Is the design guidance of color and material for urban buildings a good choice in terms of thermal performance?

Global cooling: increasing world-wide urban albedos to offset CO2

Hashem Akbari, Surabi Menon, Arthur H. Rosenfeld · Climatic Change · 2008 · 574 citations

Engineering, Greenhouse Effect, Global Cooling +5

Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions

Afroditi Synnefa, M. Santamouris, Hashem Akbari · Energy and Buildings · 2007 · 542 citations

Engineering, Energy Efficiency, Reflective Roof +9

Global cooling updates: Reflective roofs and pavements

Hashem Akbari, H. Damon Matthews · Energy and Buildings · 2012 · 358 citations

Reflective Roof, Green Roof, Green Building +2

Understanding pavement-surface energy balance and its implications on cool pavement development

Yinghong Qin, Jacob E. Hiller · Energy and Buildings · 2014 · 230 citations

Highway Pavement, Pavements, Pavement-surface Energy Balance +9

Is the Urban Heat Island intensity relevant for heat mitigation studies?

Alberto Martilli, E. Scott Krayenhoff, Negin Nazarian · Urban Climate · 2019 · 221 citations

Earth Science, Engineering, Geography +11