Mitigation of urban heat islands in central Tokyo due to the savings of electric energy consumption

Abstract

As a result of the massive earthquake and an extraordinary giant tsunami in March 11, 2011 gave serious damage to the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant.  Most of Nuclear Power Plants have stopped operation after the accident, and electric power supplies became insufficient. This paper aims at clarifying the mitigation effect of urban heat islands ( temperature decrease ) in Central Tokyo due to the savings of electric energy consumption. The results show 0.6 degrees temperature decrease in July, 2011 as compared with that in 2010.