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Rosenfeld, Arthur H. "Painting the town white: California Energy Commissioner, Art Rosenfeld, explains the benefits of cool roofs." National Public Radio. 2009. Television.
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Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Paul H Berdahl, Kurt Wood, Wayne Skilton, and Jerry Petersheim. "A novel technique for the production of cool colored concrete tile and asphalt shingle roofing products." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 94.6 (2010) 946-954.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Sharon S Chen, George A Ban-Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, Paul H Berdahl, Pablo J Rosado, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, and Thomas W Kirchstetter. Next-Generation Factory-Produced Cool Asphalt Shingles: Phase 1 Final Report. 2016. LBNL-2001007.

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Levinson, Ronnen M. "Near-Ground Cooling Efficacies of Trees and High-Albedo Surfaces." University of California, Berkeley, 1997. LBNL-40334.

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Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, and Leo I Rainer. "Monitoring the energy-use effects of cool roofs on California commercial buildings." Energy and Buildings 37.10 (2005) 1007-1016.
Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E Bretz, James W Hanford, Arthur H Rosenfeld, David J Sailor, Haider Taha, and Willem Bos. Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: project design and preliminary results. 1992. LBL-33342.

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Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E Bretz, James W Hanford, Dan M Kurn, Beth L Fishman, and Haider Taha. Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: data analysis, simulations, and results. 1993.
Taha, Haider. "Modifying a mesoscale meteorological model to better incorporate urban heat storage: a bulk-parameterization approach." Journal of Applied Meteorology 38 (1999) 466-473.
Taha, Haider. "Modeling the impacts of large-scale albedo changes on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin." Atmospheric Environment 31 (1997) 1667-1676.
Gartland, Lisa M, Steven J Konopacki, and Hashem Akbari. "Modeling the effects of reflective roofing." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1996: 117-125.
Taha, Haider. "Modeling impacts of increased urban vegetation on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin." Atmospheric Environment 30 (1996) 3423-3430.
Taha, Haider, Alan K Meier, Weijun Gao, and Toshio Ojima. "Mitigation of urban heat islands: meteorology, energy, and airquality impacts." Journal of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Engineering 529 (2000) 69-76.
Rosenfeld, Arthur H, Hashem Akbari, Sarah E Bretz, Beth L Fishman, Dan M Kurn, David J Sailor, and Haider Taha. "Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates." Energy and Buildings 22.3 (1995) 255-265.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, Hashem Akbari, William A Miller, Ingo Joedicke, Joseph C Reilly, Yoshi Suzuki, and Michelle Vondran. "Methods of creating solar-reflective nonwhite surfaces and their application to residential roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 91.4 (2007) 304-314.
Sailor, David J, and Hashem Akbari. "Meteorological modeling applications in building energy simulations." 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1992.
Taha, Haider, Hillel Hammer, and Hashem Akbari. Meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetative cover in the greater Toronto Area, Canada. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2002. LBNL-49210.
Taha, Haider, Sharon Douglas, and Jay Haney. "Mesoscale meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetation." Energy and Buildings 25.2 (1997) 169-177.
Fishman, Beth L, Haider Taha, and Hashem Akbari. Meso-scale cooling effects of high albedo surfaces: Analysis of meteorological data from White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range. 1994. LBL-35056.

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Campra, Pablo, and Dev Millstein. "Mesoscale Climatic Simulation of Surface Air Temperature Cooling by Highly Reflective Greenhouses in SE Spain." Environmental Science & Technology 47.21 (2013) 12284-12290.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Paul H Berdahl. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part II: Review of practical methods." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1745-1759.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Paul H Berdahl. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part I: Defining a metric that accurately predicts solar heat gain." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1717-1744.
Heinemeier, Kristin E, Hashem Akbari, and John S Kromer. "Measuring savings in energy savings performance contracts using in-place energy management systems- A case study." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1996: 77-86.
Rosado, Pablo J, David Faulkner, Douglas P Sullivan, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Measured temperature reductions and energy savings from a cool tile roof on a central California home." Energy and Buildings 80 (2014). LBNL-1005104.

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Sailor, David J, Leo I Rainer, and Hashem Akbari. "Measured impact of neighborhood tree cover on microclimate." 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1992: 149-158.
Akbari, Hashem, Lisa M Gartland, and Steven J Konopacki. "Measured energy savings of light-colored roofs: results from three California demonstration sites." 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1998: 1-13.

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