Publications

X Author: Hashem Akbari

2015

Sleiman, Mohamad, Sharon S. Chen, Haley E. Gilbert, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Paul H. Berdahl, Erica Bibian, Laura S. Bruckman, Dominic Cremona, Roger H. French, Devin A. Gordon, Marco Emiliani, Justin Kable, Liyan Ma, Milena Martarelli, Riccardo Paolini, Matthew Prestia, John Renowden, Gian Marco Revel, Olivier Rosseler, Ming Shiao, Giancarolo Terraneo, Tammy Yang, Lingtao Yu, Michele Zinzi, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part III: Interlaboratory study of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 143 (2015) 581-590. DOI

2014

Sleiman, Mohamad, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Paul H. Berdahl, Haley E. Gilbert, Sarah Quelen, Lea Marlot, Chelsea V. Preble, Sharon S. Chen, Amandine Montalbano, Olivier Rosseler, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part II: Development of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 122 (2014) 271-281. DOI

2013

Ban-Weiss, George A., Craig P. Wray, William W. Delp, Peter Ly, Hashem Akbari, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Electricity production and cooling energy savings from installation of a building-integrated photovoltaic roof on an office building."Energy and Buildings 56 (2013) 210 - 220. DOI

2011

Levinson, Ronnen M., Heng Pan, George A. Ban-Weiss, Pablo J. Rosado, Riccardo Paolini, and Hashem Akbari."Potential benefits of solar reflective car shells: Cooler cabins, fuel savings and emission reductions."Applied Energy 88.12 (2011) 4343-4357. DOI

2010

Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, and Paul H. Berdahl."Measuring solar reflectance—Part I: Defining a metric that accurately predicts solar heat gain."Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1717-1744. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, and Paul H. Berdahl."Measuring solar reflectance—Part II: Review of practical methods."Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1745-1759. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, Paul H. Berdahl, Kurt Wood, Wayne Skilton, and Jerry Petersheim."A novel technique for the production of cool colored concrete tile and asphalt shingle roofing products."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 94.6 (2010) 946-954. DOI
Koomey, Jonathan G., Hashem Akbari, Carl Blumstein, Marilyn A. Brown, Richard E. Brown, Chris Calwell, Sheryl Carter, Ralph Cavanagh, Audrey Chang, David Claridge, Paul P. Craig, Richard C. Diamond, Joseph H Eto, William Fulkerson, Ashok J. Gadgil, Howard S. Geller, José Goldemberg, Charles A. Goldman, David B Goldstein, Steve E. Greenberg, David Hafemeister, Jeffrey P. Harris, Hal Harvey, Eric Heitz, Eric Hirst, Holmes Hummel, Daniel M. Kammen, Henry Kelly, John A. Laitner, Mark D. Levine, Amory Lovins, Gil Masters, James E. McMahon, Alan K. Meier, Michael Messenger, John Millhone, Evan Mills, Steven M. Nadel, Bruce Nordman, Lynn K. Price, Joseph J. Romm, Marc Ross, Michael Rufo, Jayant A. Sathaye, Leon J. Schipper, Stephen H. Schneider, James L. Sweeney, Malcolm Verdict, Diana Vorsatz, Devra Wang, Carl Weinberg, Richard Wilk, John Wilson, and Ernst Worrell."Defining a standard metric for electricity savings."Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010). DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., and Hashem Akbari."Potential benefits of cool roofs on commercial buildings: conserving energy, saving money, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants."Energy Efficiency 3.1 (2010) 53-109. DOI
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). DOI

2009

Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta."Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities."Solar Energy 83.12 (2009) 2120-2135. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2."Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275-286. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Cool roofs could save money, save planet."KGO-TV (abc7news) (2009).
Akbari, Hashem."Hashem Akbari speaks to BBC Radio World Service about global cooling."BBC (2009).

2008

Akbari, Hashem, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."White roofs cool the world, directly offset CO2 and delay global warming."Research Highlights (2008).
Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Equivalent CO2 avoided by reflective roofs and pavements in California."Memo to California Air Resources Board (2008).
Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Stephanie Stern."Procedure for measuring the solar reflectance of flat or curved roofing assemblies."Solar Energy 82.7 (2008) 648-655. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Status of cool roof standards in the United States." (2008).
Berdahl, Paul H., Hashem Akbari, Jeffry Jacobs, and Frank Klink."Surface roughness effects on the solar reflectance of cool asphalt shingles."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 92.4 (2008) 482-489. DOI
Berdahl, Paul H., Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and William A. Miller."Weathering of roofing materials – An overview."Construction and Building Materials 22.4 (2008) 423-433. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta."Estimating the solar access of typical residential rooftops: A case study in San Jose, CA."Solar 2008 (2008).
Berdahl, Paul H., and Hashem Akbari."Evaluation of titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst for removing air pollutants." (2008).
Wray, Craig P., and Hashem Akbari."The effects of roof reflectance on air temperatures surrounding a rooftop condensing unit."Energy and Buildings 40.1 (2008) 11-28. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Evolution of cool roof standards in the United States."Advances in Building Energy Research 2.1 (2008) 1-32. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Leanna S. Rose."Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials."Journal of the Human-Environmental System 11.2 (2008) 85-101. DOI