Publications

X Author: Ronnen M. Levinson X 1

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
Menon, Surabi, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)." (2011).
Sleiman, Mohamad, George A. Ban-Weiss, Haley E. Gilbert, David François, Paul H. Berdahl, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Hugo Destaillats, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance—Part I: Analysis of roofing product databases."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 95.12 (2011) 3385-3399. 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
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

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, 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).
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

2007

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. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Paul H. Berdahl, Hashem Akbari, William A. Miller, Ingo Joedicke, Joseph C. Reilly, Yoshi Suzuki, and Michelle Vondran."Methods of creating solar-reflective nonwhite surfaces and their application to residential roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 91.4 (2007) 304-314. DOI

2006

Akbari, Hashem, Paul Berdahl, Ronnen M. Levinson, Stephen Wiel, William A. Miller, and Andre Desjarlais."Cool Color Roofing Materials." (2006).
Akbari, Hashem, Craig P. Wray, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Tengfang T. Xu."Inclusion of Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance Prescriptive Requirements for Steep-Sloped Nonresidential Roofs in Title 24." (2006).
Wray, Craig P., Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Tengfang T. Xu."Inclusion of Solar Reflectance and Thermal Emittance Prescriptive Requirements for Residential Roofs in Title 24." (2006).

2005

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. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Paul H. Berdahl, and Hashem Akbari."Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part I: model for deriving scattering and absorption coefficients from transmittance and reflectance measurements."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 89.4 (2005) 319-349. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Paul H. Berdahl, and Hashem Akbari."Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part II: survey of common colorants."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 89.4 (2005) 351-389. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Leo I. Rainer."Monitoring the energy-use effects of cool roofs on California commercial buildings."Energy and Buildings 37.10 (2005) 1007-1016. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, Asmeret A. Berhe, Ronnen M. Levinson, Stanley Graveline, Kevin Foley, Ana H. Delgado, and Ralph M. Paroli."Aging and Weathering of Cool Roofing Membranes." (2005).
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 1 (2005) 11.