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Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Mark P Modera. Effects of air infiltration on the effective thermal conductivity of internal fiberglass insulation and on the delivery of thermal capacity via ducts. 2000.

Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, William J Fisk, Albert Nematollahi, Ingar Stordahl, Christophe Torre, Duo Wang, Richard C Diamond, and Mark P Modera. Commercial Thermal Distribution Systems FINAL REPORT for California Institute for Energy Efficiency. 1997.

Wray, Craig P, Mary Ann Piette, Max H Sherman, Ronnen M Levinson, Nance Matson, Debbie A Driscoll, Jennifer A McWilliams, Tengfang T Xu, and William W Delp. Residential Commissioning: A Review of Related Literature. 2000.

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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.

Levinson, Ronnen M, William W Delp, Darryl J Dickerhoff, and Mark P Modera. "Effects of Airflow Infiltration on the Thermal Performance of Internally-insulated Ducts." Energy & Buildings 32 (2000) 345–354.

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Modera, Mark P, Olivier Brzozowski, François Rémi Carrié, Darryl J Dickerhoff, William W Delp, William J Fisk, Ronnen M Levinson, and Duo Wang. "Sealing Ducts in Large Commercial Buildings with Aerosolized Sealant Particles." Energy & Buildings 34.7 (2001) 705–714.

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Carrié, François Rémi, Ronnen M Levinson, Tengfang T Xu, Darryl J Dickerhoff, William J Fisk, Jennifer A McWilliams, Mark P Modera, and Duo Wang. "Laboratory and Field Testing of an Aerosol-Based Duct-Sealing Technology for Large Commercial Buildings." ASHRAE Transactions (2002).

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Levinson, Ronnen M. "The Case for Cool Roofs." 2012.

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Menon, Surabi, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)." 2011.

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Akbari, Hashem, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO₂." Climatic Change 94.3-4 (2009) 275–286.

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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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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.

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Kaarsberg, Tina, and Hashem Akbari. "Cool Roofs Cool the Planet." Home Energy 2006: 38–41.

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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.

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Millstein, Dev, and Surabi Menon. "Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment." Environmental Research Letters 6.3 (2011).

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Akbari, Hashem, Yu Joe Huang, Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld. "The potential of vegetation in reducing summer cooling loads in residential buildings." Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 26.9 (1987) 1103–1116.

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Levinson, Ronnen M. "Near-Ground Cooling Efficacies of Trees and High-Albedo Surfaces." University of California, Berkeley, 1997.

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Taha, Haider, Hillel Hammer, and Hashem Akbari. Meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetative cover in the greater Toronto Area, Canada. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2002.

Taha, Haider. "Modeling impacts of increased urban vegetation on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin." Atmospheric Environment 30 (1996) 3423–3430.

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