Potential benefits of cool roofs on commercial buildings: Conserving energy, saving money, and reducing emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-109

  Levinson, Ronnen ^a   Akbari, Hashem ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Building energy simulation; Carbon dioxide; Cool roof; Cooling energy; Energy cost; Greenhouse gas; Heating energy; Mercury; Nitrogen oxides; Solar reflectance; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; COOL ROOFS; COOLING ENERGY; ENERGY COST; HEATING ENERGY; MERCURY; SOLAR REFLECTANCE;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS ABSORPTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; HEATING; MERCURY (METAL); NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POWER PLANTS; REDUCTION; REFLECTION; RETROFITTING; ROOFS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROOF; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949263103     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-008-9038-2     Document Type: Article

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