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Roof Albedo

Roof Albedo is a photometric property representing the fraction of solar radiation reflected by a roof surface, distinguishing it from other building envelope characteristics through its direct influence on surface energy balance and urban heat mitigation.

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2017–2026

42

Variants

Roof Solar Reflectance

Parents

Publications

140

The effectiveness of cool and green roofs as urban heat island mitigation strategies

Dan Li, Elie Bou‐Zeid, Michael Oppenheimer · Environmental Research Letters · 2014 · 488 citations · Full text

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Solar energy potential on roofs and facades in an urban landscape

Paula Redweik, Cristina Catita, M.C. Brito · Solar Energy · 2013 · 364 citations

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Methods of creating solar-reflective nonwhite surfaces and their application to residential roofing materials

Ronnen Levinson, Paul Berdahl, Hashem Akbari et al. · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells · 2006 · 309 citations

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Preliminary survey of the solar reflectance of cool roofing materials

Paul Berdahl, Sarah Bretz · Energy and Buildings · 1997 · 294 citations · Full text

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Peak power and cooling energy savings of high-albedo roofs

Hashem Akbari, Sarah Bretz, Dan Stamper-Kurn et al. · Energy and Buildings · 1997 · 271 citations

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Authors

431

  1. RL
    Ronnen Levinson

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    10 publications · 783 citations

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  2. HA
    Hashem Akbari

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    10 publications · 1.3K citations

    10

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  3. PB
    Paul Berdahl

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    8 publications · 946 citations

    8

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  4. GB
    George Ban‐Weiss

    University of Southern California, United States

    6 publications · 339 citations

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  5. MS
    M. Santamouris

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

    5 publications · 408 citations

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Institutions

187

  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    18 h-index

    67 publications

    7.2K citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    474 citations

  4. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. City College of New York

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    154 citations

  6. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    138 citations

  7. University of Maribor

    Maribor, Slovenia

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Nanjing University

    Nanjing, China

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    272 citations

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Venues

  1. Energy and Buildings

    39 publications · 3.4K citations

    30

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  2. Solar Energy

    12 publications · 880 citations

    11

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  3. Building and Environment

    7 publications · 437 citations

    6

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  4. Environmental Research Letters

    ERL · 6 publications · 848 citations

    6

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  5. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

    5 publications · 663 citations

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