2026 Hashem Akbari: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	70	1652	1571	54	50	183	23205

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Hashem Akbari is affiliated with Concordia University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work spans related subfields including Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Speech and Hearing.

The main topics explored in Hashem Akbari's research include:

Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
Urban Green Space and Health
Wind and Air Flow Studies
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
Impact of Light on Environment and Health
Climate Change and Health Impacts

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

"Intelligent buildings: An overview" (2020) published in Energy and Buildings
"Cooling energy saving by vegetation planting in high-density districts: Evaluation using the coupled simulation" (2023) published in Building and Environment
"Increasing urban albedo to reduce heat-related mortality in Toronto and Montreal, Canada" (2020) published in Energy and Buildings
"The effects of sky view factor on ground surface temperature in cold regions - A case from Xi'an, China" (2021) published in Building and Environment
"Urban cooling potential and cost comparison of heat mitigation techniques for their impact on the lower atmosphere" (2023) published in Computational Urban Science

Frequently, Hashem Akbari collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Juejun Ge
Yupeng Wang
Dian Zhou
Chiara Lodi
Alberto Muscio

Their research findings are commonly published in the following venues:

Energy and Buildings
Building and Environment
Computational Urban Science
Atmosphere
Energy Reports

Best Publications

Cool surfaces and shade trees to reduce energy use and improve air quality in urban areas

H Akbari;M Pomerantz;H Taha

2493
Citations
Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO2 emissions from power plants.

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772
Citations
Global Cooling: Increasing World-Wide Urban Albedos to Offset CO2

Hashem Akbari;Surabi Menon;Arthur Rosenfeld

723
Citations
Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions

A. Synnefa;M. Santamouris;H. Akbari

708
Citations
COOL COMMUNITIES: STRATEGIES FOR HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION AND SMOG REDUCTION

Arthur H. Rosenfeld;Hashem Akbari;Joseph J. Romm;Melvin Pomerantz

702
Citations
Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates

Arthur H. Rosenfeld;Hashem Akbari;Sarah Bretz;Beth L. Fishman

683
Citations
Local climate change and urban heat island mitigation techniques – the state of the art

Hashem Akbari;Constantinos Cartalis;Denia Kolokotsa;Alberto Muscio

542
Citations
Three decades of urban heat islands and mitigation technologies research

Hashem Akbari;Dionysia Kolokotsa

530
Citations
Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

Yupeng Wang;Umberto Berardi;Hashem Akbari

514
Citations
Peak power and cooling energy savings of shade trees

Hashem Akbari;Dan M. Kurn;Sarah E. Bretz;James W. Hanford

489
Citations
Residential cooling loads and the urban heat island—the effects of albedo

Haider Taha;Hashem Akbari;Arthur Rosenfeld;Joe Huang

463
Citations
Calculating energy-saving potentials of heat-island reduction strategies

H. Akbari;S. Konopacki

457
Citations
Solar spectral optical properties of pigments. Part I: model for deriving scattering and absorption coefficients from transmittance and reflectance measurements

Ronnen Levinson;Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari

452
Citations
Solar spectral optical properties of pigments—Part II: survey of common colorants

Ronnen Levinson;Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari

451
Citations
Urban heat island mitigation strategies: a state-of-the-art review on Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong

Ardalan Aflaki;Mahsan Mirnezhad;Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini;Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini;Ali Ghaffarianhoseini

437
Citations
The Potential of Vegetation in Reducing Summer Cooling Loads in Residential Buildings

Y. J. Huang;H. Akbari;H. Taha;A. H. Rosenfeld

431
Citations
Global cooling updates: Reflective roofs and pavements

Hashem Akbari;H. Damon Matthews

424
Citations
Weathering of Roofing Materials-An Overview

Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari;Ronnen Levinson;William A. Miller

380
Citations
Methods of creating solar-reflective nonwhite surfaces and their application to residential roofing materials

Ronnen Levinson;Paul Berdahl;Hashem Akbari;William Miller

378
Citations
Analyzing the land cover of an urban environment using high-resolution orthophotos

Hashem Akbari;L. Shea Rose;Haider Taha

372
Citations
Peak power and cooling energy savings of high-albedo roofs

Hashem Akbari;Sarah Bretz;Dan M. Kurn;James Hanford

354
Citations
Long-term performance of high-albedo roof coatings

Sarah E. Bretz;Hashem Akbari

323
Citations
Practical issues for using solar-reflective materials to mitigate urban heat islands

Sarah Bretz;Hashem Akbari;Arthur Rosenfeld

317
Citations
Cooling our Communities. A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing

H. Akbari

313
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronnen Levinson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Haider Taha Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Surabi Menon Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Thomas W. Kirchstetter Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Fariborz Haghighat Concordia University

Ashok J. Gadgil University of California, Berkeley

David J. Sailor Arizona State University

Stephen H. Schneider Stanford University

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe University of California, Merced

Hugo Destaillats Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

External Links

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