Recent Books:
Bar-Ilan Y., Pearlmutter D. and Tal A., Bulding Green: Promoting energy efficiency in Israel, Center for Urban and Regional Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 187p.
Erell E., Pearlmutter D. and Williamson T., Urban climate: Designing Spaces Between Buildings, Earthscan/James & James Science Publishers, London, 266p.
Pearlmutter, D., Erell E., Meir I.A., Etzion Y. and Rofe Y., Design Manual for Bioclimatic Building in Israel, Israel Ministry of National Infrastructures, Jerusalem, 144p (in Hebrew).
Selected publications:
Shapiro, D., Pearlmutter D. and Schwartz M. (2012) "The emergence of rural transport strategies in response to rising fuel costs," Energy Policy 44: 92-100.
Shashua-Bar, L., Pearlmutter D. and Erell E. (2011) "The influence of trees and grass on outdoor thermal comfort in a hot-arid environment," International Journal of Climatology 31:1498-1506.
Grimmond, C.S.B., Roth M., Oke T.R., Au Y.C., Best M., Bettse R., Carmichael G., Cleugh H., Dabberdt W., Emmanuel R., Freitas E., Fortuniak K., Hanna S., Klein P., Kalkstein L.S., Liu C.H., Nickson A., Pearlmutter D., Sailor D. and Voogt J. (2010) "Climate and More Sustainable Cities: Climate Information for Improved Planning and Management of Cities," Procedia Environmental Sciences 1:247-274.
Cohen, J., Pearlmutter D. and Schwartz M. (2010) "Lifestyle and energy consumption: a comparison of four collective communities in transition," Energy Efficiency 3(1):19-31.
Pearlmutter D., Krueger E.L. and Berliner P. (2009) "The role of evaporation in the energy balance of an open-air scaled urban surface," International Journal of Climatology 29:911-920.
Shashua Bar L., Erell E. and Pearlmutter D. (2009) "The cooling efficiency of urban landscape strategies in a hot dry climate," Landscape and Urban Planning 92(3-4):179-186.
Krueger E.L. and Pearlmutter, D. (2008) The effect of urban evaporation on building energy demand in an arid environment, Energy and Buildings 40(11): 20902098.
Pearlmutter, D. and Rosenfeld S. (2008) Performance analysis of a simple roof cooling system with irrigated soil and two shading alternatives, Energy and Buildings 40(5):855-864.
Huberman, N. and Pearlmutter D. (2008) A life cycle energy analysis of building materials in the Negev desert, Energy and Buildings 40(5):837-848.
Erell, E., Pearlmutter D. and Etzion Y. (2008) A multi-stage down-draft evaporative cool tower for semi-enclosed spaces: Aerodynamic performance, Solar Energy 82(5):420-429.
Pearlmutter, D., Erell E. and Etzion Y. (2008) A multi-stage down-draft evaporative cool tower for semi-enclosed spaces: Experiments with a water spraying system. Solar Energy 82 (5):430440.
Pearlmutter D. (2007) Architecture and climate: The environmental continuum, Geocompass 1(4):752-778.
Pearlmutter D. (2007) Toward sustainable desert architecture: Recent studies in the Negev, Israel, Annals of Arid Zones 45(2):1-11.
Pearlmutter D., Freidin C. and Huberman N. (2007) Alternative materials for desert buildings: comparative life-cycle energy analysis, Building Research and Information 35(2): 144-155.
Pearlmutter D., Berliner P. and Shaviv E. (2007) Integrated modeling of pedestrian energy exchange and thermal comfort in urban street canyons, Building and Environment 42(6):2396-2409.
Pearlmutter D., Berliner P. and Shaviv E. (2007) Urban climatology in arid regions: Current research in the Negev desert, International Journal of Climatology 27 (14):18751885.
Pearlmutter, D., Berliner P. and Shaviv, E. (2006) Physical modeling of pedestrian energy exchange within the urban canopy, Building and Environment, 41(6):783-795.
Pearlmutter, D., Berliner P. and Shaviv, E. (2005) Evaluation of urban surface energy fluxes using an open-air scale model, Journal of Applied Meteorology 44(4):532-545.
