climates created in our parks. This report entitled ‘Improving Thermal Comfort in Windsor, ON: Assessing Urban Parks and Playgrounds’ analyzed the thermal comfort in six different City Parks and include taking actual temperature measurements of various parks features. A follow-up study was completed in 2015 titled “Designing City of Windsor Parks to Improve Thermal Comfort in Summer”. Recommendations from these studies have been incorporated in the Parks Master Plan.

In 2016, a further study was completed with a focus on the downtown. The Downtown Windsor Heat Island Study has been conducted as a complementary study to assess the thermal comfort in public outdoor spaces in downtown Windsor. This report analyses the results of the Downtown Windsor Heat Island Study in order to provide policy and design recommendations to help reduce the urban heat island effect and improve thermal comfort in public outdoor spaces. These recommendations will help ensure that the downtown remains a comfortable and desirable place to work,visit and live.

  
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21. Develop Clear Policies for Weather Response In-house Progressing In 2011, the City of Windsor in partnership with the Essex County Health Unit launched the Stay Cool Windsor Essex Campaign. The educational component to the Heat Alertand Response Plan (HARP). The City of Windsor will continue to work with the Health Unit to enhance the HARP as more evidence of extreme heatimpacts on health are realized.