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1997
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Cool buildings and cool communities."Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Buildings and the Environment
2 (1997) 301-308.
Konopacki, Steven J., Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, Sasa Gabersek, and Lisa M. Gartland."Cooling energy savings potential of light-colored roofs for residential and commercial buildings in 11 US metropolitan areas."
(1997). DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M.."Near-Ground Cooling Efficacies of Trees and High-Albedo Surfaces."Department of Mechanical Engineering
(1997).
Bretz, Sarah E., and Hashem Akbari."Long-term performance of high-albedo roof coatings."Energy and Buildings
25.2 (1997) 159-167. DOI
Taha, Haider, Sharon Douglas, and Jay Haney."Mesoscale meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetation."Energy and Buildings
25.2 (1997) 169-177. DOI
Taha, Haider."Modeling the impacts of large-scale albedo changes on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin."Atmospheric Environment
31 (1997) 1667-1676. DOI
Rosenfeld, Arthur H., Joseph J. Romm, Hashem Akbari, and Alan C. Lloyd."Painting the Town White—and Green."MIT Technology Review
100.2 (1997) 52-59.
Pomerantz, Melvin, Hashem Akbari, Allan Chen, Haider Taha, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Paving materials for heat island mitigation."
(1997). DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E. Bretz, Dan M. Kurn, and James W. Hanford."Peak power and cooling energy savings of high-albedo roofs."Energy and Buildings
25 (1997) 117-126. DOI
Berdahl, Paul H., and Sarah E. Bretz."Preliminary survey of the solar reflectance of cool roofing materials."Energy and Buildings
25 (1997) 149-158. DOI
Taha, Haider."Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration, and anthropogenic heat."Energy and Buildings
25 (1997) 99-103. DOI
1996
Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Paul H. Berdahl."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
1 (1996) 1-11.
Konopacki, Steven J., and Hashem Akbari."Estimates of energy consumption by building type and end use at US Army installations."
(1996).
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, and Lisa M. Gartland."Impact of the temperature dependency of fiberglass insulation R-value on cooling energy use in buildings."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
10 (1996) 85-94.
Heinemeier, Kristin E., Hashem Akbari, and John S. Kromer."Measuring savings in energy savings performance contracts using in-place energy management systems- A case study."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
5 (1996) 77-86.
Gartland, Lisa M., Steven J. Konopacki, and Hashem Akbari."Modeling the effects of reflective roofing."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
4 (1996) 117-125.
Konopacki, Steven J., Hashem Akbari, Larry Lister, and Lee DeBaille."Electrical energy and cost savings potential at DOD Facilities."Proceedings of the 1996 ASHRAE Summer Conference
102 (1996) 691-698.
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
9 (1996) 177-186.
Taha, Haider."Modeling impacts of increased urban vegetation on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin."Atmospheric Environment
30 (1996) 3423-3430. DOI
1995
Rosenfeld, Arthur H., Hashem Akbari, Sarah E. Bretz, Beth L. Fishman, Dan M. Kurn, David J. Sailor, and Haider Taha."Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates."Energy and Buildings
22.3 (1995) 255-265. DOI
Berdahl, Paul H.."Building energy efficiency and fire safety aspects of reflective coatings."Energy and Buildings
22 (1995) 187-191. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha."Cool construction materials offer energy savings and help reduce smog."ASTM Standardization News
23 (1995) 32-37.
Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen."Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems."Energy and Buildings
22 (1995) 15-24. DOI
Akbari, Hashem."Validation of an algorithm to disaggregate whole-building hourly electrical load into end uses."Energy
20 (1995) 1291-1301. DOI