Street trees don't just cool our footpaths. They stop our roads becoming like giant bar heaters making our homes hotter during the day and well into the night.
When I was 18 years old and NOT studying as I should have for my VCE, I verge gardened my mother's house with Callistemon trees on the street edge. NO-one else has trees nearby so on the hot days when I got home after school, my tree was crowded with the neighbours' cars and motor bikes. When I suggested they plant their own, I was met with blank stares as if to say PLEASE EXPLAIN!!
Quoting maximum temperature readings distorts what to do with heatwaves. To make correct findings you need accurate data – the only temperature readings that are useful are the mode readings not the average, maximum or minimum ones. Mode temperature readings are the ones that occur more often during a day. You can’t do any analysis or come up with good outcomes when you just look at extreme values. We live in a society where points of view are expressed in extreme values. This is a bad habit as good value judgments are the only way to go to get good outcomes.
Hi Gayle, I'd love to know where you got the measuring devices. Did you get them on a loan or did you have to purchase them. Our landcare group in Ipswich would love to access this technology as shadey trees are something we could all do with more of along our footpaths when we walk, run or exercise our dogs. Plus it helps the wildlife on a hot day too. Great Article.
It’s just an infrared thermometer - common tradie tool available from a hardware stores or online. There are no doubt very expensive scientific versions but that’s not necessary for our purposes.
When I was 18 years old and NOT studying as I should have for my VCE, I verge gardened my mother's house with Callistemon trees on the street edge. NO-one else has trees nearby so on the hot days when I got home after school, my tree was crowded with the neighbours' cars and motor bikes. When I suggested they plant their own, I was met with blank stares as if to say PLEASE EXPLAIN!!
Yes, there’s a big jump from saying “isn’t this good” to asking “what can I do to help there be more of this?”
Quoting maximum temperature readings distorts what to do with heatwaves. To make correct findings you need accurate data – the only temperature readings that are useful are the mode readings not the average, maximum or minimum ones. Mode temperature readings are the ones that occur more often during a day. You can’t do any analysis or come up with good outcomes when you just look at extreme values. We live in a society where points of view are expressed in extreme values. This is a bad habit as good value judgments are the only way to go to get good outcomes.
Hi Gayle, I'd love to know where you got the measuring devices. Did you get them on a loan or did you have to purchase them. Our landcare group in Ipswich would love to access this technology as shadey trees are something we could all do with more of along our footpaths when we walk, run or exercise our dogs. Plus it helps the wildlife on a hot day too. Great Article.
It’s just an infrared thermometer - common tradie tool available from a hardware stores or online. There are no doubt very expensive scientific versions but that’s not necessary for our purposes.