Publications
"Impacts of lowered urban air temperatures on precursor emission and ozone air quality." Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 48.9 (1998) 860-865.
. "Impacts of large-scale surface modifications on meteorological conditions and energy use: a 10-region modeling study." Theoretical and Applied Climatology 62.3-4 (1999) 175-185.
. Impacts of cool cities on air quality: A preliminary modeling assessment for Nashville, TN, Dallas, TX and Atlanta, GA. 1998. LBNL-42256.
. "Impact of the temperature dependency of fiberglass insulation R-value on cooling energy use in buildings." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1996: 85-94.
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"Heat island and oasis effects of vegetative canopies: micro-meteorological field-measurements." Theoretical and Applied Climatology 44 (1991) 123-138.
. "Hashem Akbari speaks to BBC Radio World Service about global cooling." BBC. 2009. Television.
. "A guidebook for the control of summer heat islands." 1990 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1990: 79-85. LBL-29224.
. "Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2." Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275-286.
. "Global cooling: effect of urban albedo on global temperature." 2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference. Crete, 2007. 1-5.
. "Free convective turbulent flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 33.3-4 (1984) 253-264.
. "Free convective laminar flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 22.2 (1979) 165-174.
. Examples of cooler reflective streets for urban heat-island mitigation : portland cement concrete and chip seals. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2003. LBNL-49283.
. "Evolution of cool roof standards in the United States." Advances in Building Energy Research 2.1 (2008) 1-32. LBNL-736E.
. . "Estimating the solar access of typical residential rooftops: A case study in San Jose, CA." Solar 2008. San Diego, CA, 2008. LBNL-381E.
. "Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions." Energy and Buildings 39.11 (2007) 1167-1174.
. Estimates of energy consumption by building type and end use at US Army installations. 1996. LBL-38577.
. . . "Energy savings calculations for heat island reduction strategies in Baton Rouge, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City." 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2000: 215-226.
. . "Energy efficiency for fueling the world." Proceedings of the Energy Conservation in Buildings Workshop 2003.
. "Energy effects of heat-island reduction strategies in Toronto, Canada." Energy 29.2 (2004) 191-210.
. "Electricity production and cooling energy savings from installation of a building-integrated photovoltaic roof on an office building." Energy and Buildings 56 (2013) 210 - 220.
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