Ensuring that we have adequate foliage cover on suburban roads would limit the effect of the sun being absorbed - more ideas here: https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2023/11/5-ways-to-cool-cities-as-temperatures-soar - UNSW paper. We can reduce our power requirement, therefore reducing reliance on energy, regardless of whether it is renewable or fossil fuel.
a great tree canopy has an additional benefit to homeowners....... Property Values are almost always higher in areas with significant tree sacpes. Only downside would be for kids who kick a footy on the road like we did in the 70s.... oh that is right. No-one does that anymore. Plant your hearts out councils.
This is a great idea particularly in Manningham where the majority of native trees do not have adequate canopies to make any significant reduction of heat over roads and temperatures reach approx 2-3 degrees more than the 'leafy suburbs'. It is noticeable and people comment all the time. Councils should replace and add trees with extensive canopies to cool the roads, homes and businesses, even schools. Councils appeared to have begun in parts, but stopped. Yes it ought be easily done.
Easily done in Menzies.
We could also have a requirement that roof colour has to be "light" and not dark so that it reflects solar radiation, not absorbs it.
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