Publications
"Electrical energy and cost savings potential at DOD Facilities." Proceedings of the 1996 ASHRAE Summer Conference 1996: 691-698.
. "Cooler reflective pavements give benefits beyond energy savings: durability and illumination." ACEEE 2000 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2000: 293-304. LBNL-45370.
. "Cool buildings and cool communities." Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Buildings and the Environment 1997: 301-308.
. "ASTM standards for measuring solar reflectance and infrared emittance of construction materials and comparing their steady-state surface temperatures." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1996: 1-11.
. "Policies to reduce heat islands: Magnitudes of benefits and incentives to achieve them." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 18th ed. Vol. 9. Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, 1996. 177-186. LBL-38679.
. "Global cooling: effect of urban albedo on global temperature." 2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference. Crete, 2007. 1-5.
. "Estimating the solar access of typical residential rooftops: A case study in San Jose, CA." Solar 2008. San Diego, CA, 2008. LBNL-381E.
. "Cool colored roofs to save energy and improve air quality." ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 22-27, 2004. 1st ed. Vol. 1. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 2004. 1-16. 11 Vol.
. "Painting the town white: California Energy Commissioner, Art Rosenfeld, explains the benefits of cool roofs." National Public Radio. 2009. Television.
. "Hashem Akbari speaks to BBC Radio World Service about global cooling." BBC. 2009. Television.
. "Cool roofs could save money, save planet." KGO-TV (abc7news). 2009. Television.
. Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1992. LBL-31587.
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