissa Guardaro (Arizona State University); David Crummey (Retail, Arts, Innovation and Livability Community Development Corporation) | June 2020 | State and Local Activities, Mitigation Strategies |
| Overview of Heat Islands and EPA's Heat Island Reduction Program | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | July 2019 | Heat Island Impacts, EPA Activities |
| Green Roofs and Walls: Strategies for Fighting the Urban Heat Island | Steven Peck (Green Roofs for Healthy Cities) | July 2019 | Green Roofs |
| Environmental Effects of Green Roofs, a Case Study in Kansas City | Robyn DeYoung (EPA) | July 2019 | Green Roofs, State and Local Activities |
| Denver's Green Building Ordinance Development Process | Katrina Managan (Denver Department of Public Health and Environment) | July 2019 | Green Roofs, Trees and Vegetation, State and Local Activities |
| Introduction to Cool Fixes for Hot Cities Part 2: Los Angeles | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | September 2018 | Cool Pavements; Cool Roofs; State and Local Activities; Trees and Vegetation |
| Overview of Cool Pavements for Heat Island Reduction | Kurt Shickman (Global Cool Cities Alliance) | September 2018 | Cool Pavements; Mitigation Strategies |
| Los Angeles’ Cool Pavements Pilot Project | Greg Spotts (Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services) | September 2018 | Cool Pavements; State and Local Activities |
| Los Angeles’ Cool Roof Ordinance | Craig Tranby (Los Angeles Department of Water & Power) | September 2018 | Cool Roofs; State and Local Activities; Trees and Vegetation |
| Introduction to Cool Fixes for Hot Cities Part 1: San Antonio | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | August 2018 | Cool Roofs; State and Local Activities |
| Overview of Cool Roofs for Heat Island Reduction | Jeff Steuben (Cool Roof Rating Council) | August 2018 | Cool Roofs; Mitigation Strategies |
| San Antonio’s Under 1 Roof Program | Barbara Ankamah Burford (San Antonio Neighborhood & Housing Services) and Roberto C. Treviño (San Antonio City Council District 1) | August 2018 | Cool Roofs; State and Local Activities |
| Performance Assessment of High‐Solar Reflectance Roofs in San Antonio | Dr. Hazem Rashed‐Ali (The University of Texas at San Antonio) | August 2018 | Cool Roofs; Mitigation Strategies |
| Introduction to The Writing’s on the Wall: Cool Wall Research and Measures | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | February 2018 | Cool Walls; Heat Island Impacts |
| Building energy and greenhouse gas benefits of cool walls | Ronnen Levinson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | February 2018 | Cool Walls; Measuring and Modeling |
| Urban climate and other co-benefits of cool walls | George Ban-Weiss (University of Southern California) | February 2018 | Cool Walls; Measuring and Modeling |
| Existing cool wall codes and programs | Haley Gilbert (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) | February 2018 | Cool Walls; Mitigation Strategies |
| Hawaii’s adoption of cool wall codes and measures | Howard C. Wiig (State of Hawaii) | February 2018 | Cool Walls; State and Local Activities |
| Understanding Your City’s Heat Islands: Overview and Key Considerations | David Sailor (Urban Climate Research Center, Arizona State University) | September 2017 | Heat Island Impacts |
| Modeling Heat Island Impacts and its Mitigation: City of Cambridge Case Study | John Bolduc (Cambridge Community Development Department) | September 2017 | Mitigation Strategies; State and Local Activities |
| Extreme Heat Implementation: Creating a ground-based temperature data network | Kristin Baja (Urban Sustainability Directors Network) | September 2017 | Measuring and Modeling; Mitigation Strategies |
| Understanding Your City’s Heat Island: Considerations and Approaches | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | September 2017 | Measuring and Modeling |
| Heat Islands, Public Health, and Urban Design: Connecting the Dots | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | August 2015 | Heat and Health |
| Urban Warming and Health | Jason Vargo (Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin) | August 2015 | Heat and Health |
| Urban Cool Islands for Public Health | Pierre Gosselin (Climate and Health Program, Québec National Health Institute) | August 2015 | Heat and Health |
| Welcome and Introduction | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | July 2015 | Heat and Health |
| Public Understanding of the Health Impacts of Climate Change | Connie Roser-Renouf (George Mason University) | July 2015 | Heat and Health |
| Engaging Your Audience | Surili Sutaria Patel (American Public Health Association) | July 2015 | Heat and Health |
| Preparing for Heat: Minnesota Climate and Health Program Activities | Kristin Raab (Minnesota Department of Health) | July 2015 | Heat and Health |
| Welcome and Introduction to Heat Islands | Victoria Ludwig (EPA) | June 2014 | EPA Activities; Mitigation Strategies |
| Louisville Metro Government Office of Sustainability Urban Heat Island Reduction | Maria Koetter (City of Louisville, Kentucky) | June 2014 | Mitigation Strategies; State and Local Activities |
| UHI Mitigation: The Tucson Story | Irene Ogata (City of Tucson, Arizona) | June 2014 | Mitigation Strategies; State and Local Activities |
| Hot City, Cool Surfaces | David Fink (Climate Resolve) | June 2014 | Cool Roofs; Mitigation Strategies; State and Local Activities |