Publications

2021

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

2020

Paolini, Riccardo, Giancarlo Terraneo, Chiara Ferrari, Mohamad Sleiman, Alberto Muscio, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Tiziana Poli, Hugo Destaillats, Michele Zinzi, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Effects of soiling and weathering on the albedo of building envelope materials: Lessons learned from natural exposure in two European cities and tuning of a laboratory simulation practice."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 205 (2020). 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

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
Mohegh, Arash, Pablo J. Rosado, Ling Jin, Dev Millstein, Ronnen M. Levinson, and George A. Ban-Weiss."Modeling the climate impacts of deploying solar reflective cool pavements in California cities."Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122.13 (2017) 6798 - 6817. 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

Cao, Meichun, Pablo J. Rosado, Zhaohui Lin, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Dev Millstein."Cool Roofs in Guangzhou, China: Outdoor Air Temperature Reductions during Heat Waves and Typical Summer Conditions."Environmental Science & Technology 49.24 (2015) 14672 - 14679. DOI
Sleiman, Mohamad, Sharon S. Chen, Haley E. Gilbert, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Paul H. Berdahl, Erica Bibian, Laura S. Bruckman, Dominic Cremona, Roger H. French, Devin A. Gordon, Marco Emiliani, Justin Kable, Liyan Ma, Milena Martarelli, Riccardo Paolini, Matthew Prestia, John Renowden, Gian Marco Revel, Olivier Rosseler, Ming Shiao, Giancarolo Terraneo, Tammy Yang, Lingtao Yu, Michele Zinzi, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part III: Interlaboratory study of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 143 (2015) 581-590. DOI

2014

Gao, Yafeng, Jiangmin Xu, Shichao Yang, Xiaomin Tang, Quan Zhou, Jing Ge, Tengfang T. Xu, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Cool Roofs in China: Policy Review, Building Simulations, and Proof-Of-Concept Experiments."Energy Policy 74 (2014) 190-214. DOI
Sleiman, Mohamad, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Paul H. Berdahl, Haley E. Gilbert, Sarah Quelen, Lea Marlot, Chelsea V. Preble, Sharon S. Chen, Amandine Montalbano, Olivier Rosseler, Hashem Akbari, Ronnen M. Levinson, and Hugo Destaillats."Soiling of building envelope surfaces and its effect on solar reflectance – Part II: Development of an accelerated aging method for roofing materials."Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 122 (2014) 271-281. DOI

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

2010

Menon, Surabi, Hashem Akbari, Sarith Mahanama, Igor Sednev, and Ronnen M. Levinson."Radiative forcing and temperature response to changes in urban albedo and associated CO2 offsets."Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010). DOI

2000

Fisk, William J., William W. Delp, Richard C. Diamond, Darryl J. Dickerhoff, Ronnen M. Levinson, Mark P. Modera, Albert (Matty) Nematollahi, and Duo Wang."Duct systems in large commercial buildings: physical characterization, air leakage and heat conduction gains."Energy and Buildings 32.1 (2000) 109-119.