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Conference Proceedings
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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Taha, Haider, and Robert Bornstein. "Urbanization of meteorological models: implications on simulated heat islands and air quality." Proceedings of the International Congress of Biometeorology and International Conference on Urban Climatology (ICB-ICUC) 1999.
Huang, Yu Joe, Hashem Akbari, and Haider Taha. "The wind-shielding and shading effects of trees on residential heating and cooling requirements." Proceedings of the ASHRAE Winter Conference 1990: 11-14.
Journal Article
Berdahl, Paul H, Hashem Akbari, and Leanna S Rose. "Aging of reflective roofs: soot deposition." Applied Optics 41 (2002) 2355-2360.
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.
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.
Pomerantz, Melvin. "Are Cooler Surfaces a Cost-Effect Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands?." Urban Climate (2017). LBNL-2001095.

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Berdahl, Paul H. "Building energy efficiency and fire safety aspects of reflective coatings." Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 187-191.
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, Danny S Parker, Bruce A Wilcox, Charles N Eley, and Martha G VanGeem. "Calculations in support of SSP 90.1 for reflective roofs." ASHRAE Transactions 104.1A (1998) 984-995.
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Cool communities." Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy 1 (2000) 305-8. LBL-44129.
Rosenfeld, Arthur H, Hashem Akbari, Joseph J Romm, and Melvin Pomerantz. "Cool communities: strategies for heat island mitigation and smog reduction." Energy and Buildings 28 (1998) 51-62.
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.
Rossi, Federico, Franco Cotana, Mirko Filipponi, Andrea Nicolini, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Cool roofs as a strategy to tackle global warming: economical and technical opportunities." Advances in Building Energy Research 7.2 (2013) 254 - 268.
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.
Cao, Meichun, Pablo J Rosado, Zhaohui Lin, Ronnen M Levinson, and Dev Millstein. "Cool Roofs in Guangzhou, China: Outdoor Air Temperature Reductions during Heat Waves and Typical Summer Conditions." Environmental Science & Technology 49.24 (2015) 14672 - 14679.
Akbari, Hashem, Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha. "Cool surfaces and shade trees to reduce energy use and improve air quality in urban areas." Solar Energy 70 (2001) 295-310.
Akbari, Hashem, and Sarah E Bretz. "Cool systems for hot cities." Professional Roofing 32-35 (1998) 1-5. LBL-43814.
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.
Akbari, Hashem, and Andre Desjarlais. "Cooling down the house: residential roofing products soon will boast "cool" surfaces." Professional Roofing March (2005).
Akbari, Hashem, Steven J Konopacki, and Melvin Pomerantz. "Cooling energy savings potential of reflective roofs for residential and commercial buildings in the United States." Energy - The International Journal 25 (1999) 391-407.
Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Simon K Shannon, Sharon S Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Rachael AT Gould, Marion L Russell, Jiachen Zhang, George A Ban-Weiss, Rebecca LA Everman, Frank W Klink, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "De-pollution efficacy of photocatalytic roofing granules." Building and Environment 160 (2019).

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Sproul, Julian, Man-Pun Wan, Benjamin H Mandel, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Economic Comparison of White, Green, and Black Flat Roofs in the United States." Energy and Buildings 71 (2014) 20-27.
Akbari, Hashem, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Josh Pollak. "The effect of a cool-coating on the thermal effectiveness of exposed exterior ducts." Energy and Buildings 39.6 (2007) 681-692.
Akbari, Hashem, Diego Samano, Atila Mertol, Fred S Bauman, and Ron C Kammerud. "The effect of variations in convection coefficients on thermal energy storage in buildings Part I - Interior partition walls." Energy and Buildings 9 (1986) 195-211.

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