BTUS Cool Roofs and Walls

Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO₂ emissions from power plants

Akbari, Hashem. "Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO₂ emissions from power plants." Environmental Pollution 116.1 (2002) S119-S126.

Summer heat islands, urban trees, and white surfaces

Akbari, Hashem, Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha. "Summer heat islands, urban trees, and white surfaces." Proceedings of the 1990 ASHRAE Winter Conference 1990.

Policies to reduce heat islands: Magnitudes of benefits and incentives to achieve them

Rosenfeld, Arthur H, Joseph J Romm, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha. "Policies to reduce heat islands: Magnitudes of benefits and incentives to achieve them." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 18th ed. Vol. 9. Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, 1996. 177-186. LBL-38679.

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Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO₂ offsets

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).

Potentials of urban heat island mitigation

Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, William A Miller, and Paul H Berdahl. "Potentials of urban heat island mitigation." Proceedings of the 1st International Passive and Low Energy Cooling for the Built Evironment 2005: 11.

Modifying a mesoscale meteorological model to better incorporate urban heat storage: a bulk-parameterization approach

Taha, Haider. "Modifying a mesoscale meteorological model to better incorporate urban heat storage: a bulk-parameterization approach." Journal of Applied Meteorology 38 (1999) 466-473.

Mitigation of urban heat islands: meteorology, energy, and airquality impacts

Taha, Haider, Alan K Meier, Weijun Gao, and Toshio Ojima. "Mitigation of urban heat islands: meteorology, energy, and airquality impacts." Journal of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Engineering 529 (2000) 69-76.

Residential cooling loads and the urban heat island—the effects of albedo

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.

Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration, and anthropogenic heat

Taha, Haider. "Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration, and anthropogenic heat." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 99-103.

Cool communities: strategies for heat island mitigation and smog reduction

Rosenfeld, Arthur H, Hashem Akbari, Joseph J Romm, and Melvin Pomerantz. "Cool communities: strategies for heat island mitigation and smog reduction." Energy and Buildings 28 (1998) 51-62.

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