Posts by Jeremy S. Hoffman — Guest Contributor

Jeremy S. Hoffman, PhD is the climate and Earth scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia and affiliate faculty in the Center for Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He lives in the Scott’s Addition neighborhood of Richmond, VA, but regularly visits family and friends in Columbia Heights, Takoma Park, and Shaw.

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  How housing density can help keep cities cooler

  SustainabilityBy Jeremy S. Hoffman (Guest Contributor) July 1, 2019 17

  We all know Mid-Atlantic summers can be oppressively hot and humid. To me, sultry days in Richmond feel like I’m walking around inside someone else’s mouth! The bad news (for me and anyone else who experiences heat as a sweaty human) is that the number of days per year with a heat index—or a “feels-like” temperature—above 95°F is expected to at least double by mid century. Let’s talk about how land use factors into this equation.  Keep reading…