Publications
] . "Top-of-atmosphere radiative cooling with white roofs: experimental verification and model-based evaluation." Environmental Research Letters 7.4 (2012).
. "Meteorological modeling applications in building energy simulations." 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1992.
. "Measured impact of neighborhood tree cover on microclimate." 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1992: 149-158.
. "Role of Surface Characteristics in Urban Meteorology and Air Quality." University of California, Berkeley, 1993.
. "Cool roofs as a strategy to tackle global warming: economical and technical opportunities." Advances in Building Energy Research 7.2 (2013) 254 - 268.
. "Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates." Energy and Buildings 22.3 (1995) 255-265.
. "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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. "Painting the Town White—and Green." MIT Technology Review 100.2 (1997) 52-59.
. "Cool communities: strategies for heat island mitigation and smog reduction." Energy and Buildings 28 (1998) 51-62.
. Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of greater Houston, Texas. 2003. LBNL-51448.
. "Measured temperature reductions and energy savings from a cool tile roof on a central California home." Energy and Buildings 80 (2014). LBNL-1005104. PDF (3.05 MB)
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PDF (3.05 MB). The effect of pavements' temperatures on air temperatures in large cities. Berkeley, CA, 2000. LBNL-43442. PDF (1.62 MB)
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PDF (1.62 MB). Examples of cooler reflective streets for urban heat-island mitigation : portland cement concrete and chip seals. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2003. LBNL-49283. PDF (440.05 KB)
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PDF (440.05 KB). "Reflective surfaces for cooler buildings and cities." Philosophical Magazine Part B 79 (1999) 1457-1476.
. "Are Cooler Surfaces a Cost-Effect Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands?." Urban Climate (2017). LBNL-2001095. PDF (540.32 KB)
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PDF (540.32 KB). "Cooler reflective pavements give benefits beyond energy savings: durability and illumination." ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2000: 293-304. LBNL-45370.
. "A Simple Tool for Estimating City-Wide Annual Electrical Energy Savings from Cooler Surfaces." Urban Climate 14.2 (2015) 315 - 325. LBNL-184804. PDF (1.22 MB)
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PDF (1.22 MB). "Measured and simulated performance of reflective roofing systems in residential buildings." ASHRAE Transactions 104 (1998).
. "Effects of soiling and weathering on the albedo of building envelope materials: Lessons learned from natural exposure in two European cities and tuning of a laboratory simulation practice." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 205 (2020). Accepted Manuscript (1.31 MB)
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. "Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)." 2011. PDF (164.37 KB)
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PDF (164.37 KB). "Estimating cost effectiveness of residential yard trees for improving air quality in Sacramento, California, using existing models." Atmospheric Environment 32.1 (1998) 75-84.