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In addition to the Heat Health Alert System, the City has implemented various programs that include measures aimed at reducing the effects of heat waves by implementing tools aimed at cooling the city over the long term. These programs include a Green Roof Bylaw, the Toronto Green Standard, an Eco-Roof Incentive Program, Doubling the Tree Canopy Initiative, and ”Greening” Surface Parking Lot guidelines. Many of these actions will help reduce the urban heat island effect, which occurs in urban areas where dark surfaces such as asphalt and roofing absorb the sun’s energy and radiate it out, thereby further warming the local ambient air.
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