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Journal Article
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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Taha, Haider, Hashem Akbari, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Yu Joe Huang. "Residential cooling loads and the urban heat island—the effects of albedo." Building and Environment 23 (1988) 271-283.
Tang, Xiaochen, Olivier Rosseler, Sharon S Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Michael J Lussier, Jiachen Zhang, George Ban Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Self-cleaning and de-pollution efficacies of photocatalytic architectural membranes." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2021).

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Akbari, Hashem. "Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO2 emissions from power plants." Environmental Pollution 116.1 (2002) S119-S126.
Pomerantz, Melvin, Pablo J Rosado, and Ronnen M Levinson. "A Simple Tool for Estimating City-Wide Annual Electrical Energy Savings from Cooler Surfaces." Urban Climate 14.2 (2015) 315 - 325. LBNL-184804.

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Sleiman, Mohamad, Sharon S Chen, Haley E Gilbert, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Paul H Berdahl, Erica Bibian, Laura S Bruckman, Dominic Cremona, Roger H French, Devin A Gordon, Marco Emiliani, Justin Kable, Liyan Ma, Milena Martarelli, Riccardo Paolini, Matthew Prestia, John Renowden, Gian Marco Revel, Olivier Rosseler, Ming Shiao, Giancarolo Terraneo, Tammy Yang, Lingtao Yu, Michele Zinzi, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part III: Interlaboratory study of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 143 (2015) 581-590.
Sleiman, Mohamad, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Paul H Berdahl, Haley E Gilbert, Sarah Quelen, Lea Marlot, Chelsea V Preble, Sharon S Chen, Amandine Montalbano, Olivier Rosseler, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part II: Development of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 122 (2014) 271-281. LBNL-6714E.

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Sleiman, Mohamad, George A Ban-Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, David François, Paul H Berdahl, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Hugo Destaillats, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance—Part I: Analysis of roofing product databases." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95.12 (2011) 3385-3399.
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, 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, 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.
Gustavsen, Arlid, and Paul H Berdahl. "Spectral Emissivity of Anodized Aluminum and the Thermal Transmittance of Aluminum Window Frames." Nordic Journal of Building Physics 3 (2003) 1-12.
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.
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.
Salamanca, Francisco, Shaheen R Tonse, Surabi Menon, Vishal Garg, Krishna P Singh, Manish Naja, and Marc L Fischer. "Top-of-atmosphere radiative cooling with white roofs: experimental verification and model-based evaluation." Environmental Research Letters 7.4 (2012).
Taha, Haider. "Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration, and anthropogenic heat." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 99-103.
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, Mashuri Warren, Anibal T De Almeida, Deborah J Connell, and Jeffrey P Harris. "Use of energy management systems for performance monitoring of industrial load-shaping measures." Energy 13 (1988) 253-263.
Akbari, Hashem. "Validation of an algorithm to disaggregate whole-building hourly electrical load into end uses." Energy 20 (1995) 1291-1301.
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.
Magazine Article
Kaarsberg, Tina, and Hashem Akbari. "Cool Roofs Cool the Planet." Home Energy 2006: 38-41.

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Miscellaneous
Levinson, Ronnen M. "The Case for Cool Roofs." 2012.

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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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Newspaper Article
Barringer, Felicity. "By Degrees: White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cost Cutters." The New York Times 2009.
Report
Akbari, Hashem, Asmeret A Berhe, Ronnen M Levinson, Stanley Graveline, Kevin Foley, Ana H Delgado, and Ralph M Paroli. Aging and Weathering of Cool Roofing Membranes. 2005.

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