This paper presents five design prototypes for cool urban water environments developed in the 'Really cooling water bodies in cities' (REALCOOL) project. The REALCOOL prototypes address an urgent need: urban water bodies, such as ponds or canals, are often assumed to cool down their surroundings during …

Urban green and shading are adaptation measures that reduce urban heat. This is evident from meteorological measurements and investigations with surveys and has been described in many papers (e.g. Klemm et al., 2015). The cooling effect of these adaptation measures is reflected by lower air temperatures …

Tijdens warme dagen en hittegolven warmen huizen op en kunnen slaapkamers zo warm worden dat het de slaapkwaliteit nadelig beïnvloedt. Om ervoor te zorgen dat slaapkamers aangenaam van temperatuur zijn om er prettig te kunnen slapen, willen we weten hoe slaapkamers koel gehouden kunnen worden, en of …