Haider Taha

Haider Taha

Contact Information

Phone: 925-228-1573

Publications

2019

Monitoring the Urban Heat Island Effect and the Efficacy of Future Countermeasures

Authors: 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.
03/2019

2011

Using Cool Roofs to Reduce Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Urban Heat-island Effects

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Tengfang T Xu; Haider Taha; Craig P Wray, and Jayant A Sathaye.
05/2011

2003

Cool roofs as an energy conservation measure for federal buildings

Authors: Taha, Haider, and Hashem Akbari.
04/2003

Analyzing the land cover of an urban environment using high-resolution orthophotos

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Leanna S Rose, and Haider Taha.
03/2003

Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of greater Houston, Texas

Authors: Rose, Leanna S; Hashem Akbari, and Haider Taha.
01/2003

2002

Meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetative cover in the greater Toronto Area, Canada

Authors: Taha, Haider; Hillel Hammer, and Hashem Akbari.
04/2002

2001

Cool surfaces and shade trees to reduce energy use and improve air quality in urban areas

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha.

Potential impacts of climate change on tropospheric ozone in California: A preliminary episodic modeling assessment of the Los Angeles Basin and the Sacramento Valley

Authors: Taha, Haider.

2000

Mitigation of urban heat islands: meteorology, energy, and airquality impacts

Authors: Taha, Haider; Alan K Meier; Weijun Gao, and Toshio Ojima.
03/2000

1999

Urbanization of meteorological models: implications on simulated heat islands and air quality

Authors: Taha, Haider, and Robert Bornstein.
11/1999

Impacts of large-scale surface modifications on meteorological conditions and energy use: a 10-region modeling study

Authors: Taha, Haider; Steven J Konopacki, and Sasa Gabersek.
04/1999

Characterizing the fabric of the urban environment: a case study of Sacramento, California

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Leanna S Rose, and Haider Taha.

Modifying a mesoscale meteorological model to better incorporate urban heat storage: a bulk-parameterization approach

Authors: Taha, Haider.

Reflective surfaces for cooler buildings and cities

Authors: Pomerantz, Melvin; Hashem Akbari; Paul H Berdahl; Steven J Konopacki; Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld.

1998

Impacts of lowered urban air temperatures on precursor emission and ozone air quality

Authors: Taha, Haider; Steven J Konopacki, and Hashem Akbari.
09/1998

Impacts of cool cities on air quality: A preliminary modeling assessment for Nashville, TN, Dallas, TX and Atlanta, GA

Authors: Taha, Haider.
06/1998

1997

Mesoscale meteorological and air quality impacts of increased urban albedo and vegetation

Authors: Taha, Haider; Sharon Douglas, and Jay Haney.

Modeling the impacts of large-scale albedo changes on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin

Authors: Taha, Haider.

Paving materials for heat island mitigation

Authors: Pomerantz, Melvin; Hashem Akbari; Allan Chen; Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld.

Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration, and anthropogenic heat

Authors: Taha, Haider.

1996

Policies to reduce heat islands: Magnitudes of benefits and incentives to achieve them

Authors: Rosenfeld, Arthur H; Joseph J Romm; Hashem Akbari; Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha.
05/1996

Modeling impacts of increased urban vegetation on ozone air quality in the South Coast Air Basin

Authors: Taha, Haider.

1995

Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates

Authors: Rosenfeld, Arthur H; Hashem Akbari; Sarah E Bretz; Beth L Fishman; Dan M Kurn; David J Sailor, and Haider Taha.
08/1995

Cool construction materials offer energy savings and help reduce smog

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha.

1994

Meso-scale cooling effects of high albedo surfaces: Analysis of meteorological data from White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range

Authors: Fishman, Beth L; Haider Taha, and Hashem Akbari.
05/1994

Buildings Sector Demand-Side Efficiency Technology Summaries

Authors: Koomey, Jonathan G; Francis X Johnson; Jennifer E Schuman; Ellen M Franconi; Steve E Greenberg; James D Lutz; Brent T Griffith; Dariush K Arasteh; Celina S Atkinson; Kristin E Heinemeier; Yu Joe Huang; Lynn K Price; Gregory J Rosenquist; Francis M Rubinstein; Stephen E Selkowitz; Haider Taha, and Isaac Turiel.
03/1994

1993

Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: data analysis, simulations, and results

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Sarah E Bretz; James W Hanford; Dan M Kurn; Beth L Fishman, and Haider Taha.

1992

Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: project design and preliminary results

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Sarah E Bretz; James W Hanford; Arthur H Rosenfeld; David J Sailor; Haider Taha, and Willem Bos.
12/1992

Implementation of solar-reflective surfaces: materials and utility programs

Authors: Bretz, Sarah E; Hashem Akbari; Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha.
06/1992

High-albedo materials for reducing building cooling energy use

Authors: Taha, Haider; David J Sailor, and Hashem Akbari.

The impact of trees and white surfaces on residential heating and cooling energy use in four Canadian cities

Authors: Akbari, Hashem, and Haider Taha.

1991

Heat island and oasis effects of vegetative canopies: micro-meteorological field-measurements

Authors: Taha, Haider; Hashem Akbari, and Arthur H Rosenfeld.

1990

Summer heat islands, urban trees, and white surfaces

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha.
02/1990

The wind-shielding and shading effects of trees on residential heating and cooling requirements

Authors: Huang, Yu Joe; Hashem Akbari, and Haider Taha.
01/1990

1988

Residential cooling loads and the urban heat island—the effects of albedo

Authors: Taha, Haider; Hashem Akbari; Arthur H Rosenfeld, and Yu Joe Huang.

1987

The potential of vegetation in reducing summer cooling loads in residential buildings

Authors: Akbari, Hashem; Yu Joe Huang; Haider Taha, and Arthur H Rosenfeld.
09/1987