Concurrent Education Session

TUE-A04: Cool-Kit: Extreme Heat and Equitable Solutions to Promote Heat Resilience

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

8:30am – 9:45am ET

Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 147AB

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Kimberly Garza, ASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers)

Principal
Atlas Lab Inc.
Sacramento, California

Speaker(s)

Salvador N. Lindquist, ASLA

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Keenan Gibbons, ASLA, LEED Green Associate

Landscape Architect, Lecturer
SmithGroup, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Session Guide

This panel critically examines the causes and impacts of extreme heat within disadvantaged communities and shares tangible solutions on how to visualize thermal disparities and promote cool equity in the built environment.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the causes and impacts of extreme heat disproportionately impacting BIPOC and disadvantaged communities.
Learn about the role of heat resilience in landscape planning.
Examine current heat mitigation strategies.
Learn how thermal technologies can visualize extreme heat.