Two local car parks have been covered in a light grey-coloured coating as part of a trial project to reduce urban heat.
Due largely to their colour, roads and carparks can reach temperatures well above 60 degrees Celsius in summer and take considerably more time to cool down compared to other surfaces.
The CoolSeal product applied to the carparks at the HJ Daley Library and Campbelltown Civic Centre has been shown to reduce temperatures by between 5 and 14 degrees.
Air temperature sensors were recently installed at the carparks by WSU and will take measurements every 10 minutes to determine the effectiveness of the product in reducing heat.
The trial follows the release of a detailed study of air temperatures across the Campbelltown LGA conducted over 2018/19 which showed Campbelltown experienced significantly more hot days than those recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology’s weather station at Mt Annan.
“Cooling our suburbs is a key goal in planning the future of our city,” Mayor George Brticevic said.
“We are trialling a range of innovative solutions to cool our city and products such as CoolSeal are just one example of how we’re looking to achieve this,” Cr Brticevic said.
The trial is a partnership between Campbelltown Council, Western Sydney University, the City of Parramatta and Blacktown Council.
