Publications
"Free convective laminar flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 22.2 (1979) 165-174.
. "Free convective turbulent flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 33.3-4 (1984) 253-264.
. "Global cooling: effect of urban albedo on global temperature." 2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference. Crete, 2007. 1-5.
. "Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2." Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275-286.
. "A guidebook for the control of summer heat islands." 1990 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1990: 79-85. LBL-29224.
. "Hashem Akbari speaks to BBC Radio World Service about global cooling." BBC. 2009. Television.
. "Heat island and oasis effects of vegetative canopies: micro-meteorological field-measurements." Theoretical and Applied Climatology 44 (1991) 123-138.
. . "The impact of reflectivity and emissivity of roofs on building cooling and heating energy use." Proceedings of Thermal VII: Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII 1998.
. "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.
. "The impact of trees and white surfaces on residential heating and cooling energy use in four Canadian cities." Energy 17 (1992) 141-149.
. "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.
. Implementation of solar-reflective surfaces: materials and utility programs. Berkeley, CA: LBNL, 1992. LBNL-32467.
. "Inclusion of cool roofs in nonresidential Title 24 prescriptive requirements." Energy Policy 33.2 (2005) 151-170.
. "Introduction, energy savings of reflective roofs." ASHRAE Technical Data Bulletin 14 (1998).
. "Long-term performance of high-albedo roof coatings." Energy and Buildings 25.2 (1997) 159-167.
. Measured energy savings and demand reduction from a reflective roof membrane on a large retail store in Austin. 2001. LBNL-47149.
. Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in 3 AT&T regeneration buildings. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2000. LBNL-47075.
. "Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in two small non-residential buildings." Energy 28.9 (2003) 953-967.
. "Measured energy savings of light-colored roofs: results from three California demonstration sites." 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1998: 1-13.
. "Measured impact of neighborhood tree cover on microclimate." 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1992: 149-158.
. "Measuring savings in energy savings performance contracts using in-place energy management systems- A case study." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1996: 77-86.
. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part I: Defining a metric that accurately predicts solar heat gain." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1717-1744.
. "Measuring solar reflectance—Part II: Review of practical methods." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1745-1759.
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