Publications by Research Area
Publications: BTUS Cool Roofs and Walls
Publications by Division
2021
Sun, Kaiyu, Wanni Zhang, Zhaoyun Zeng, Ronnen M. Levinson, Max Wei, and Tianzhen Hong."Passive cooling designs to improve heat resilience of homes in underserved and vulnerable communities."Energy and Buildings
252 (2021) 111383. DOI
Celniker, Chloe, Sharon S. Chen, Alan K. Meier, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Targeting buildings for energy-saving cool-wall retrofits: a case study at the University of California, Davis."Energy and Buildings
249 (2021) 111014. DOI
Tang, Xiaochen, Olivier Rosseler, Sharon S. Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Michael J. Lussier, Jiachen Zhang, George Ban Weiss, Haley E. Gilbert, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Self-cleaning and de-pollution efficacies of photocatalytic architectural membranes."Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
(2021). DOI
2019
Gilbert, Haley E., Tom Jacobs, Seongeun Jeong, Melvin Pomerantz, Dev Millstein, Doug Norsby, Andrea Repinsky, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Heat Island Mitigation Assessment and Policy Development for the Kansas City Region."
(2019). DOI
Tang, Xiaochen, Lara Ughetta, Simon K. Shannon, Sharon S. Chen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Rachael A.T. Gould, Marion L. Russell, Jiachen Zhang, George A. Ban-Weiss, Rebecca L.A. Everman, Frank W. Klink, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."De-pollution efficacy of photocatalytic roofing granules."Building and Environment
160 (2019). DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., George A. Ban-Weiss, Paul Berdahl, Sharon S. Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Nathalie Dumas, Haley E. Gilbert, Howdy Goudey, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Jan Kleissl, Benjamin Kurtz, Yun Li, Yan Long, Arash Mohegh, Negin Nazarian, Matteo Pizzicotti, Pablo J. Rosado, Marion L. Russell, Jonathan L. Slack, Xiaochen Tang, Jiachen Zhang, and Weilong Zhang."Solar-Reflective “Cool” Walls: Benefits, Technologies, and Implementation."
(2019). DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Howdy Goudey, Sharon S. Chen, Haley E. Gilbert, George A. Ban-Weiss, Joseph Ko, Yun Li, Arash Mohegh, Angie Rodriguez, Jonathan L. Slack, Haider Taha, Tianbo Tang, and Jiachen Zhang."Monitoring the Urban Heat Island Effect and the Efficacy of Future Countermeasures."
(2019). DOI
2018
Chen, Sharon S., Hugo Destaillats, Jing Ge, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Calibration of laboratory aging practice to replicate changes to roof albedo in a Chinese city."
(2018).
2017
Gao, Yafeng, Dachuan Shi, Ronnen M. Levinson, Rui Guo, Changqing Lin, and Jing Ge."Thermal performance and energy savings of white and sedum-tray garden roof: A case study in a Chongqing office building."Energy and Buildings
156 (2017) 343 - 359. DOI
Gilbert, Haley E., Pablo J. Rosado, George A. Ban-Weiss, John T. Harvey, Hui Li, Benjamin H. Mandel, Dev Millstein, Arash Mohegh, Arash Saboori, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Energy and environmental consequences of a cool pavement campaign."
(2017).
Levinson, Ronnen M., Haley E. Gilbert, Melvin Pomerantz, John T. Harvey, and George A. Ban-Weiss."Recent cool pavement research highlights: Quantifying the energy and environmental consequences of cool pavements."
(2017).
Pomerantz, Melvin."Are Cooler Surfaces a Cost-Effect Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands?."Urban Climate
(2017). DOI
2016
Levinson, Ronnen M., Sharon S. Chen, George A. Ban-Weiss, Haley E. Gilbert, Paul H. Berdahl, Pablo J. Rosado, Hugo Destaillats, Mohamad Sleiman, and Thomas W. Kirchstetter."Next-Generation Factory-Produced Cool Asphalt Shingles: Phase 1 Final Report."
(2016).
Berdahl, Paul H., Sharon S. Chen, Hugo Destaillats, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Michael A. Zalich."Fluorescent Cooling of Objects Exposted to Sunlight - The Ruby Example."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
157 (2016) 312-317. DOI
2015
Gilbert, Haley E., Benjamin H. Mandel, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Keeping California cool: Recent cool community developments."Energy and Buildings
(2015). DOI
2014
Rosado, Pablo J., David Faulkner, Douglas P. Sullivan, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Measured temperature reductions and energy savings from a cool tile roof on a central California home."Energy and Buildings
80 (2014). DOI
2013
Campra, Pablo, and Dev Millstein."Mesoscale Climatic Simulation of Surface Air Temperature Cooling by Highly Reflective Greenhouses in SE Spain."Environmental Science & Technology
47.21 (2013) 12284-12290. DOI
Rossi, Federico, Franco Cotana, Mirko Filipponi, Andrea Nicolini, Surabi Menon, and Arthur H. Rosenfeld."Cool roofs as a strategy to tackle global warming: economical and technical opportunities."Advances in Building Energy Research
7.2 (2013) 254 - 268. DOI
Ban-Weiss, George A., Craig P. Wray, William W. Delp, Peter Ly, Hashem Akbari, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Electricity production and cooling energy savings from installation of a building-integrated photovoltaic roof on an office building."Energy and Buildings
56 (2013) 210 - 220. DOI
2012
Salamanca, Francisco, Shaheen R. Tonse, Surabi Menon, Vishal Garg, Krishna P. Singh, Manish Naja, and Marc L. Fischer."Top-of-atmosphere radiative cooling with white roofs: experimental verification and model-based evaluation."Environmental Research Letters
7.4 (2012). DOI
2011
Levinson, Ronnen M., Heng Pan, George A. Ban-Weiss, Pablo J. Rosado, Riccardo Paolini, and Hashem Akbari."Potential benefits of solar reflective car shells: Cooler cabins, fuel savings and emission reductions."Applied Energy
88.12 (2011) 4343-4357. DOI
Menon, Surabi, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Cool roofs and global cooling: a response to Jacobson & Ten Hoeve (2011)."
(2011).
Sleiman, Mohamad, George A. Ban-Weiss, Haley E. Gilbert, David François, Paul H. Berdahl, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Hugo Destaillats, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance—Part I: Analysis of roofing product databases."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
95.12 (2011) 3385-3399. DOI
Millstein, Dev, and Surabi Menon."Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment."Environmental Research Letters
6.3 (2011).