Publications

X Author: Ronnen M Levinson

2015

Gilbert, Haley E, Benjamin H Mandel, and Ronnen M Levinson."Keeping California cool: Recent cool community developments."Energy and Buildings (2015). DOI

2014

Gao, Yafeng, Jiangmin Xu, Shichao Yang, Xiaomin Tang, Quan Zhou, Jing Ge, Tengfang T Xu, and Ronnen M Levinson."Cool Roofs in China: Policy Review, Building Simulations, and Proof-Of-Concept Experiments."Energy Policy 74 (2014) 190-214. DOI
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). DOI
Sleiman, Mohamad, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Paul H Berdahl, Haley E Gilbert, Sarah Quelen, Lea Marlot, Chelsea V Preble, Sharon S Chen, Amandine Montalbano, Olivier Rosseler, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part II: Development of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 122 (2014) 271-281. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M, Sharon S Chen, Paul H Berdahl, Pablo J Rosado, and Louis A Medina."Reflectometer measurement of roofing aggregate albedo."Solar Energy 100 (2014) 159-171. DOI

2013

Ly, Peter, George A Ban-Weiss, Nathan Finch, Craig P Wray, Mark de Ogburn, William W Delp, Hashem Akbari, Scott Smaby, Ronnen M Levinson, Bret Gean, and SEI Group Inc."Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofs for sustainability and energy efficiency." (2013) 156 pp..
Ban-Weiss, George A, Craig P Wray, William W Delp, Peter Ly, Hashem Akbari, and Ronnen M Levinson."Electricity production and cooling energy savings from installation of a building-integrated photovoltaic roof on an office building."Energy and Buildings 56 (2013) 210 - 220. DOI

2012

Levinson, Ronnen M."The Case for Cool Roofs." (2012).

2011

Levinson, Ronnen M, Heng Pan, George A Ban-Weiss, Pablo J Rosado, Riccardo Paolini, and Hashem Akbari."Potential benefits of solar reflective car shells: Cooler cabins, fuel savings and emission reductions."Applied Energy 88.12 (2011) 4343-4357. DOI
Menon, Surabi, and Ronnen M Levinson."Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)." (2011).
Sleiman, Mohamad, George A Ban-Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, David François, Paul H Berdahl, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Hugo Destaillats, and Ronnen M Levinson."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance—Part I: Analysis of roofing product databases."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95.12 (2011) 3385-3399. DOI

2010

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. DOI
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. DOI
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. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M, and Hashem Akbari."Potential benefits of cool roofs on commercial buildings: conserving energy, saving money, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants."Energy Efficiency 3.1 (2010) 53-109. DOI
Menon, Surabi, Hashem Akbari, Sarith Mahanama, Igor Sednev, and Ronnen M Levinson."Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO2 offsets."Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010). DOI
Menon, Surabi, Hashem Akbari, Sarith Mahanama, Igor Sednev, and Ronnen M Levinson."Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedo and associated CO2 offsets."Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010). DOI

2009

Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta."Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities."Solar Energy 83.12 (2009) 2120-2135. DOI

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
Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M Levinson."Status of cool roof standards in the United States." (2008).
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).
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

2007

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
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