Smart Surfaces represent a set of resilient infrastructure strategies that cost-effectively mitigate heat events and manage stormwater. Smart Surfaces technologies include upgrades to buildings and infrastructure that increase consumer comfort, save money, and enhance grid resilience. State Energy Offices can work with local governments to implement Smart Surfaces solutions at scale by aligning policies and investments. 
 
To learn more about smart surfaces, please contact Grace Lowe (glowe@naseo.org).

NASEO is partnering with the Smart Surfaces Coalition, a cohort of more than 40 organizations, to support the Cities for Smart Surfaces initiative, which is helping 10 cities across the U.S. increase adoption of Smart Surfaces at the metropolitan level. The Coalition provides city staff and local community-based organizations with data and education, a cost-benefit analysis tool, assistance with accessing federal funding, and policy guidance. 
 
To learn more about the Cities for Smart Surfaces project, please contact Grace Lowe (glowe@naseo.org).  

Beating the Heat: Recommendations and Considerations for States to Support Cost-Effective Residential Cooling
     NASEO, 2024

Smart Surfaces Guidebook
     Carnegie Mellon University Center For Building Performance And Diagnostics, 2022 

What Is a Smart Surface?
     Smart Surfaces Coalition 

Delivering Urban Resilience 
     Greg Kats And Keith Glassbrook, 2018 

Cooling Cities, Slowing Climate Change and Enhancing Equity: Costs and Benefits of Smart Surfaces Adoption for Baltimore 
     Greg Kats and Rob Jarrell, 2022 

NASEO Annual Meeting Panel Session: Raising the Temperature on Extreme Heat: Smart Surfaces and Efficient Cooling, October 17, 2023

Slides
- Oregon Department of Energy - Alan Zelenka, Assistant Director for Planning and Innovation, Oregon Department of Energy 
- Smart Surfaces Coalition - Bill Updike, Program Manager, Smart Surfaces Coalition
- Arizona Executive Office of the Governor - Maren Mahoney, Director, Office of Resiliency, Arizona Executive Office of the Governor
- City of Portland - Whitney Holt, City Planner II, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, City of Portland 
- Verde - Anahi Segovia Rodriguez, Energy Justice Coordinator, Verde