The Smart Surfaces Coalition (“SSC”) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working with a group of 40+ leading organizations that are aiming to study the benefits of rapidly deploying Smart Surfaces, a group of cost-effective technologies and strategies that to enable cities to thrive despite climate threats, decrease urban heat as the world warms, save cities billions of dollars, reduce flooding and mold risk, slow global warming, and strengthen city livability, resilience and equity.
Follow these links to learn more about the Smart Surfaces Coalition:
Peer Learning Network
Cities for Smart Surfaces Initiative
Downloadable One Pagers
Reports and Publications
About the Coalition
American Public Health Association Smart Surfaces Information
About the Tracker
The Smart Surfaces Policy Tracker is a repository of information on Smart Surfaces policies from cities around the United States, and including items from towns, villages, counties, states, and other subnational jurisdictions. The tracker contains, for example, portions of zoning and building codes, procurement policies, comprehensive plans, green stormwater infrastructure regulations, and more.
While we endeavor to ensure that the information contained in this tracker is accurate and current, the policies described are offered for educational purposes only as a starting point for policymakers and other stakeholders to begin their research into a particular topic. No one should rely on information in this database as proof that a particular policy is as described herein or is currently being enforced. The tracker contains examples of policies, but is not exhaustive.
This tracker is a joint project of the Smart Surfaces Coalition and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Initial research into many of the policies described on this site was undertaken by the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance.
For more information on Smart Surfaces or on the Smart Surfaces Coalition, click here. For additional Sabin Center resources relating to climate change law, click here.
