Rodney White also acted as MC during the conference banquet. Overall, the symposium was an extremely successful event, with many interesting presentations. A proceedings volume will follow in 1997. The potential for green window shades for reducing the energy requirements for cooling during the summer have been evaluated, from June to August of 1996, on three windows of the Sir Daniel Wilson Residence of University College. The shading potential of three different plants will be assessed through assessments of the shading coefficient and infrared measurements.
Large cities produce an urban heat island effect.
Thus urban heat islands also have indirect affects on health as well as on energy. In combination with lighter coloured surfaces, it is possible to cool the core areas of the city because exposed concrete conducts and holds heat, reradiates incoming solar radiation, and reradiates the heat from air conditioners between walls and buildings. Reducing the urban heat island will lower the demand for energy directed towards cooling and the use of air conditioning, thereby reducing emissions due to energy consumption. The urban heat island phenomenon, pp. Cities and Global Change .