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Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki. Streamlined energy-savings calculations for heat-island reduction strategies. 2003.
Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S Rose. "Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials." Journal of the Human-Environmental System 11.2 (2008) 85-101.
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, 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 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, Ronnen M Levinson, William A Miller, and Paul H Berdahl. "Potentials of urban heat island mitigation." Proceedings of the 1st International Passive and Low Energy Cooling for the Built Evironment 2005: 11.
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Ban-Weiss, George A, Craig P Wray, William W Delp, Peter Ly, Hashem Akbari, and Ronnen M Levinson. "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.
Barringer, Felicity. "By Degrees: White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cost Cutters." The New York Times 2009.
Berdahl, Paul H, and Sarah E Bretz. "Preliminary survey of the solar reflectance of cool roofing materials." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 149-158.
Berdahl, Paul H, Hashem Akbari, and Leanna S Rose. "Aging of reflective roofs: soot deposition." Applied Optics 41 (2002) 2355-2360.
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.
Berdahl, Paul H, Sharon S Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Ronnen M Levinson, and Michael A Zalich. "Fluorescent Cooling of Objects Exposted to Sunlight - The Ruby Example." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 157 (2016) 312-317. LBNL-1006729.
Berdahl, Paul H, and Hashem Akbari. Evaluation of titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst for removing air pollutants. 2008.
Berdahl, Paul H. "Building energy efficiency and fire safety aspects of reflective coatings." Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 187-191.
Berdahl, Paul H, Hashem Akbari, Jeffry Jacobs, and Frank Klink. "Surface roughness effects on the solar reflectance of cool asphalt shingles." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 92.4 (2008) 482-489.
Borgers, Tom R, and Hashem Akbari. "Free convective turbulent flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 33.3-4 (1984) 253-264.
Bretz, Sarah E, Hashem Akbari, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha. Implementation of solar-reflective surfaces: materials and utility programs. Berkeley, CA: LBNL, 1992. LBNL-32467.

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Bretz, Sarah E, Hashem Akbari, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Practical issues for using solar-reflective materials to mitigate urban heat islands." Atmospheric Environment 32 (1998) 95-101.
Bretz, Sarah E, and Hashem Akbari. "Long-term performance of high-albedo roof coatings." Energy and Buildings 25.2 (1997) 159-167.
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Campra, Pablo, and Dev Millstein. "Mesoscale Climatic Simulation of Surface Air Temperature Cooling by Highly Reflective Greenhouses in SE Spain." Environmental Science & Technology 47.21 (2013) 12284-12290.
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.
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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Fishman, Beth L, Haider Taha, and Hashem Akbari. Meso-scale cooling effects of high albedo surfaces: Analysis of meteorological data from White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range. 1994. LBL-35056.

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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.
Gao, Yafeng, Dachuan Shi, Ronnen M Levinson, Rui Guo, Changqing Lin, and Jing Ge. "Thermal performance and energy savings of white and sedum-tray garden roof: A case study in a Chongqing office building." Energy and Buildings 156 (2017) 343 - 359.

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