Reducing the urban heat island effect

BNQ 3019-190 Guidelines
Reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect – Parking Lot Development – Design Guide

Concern among residents and municipal authorities over urban heat islands is growing. These heat islands, which chiefly form in urban parking lots, pose a genuine public health risk. Accordingly, the BNQ 3019-190 guidelines suggest a series of practical steps for developing parking lots in ways that minimize the creation of urban heat islands.

Basically, the standard suggests methods to:

• Diminish the surface area used for parking lots (including the number and size of individual parking spaces);
• Re-vegetate parking lots and their surroundings by preserving existing green spaces and creating new areas of greenery;
• Manage storm-water on site by infiltration and by building storm-water catchment zones;
• Use materials with a high solar reflective index (SRI) or highly permeable materials.

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12688	FRN	BNQ 3019-190	Lutte aux ilots de chaleur urbains - Aménagement des aires de stationnement - Guide à l'intention des concepteurs
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Standards Committee Members

Number of committee members: 14

Mr. Yves Baudouin	Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Ms. Marie-Hélène Binet-Vandal	Ville de Montréal - Division de l'urbanisme - Direction de l'aménagement urbain et du patrimoine
Mr. Guy Boulet	Québec Multiplants
Ms. Danielle Dagenais	Université de Montréal,
Mr. Michel Duchesne	Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation
Mr. Musandji Fuamba	Polytechnique Montréal
Ms. Mélissa Giguère	Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)
Mr. Bruno Godin	Société Parc-Auto du Québec (SPAQ)
Mr. Guy Laliberté	Association des paysagistes professionnels du Québec
Ms. Caroline Larrivée	Ouranos
Mr. Sébastien Lebel	Ville de Québec
Mr. Bob Lussier	Aménagement côté jardin (membre APPQ)
Ms. Marie-Bernard Pasquier	Association des architectes paysagistes du Québec
Mr. Guy Roy	Roche ltée, groupe-conseil (Urbanex)

Promotional Document (French only)

• Summary document

Partner (French only)

•  Conseil régional de l'environnement de Montréal

Press review (French only)

• 2014-10-20  First Green Municpal parking in Montréal (arrondissement St-Laurent)
• 2013-06-17  The CRE-Montreal welcomes the MTQ for the gesture
• 2013-02-15  Countering heat islands
• 2013-02-15  An opportunity for Montreal to otherwise adjust its parking lots
• 2013-02-14  The Institut national de santé publique du Québec, with the BNQ, is published a new standard

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