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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, 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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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. "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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.
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McPherson, E. Gregory, Klaus I Scott, and James R Simpson. "Estimating cost effectiveness of residential yard trees for improving air quality in Sacramento, California, using existing models." Atmospheric Environment 32.1 (1998) 75-84.
Menon, Surabi, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)." 2011.

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Menon, Surabi, Hashem Akbari, Sarith Mahanama, Igor Sednev, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO2 offsets." Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010).
Millstein, Dev, and Surabi Menon. "Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment." Environmental Research Letters 6.3 (2011).

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Parker, Danny S, Yu Joe Huang, Steven J Konopacki, Lisa M Gartland, John R Sherwin, and Lixing Gu. "Measured and simulated performance of reflective roofing systems in residential buildings." ASHRAE Transactions 104 (1998).
Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, and John T Harvey. "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.
Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Allan Chen, Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. Paving materials for heat island mitigation. 1997.
Pomerantz, Melvin. "Are Cooler Surfaces a Cost-Effect Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands?." Urban Climate (2017). LBNL-2001095.

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Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Sheng-Chieh Chang, Ronnen M Levinson, and Brian Pon. Examples of cooler reflective streets for urban heat-island mitigation : portland cement concrete and chip seals. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2003. LBNL-49283.

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Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Paul H Berdahl, Steven J Konopacki, Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Reflective surfaces for cooler buildings and cities." Philosophical Magazine Part B 79 (1999) 1457-1476.

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