Publications
"Procedure for measuring the solar reflectance of flat or curved roofing assemblies." Solar Energy 82.7 (2008) 648-655.
. Status of cool roof standards in the United States. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2008.
. "Surface roughness effects on the solar reflectance of cool asphalt shingles." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 92.4 (2008) 482-489.
. "Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials." Journal of the Human-Environmental System 11.2 (2008) 85-101.
. "Weathering of roofing materials – An overview." Construction and Building Materials 22.4 (2008) 423-433.
. . "Cool roofs could save money, save planet." KGO-TV (abc7news). 2009. Television.
. "Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2." Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275-286.
. "Hashem Akbari speaks to BBC Radio World Service about global cooling." BBC. 2009. Television.
. "Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities." Solar Energy 83.12 (2009) 2120-2135.
. "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.
. "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.
. "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.
. "Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO2 offsets." Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010).
. "Potential benefits of solar reflective car shells: Cooler cabins, fuel savings and emission reductions." Applied Energy 88.12 (2011) 4343-4357.
. "Electricity production and cooling energy savings from installation of a building-integrated photovoltaic roof on an office building." Energy and Buildings 56 (2013) 210 - 220.
. "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.
. "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.
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