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Advanced Heat Island Effect Countermeasures and Model Housing Developments

Publication date August 10, 2018(Updated August 20, 2018)
Sector Life of Citizenry and Urban Life
Region name Kanto(Saitama prefecture)

Adaptation activity

In conjunction with commercial property developers, the Saitama prefectural government has supported the construction of model housing developments with features designed to combat the heat island effect. The prefectural government partially subsidizes the cost of developing residential areas with heat mitigation measures. The subsidized projects include greening measures, housing insulation, installation of cooling devices, environmental pavement technologies, and proposals for new heat island countermeasures.

※ Saitama Prefecture has supported the construction of new model housing developments annually. FY 2016: Polus Group “Wind and Green Town Shiraoka”; FY 2017: Misawa Homes Co., Ltd. Owners' Hill Toda Ryoku Terrace"; Fiscal 2018: Sekisui House, Ltd. "Common Life Nishi-Omiya II"

ヒートアイランド対策を施した先導的な住宅街の様子
Fig. 1 Model streetscapes featuring heat-island effect countermeasures; Polus Group "Wind and Green Town Shiraoka"(left); Misawa Homes Co., Ltd. "Owners’ Hill Ryoku Terrace" (center); Sekisui House, Ltd. "Common Life Nishi-Omiya II" (right)
ヒートアイランド対策住宅街の概要
Fig. 2 Concept Illustration for Heat Island Countermeasure Housing Development (Polus "Wind and Green Town Shiraoka"
Sources and Related Information
"Leading Heat Island Residential Street Model Project," Saitama Prefecture website
http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/a0502/jyutakugaimodel.html
Porous housing website
http://www.polus-kodate.com/gallery/detail.php?k=3345
"Onars Hill Toda Green Terrace" website of Misawa Homes Co., Ltd.
Sekisui House Co., Ltd.'s website "Common Life Nishi-Omiya II"