Partnership Expansion Leverage SSC’s broad coalition of 40+ NGOs across architecture, policy, energy, equity, health, planning, and urban analytics to co-create funded projects with city governments and multinational foundations seeking scalable urban cooling and resilience solutions.

Policy Tooling Position SSC’s policy resources and implementation guidance as a service for cities facing extreme heat and flood risk, offering turnkey policy briefs, governance templates, and technical assistance to accelerate adoption and attract municipal budgets.

Funding Pathways Highlight SSC’s connections to public and philanthropic funding streams (NLC partnerships, Waverly Street Foundation support, UN Environment/C40 ecosystems) to channel grantable projects, reducing city procurement barriers for smart surface deployments.

Data & Tech Enablement Offer data analytics, GIS, and visualization capabilities (ArcGIS, QGIS, Microsoft ecosystem) as a service to cities, enabling evidence-based decision-making for cooling, flood mitigation, and heat reduction projects.

Showcase Demos Leverage recent demos and collaborations (Baltimore, peer-learning network, Cool City partnerships) as proof points for scalability, creating joint pilots with cities looking to replicate proven smart surface implementations.