The Urban Heat Island & Using Thermal Imaging to Design Cooler Spaces 

In the Cool Your Home Workshop, organised by the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative on 3 February 2024, Dr Agnieszka Wujeska-Klause, Research Assistant to Associate Professor Sebastian Pfautsch from Western Sydney University, shared research on the Urban Heat Island effect in Western Sydney. She identified the most appropriate actions to lower heat in summer and guided participants in how to use a thermal imaging camera to identify which surfaces retain the most heat. The workshop shared the information needed to design cooler spaces and lower the impact of heatwaves.
NB. Thermal imaging cameras can also help identify heat leaks in winter!
This workshop was part of the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative's Bioregional Collaboration for Planetary Health supported by the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (DRRF). The DRRF is jointly funded by the Australian and New South Wales governments.
For more information about the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative visit www.bluemountainsplanetaryhealth.com
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