George Ban-Weiss

Affiliate

Windows & Envelope Materials Group

Building Technology & Urban Systems Division

Building Technology Department

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
90R2000
1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Office Location: -
GBan-Weiss@lbl.gov

George Ban-Weiss

Awards

November 2016

2016 R&D 100 Award: Cool Roof Time Machine

Ronnen Levinson, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, Thomas Kirchstetter, Sharon Chen, Haley Gilbert, Paul Berdahl, and George Ban-Weiss (LBNL) and Hashem Akbari (Concordia University)

Publications

2019

Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Simon K Shannon, Sharon S Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Rachael AT Gould, Marion L Russell, Jiachen Zhang, George A Ban-Weiss, Rebecca LA 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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Levinson, Ronnen M, George A Ban-Weiss, Paul Berdahl, Sharon S Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Nathalie Dumas, Haley E Gilbert, Howdy Goudey, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Jan Kleissl, Benjamin Kurtz, Yun Li, Yan Long, Arash Mohegh, Negin Nazarian, Matteo Pizzicotti, Pablo J Rosado, Marion L Russell, Jonathan L Slack, Xiaochen Tang, Jiachen Zhang, and Weilong Zhang. Solar-Reflective “Cool” Walls: Benefits, Technologies, and Implementation. 2019. 2001296.
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.

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2017

Mohegh, Arash, Pablo J Rosado, Ling Jin, Dev Millstein, Ronnen M Levinson, and George A Ban-Weiss. "Modeling the climate impacts of deploying solar reflective cool pavements in California cities." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122.13 (2017) 6798 - 6817.
Gilbert, Haley E, Pablo J Rosado, George A Ban-Weiss, John T Harvey, Hui Li, Benjamin H Mandel, Dev Millstein, Arash Mohegh, Arash Saboori, and Ronnen M Levinson. Energy and environmental consequences of a cool pavement campaign. 2017.

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Levinson, Ronnen M, Haley E Gilbert, Melvin Pomerantz, John T Harvey, and George A Ban-Weiss. "Recent cool pavement research highlights: Quantifying the energy and environmental consequences of cool pavements." 2017.

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2016

Levinson, Ronnen M, Sharon S Chen, George A Ban-Weiss, Haley E Gilbert, Paul H Berdahl, Pablo J Rosado, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, and Thomas W Kirchstetter. Next-Generation Factory-Produced Cool Asphalt Shingles: Phase 1 Final Report. 2016. LBNL-2001007.

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2014

Ban-Weiss, George A, Ling Jin, Susanne E Bauer, Ralf Bennartz, Xiaohong Liu, Kai Zhang, Yi Ming, Huan Guo, and Jonathan H Jiang. "Evaluating clouds, aerosols, and their interactions in three global climate models using satellite simulators and observations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 119.18 (2014) 10,876-10,901.

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, and Bret Gean. 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.

2011

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.
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.

2009

Ban-Weiss, George A, Melissa M Lunden, Thomas W Kirchstetter, and Robert A Harley. "Measurement of Black Carbon and Particle Number Emission Factors from Individual Heavy-Duty Trucks." Environmental Science and Technology 43.5 (2009) 1419-1424.

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Strawa, Anthony W, Thomas W Kirchstetter, Anna G Hallar, George A Ban-Weiss, John P McLaughlin, Robert A Harley, and Melissa M Lunden. "Optical and Physical Properties from Primary On-Road Vehicle Particle Emissions and Their Implications for Climate Change." Journal of Aerosol Science 41.1 (2009) 36-50.

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Ban-Weiss, George A, Melissa M Lunden, Thomas W Kirchstetter, and Robert A Harley. "Size-Resolved Particle Number and Volume Emission Factors for On-Road Gasoline and Diesel Motor Vehicles." Journal of Aerosol Science (2009).

2008

Kean, Andrew J, David Littlejohn, George A Ban-Weiss, Robert A Harley, Thomas W Kirchstetter, and Melissa M Lunden. "Trends in On-Road Vehicle Emissions of Ammonia." Atmospheric Environment 43.8 (2008) 1565-1570.

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