In the end, designing a park that can stay cool and allow kids to play even on the hottest days is a good long-term plan.

The council recently altered the location of a St Clair playground to ensure it had natural shade. “Each playground we now install or refurbish, such as at Denver Rd in St Clair, either has artificial ...

Come this summer, parents and family members watching their children play at the Marshfield Kids at Play playground may be able to stay a little cooler doing so. Selectmen recently approved plans for ...

Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar. By Somini Sengupta The bare hot asphalt schoolyard of the American past is ...

The Pier 42 playground for younger children at noon is completely exposed to the sun. Photo: Sukjong Hong The Pier 42 playground for younger children at noon is completely exposed to the sun. Photo: ...

This year, just like last year, the nearly 200,000 kids in Chicago’s public elementary schools spent recess indoors during the first week of school, when the heat index hit 114 degrees. In the past ...

KEEPING the heat off children’s playgrounds is costly but it is a challenge councils have to fulfill to protect our kids from the sun. Together, Penrith and Blue Mountains councils look after 197 ...

Protecting children from overexposure to the sun while on playgrounds is indeed a laudable notion. But the erection of “shade structures” as detailed in [the Dec. 7 story] “Canopies coming to four ...