# 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