Heat Island

Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Rachael A.T Gould, Rebecca L.A Everman, Taisiya Skorina, Sharon S Chen, Maureen Kavanagh, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Pilot-scale NOx removal efficacy of photocatalytic roofing granules under urban environmental conditions." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 247 (2022).

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Lee, Sang Hoon, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Cool envelope benefits in future typical weather and heatwave conditions for single-family homes in Los Angeles." 2023.

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Levinson, Ronnen M, Mansour Alhazmi, Jackson Becce, Andre Desjarlais, Haley E Gilbert, Greg Kats, Jacob Miller, Emily Morin, David J Sailor, and Sarah Schneider. United States Cool Surfaces Deployment Plan. 2023.

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Levinson, Ronnen M, Edward A Arens, Emmanuel Bozonnet, Vincenzo Corrado, Haley E Gilbert, Peter Holzer, Pierre Jaboyedoff, Amanda Krelling, Anaïs Machard, Wendy Miller, Mamak P.Tootkaboni, Stephen E Selkowitz, and Hui Zhang. Policy Recommendations from IEA EBC Annex 80: Resilient Cooling of Buildings. 2023.

Celniker, Chloe, Sharon S Chen, Alan K Meier, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Targeting buildings for energy-saving cool-wall retrofits: a case study at the University of California, Davis." Energy and Buildings 249 (2021) 111014.

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Sun, Kaiyu, Wanni Zhang, Zhaoyun Zeng, Ronnen M Levinson, Max Wei, and Tianzhen Hong. "Passive cooling designs to improve heat resilience of homes in underserved and vulnerable communities." Energy and Buildings 252 (2021) 111383.

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Tang, Xiaochen, Olivier Rosseler, Sharon S Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Michael J Lussier, Jiachen Zhang, George Ban Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "Self-cleaning and de-pollution efficacies of photocatalytic architectural membranes." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2021).

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Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Simon K Shannon, Sharon S Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Rachael A.T Gould, Marion L Russell, Jiachen Zhang, George A Ban-Weiss, Rebecca L.A Everman, Frank W Klink, Ronnen M Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats. "De-pollution efficacy of photocatalytic roofing granules." Building and Environment 160 (2019).

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Paolini, Riccardo, Giancarlo Terraneo, Chiara Ferrari, Mohamad Sleiman, Alberto Muscio, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Tiziana Poli, Hugo Destaillats, Michele Zinzi, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Effects of soiling and weathering on the albedo of building envelope materials: Lessons learned from natural exposure in two European cities and tuning of a laboratory simulation practice." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 205 (2020).

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Gilbert, Haley E, Tom Jacobs, Seongeun Jeong, Melvin Pomerantz, Dev Millstein, Doug Norsby, Andrea Repinsky, and Ronnen M Levinson. Heat Island Mitigation Assessment and Policy Development for the Kansas City Region. 2019.

Less, Brennan, Iain S Walker, Jonathan L Slack, Leo I Rainer, and Ronnen M Levinson. Sealed and Insulated Attic Hygrothermal Performance in New California Homes Using Vapor and Air Permeable Insulation—Field Study and Simulations. 2019.

Levinson, Ronnen M, Howdy Goudey, Sharon S Chen, Haley E Gilbert, George A Ban-Weiss, Joseph Ko, Yun Li, Arash Mohegh, Angie Rodriguez, Jonathan L Slack, Haider Taha, Tianbo Tang, and Jiachen Zhang. Monitoring the Urban Heat Island Effect and the Efficacy of Future Countermeasures. 2019.

Chen, Sharon S, Hugo Destaillats, Jing Ge, and Ronnen M Levinson. Calibration of laboratory aging practice to replicate changes to roof albedo in a Chinese city. 2018.

Less, Brennan, Iain S Walker, and Ronnen M Levinson. A Literature Review of Sealed and Insulated Attics—Thermal, Moisture and Energy Performance. 2016.

Cao, Meichun, Pablo J Rosado, Zhaohui Lin, Ronnen M Levinson, and Dev Millstein. "Cool Roofs in Guangzhou, China: Outdoor Air Temperature Reductions during Heat Waves and Typical Summer Conditions." Environmental Science & Technology 49.24 (2015) 14672–14679.

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Pomerantz, Melvin. "Are Cooler Surfaces a Cost-Effect Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands?." Urban Climate (2017).

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Pomerantz, Melvin, Pablo J Rosado, and Ronnen M Levinson. "A Simple Tool for Estimating City-Wide Annual Electrical Energy Savings from Cooler Surfaces." Urban Climate 14.2 (2015) 315–325.

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Gao, Yafeng, Dachuan Shi, Ronnen M Levinson, Rui Guo, Changqing Lin, and Jing Ge. "Thermal performance and energy savings of white and sedum-tray garden roof: A case study in a Chongqing office building." Energy and Buildings 156 (2017) 343–359.

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