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Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari. Estimates of energy consumption by building type and end use at US Army installations. 1996. LBL-38577.

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Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. Equivalent CO2 avoided by reflective roofs and pavements in California. 2008.

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Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari. Energy savings for heat-island reduction strategies in Chicago and Houston. 2002.
Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari. Energy impacts of heat island reduction strategies in the greater Toronto Area, Canada. 2001.
Gilbert, Haley E, Pablo J Rosado, George A Ban-Weiss, John T Harvey, Hui Li, Benjamin H Mandel, Dev Millstein, Arash Mohegh, Arash Saboori, and Ronnen M Levinson. Energy and environmental consequences of a cool pavement campaign. 2017.

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Pomerantz, Melvin, Brian Pon, Hashem Akbari, and Sheng-Chieh Chang. The effect of pavements' temperatures on air temperatures in large cities. Berkeley, CA, 2000. LBNL-43442.

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Konopacki, Steven J, Lisa M Gartland, Hashem Akbari, and Leo I Rainer. Demonstration of energy savings of cool roofs. 1998. LBNL-40673.

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Konopacki, Steven J, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, Sasa Gabersek, and Lisa M Gartland. Cooling energy savings potential of light-colored roofs for residential and commercial buildings in 11 US metropolitan areas. 1997. LBNL-39433 Executive Summary.

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Taha, Haider, and Hashem Akbari. Cool roofs as an energy conservation measure for federal buildings. 2003. LBNL-51895.
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, Leanna S Rose, and Haider Taha. Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of Sacramento, California. 1999.
Rose, Leanna S, Hashem Akbari, and Haider Taha. Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of greater Houston, Texas. 2003. LBNL-51448.
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, and Leanna S Rose. Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of metropolitan Chicago, Illinois. 2001. LBNL-49275.

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Chen, Sharon S, Hugo Destaillats, Jing Ge, and Ronnen M Levinson. Calibration of laboratory aging practice to replicate changes to roof albedo in a Chinese city. 2018. LBNL-2001005.

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Akbari, Hashem, Asmeret A Berhe, Ronnen M Levinson, Stanley Graveline, Kevin Foley, Ana H Delgado, and Ralph M Paroli. Aging and Weathering of Cool Roofing Membranes. 2005.
Newspaper Article
Barringer, Felicity. "By Degrees: White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cost Cutters." The New York Times 2009.
Miscellaneous
Levinson, Ronnen M, Haley E Gilbert, Melvin Pomerantz, John T Harvey, and George A Ban-Weiss. "Recent cool pavement research highlights: Quantifying the energy and environmental consequences of cool pavements." 2017.

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

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Magazine Article
Kaarsberg, Tina, and Hashem Akbari. "Cool Roofs Cool the Planet." Home Energy 2006: 38-41.

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Journal Article
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.
Akbari, Hashem. "Validation of an algorithm to disaggregate whole-building hourly electrical load into end uses." Energy 20 (1995) 1291-1301.
Akbari, Hashem, Mashuri Warren, Anibal T De Almeida, Deborah J Connell, and Jeffrey P Harris. "Use of energy management systems for performance monitoring of industrial load-shaping measures." Energy 13 (1988) 253-263.
Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S Rose. "Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials." Journal of the Human-Environmental System 11.2 (2008) 85-101.
Taha, Haider. "Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration, and anthropogenic heat." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 99-103.

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