Ronnen Levinson

Ronnen Levinson
Atmospheric Sciences
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road
MS 90R2000
Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
+1-510-486-7494 (Phone)
(510) 486-6658 (Fax)
RMLevinson@LBL.gov

Ronnen Levinson is a Staff Scientist specializing in the development and characterization of cool roofs and pavements.

Publications

2012
Levinson R. The case for cool roofs.; 2012. 
2011
Menon S, Levinson R. Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011).; 2011.  (Download)
Sleiman M, Ban-Weiss G, Gilbert HE, et al. "Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance—Part I: Analysis of roofing product databases." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2011;95:3385-3399.
Levinson R, Pan H, Ban-Weiss G, Rosado P, Paolini R, Akbari H. "Potential benefits of solar reflective car shells: Cooler cabins, fuel savings and emission reductions." Applied Energy. 2011.
2010
Levinson R, Akbari H, Berdahl P. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part I: Defining a metric that accurately predicts solar heat gain." Solar Energy. 2010;84:1717-1744.
Levinson R, Akbari H, Berdahl P. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part II: Review of practical methods." Solar Energy. 2010;84:1745-1759.
Levinson R, Akbari H, Berdahl P, Wood K, Skilton W, Petersheim J. "A novel technique for the production of cool colored concrete tile and asphalt shingle roofing products." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2010;94:946-954.
Levinson R, Akbari H. "Potential benefits of cool roofs on commercial buildings: conserving energy, saving money, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants." Energy Efficiency. 2010;3:53-109.
Menon S, Akbari H, Mahanama S, Sednev I, Levinson R. "Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO2 offsets." Environmental Research Letters. 2010;5:1-11.
2009
Levinson R, Akbari H, Pomerantz M, Gupta S. "Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities." Solar Energy. 2009;83:2120-2135.
2008
Levinson R, Akbari H, Pomerantz M. "Estimating solar access of typical residential rooftops: a case study in San Jose, CA." Solar. 2008.
Akbari H, Levinson R. "Evolution of cool roof standards in the United States." Advances in Building Energy Research. 2008;2:1-32.
Akbari H, Levinson R, Stern S. "Procedure for measuring the solar reflectance of flat or curved roofing assemblies." Solar Energy. 2008;82:648-655.
Akbari H, Levinson R. Status of cool roof standards in the United States.; 2008.
Berdahl P, Akbari H, Levinson R, Miller WA. "Weathering of roofing materials - an overview." Construction and Building Materials. 2008;22:423-433.
2007
Levinson R, Akbari H, Reilly JC. "Cooler tile-roofed buildings with near-infrared-reflective non-white coatings." Building and Environment. 2007;42:2591-2605.
Levinson R, Berdahl P, Akbari H, et al. "Methods of creating solar-reflective nonwhite surfaces and their application to residential roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2007;91:304-314.
2006
Akbari H, Levinson R, Berdahl P, Miller WA, Desjarlais A. Cool color roofing materials.; 2006.
2005
Akbari H, Levinson R, Miller WA, Berdahl P. Potentials of urban heat island mitigation. Vol. 1.; 2005.
Akbari H, Berhe A, Levinson R, et al. Aging and weathering of cool roofing membranes.; 2005.
Levinson R, Berdahl P, Berhe A, Akbari H. "Effects of soiling and cleaning on the reflectance and solar heat gain of a light-colored roofing membrane." Atmospheric Environment. 2005;39:7807-7824.
Levinson R, Akbari H, Konopacki S, Bretz SE. "Inclusion of cool roofs in nonresidential Title 24 prescriptive requirements." Energy Policy. 2005;33:151-170.
Akbari H, Levinson R, Rainer L. "Monitoring the energy-use effects of cool roofs on California commercial buildings." Energy and Buildings. 2005;37:1007-1016.
Levinson R, Berdahl P, Akbari H. "Solar spectral optical properties of pigments--Part I: model for deriving scattering and absorption coefficients from transmittance and reflectance measurements." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2005;89:319-349.
Levinson R, Berdahl P, Akbari H. "Solar spectral optical properties of pigments--Part II: survey of common colorants." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2005;89:351-389.