Comments on: Cool roads cool our cities https://archive.sustainablehouse.com.au/2014/05/cool-roads-cool-our-cities/ Michael Mobbs Sustainable House Wed, 26 Aug 2015 00:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Yoyce Jones https://archive.sustainablehouse.com.au/2014/05/cool-roads-cool-our-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-18319 Yoyce Jones Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:49:03 +0000 http://sustainablehouse.com.au/?p=4526#comment-18319 Hi

My name is Yoyce Jones, assistant editor of citiscope.org, a non-profit reporting on innovations and trends in cities. May we have permission to use the photo above with attribution? We’re at deadline. Thank you. Kindly, YAJ

]]> By: Petra Liverani https://archive.sustainablehouse.com.au/2014/05/cool-roads-cool-our-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-18292 Petra Liverani Mon, 02 Jun 2014 05:01:23 +0000 http://sustainablehouse.com.au/?p=4526#comment-18292 Even “cooler” roads? How about solar roadways? A couple in the US were funded by the federal highway agency to develop roads (and other pavement surfaces) made from extremely strong interlocking tempered glass tiles (apparently able to carry the weight of vehicles weighing 250,000 tonnes) housing PV technology, LEDs and circuitry that makes the panels sensitive to weight and temperature. Thus, they can generate electricity, display signs and line markings, warn motorists of the presence of an animal ahead, keep snow off the roads, and do other useful things. The highway agency has stopped funding but the couple have raised over $1.8 million in a very short space of time on indiegogo (the largest amount ever raised for a single project with the crowdfunding site). I don’t know if the cost will ever prove feasible but if it can work costwise it’s a wonderful development.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways

]]> By: Josephine https://archive.sustainablehouse.com.au/2014/05/cool-roads-cool-our-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-18276 Josephine Fri, 30 May 2014 04:48:11 +0000 http://sustainablehouse.com.au/?p=4526#comment-18276 No question mark required, the ripple effects of cooling our roads is a stroke of genius, one road at a time.

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