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Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Paul H Berdahl. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part I: Defining a metric that accurately predicts solar heat gain." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1717-1744.
Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Mark P Modera. "Effects of airflow infiltration on the thermal performance of internally insulated ducts." Energy and Buildings 32.3 (2000) 345-354.
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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Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta. "Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities." Solar Energy 83.12 (2009) 2120-2135.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Paul H Berdahl. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part II: Review of practical methods." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1745-1759.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, Asmeret A Berhe, and Hashem Akbari. "Effects of soiling and cleaning on the reflectance and solar heat gain of a light-colored roofing membrane." Atmospheric Environment 39.40 (2005) 7807-7824.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Sharon S Chen, Paul H Berdahl, Pablo J Rosado, and Louis A Medina. "Reflectometer measurement of roofing aggregate albedo." Solar Energy 100 (2014) 159-171.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Lisa M Gartland. "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.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Paul H Berdahl, Kurt Wood, Wayne Skilton, and Jerry Petersheim. "A novel technique for the production of cool colored concrete tile and asphalt shingle roofing products." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 94.6 (2010) 946-954.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Heng Pan, George A Ban-Weiss, Pablo J Rosado, Riccardo Paolini, and Hashem Akbari. "Potential benefits of solar reflective car shells: Cooler cabins, fuel savings and emission reductions." Applied Energy 88.12 (2011) 4343-4357.
Levinson, Ronnen M. "Near-Ground Cooling Efficacies of Trees and High-Albedo Surfaces." University of California, Berkeley, 1997. LBNL-40334.

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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.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, and Hashem Akbari. "Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part II: survey of common colorants." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 89.4 (2005) 351-389.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, Hashem Akbari, William A Miller, Ingo Joedicke, Joseph C Reilly, Yoshi Suzuki, and Michelle Vondran. "Methods of creating solar-reflective nonwhite surfaces and their application to residential roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 91.4 (2007) 304-314.
Levinson, Ronnen M, and Hashem Akbari. "Effects of composition and exposure on the solar reflectance of portland cement concrete." Cement and Concrete Research 32 (2002) 1679-1698.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Steven J Konopacki, and Sarah E Bretz. "Inclusion of cool roofs in nonresidential Title 24 prescriptive requirements." Energy Policy 33.2 (2005) 151-170.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta. "Estimating the solar access of typical residential rooftops: A case study in San Jose, CA." Solar 2008. San Diego, CA, 2008. LBNL-381E.
Levinson, Ronnen M, and Hashem Akbari. "Potential benefits of cool roofs on commercial buildings: conserving energy, saving money, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants." Energy Efficiency 3.1 (2010) 53-109.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, and Hashem Akbari. "Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part I: model for deriving scattering and absorption coefficients from transmittance and reflectance measurements." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 89.4 (2005) 319-349.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Sharon S Chen, George A Ban-Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, Paul H Berdahl, Pablo J Rosado, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, and Thomas W Kirchstetter. Next-Generation Factory-Produced Cool Asphalt Shingles: Phase 1 Final Report. 2016. LBNL-2001007.

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Kurn, Dan M, Sarah E Bretz, Benson Huang, and Hashem Akbari. The potential for reducing urban air temperatures and energy consumption through vegetative cooling. 1994. LBL-35320.

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Konopacki, Steven J, Hashem Akbari, Larry Lister, and Lee DeBaille. "Electrical energy and cost savings potential at DOD Facilities." Proceedings of the 1996 ASHRAE Summer Conference 1996: 691-698.

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

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