Hashem Akbari, Professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been making a lot of headlines lately. His views were recently featured in a variety of international publications. Check out the links below to learn more about Abari's fascinating research into "cool roofs" and the "urban heat island."Cool roofs take off as things heat up
Journal of Commerce - 3 August 2010A new study by U.S. government researchers tells us that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, but also lead to reduced carbon dioxide emissions because of less energy use. ...A co-author of the paper, Hashem Akbari, is well aware of Canadian winters. He now is a research professor at Concordia University in Montreal.
DOE Buildings to Get Cool Roofs that Reflect Heat Back into Space
SolveClimate - 21 July 2010
"Two years worth of emissions is huge, but compared to what we need to do, it's just a
dent in the problem," said Hashem Akbari, the former head of the Berkeley Lab
Heat Island Group and now Hydro-Quebec Industrial Research Professor at
Concordia University in Montreal. "We've been dumping CO2 into the atmosphere
for the last 200 years as if there's no future."
White Roofs Could Slow Down Global Warming
Softpedia - 20 July 2010
Co-author Hashem Akbari, former head of the Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group and
now Hydro-Quebec Industrial Research Professor at Concordia University in
Montreal, says that this is only a small part of the solution.
Global Model Confirms: Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming
Insciences Organisation - 20 July 2010
Co-author Hashem Akbari emphasizes that cool roofs and pavements are only a
part of the solution: "Two years worth of emissions is huge, but compared to
what we need to do, it's just a dent in the problem," says Akbari, the former
head of the Berkeley Lab Heat Island Group and now Hydro-Quebec Industrial Research
Professor at Concordia University in Montreal.
