# Climate Resilience 3.1d - Urban heat - Material surfaces - Buildings and shelters
# Applies to
All subdivisions
# 13.01-3S Urban heat (opens new window)
Objectives To reduce urban heat and minimise impacts of urban heat on human health and wellbeing.
Strategies include:
- Support development that contributes to cooler urban environments.
- Support cooling design responses in urban areas through the:
- Use of permeable surfaces and low heat absorbing surface materials (...)
# Summary
# Better practice
Awarded where roofing materials with a solar absorptance value of 0.4 or below are specified for all public realm buildings and shelters.
# Documentation & evidence required
# LandscapeMasterplan
- Annotation or legend on plan - materials used for roofing including solar absorptance value