Life cycle assessment of white roof and sedum-tray garden roof for office buildings in China

Global cooling updates: Reflective roofs and pavements

Hashem Akbari, H. Damon Matthews · Energy and Buildings · 2012 · 361 citations

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Heat Transfer +13

Life-cycle cost–benefit analysis of extensive vegetated roof systems

Timothy R. Carter, Andrew G. Keeler · Journal of Environmental Management · 2007 · 359 citations

Public Affairs, Environmental Management, Benefit-cost Analysis +13

Potential benefits of cool roofs on commercial buildings: conserving energy, saving money, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants

Ronnen Levinson, Hashem Akbari · Energy Efficiency · 2009 · 260 citations · Full text

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Building Science +17

Assessing practical measures to reduce urban heat: Green and cool roofs

Andrew Coutts, Edoardo Daly, Jason Beringer et al. · Building and Environment · 2013 · 244 citations

Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Urban Planning +16

The long-term effect of increasing the albedo of urban areas

Hashem Akbari, H. Damon Matthews, Donny Seto · Environmental Research Letters · 2012 · 235 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Urban Planning, Climate Science +16