Boston Needs Stronger Partnerships to Beat the Heat
Boston must address this challenge by combining public sector planning and private sector partnerships to help implement community heat resilience solutions.
Boston must address this challenge by combining public sector planning and private sector partnerships to help implement community heat resilience solutions.
Boston business-backed advocacy group A Better City released a new report Thursday morning highlighting how private real estate – often an overlooked area – can help tone down the effects of extreme heat that will visit Boston as the climate warms.
The dangerous and racially unequal effects of urban heat islands can be reduced with a concerted effort involving the real estate, design and engineering fields – and a commitment from local governments.
Climate Ready Boston projects that by the year 2070 the temperature may reach 90 degrees Fahrenheit almost every day of the summer in eastern Massachusetts. The buildings and systems that we have created over the past 100 years were not designed to deal with such conditions.