Heat Island

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 1996: 1-11.
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 1996: 691-698.

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Konopacki, Steven J, and Hashem Akbari. Estimates of energy consumption by building type and end use at US Army installations. 1996. LBL-38577.

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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 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 1996: 77-86.
Taha, Haider. "Modeling impacts of increased urban vegetation on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin." Atmospheric Environment 30 (1996) 3423-3430.
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.
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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1995

Berdahl, Paul H. "Building energy efficiency and fire safety aspects of reflective coatings." Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 187-191.
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.
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.
Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen. "Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems." Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 15-24.
Akbari, Hashem. "Validation of an algorithm to disaggregate whole-building hourly electrical load into end uses." Energy 20 (1995) 1291-1301.

1994

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, Beth L Fishman, and Geoffrey Frohnsdorff. "Proceedings of the Workshop on Cool Building Materials." Workshop on Cool Building Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology 1994. LBL-35514.

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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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1993

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.
Sailor, David J. "Role of Surface Characteristics in Urban Meteorology and Air Quality." University of California, Berkeley, 1993.

1992

Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen. "Analysis of energy use in building services of the industrial sector in California: two case studies." Energy and Buildings 19 (1992) 133-141.
Akbari, Hashem, Susan Davis, Sofia Dorsano, Yu Joe Huang, and Steven Winnett. Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1992. LBL-31587.
Taha, Haider, David J Sailor, and Hashem Akbari. High-albedo materials for reducing building cooling energy use. 1992.
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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Sailor, David J, Leo I Rainer, and Hashem Akbari. "Measured impact of neighborhood tree cover on microclimate." 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1992: 149-158.
Sailor, David J, and Hashem Akbari. "Meteorological modeling applications in building energy simulations." 1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1992.
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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