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2015
Sleiman, Mohamad, Sharon S. Chen, Haley E. Gilbert, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Paul H. Berdahl, Erica Bibian, Laura S. Bruckman, Dominic Cremona, Roger H. French, Devin A. Gordon, Marco Emiliani, Justin Kable, Liyan Ma, Milena Martarelli, Riccardo Paolini, Matthew Prestia, John Renowden, Gian Marco Revel, Olivier Rosseler, Ming Shiao, Giancarolo Terraneo, Tammy Yang, Lingtao Yu, Michele Zinzi, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part III: Interlaboratory study of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
143 (2015) 581-590. DOI
Gilbert, Haley E., Benjamin H. Mandel, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Keeping California cool: Recent cool community developments."Energy and Buildings
(2015). DOI
2014
Gao, Yafeng, Jiangmin Xu, Shichao Yang, Xiaomin Tang, Quan Zhou, Jing Ge, Tengfang T. Xu, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Cool Roofs in China: Policy Review, Building Simulations, and Proof-Of-Concept Experiments."Energy Policy
74 (2014) 190-214. DOI
Rosado, Pablo J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Measured temperature reductions and energy savings from a cool tile roof on a central California home."Energy and Buildings
80 (2014). DOI
Sleiman, Mohamad, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Paul H. Berdahl, Haley E. Gilbert, Sarah Quelen, Lea Marlot, Chelsea V. Preble, Sharon S. Chen, Amandine Montalbano, Olivier Rosseler, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part II: Development of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
122 (2014) 271-281. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Sharon S. Chen, Paul H. Berdahl, Pablo J. Rosado, and Louis A. Medina."Reflectometer measurement of roofing aggregate albedo."Solar Energy
100 (2014) 159-171. DOI
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, Bret Gean, and SEI Group Inc.."Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofs for sustainability and energy efficiency."
(2013) 156 pp..
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. DOI
2012
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. DOI
Menon, Surabi, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)."
(2011).
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. DOI
2010
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, and Paul H. Berdahl."Measuring solar reflectance—Part I: Defining a metric that accurately predicts solar heat gain."Solar Energy
84.9 (2010) 1717-1744. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, and Paul H. Berdahl."Measuring solar reflectance—Part II: Review of practical methods."Solar Energy
84.9 (2010) 1745-1759. DOI
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. DOI
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. DOI
Menon, Surabi, Hashem Akbari, Sarith Mahanama, Igor Sednev, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedos and associated CO2 offsets."Environmental Research Letters
5.1 (2010). DOI
Menon, Surabi, Hashem Akbari, Sarith Mahanama, Igor Sednev, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedo and associated CO2 offsets."Environmental Research Letters
5.1 (2010). DOI
2009
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta."Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities."Solar Energy
83.12 (2009) 2120-2135. DOI
2008
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. DOI
Akbari, Hashem, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Status of cool roof standards in the United States."
(2008).
Berdahl, Paul H., Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and William A. Miller."Weathering of roofing materials – An overview."Construction and Building Materials
22.4 (2008) 423-433. DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Smita Gupta."Estimating the solar access of typical residential rooftops: A case study in San Jose, CA."Solar 2008
(2008).
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. DOI
2007
Levinson, Ronnen M., Hashem Akbari, and Joseph C. Reilly."Cooler tile-roofed buildings with near-infrared-reflective non-white coatings."Building and Environment
42.7 (2007) 2591-2605. DOI