At his meeting with staff at Freetown's Fourah Bay College, Dr. Ye Tao discussed the Cooldown Freetown! project concept with department heads and others.

MEER's Founder Dr. Ye Tao arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in January, to begin working with local city officials and university staff on MEER's "Cool Down Freetown!" project, the first of MEER's planned Urban Cooling project series.

People in Freetown, Sierra Leone, are increasingly exposed to extreme heat due to climate change and the urban heat island effect, but covering homes in a reflective film significantly cut indoor temperatures