HeatReady Neighborhoods
What is a HeatReady Neighborhood?
A HeatReady Neighborhood addresses extreme heat emergencies and works towards long-term mitigation solutions that create more thermal comfort for its residents.
While there is a shared understanding of interventions at the neighborhood and household scale for mitigating extreme heat, a gap remains in determining what strategies communities, especially those living with the consequences of inequities, want to prioritize and the best process for this work. The HeatReady Neighborhoods rubric optimizes a community’s assets or “heat resource shed” and is developed by community groups, engaged citizens, neighborhood organizations and community development corporations.
HeatReady Neighborhood rubric will guide neighborhoods in personal, household and collective heat emergencies and utilize evidence-based solutions in creating cool zones and pathways in anticipation of a hotter future environment. A HeatReady Neighborhood, similar to a HeatReady School, can identify, prepare for, mitigate, track and respond to the negative impacts of extreme heat.
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The impacts of heat aren’t isolated to individuals or their households. Our work with neighborhoods helps create heat-resilient communities that are prepared for further incidences of high heat. Connect with us to stay up-to-date on our latest accomplishments.