Cool roofs

Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, and Stephanie Stern. "Procedure for measuring the solar reflectance of flat or curved roofing assemblies." Solar Energy 82.7 (2008) 648–655.

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Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, and Hashem Akbari. "Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part II: survey of common colorants." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 89.4 (2005) 351–389.

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Levinson, Ronnen M, Paul H Berdahl, and Hashem Akbari. "Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part I: model for deriving scattering and absorption coefficients from transmittance and reflectance measurements." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 89.4 (2005) 319–349.

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Wray, Craig P, and Hashem Akbari. "The effects of roof reflectance on air temperatures surrounding a rooftop condensing unit." Energy and Buildings 40.1 (2008) 11–28.

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Akbari, Hashem, Ronnen M Levinson, and Leo I Rainer. "Monitoring the energy-use effects of cool roofs on California commercial buildings." Energy and Buildings 37.10 (2005) 1007–1016.

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Akbari, Hashem, and Steven J Konopacki. "The impact of reflectivity and emissivity of roofs on building cooling and heating energy use." Proceedings of Thermal VII: Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VII 1998.

Levinson, Ronnen M, Hashem Akbari, Paul H Berdahl, Kurt Wood, Wayne Skilton, and Jerry Petersheim. "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.

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Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M Levinson. "Evolution of cool roof standards in the United States." Advances in Building Energy Research 2.1 (2008) 1–32.

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