Publications
2009
Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld."Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2."Climatic Change
94.3-4 (2009) 275-286. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld."Cool roofs could save money, save planet."KGO-TV (abc7news)
(2009).
Rosenfeld, Arthur H."Painting the town white: California Energy Commissioner, Art Rosenfeld, explains the benefits of cool roofs."National Public Radio
(2009).
2008
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld."White roofs cool the world, directly offset CO2 and delay global warming."Research Highlights
(2008).
Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld."Equivalent CO2 avoided by reflective roofs and pavements in California."Memo to California Air Resources Board
(2008).
Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, and Stephanie Stern."Procedure for measuring the solar reflectance of flat or curved roofing assemblies."Solar Energy
82.7 (2008) 648-655. DOI
Berdahl, Paul H, Hashem Akbari, Jeffry Jacobs, and Frank Klink."Surface roughness effects on the solar reflectance of cool asphalt shingles."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
92.4 (2008) 482-489. DOI
Berdahl, Paul H, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and William A Miller."Weathering of roofing materials – An overview."Construction and Building Materials
22.4 (2008) 423-433. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta."Estimating the solar access of typical residential rooftops: A case study in San Jose, CA."Solar 2008
(2008).
Berdahl, Paul H, and Hashem Akbari."Evaluation of titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst for removing air pollutants."
(2008).
Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M Levinson."Evolution of cool roof standards in the United States."Advances in Building Energy Research
2.1 (2008) 1-32. DOI
Wray, Craig P, and Hashem Akbari."The effects of roof reflectance on air temperatures surrounding a rooftop condensing unit."Energy and Buildings
40.1 (2008) 11-28. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S Rose."Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials."Journal of the Human-Environmental System
11.2 (2008) 85-101. DOI
2007
Synnefa, Afroditi, Mat Santamouris, and Hashem Akbari."Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions."Energy and Buildings
39.11 (2007) 1167-1174. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld."Global cooling: effect of urban albedo on global temperature."2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference
(2007) 1-5.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Joseph C Reilly."Cooler tile-roofed buildings with near-infrared-reflective non-white coatings."Building and Environment
42.7 (2007) 2591-2605. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Josh Pollak."The effect of a cool-coating on the thermal effectiveness of exposed exterior ducts."Energy and Buildings
39.6 (2007) 681-692. DOI
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. DOI
2006
Akbari, Hashem, Paul Berdahl, Ronnen M Levinson, Stephen Wiel, William A Miller, and Andre Desjarlais."Cool Color Roofing Materials."
(2006).
Wray, Craig P, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Tengfang T Xu."Inclusion of Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance Prescriptive Requirements for Residential Roofs in Title 24."
(2006).
Akbari, Hashem, Craig P Wray, Ronnen M Levinson, and Tengfang T Xu."Inclusion of Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance Prescriptive Requirements for Steep-Sloped Nonresidential Roofs in Title 24."
(2006).
2005
Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, Asmeret A Berhe, and Hashem Akbari."Effects of soiling and cleaning on the reflectance and solar heat gain of a light-colored roofing membrane."Atmospheric Environment
39.40 (2005) 7807-7824. DOI