@article{25693,
  keywords = {Cool roof, Heat Island},
  author = {Hashem Akbari and Sarah E Bretz and Dan M Kurn and James W Hanford},
  title = {Peak power and cooling energy savings of high-albedo roofs},
  abstract = {<p>In the summers of 1991 and 1992, we monitored peak power and cooling energy savings from high-albedo coatings at one house and two school bungalows in Sacramento, California. We collected data on air-conditioning electricity use, indoor and outdoor temperatures and humidities, roof and ceiling surface temperatures, inside and outside wall temperatures, insolation, and wind speed and direction. Applying a high-albedo coating to one house resulted in seasonal savings of 2.2 kWh/d (80% of base case use), and peak demand reductions of 0.6 kW. In the school bungalows, cooling energy was reduced 3.1 kWh/d (35% of base case use), and peak demand by 0.6 kW. The buildings were modeled with the DOE-2.1E program. The simulation results underestimate the cooling energy savings and peak power reductions by as much as twofold.</p>},
  year = {1997},
  journal = {Energy and Buildings},
  volume = {25},
  number = {2},
  pages = {117-126},
  doi = {10.1016/S0378-7788(96)01001-8},
  note = {<p>0378-7788Added to JabRef: 2010.04.19</p>},
  language = {eng},
}