{"id":194,"date":"2020-10-01T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/test-urban-albedo\/?p=194"},"modified":"2020-10-01T10:06:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T09:06:44","slug":"workshop-1-importance-of-urban-albedo-the-livingroom-city-hall-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/urbanalbedo\/2020\/10\/01\/workshop-1-importance-of-urban-albedo-the-livingroom-city-hall-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop 1 \u2013 Importance of urban albedo, The Livingroom, City Hall, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

The project team along with the Greater London Authority and the London Climate Change Partnership (LCCP)\u00a0organised a very successful workshop at London\u2019s Living Room, City Hall on Monday 15th<\/sup>\u00a0October 2018, marking the beginning of Green GB week.\u00a0 The workshop\u00a0\u2018Urban Albedo: Digital tools for urban resilience and growth\u2019<\/b>, which was chaired by the former President of the Urban Design Group,\u00a0Colin Pullan, brought together leading urban and building scientists, as well as practitioners from different backgrounds, to inform the impact of urban morphology and materials\u00a0on urban albedo\u00a0and its\u00a0importance for health and well-being.<\/p>\n

The full Agenda can be found\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The presentations from the speakers included:<\/p>\n

– Urban albedo – state of knowledge and project overview – Prof. Marialena Nikolopoulou, University of Kent<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

– London\u2019s heat risk in a changing climate – Kristen Guida, LCCP<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

– Insights from practice panel:<\/p>\n