Energy Resources Focused Outside of Florida

Research and Refereed Journal Articles

• Abbott, J.A. and V. Meentemeyer. 2005. Research Note—Vegetation Effects On Suburban Air Conditioning. Urban Geography 26(6): 558–564. [PDF]
• Bretz, S., H. Akbari and A. Rosenfeld. 1998. Practical Issues for Using Solar-Reflective Materials to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands. Atmospheric Environment 32(1): 95-101. [PDF]
• DeWalle, D.R. and G.M. Heisler. 1988. Use of Windbreaks for Home Energy Conservation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 22/23:243-260.
• DeWalle, D.R. and G.M. Heisler. 1983. Windbreak Effects on Air Infiltration and Space Heating in a Mobile Home. Energy and Buildings 5:279-288.
• DeWalle, D.R., G.M. Heisler, and R.E. Jacobs. 1983. Energy Needs for Heating and Cooling at Forest Home Sites. Journal of Forestry 81(2):84-88.
• Grimmond, C.S.B. and T.R. Oke. 2002. Turbulent Heat Fluxes in Urban Areas: Observations and a Local-Scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme. Journal of Applied Meteorology 41(7): 792-810. [PDF]
• Grimmond, C.S.B. and T.R. Oke. 1999. Heat Storage in Urban Areas: Local-Scale Observations and Evaluation of a Simple Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology 38(7): 922-940. [PDF]
• Heisler, G.M. 1986. Energy Savings with Trees. Journal of Arboriculture 12(5):113-125. [PDF]
• Heisler, G.M. 1986. Effects of Individual Trees on the Solar Radiation Climate of Small Buildings. Urban Ecology (9):337-359.
• Hildebrandt, E.W. and M. Sarkovich. 1998. Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of SMUD's Shade Tree Program. Atmospheric Environment 32(1): 85-94. [PDF]
• Kjelgren, R. and T. Montague. 1998. Urban Tree Transpiration Over Turf and Asphalt Surfaces. Atmospheric Environment 32(1): 35-41. [PDF]
• McPherson, E.G.and R.A. Rowntree. 1993. Energy Conservation Potential of Urban Tree Planting. Journal of Arboriculture 19(6): 321-331. [PDF]
• McPherson, E.G., L.P. Herrington, and G.M. Heisler. 1988. Impacts of Vegetation on Residential Heating and Cooling. Energy and Buildings 12:41-51.
• Rosenfeld, A.H., J.J. Romm, H. Akbari, and A.C. Lloyd. 1997. Painting the Town White and Green. MIT’s Technology Review 100(2): 52-59. [PDF]
• Sailor, D.J. 1998. Simulations of Annual Degree Day Impacts of Urban Vegetative Augmentation. Atmospheric Environment 32(1): 43-52. [PDF]
• Simpson, J.R. and E.G. Mcpherson. 1998. Simulation of Tree Shade Impacts on Residential Energy Use for Space Conditioning in Sacramento. Atmospheric Environment 32(1): 69- 74. [PDF]
• Simpson, J.R. 1998. Urban Forest Impacts on Regional Cooling and Heating Energy Use: Sacramento County Case Study. Journal of Arboriculture 24(4):201-214. [PDF]

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Cooperative Extension and Government Publications

• Akbari, H., S. Davis, S. Dorsano, J. Huang, and S. Winnett, Eds. 1992. Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing. Report No. LBL-31587. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA.; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy Analysis, Climate Change Division, Washington, DC.
• Akbari, H., A. H. Rosenfeld, and H. Taha. 1990. Summer Heat Islands, Urban Trees, and White Surfaces. . Report LBL-28308, CONF-900203-9. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
• Akbari, H., L.R. Rose, and H. Taha. 1999. Charaterizing the Fabric of the Urban Environment: A Case Study of Sacramento, CA. . Report No. LBNL-44688. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [PDF]
• Environmental Protection Agency. 2004. Cooling Summertime Temperatures: Strategies To Reduce Urban Heat Islands. . (430F03014) Cincinnati, OH: National Service Center for Environmental Publications.
• Heisler, G.M. and Grant, R.H. 2000. Ultraviolet Radiation, Human Health, and the Urban Forest. . Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-268. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. [PDF]
• McPherson, E.G., D.J. Nowak, and R.A. Rowntree (Eds.). 1994. Chicago's Urban Forest Ecosystem: Results of the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project. . GTE-NE-186. Rador, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station.

Books, Dissertations, Reports, and Theses

• Greenland, D., D.G. Goodin, and R.C. Smith, Eds. 2003. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Oxford University Press.
• Heisler, G.M. 1991. "Computer Simulation for Optimizing Windbreak Placement to Save Energy for Heating and Cooling Buildings, Trees and Sustainable Development." In Proceedings of 3rd International Windbreaks and Agroforestry Symposium, 100–104. Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada: Ridgetown College. [PDF]
• Heisler, G.M., D.T. Harrje, and C.E. Buckley. 1979. "Planning the Arrangement of Windbreaks for Reducing Air Infiltration Energy Losses." In 14th Conf. on Agric. and For. Meteor. and 4th Conf. on Biometeor., Extended Abstracts. Boston, MA. Am. Meteor. [PDF]
• Kalkstein, L.S. and S.C. Sheridan. 2003. The Impact of Heat Island Reduction Activities on Health-Debilitating Oppressive Air Masses in Urban Areas. University of Delaware/Kent State University. [PDF]
• King, V.J. and C. Davis. 2004. Isolating and Managing the Urban Heat Island Effect for Selected Southeastern Cities. Final Report. Orangeburg SC: South Carolina State University, Center of Excellence in Transportation. [PDF]
• McPherson, E.G. 1994. “Cooling Urban Heat Islands with Sustainable Landscapes.” In The Ecological City: Preserving and Restoring Urban Biodiversity, eds. R.H. Platt, R.A. Rowntree, and P.C. Muick, 151-171. Amherst MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
• Taha, H., S. Konopacki, and S. Gabersek. 1996. Modeling the Meteorological and Energy Effects of Urban Heat Islands and their Mitigation: A 10-Region Study. LBL-38667. Berkeley CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
• Taha, H., S. Chang, and H. Akbari. 2000. Meteorological and Air Quality Impacts of Heat Island Mitigation Measures in Three U.S. Cities. LBNL-44222. Berkeley CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [PDF]

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