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Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M Levinson. Status of cool roof standards in the United States. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 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.
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. LBL-33342.

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Akbari, Hashem, Paul Berdahl, Ronnen M Levinson, Stephen Wiel, William A Miller, and Andre Desjarlais. Cool Color Roofing Materials. 2006.

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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.
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Cool roofs could save money, save planet." KGO-TV (abc7news). 2009. Television.
Akbari, Hashem, and Tom R Borgers. "Free convective laminar flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 22.2 (1979) 165-174.
Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. Equivalent CO2 avoided by reflective roofs and pavements in California. 2008.

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Akbari, Hashem, Leanna S Rose, and Haider Taha. Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of Sacramento, California. 1999.
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Cool communities." Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy 1 (2000) 305-8. LBL-44129.
Akbari, Hashem, Paul H Berdahl, Ronnen M Levinson, Stephen Wiel, Andre Desjarlais, William A Miller, Nancy Jenkins, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Chris Scruton. "Cool colored roofs to save energy and improve air quality." ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 22-27, 2004. 1st ed. Vol. 1. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 2004. 1-16. 11 Vol.
Akbari, Hashem. "Introduction, energy savings of reflective roofs." ASHRAE Technical Data Bulletin 14 (1998).
Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki. "Calculating energy-saving potentials of heat-island reduction strategies." Energy Policy 33.6 (2005) 721-756.
Akbari, Hashem, Steven J Konopacki, and Danny S Parker. "Updates on revision to ASHRAE Standard 90.2: including roof reflectivity for residential buildings." 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2000: 1-11.

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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.
Akbari, Hashem, and Leo I Rainer. Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in 3 AT&T regeneration buildings. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2000. LBNL-47075.

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Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki. "The impact of reflectivity and emissivity of roofs on building cooling and heating energy use." Proceedings of Thermal VII: Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII 1998.
Akbari, Hashem, Yu Joe Huang, Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "The potential of vegetation in reducing summer cooling loads in residential buildings." Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 26.9 (1987) 1103-1116.
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. White roofs cool the world, directly offset CO2 and delay global warming. 2008.

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Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Global cooling: effect of urban albedo on global temperature." 2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference. Crete, 2007. 1-5.
Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S Rose. Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of Salt Lake City, Utah. 2001. LBNL-47851.

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Akbari, Hashem, Leanna S Rose, and Haider Taha. "Analyzing the land cover of an urban environment using high-resolution orthophotos." Landscape and Urban Planning 63.1 (2003) 1-14.
Akbari, Hashem. "Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in two small non-residential buildings." Energy 28.9 (2003) 953-967.
Akbari, Hashem, Susan Davis, Sofia Dorsano, Yu Joe Huang, and Steven Winnett. Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1992. LBL-31587.
Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki. "Energy effects of heat-island reduction strategies in Toronto, Canada." Energy 29.2 (2004) 191-210.

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