Resource Categories:
Downloads: Academic Papers
- Assessment of International Heat Island Research Prepared for U.S. Department of Energy by Navigant Consulting, Inc., November 2009
- Beyond White: Advances in Cool Colors LBNL Heat Island Group, the Building Envelopes Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Concordia University
- Bright is the new black—multi-year performance of high-albedo roofs in an urban climate S. R. Gaffin et al. <em>Environmental Research Letters</em>, March 2012
- Cool Colored Roofs to Save Energy and Improve Air Quality LBNL Heat Island Group, (international conference, “Passive and Low-Energy Cooling for the Built Environment,” Santorini, Greece, May 2005)
- Evolution of Cool-Roof Standards in the US Hashem Akbari, Ronnen Levinson, <em>Advances in Building Energy Research</em>, Volume 2, 2008
- Global Cooling: Increasing World-Wide Urban Albedos to Offset CO2 Hashem Akbari, Surabi Menon, Arthur Rosenfeld, Climatic Change, 2008
- Potential benefits of cool roofs on commercial buildings: conserving energy, saving money, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants Levinson, R. and Akbari, H. <em>Energy Efficiency</em>, March 14, 2009
- Radiative Forcing and Temperature Response to Changes in Urban Albedos and Associated CO2 Offsets Menon, S. et. al. <em>Environmental Research Letters</em>, January 21, 2010
- Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment Millstein, D. et. al. <em>Environmental Research Letters</em>, July 2011
- The Long-Term Effect of Increasing Albedo of Urban Areas Hashem Akbari et al 2012 <em>Environmental Research Letters</em> 7 024004, April 2012
- White Roofs Cool the World, Directly Offset CO2 and Delay Global Warming LBNL Heat Island Group, <em>Research Highlights</em>, November 10, 2008
Downloads: Technical Guides
- Cool Roof Requirements Under the 2008 Building Energy Efficiency Standards California Energy Commission, Blueprint Magazine, April-May 2010
- New York City’s cool and green roof manual
- NYC’s “Cool It Yourself” Cool Roof Kit
- Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of Strategies Climate Protection Partnership Division in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Atmospheric Programs, October 2008.
- US Department of Energy Guidelines for Selecting Cool Roofs
Links
- Cool California
- Cool Roof Rating Council
- Cool Roofing Materials Database
- Cool Roofs and Title 24
- Cool Roofs Calculator
- Cool Roofs in Codes and Standards – Cool Roof Rating Council Fact Sheet
- Energy Star Reflective Roof Products
- EPA Heat Island Group Case Study Database
- European Union Cool Roofs Council
- GCCA Brief to International Energy Agency, November 17, 2011
- GCCA Presentation for ICLEI Webinar, October 12, 2011
- LBNL Heat Island Group
- LBNL Heat Island Group response to Jacobson and Ten Hoeve (2011), November 4, 2011
- New York City Cool Roof Ordinance (passed in April 2011)
- New York City Cool Roofs Program
- US Department of Energy’s Cool Roofs Website
- US Department of Energy’s Cool Roofs Website
- White Roof Project
- White Roof Project’s Urban Heat Island Presentation