Evolution of cool-roof standards in the US

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-32

  Akbari, Hashem ^a,b   Levinson, Ronnen ^b  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ^*

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASHRAE 90.1; ASHRAE 90.2; Building energy efficiency standards; California Title 24; City of Chicago Energy Conservation Code; Cool roofs; Energy Star; Florida Building Code (FBC); International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED); Revised Ordinances of Honololu (ROH); Solar reflectance; Solar reflectance index; Thermal emittance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019744318     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/aber.2008.0201     Document Type: Article

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