Cooler tile-roofed buildings with near-infrared-reflective non-white coatings

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

Hashem Akbari, M. Pomerantz, Haider Taha · Solar Energy · 2001 · 1.8K citations

Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning +17

Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part II: survey of common colorants

Ronnen Levinson, Paul Berdahl, Hashem Akbari · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells · 2005 · 385 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16

Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part I: model for deriving scattering and absorption coefficients from transmittance and reflectance measurements

Ronnen Levinson, Paul Berdahl, Hashem Akbari · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells · 2005 · 356 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +17

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

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Building Science +16

Energy effects of heat-island reduction strategies in Toronto, Canada

Hashem Akbari, S. Konopacki · Energy · 2003 · 159 citations · Full text

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Building Science +14