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🌡 The relentless heatwave continues to intensify over the Northeastern US. Yesterday, scores of record-high temperatures were matched or broken from Ohio to Maine. Today, the heat continues. Stay informed with the National Weather Service HeatRisk map, showing where temperatures pose an elevated risk: https://lnkd.in/eSw73CNd ❗It is crucial to stay safe during extreme heat. Keep up-to-date with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Beat the Heat” materials, offering essential tips and guidelines: https://lnkd.in/gWVpRn5T As heatwaves intensify, the Smart Surfaces Coalition is actively collaborating with partner cities to tackle extreme heat. Learn about initiatives we are working on such as: 🛣 San Antonio’s cool pavement program: https://lnkd.in/gBxp-_2F 🏗 Implementing new building guidelines in Charlotte: https://lnkd.in/eamNfgKC 🌳 and the Shade Phoenix Plan, adding 25,000 trees and 500 shade structures in 5 years: https://lnkd.in/gjS6iAca Together, we’re committed to creating cooler, more resilient urban environments. #ClimateAction

🌬 Wind-driven Rain in Speckel? Wind-driven rain plays a pivotal role in Heat and Moisture Transfer (HAMT) modelling, impacting the durability of building envelopes, especially when porous materials are specified. AIRAH DA07/ ASHRAE 160 recognises this with the 1% driving rain assumption. Today, HAMT capabilities lack consideration for surface water absorption and post-rain precipitation, limiting its out of the box accuracy. To address this, Speckel have introduced a novel function: adjusting external material humidity levels based on climate data, bridging the gap and enhancing model fidelity. With the approach, we can allow the relative humidity of the external facing material to be higher all year round, reducing its thermal conductivity (when temperature-dependent) while increasing the liquid transport coefficients (suction and redistribution). 👉 Read More https://lnkd.in/eNkNnTz2

Join us this week as we count down our top 5 blog posts of 2023! We can’t wait to showcase our #1 blog this year on Friday! Starting today at #5, check out our blog post: Freeze-Thaw Weathering and Degradation: The Effect on Pavements. Learn the mechanisms and types of damage caused by freeze-thaw cycles on pavements. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gSyHXrp7 #TensarTop5 #Blogs

Here's a few reasons why you should consider FarSight... 🤔 Did you know that FarSight is actually tried and tested in the field during actual storms? ⛈️ Specifically designed with global challenging weather conditions in mind, the FarSight velocity sensor has been tried and tested in a wide range of climate conditions, including UK tropical storms Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin. With no loss of data recorded, the FarSight provided repeatable and accurate results thanks to its more powerful signal processing and rainfall discrimination system. Read more about FarSight below. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ejayczBY

#electricutility leaders: Stay ahead of the #wildfire challenge with Technosylva's on-demand webinar. Learn how to: - Predict & monitor wildfire risk scenarios - Utilize advanced weather forecasts - Implement ignition modeling for proactive mitigation - Analyze on-demand wildfire spread predictions & impact - Gain valuable insights to safeguard your grid. https://hubs.ly/Q02wC2dG0 #wildfirerisk @Technosylva

Concluding our thermal damage series with insights into heat mapping for effective damage assessment. #InDepthAnalysis

Here's a few reasons why you should consider FarSight... 🤔 Did you know that FarSight is actually tried and tested in the field during actual storms? ⛈️ Specifically designed with global challenging weather conditions in mind, the FarSight velocity sensor has been tried and tested in a wide range of climate conditions, including UK tropical storms Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin. With no loss of data recorded, the FarSight provided repeatable and accurate results thanks to its more powerful signal processing and rainfall discrimination system. Read more about FarSight below. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ejayczBY

If you've recently purchased a new Watts backflow preventer, you’re probably wondering about the sensor attached at the relief valve. DON’T REMOVE IT! This small piece of advanced technology, when connected, provides you with advance warnings of potential problems like excessive water discharge and flood conditions. Learn more: https://ow.ly/XswL30syH8h #WattsWater #BackflowPreventer #Backflow

A question was asked during a discussion I had couple of days back 👀 . What makes one area more storm resilient than the other? Would like to hear from YOU 🫵 comment your thoughts 💭😊 In another note recovering from heavy storm events is a proactive efforts , studies and scenarios done during design stages to add the feature of resielnce and climate change ready to our storm networks. #SewerGems scenario manager could support the decision making while studying different possibilities that affect the resilience and efficiency of storm networks

Cool visualization of the workings of a heat pump: