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October 3, 2005

Cooling the Cities to Reduce Energy Use and Improve Urban Air Quality

Dr. Hashem Akbari
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Hashem Akbari of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will provide a detailed discussion of methods to reduce urban heat islands and their effects in reducing urban cooling energy use and improving ozone air quality.