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Liz's avatar

I have spent years telling people that black or dark colours absorb much heat and why our car is WHITE and yet black huge four wheel drives are out driving up heat on our huge black tar roads which melt in extreme heat but…?governments still allow black rooftops..and developers seem to like that so ..🤷🏾‍♀️. Trees are good but roads can be lighter etc.This is a stupid country although here in Queensland someone worked out that white rooftops are popular even though we love Fast cars …..

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Gayle Dallaston's avatar

Good to see much of these reflected in this discussion paper by Engineers Australia. Free webinar 27 March 2025 https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/event/2022/05/discussion-paper-towards-safer-and-more-liveable-urban-streets-7341d975

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