BGD at the 2013 European Climate Change Adaptation Conference in Hamburg
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Frans van de Ven gave a presentation at the 2013 European Climate Change Adaptation Conference in Hamburg on Tuesday 19th of March on research undertaken by Deltares relating to evapotranspiration and reducing the urban heat island effect. Frans referred to the Blue Green Dream project as he summarised the findings of this research, which shows that the shade of trees provides more cooling than the shade of buildings, by up to 3 degrees Celsius. This supports the ongoing work of the BGD project.
The principal of evapotranspiration can also be demonstrated by wetting the ground to cool the air, as is customary in pars of Japan and Greece. Deltares has also conducted research to measure the cooling effect of wearing asphalt or concrete, and provide scientific measurement of this anecdotal phenomenon.
The 2013 European Climate Change Adaptation conference was also attended by Čedo Maksimović, Callum Clench from Imperial College London, and Michael Henderson from AECOM. The event was used as an opportunity for key BGD partners to meet after the. Conference to hold a seminar on BGD market analysis and business model development.