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Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. White roofs cool the world, directly offset CO2 and delay global warming. 2008.

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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.
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Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S Rose. "Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials." Journal of the Human-Environmental System 11.2 (2008) 85-101.
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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.
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Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, and Paul H Berdahl. A Review of Methods for the Manufacture of Residential Roofing Materials. 2003. LBNL-55574.
Taha, Haider, Hashem Akbari, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Yu Joe Huang. "Residential cooling loads and the urban heat island—the effects of albedo." Building and Environment 23 (1988) 271-283.
Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Paul H Berdahl, Steven J Konopacki, Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Reflective surfaces for cooler buildings and cities." Philosophical Magazine Part B 79 (1999) 1457-1476.
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).
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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. LBL-35514.

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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.
Berdahl, Paul H, and Sarah E Bretz. "Preliminary survey of the solar reflectance of cool roofing materials." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 149-158.
Ting, Michael K, Jonathan G Koomey, and Melvin Pomerantz. Preliminary evaluation of the lifecycle costs and market barriers of reflective pavements. 2001.
Bretz, Sarah E, Hashem Akbari, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Practical issues for using solar-reflective materials to mitigate urban heat islands." Atmospheric Environment 32 (1998) 95-101.
Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, William A Miller, and Paul H Berdahl. "Potentials of urban heat island mitigation." Proceedings of the 1st International Passive and Low Energy Cooling for the Built Evironment 2005: 11.
Taha, Haider. Potential impacts of climate change on tropospheric ozone in California: A preliminary episodic modeling assessment of the Los Angeles Basin and the Sacramento Valley. 2001.
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.
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.
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. 18th ed. Vol. 9. Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, 1996. 177-186. LBL-38679.

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Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen. "Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems." Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 15-24.
Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E Bretz, Dan M Kurn, and James W Hanford. "Peak power and cooling energy savings of high-albedo roofs." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 117-126.
Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Allan Chen, Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. Paving materials for heat island mitigation. 1997.
Rosenfeld, Arthur H, Joseph J Romm, Hashem Akbari, and Alan C Lloyd. "Painting the Town White—and Green." MIT Technology Review 100.2 (1997) 52-59.
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. "Near-Ground Cooling Efficacies of Trees and High-Albedo Surfaces." University of California, Berkeley, 1997. LBNL-40334.

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