Publications

X Author: Hashem Akbari

1996

Rosenfeld, Arthur H., Joseph J. Romm, Hashem Akbari, Melvin Pomerantz, and Haider Taha."Policies to reduce heat islands: Magnitudes of benefits and incentives to achieve them."1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 9 (1996) 177-186.

1995

Rosenfeld, Arthur H., Hashem Akbari, Sarah E. Bretz, Beth L. Fishman, Dan M. Kurn, David J. Sailor, and Haider Taha."Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates."Energy and Buildings 22.3 (1995) 255-265. DOI(link is external)
Akbari, Hashem, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha."Cool construction materials offer energy savings and help reduce smog."ASTM Standardization News 23 (1995) 32-37.
Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen."Performance evaluation of thermal energy storage systems."Energy and Buildings 22 (1995) 15-24. DOI(link is external)
Akbari, Hashem."Validation of an algorithm to disaggregate whole-building hourly electrical load into end uses."Energy 20 (1995) 1291-1301. DOI(link is external)

1994

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Steven J. Konopacki, Asim Afzal, Kristin E. Heinemeier, and Leo I. Rainer."A New Approach to Estimate Commercial Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 1994 (1994).
Fishman, Beth L., Haider Taha, and Hashem Akbari."Meso-scale cooling effects of high albedo surfaces: Analysis of meteorological data from White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range." (1994).
Kurn, Dan M., Sarah E. Bretz, Benson Huang, and Hashem Akbari."The potential for reducing urban air temperatures and energy consumption through vegetative cooling." (1994). DOI(link is external)
Akbari, Hashem, Beth L. Fishman, and Geoffrey Frohnsdorff."Proceedings of the Workshop on Cool Building Materials."Workshop on Cool Building Materials, National Institute of Standards and Technology (1994).

1993

Akbari, Hashem, Joseph H Eto, Steven J. Konopacki, Asim Afzal, Kristin E. Heinemeier, and Leo I. Rainer."Integrated Estimation of Commerical Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities in the PG&E Service Area." (1993).
Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E. Bretz, James W. Hanford, Dan M. Kurn, Beth L. Fishman, and Haider Taha."Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: data analysis, simulations, and results." (1993).

1992

Akbari, Hashem, Sarah E. Bretz, James W. Hanford, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, David J. Sailor, Haider Taha, and Willem Bos."Monitoring peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees and white surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) service area: project design and preliminary results." (1992). DOI(link is external)
Sailor, David J., Leo I. Rainer, and Hashem Akbari."Measured impact of neighborhood tree cover on microclimate."1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 9 (1992) 149-158.
Sailor, David J., and Hashem Akbari."Meteorological modeling applications in building energy simulations."1992 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1992).
Bretz, Sarah E., Hashem Akbari, Arthur H. Rosenfeld, and Haider Taha."Implementation of solar-reflective surfaces: materials and utility programs." (1992) 67. DOI(link is external)
Akbari, Hashem, and Osman Sezgen."Analysis of energy use in building services of the industrial sector in California: two case studies."Energy and Buildings 19 (1992) 133-141. DOI(link is external)
Akbari, Hashem, Susan Davis, Sofia Dorsano, Yu Joe Huang, and Steven Winnett."Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing." (1992) 245.
Taha, Haider, David J. Sailor, and Hashem Akbari."High-albedo materials for reducing building cooling energy use." (1992). DOI(link is external)
Akbari, Hashem, and Haider Taha."The impact of trees and white surfaces on residential heating and cooling energy use in four Canadian cities."Energy 17 (1992) 141-149. DOI(link is external)

1991

Eto, Joseph H, Hashem Akbari, Robert G. Pratt, Steven D. Braithwait, Edward L. Vine, and Drury B. Crawley."End-Use Load Shape Data Application, Estimation, and Collection."State of the Art of Energy Efficiency: Future Directions (1991) 16.
Akbari, Hashem, Leo I. Rainer, and Joseph H Eto."Integrated Estimation of Commercial Sector End-Use Load Shapes and Energy Use Intensities, Phase II." (1991).
Taha, Haider, Hashem Akbari, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Heat island and oasis effects of vegetative canopies: micro-meteorological field-measurements."Theoretical and Applied Climatology 44 (1991) 123-138. DOI(link is external)

1990

Huang, Yu Joe, Susan Davis, and Hashem Akbari."A guidebook for the control of summer heat islands."1990 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 4 (1990) 79-85.
Eto, Joseph H, Isaac Turiel, Hashem Akbari, Benoit Lebot, and Kristin E. Heinemeier."An Investigation of the Use of Prototypes for Commercial Sector EUI Analysis."American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 1990 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1990).
Akbari, Hashem, Isaac Turiel, Joseph H Eto, Kristin E. Heinemeier, Benoit Lebot, and Leo I. Rainer."A Review of Existing Commercial Energy Use Intensity and Load Shape Studies."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (1990).