The urban cooling solutions kit is now available on the ADEME website

Developed for ADEME, in collaboration with the engineering group Ingérop and its environmental expertise subsidiary Actierra, this kit is designed to help cities adapt to urban overheating—a crucial challenge in light of the increasing duration, intensity, and frequency of heatwaves.

The kit is made up of three booklets aimed at empowering all urban stakeholders—public and private project owners and managers—to take action:

• Booklet 1: Planning Urban Cooling – authored by Julien Despax, Matteo Migliari, and Mohamed Benzerzour from Atelier Franck Boutté
• Booklet 2: Exploring Solutions and Feedback – developed by Actierra
• Booklet 3: Establishing a Robust Method for Climate Analogies – also developed by Actierra

These resources offer concrete strategies and recommendations, based on a detailed analysis of numerous case studies and documents, as well as many interviews and our shared expertise on the subject.

Booklet 1: Planning Urban Cooling is aimed at urban project owners (local authorities, developers, and housing providers). It addresses cooling from the perspective of urban design scales and processes—city, neighborhood, public space, and built blocks. For each, it links regulatory and operational tools with the physical phenomena involved, providing project owners with methodological keys to incorporate urban cooling into their practices.

Presented by ADEME, this technical kit is an essential tool for gaining strategic insight and moving beyond the experimental phase in urban cooling. It also introduces the concept of a “right to coolness,” a pioneering approach to adapting cities to climate change.

Available for download from the ADEME library.