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Join us for a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 12:00 PM Pacific Time, presented by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and American Forests. This session will introduce and demonstrate the newly launched Tree Equity Score Shade Map. 

During this webinar the research team will provide a demonstration of the shade mapping feature in Tree Equity Score, Tree Equity Score Analyzer, and data stories for Austin, Detroit, and Phoenix. You will hear about the development of the tool as they walk you through a demonstration of how to navigate the shade maps. Our goal is for you to learn how this data is essential for your heat planning, policy, and advocacy work.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights into shade in your community!

About the Tree Equity Score Shade Map 

We are excited to publicly launch our products on June 2, 2025. UCLA’s state-of-the-art shade data is available as a mapped feature in American Forests’ Tree Equity Score for 360+ cities in the U.S. Discover how much shade is available by Census block group at three different times of the day, and see what share of shade is cast by trees versus buildings. We also added high-resolution shade data to three Tree Equity Score Analyzers — a local mapping tool that allows parcel-level exploration for certain cities. Now, for these three areas — Austin, TX; Detroit, MI; and Maricopa County, AZ — users can view shade at the parcel level. It allows users in these three locations to plan to improve shade equity by exploring tree equity data, assessing shade distribution, developing scenarios, and measuring the impacts of trees at a parcel level. For Austin, Detroit, and Phoenix, our data stories take a deep dive into shade. We explored the role of shade in heat equity planning in three immersive stories as examples of how the tool can be useful.