BTUS Cool Roofs and Walls
2011
"Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment." Environmental Research Letters 6.3 (2011). .
"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. .
2010
"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. .
"Measuring solar reflectance—Part I: Defining a metric that accurately predicts solar heat gain." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1717-1744. .
"Measuring solar reflectance—Part II: Review of practical methods." Solar Energy 84.9 (2010) 1745-1759. .
"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. .
"Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO2 offsets." Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010). .
2009
"By Degrees: White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cost Cutters." The New York Times 2009. .
"Cool roofs could save money, save planet." KGO-TV (abc7news). 2009. Television. .
"Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2." Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275-286. .
"Hashem Akbari speaks to BBC Radio World Service about global cooling." BBC. 2009. Television. .
"Painting the town white: California Energy Commissioner, Art Rosenfeld, explains the benefits of cool roofs." National Public Radio. 2009. Television. .
"Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities." Solar Energy 83.12 (2009) 2120-2135. .
2008
"Estimating the solar access of typical residential rooftops: A case study in San Jose, CA." Solar 2008. San Diego, CA, 2008. LBNL-381E. .
"Evolution of cool roof standards in the United States." Advances in Building Energy Research 2.1 (2008) 1-32. LBNL-736E. .
"Procedure for measuring the solar reflectance of flat or curved roofing assemblies." Solar Energy 82.7 (2008) 648-655. .
Status of cool roof standards in the United States. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2008. .
"Surface roughness effects on the solar reflectance of cool asphalt shingles." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 92.4 (2008) 482-489. .
"The effects of roof reflectance on air temperatures surrounding a rooftop condensing unit." Energy and Buildings 40.1 (2008) 11-28. .
"Urban Surfaces and Heat Island Mitigation Potentials." Journal of the Human-Environmental System 11.2 (2008) 85-101. .
"Weathering of roofing materials – An overview." Construction and Building Materials 22.4 (2008) 423-433. .
2007
"Cooler tile-roofed buildings with near-infrared-reflective non-white coatings." Building and Environment 42.7 (2007) 2591-2605. .