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Menon, Surabi, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)." 2011.

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Sailor, David J. "Role of Surface Characteristics in Urban Meteorology and Air Quality." University of California, Berkeley, 1993.
Levinson, Ronnen M. "Near-Ground Cooling Efficacies of Trees and High-Albedo Surfaces." University of California, Berkeley, 1997. LBNL-40334.

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Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. White roofs cool the world, directly offset CO2 and delay global warming. 2008.

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Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki. Streamlined energy-savings calculations for heat-island reduction strategies. 2003.
Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M Levinson. Status of cool roof standards in the United States. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2008.
Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari. Simulated impact of roof surface solar absorptance, attic, and duct insulation on cooling and heating energy use in single-family new residential buildings. 1998.
Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, and Paul H Berdahl. A Review of Methods for the Manufacture of Residential Roofing Materials. 2003. LBNL-55574.
Ting, Michael K, Jonathan G Koomey, and Melvin Pomerantz. Preliminary evaluation of the lifecycle costs and market barriers of reflective pavements. 2001.
Taha, Haider. Potential impacts of climate change on tropospheric ozone in California: A preliminary episodic modeling assessment of the Los Angeles Basin and the Sacramento Valley. 2001.
Kurn, Dan M, Sarah E Bretz, Benson Huang, and Hashem Akbari. The potential for reducing urban air temperatures and energy consumption through vegetative cooling. 1994. LBL-35320.

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Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Allan Chen, Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. Paving materials for heat island mitigation. 1997.
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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Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E Bretz, James W Hanford, Dan M Kurn, Beth L Fishman, and Haider Taha. Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: data analysis, simulations, and results. 1993.
Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E Bretz, James W Hanford, Arthur H Rosenfeld, David J Sailor, Haider Taha, and Willem Bos. Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: project design and preliminary results. 1992. LBL-33342.

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Taha, Haider, Hillel Hammer, and Hashem Akbari. Meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetative cover in the greater Toronto Area, Canada. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2002. LBNL-49210.
Fishman, Beth L, Haider Taha, and Hashem Akbari. Meso-scale cooling effects of high albedo surfaces: Analysis of meteorological data from White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range. 1994. LBL-35056.

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Akbari, Hashem, and Leo I Rainer. Measured energy savings from the application of reflective roofs in 3 AT&T regeneration buildings. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2000. LBNL-47075.

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Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari. Measured energy savings and demand reduction from a reflective roof membrane on a large retail store in Austin. 2001. LBNL-47149.

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Bretz, Sarah E, Hashem Akbari, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha. Implementation of solar-reflective surfaces: materials and utility programs. Berkeley, CA: LBNL, 1992. LBNL-32467.

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Taha, Haider. Impacts of cool cities on air quality: A preliminary modeling assessment for Nashville, TN, Dallas, TX and Atlanta, GA. 1998. LBNL-42256.

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Taha, Haider, David J Sailor, and Hashem Akbari. High-albedo materials for reducing building cooling energy use. 1992.
Gilbert, Haley E, Tom Jacobs, Seongeun Jeong, Melvin Pomerantz, Dev Millstein, Doug Norsby, Andrea Repinsky, and Ronnen M Levinson. Heat Island Mitigation Assessment and Policy Development for the Kansas City Region. 2019.

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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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Berdahl, Paul H, and Hashem Akbari. Evaluation of titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst for removing air pollutants. 2008.

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