{"id":1004545835,"date":"2021-08-01T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T03:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004545835"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:04:13","slug":"how-real-estate-is-lowering-urban-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/how-real-estate-is-lowering-urban-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Can CRE Make Cities Cooler?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004545866\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Image-by-Gordon-Johnson-from-Pixabay-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004545866\" data-attachment-id=\"1004545866\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/how-real-estate-is-lowering-urban-heat\/image-by-gordon-johnson-from-pixabay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Image-by-Gordon-Johnson-from-Pixabay-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/pixabay.com\/vectors\/cityscape-skyline-sunset-3995532\/&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image by Gordon Johnson via Pixabay.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Image-by-Gordon-Johnson-from-Pixabay-.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004545866 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Image-by-Gordon-Johnson-from-Pixabay-.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Image-by-Gordon-Johnson-from-Pixabay-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Image-by-Gordon-Johnson-from-Pixabay-.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/08\/Image-by-Gordon-Johnson-from-Pixabay-.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004545866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Gordon Johnson via Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As climate change intensifies, already difficult conditions in urban environments are getting more and more dangerous, and underserved communities are impacted the most.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to \u201cSustainability Street,\u201d our podcast on the intersection of commercial estate and the world we live in. 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