Japan introduces solar heat-blocking pavements
(World News Science)

Tokyo [Japan]: The host city of Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, Tokyo is working on heat blocking methods during the summer. Among various measures, originally research and practical application of a thermal barrier applied to pavement has been advanced to reduce a rise in temperatures from the summer heat. It is the technology to apply a heat shield that reflects the sunlight causing the rise of the temperature of the road surface. This solar heat-blocking pavement reflects incoming sunlight, making it difficult to heat the pavement and can reduce the rise in road temperatures by up to eight degrees Celsius. Noise reduction technology has also been applied to Japanese roads to...