Publications
1997
Taha, Haider."Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration, and anthropogenic heat."Energy and Buildings
25 (1997) 99-103. DOI
1996
Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, and Paul H Berdahl."ASTM standards for measuring solar reflectance and infrared emittance of construction materials and comparing their steady-state surface temperatures."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
1 (1996) 1-11.
Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari."Estimates of energy consumption by building type and end use at US Army installations."
(1996).
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Lisa M Gartland."Impact of the temperature dependency of fiberglass insulation R-value on cooling energy use in buildings."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
10 (1996) 85-94.
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
5 (1996) 77-86.
Gartland, Lisa M, Steven J Konopacki, and Hashem Akbari."Modeling the effects of reflective roofing."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
4 (1996) 117-125.
Konopacki, Steven J, Hashem Akbari, Larry Lister, and Lee DeBaille."Electrical energy and cost savings potential at DOD Facilities."Proceedings of the 1996 ASHRAE Summer Conference
102 (1996) 691-698.
Rosenfeld, Arthur H, Joseph J Romm, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha."Policies to reduce heat islands: Magnitudes of benefits and incentives to achieve them."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
9 (1996) 177-186.
Taha, Haider."Modeling impacts of increased urban vegetation on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin."Atmospheric Environment
30 (1996) 3423-3430. DOI
1995
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. DOI
Berdahl, Paul H."Building energy efficiency and fire safety aspects of reflective coatings."Energy and Buildings
22 (1995) 187-191. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha."Cool construction materials offer energy savings and help reduce smog."ASTM Standardization News
23 (1995) 32-37.
Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen."Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems."Energy and Buildings
22 (1995) 15-24. DOI
Akbari, Hashem."Validation of an algorithm to disaggregate whole-building hourly electrical load into end uses."Energy
20 (1995) 1291-1301. DOI
1994
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).
Kurn, Dan M, Sarah E Bretz, Benson Huang, and Hashem Akbari."The potential for reducing urban air temperatures and energy consumption through vegetative cooling."
(1994). DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Beth L Fishman, and Geoffrey Frohnsdorff."Proceedings of the Workshop on Cool Building Materials."Workshop on Cool Building Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology
(1994).
1993
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).
1992
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). DOI
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
9 (1992) 149-158.
Sailor, David J, and Hashem Akbari."Meteorological modeling applications in building energy simulations."1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(1992).
Bretz, Sarah E, Hashem Akbari, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha."Implementation of solar-reflective surfaces: materials and utility programs."
(1992) 67. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen."Analysis of energy use in building services of the industrial sector in California: two case studies."Energy and Buildings
19 (1992) 133-141. DOI