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[State - Locality] California - Chula Vista [Initiative Type] Building Standard / Energy Code; Green Building Program and Standards; Tree and Landscape Ordinance; Demonstration Project [Link] Climate Change Working Group – Climate Action Planning [Date] Active [Title & Description] 
Building Code; Demonstration Project; Green Building Program and Standards; Tree and Landscape Ordinance - The City of Chula Vista has identified 11 climate adaptation strategies, three of which directly address urban heat islands: they include the installation of cooler paving products, cooler roofing materials, and the incorporation of more shade trees. The city is sponsoring a demonstration project that will evaluate multiple reflective pavement technologies and develop implementation options based on these results. It is also working to amend its green building standards code to require cool roofs on all new residential developments, as well as developing a policy to require all municipal improvement projects and private parking lot development projects to incorporate a certain percentage of shade trees based on the development size.
HIRIMitigation | Heat Island Effect | U.S. EPA
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