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BTUS Cool Roofs and Walls
Taha, Haider, David J Sailor, and Hashem Akbari. High-albedo materials for reducing building cooling energy use. 1992.
Taha, Haider, and Hashem Akbari. Cool roofs as an energy conservation measure for federal buildings. 2003. LBNL-51895.
Synnefa, Afroditi, Mat Santamouris, and Hashem Akbari. "Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions." Energy and Buildings 39.11 (2007) 1167-1174.
Rosenfeld, Arthur H. "Painting the town white: California Energy Commissioner, Art Rosenfeld, explains the benefits of cool roofs." National Public Radio. 2009. Television.
Parker, Danny S, Yu Joe Huang, Steven J Konopacki, Lisa M Gartland, John R Sherwin, and Lixing Gu. "Measured and simulated performance of reflective roofing systems in residential buildings." ASHRAE Transactions 104 (1998).
Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, Asmeret A Berhe, and Hashem Akbari. "Effects of soiling and cleaning on the reflectance and solar heat gain of a light-colored roofing membrane." Atmospheric Environment 39.40 (2005) 7807-7824.
Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, and Joseph C Reilly. "Cooler tile-roofed buildings with near-infrared-reflective non-white coatings." Building and Environment 42.7 (2007) 2591-2605.
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.
Gartland, Lisa M, Steven J Konopacki, and Hashem Akbari. "Modeling the effects of reflective roofing." 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1996: 117-125.
Berdahl, Paul H, and Sarah E Bretz. "Preliminary survey of the solar reflectance of cool roofing materials." Energy and Buildings 25 (1997) 149-158.
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