Hashem Akbari

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2000

Pomerantz, Melvin, Brian Pon, Hashem Akbari, and Sheng-Chieh Chang. The effect of pavements’ temperatures on air temperatures in large cities. Berkeley, CA, 2000.

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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.

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1989

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Isaac Turiel, Kristin E Heinemeier, Benoit Lebot, Bruce Nordman, and Leo I Rainer. Integrated Estimation of Commercial Sector End‑Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities, Final Report. 1989.

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1990

Akbari, Hashem, Isaac Turiel, Joseph H Eto, Kristin E Heinemeier, Benoit Lebot, and Leo I Rainer. "A Review of Existing Commercial Energy Use Intensity and Load Shape Studies." ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. ACEEE, 1990.

Eto, Joseph H, Isaac Turiel, Hashem Akbari, Benoit Lebot, and Kristin E Heinemeier. "An Investigation of the Use of Prototypes for Commercial Sector EUI Analysis." American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 1990 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Asilomar, CA, 1990.

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Eto, Joseph H, Hashem Akbari, Robert G Pratt, and Steven D Braithwait. "End-Use Load Shape Data Application, Estimation, and Collection: A State-of-the-Art Review." ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Asilomar, CA: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), 1990. 30.

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2013

Ly, Peter, George A Ban-Weiss, Nathan Finch, Craig P Wray, Mark de Ogburn, William W Delp, Hashem Akbari, Scott Smaby, Ronnen M Levinson, Bret Gean, and SEI Group Inc. Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofs for sustainability and energy efficiency. Naval Facilities Engineering Command - Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, 2013.

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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.

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1991

Akbari, Hashem, Leo I Rainer, and Joseph H Eto. Integrated Estimation of Commercial Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities, Phase II. LBNL, 1991.

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Eto, Joseph H, Hashem Akbari, Robert G Pratt, and Steven D Braithwait. "End-Use Load Shape Data Application, Estimation, and Collection." State of the Art of Energy Efficiency: Future Directions . Ed. Edward L Vine and Drury B Crawley. Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 1991. 16.

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2010

Menon, Surabi, Hashem Akbari, Sarith Mahanama, Igor Sednev, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedo and associated CO₂ offsets." Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010).

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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).

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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.

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1993

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Steven J Konopacki, Asim Afzal, Kristin E Heinemeier, and Leo I Rainer. Integrated Estimation of Commerical Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities in the PG&E Service Area. LBNL, 1993.

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1994

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Steven J Konopacki, Asim Afzal, Kristin E Heinemeier, and Leo I Rainer. "A New Approach to Estimate Commercial Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities." ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Vol. 1994. Berkeley: LBNL, 1994.

2011

Akbari, Hashem, Tengfang T Xu, Haider Taha, Craig P Wray, and Jayant A Sathaye. Using Cool Roofs to Reduce Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Urban Heat-island Effects. LBNL, 2011.

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. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 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. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2006.