Publications
"Free convective laminar flow within the trombe wall channel." Solar Energy 22.2 (1979) 165-174.
. . "Peak power and cooling energy savings of high-albedo roofs." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 117-126.
. "Updates on revision to ASHRAE Standard 90.2: including roof reflectivity for residential buildings." 2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2000: 1-11.
. "Summer heat islands, urban trees, and white surfaces." Proceedings of the 1990 ASHRAE Winter Conference 1990.
. . "Calculating energy-saving potentials of heat-island reduction strategies." Energy Policy 33.6 (2005) 721-756.
. "The impact of trees and white surfaces on residential heating and cooling energy use in four Canadian cities." Energy 17 (1992) 141-149.
. "Use of energy management systems for performance monitoring of industrial load-shaping measures." Energy 13 (1988) 253-263.
. "Cool systems for hot cities." Professional Roofing 32-35 (1998) 1-5. LBL-43814.
. "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.
. . "Global cooling: effect of urban albedo on global temperature." 2nd PALENC and 28th AIVC Conference. Crete, 2007. 1-5.
. "Introduction, energy savings of reflective roofs." ASHRAE Technical Data Bulletin 14 (1998).
. "Cool communities." Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy 1 (2000) 305-8. LBL-44129.
. "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.
. "Energy effects of heat-island reduction strategies in Toronto, Canada." Energy 29.2 (2004) 191-210.
. "Analysis of energy use in building services of the industrial sector in California: two case studies." Energy and Buildings 19 (1992) 133-141.
. "Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems." Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 15-24.
. "Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in two small non-residential buildings." Energy 28.9 (2003) 953-967.
. "Hashem Akbari speaks to BBC Radio World Service about global cooling." BBC. 2009. Television.
. Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in 3 AT&T regeneration buildings. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2000. LBNL-47075.
. "Cool construction materials offer energy savings and help reduce smog." ASTM Standardization News 23 (1995) 32-37.
. Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1992. LBL-31587.
. "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.
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