Here are the 10 best ideas of 2017 that have made a profound impact, both large and small. Best Material: Graphenstone Paint has come a long way. What used to be a toxic concoction is now eco-friendly with low-VOC that won’t harm lungs. The U.K.’s Graphenstone raised the bar even further this year with...
CANOGA PARK >> The new street seal gushed from a downpipe Saturday onto Jordan Avenue, then spread like paint to turn a half block of black into a sea of gray. The morning temperature of the black asphalt in the middle of a nearby intersection read 93 degrees. The new light...
Los Angeles is testing a reflective street surface in an attempt to reduce the heat island effect caused by urban sprawl. The CoolSeal street seal was spread onto a stretch of Jordan Avenue in Canoga Park over the weekend as temperatures climbed into the 90s. The seal is designed to reduce...
CANOGA PARK >> When summer heat rippled through her asphalt neighborhood last year, Maria Jimenez and her three young children sweated in their bottom floor apartment with the AC off to save cash. But during one of the worst heat waves ever to hit Southern California this week, the Canoga Park...
Good morning. On sweltering summer days, dark asphalt soaks up the sun and acts like a secondary heater under our feet. That’s why Los Angeles is pushing a novel plan to cool down the city: Turn the streets a different color. The idea of “cool pavements” has been kicking around City Hall for...
By: Hal Eisner POSTED: MAY 22 2017 08:33PM PDT UPDATED: MAY 22 2017 11:06PM PDT It looks like a light color paint being spread across the street. It’s not paint, though. It is a material known as cool-pavement produced by a Dana Point company from recyclable materials. It was applied to a stretch of road in...
Pavements typically make up 30% to 45% of the land area in major cities and are known to contribute to the urban heat island (UHI) effect since they have high levels of thermal storage and a low reflection of solar radiation. Conventional paving materials can reach peak summertime temperatures of 120°–150°...
LOS ANGELES — It’s barely 10 a.m. on an August day in Hollywood, and the heat is already becoming oppressive. The temperature’s only in the mid-80s, but in the direct sun it feels hotter—and it’s getting worse by the minute. Part of the reason is the ground. The black asphalt of...
Climate change conjures up distant images of rising seas and cracking ice sheets, but in cities across the United States the effects of global warming are apparent as soon as you step outside. It’s known as the “urban heat island effect,” and it refers to the pockets of intense heat captured by...
GUARDTOP LLC. ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF GUARDTOP EXPRESS DISTRIBUTION CENTERS INTO ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DANA POINT, CALIF. (March, 21st, 2017) – GuardTop LLC today announced that it will be opening two new GuardTop Express locations in Tucson, Ariz. and Orange, Calif as it continues to build out its national network of...
