Initiatives for Arizona

Locality	Initiative Type	Mitigation Strategy	Link	Title & Description	Date
Gilbert	Comprehensive Plan and Design Guidelines	Cool Roofs; Trees and Vegetation; Cool Pavements	Chapter 7 - Environmental Planning Element, Goal 5	Gilbert General Plan - The "Environmental Planning Element" in the Gilbert, Arizona general plan lists mitigating heat islands as a core goal. Specific policies under the goal include: 1) developing criteria that will identify projects that might contribute to the heat island effect and will require an evaluation of mitigation techniques; 2) seeking sponsors such as educational institutions, utility companies, and government entities to promote heat island awareness among landowners, developers, engineers, and architects; and 3) promoting design concepts using engineered green space to maximize shading of surfaces that tend to heat up, promote education and awareness of cool roof materials and construction techniques, and promote alternative pavement technologies in parking areas. At this time, the plan does not include specific strategies to implement these policies.	Active
Phoenix	Research; Outreach and Education Program	Cool Roofs; Cool Pavements	ASU SMART	Arizona State University Sustainable Materials and Renewable Technologies Program - The Arizona State University Sustainable Materials and Renewable Technologies (SMART) Program is a trans-disciplinary group of researchers, industries and governmental agencies from around the globe working in partnership to develop the next generation of urban materials and advanced biological and solar technologies an effort to support urbanization in a more sustainable manner. SMART researchers are developing the next generation of urban materials that aid in the mitigation of the urban heat island, reduce energy demand for mechanical cooling, and incorporate feedstocks diverted from waste streams.	Active
Tucson	Demonstration Project	Cool Roofs; Trees and Vegetation; Cool Pavements	Cool Retrofit - Thomas O. Price Service Center	City of Tucson's Administration Building - A demonstration project for the City of Tucson documented how a cool roof reduced temperatures inside and on the roof of the building and saved more than 400 million Btu annually in energy. A white elastomeric coating was installed over a 28,000-square foot (2,600 m²), unshaded metal roof on one of the city's administration buildings. Following the installation, energy savings were calculated at 50 to 65% of the building's cooling energy – an avoided energy cost of nearly $4,000 annually. In addition to measuring the effects of adding a cool roof, the project will also investigate cooler paving materials and more trees and vegetation in the parking lots surrounding the building.	Completed
Tucson	Urban Forestry Program	Trees and Vegetation	Trees for Tucson	Urban Forestry Program - Trees for Tucson began in 1989 as a program of Tucson Clean & Beautiful to encourage and facilitate tree planting in the Tucson metropolitan area using desert-adapted trees. Trees help beautify the community as well as conserve energy by shading buildings. More than 40,000 trees have been distributed through the Trees for Tucson program since 1993.	Active

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