OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Energy Efficiency is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Performance optimization of a bush refrigerator “the pot in pot” for hot climate zones: Mali case study	337
Thermal building upgrade with off-grid PV system: a Polish case	43
Dynamic slack-based measure model efficiency evaluation of the impact of coal mining characteristics	30
Organizational and psychological measures for data center energy efficiency: barriers and mitigation strategies	29
The residential energy futures of Bhutan	28
The impact of air pollution on environmentally friendly behavior: evidence from China	28
New hybrid deep learning models for multi-target NILM disaggregation	26
Performance of a heat-and-vent electric dryer for textiles in household conditions: a New Zealand case study	22
Comparative analysis of residential building decarbonization policies in major economies: insights from the EU, China, and India	21
The mediating role of green human resource management: analyze the impact of green commitment and intellectual capital in hotel environmental performance	20
Rebound effects of energy efficiency improvement based on computable general equilibrium models: a systematic review	19
Potentials for a complex and integrated refurbishment of post-war housing stock of Serbia	19
Social norms, pro-environmental identity, and finances: what motivates households to participate in energy efficiency programs?	19
From practice to policy — exploring the travel and transformation of energy savings calculations and its implications for future energy transitions	18
Explaining green technology purchases by US and Canadian households: the role of pro-environmental lifestyles, values, and environmental concern	17
Energy Efficiency First in the power sector: incentivising consumers and network companies	17
Systematic and data-driven literature review of the energy and indoor environmental performance of swimming facilities	17
Consumers’ preferences for energy-efficient air conditioners in a developing country: a discrete choice experiment using eco labels	16
A modular framework for a dynamic residential building stock model with energy retrofit forecasts	15
Households’ energy burden during the 2022 crisis: a policy impact assessment in a Southern European country	15
Global oil price shocks and China’s transportation sector: new evidence from dynamic jumps in oil prices	14
Standby energy consumption and saving potentials in the residential sector in tropical areas: the Caribbean island Curaçao as a case study	14
Invisible energy policy and schools: how energy issues feature in the policies and documents of a UK secondary school	12
The role of energy efficiency and renewable energies to accelerate sustainable energy access — a perspective case study of Mozambique	12
Energy efficiency and environment: examining the role of financial expansion for emerging economies	12

Power-to-X strategies for Smart Energy Regions: a vision for green hydrogen valleys	12
Energy losses caused by refurbished motors: measurement and policy proposal	12
Energy efficiency at building sites: barriers and drivers	12
Water status in the Canary Islands related to energy requirements	12
Exergy-based optimization constraints for solar PVT panels and district energy systems with onboard green hydrogen production by solar prosumers	12
The inscrutable baseline and the problem of attribution	11
Life cycle energy of AAC masonry infilled residential building in India	11
Impact of energy efficiency information on homebuying searches: evidence from a visual choice experiment in the USA	11
Development and experimental assessment of a multi-annual energy monitoring tool to support energy intelligence and management in telecommunication industry	10
Effect of bubble size and column depth on diffused aerator efficiency	10
The role of monetary information in energy performance certificates: a Slovenian experiment	10
Regional regime-switching behavior of China’s carbon price during regional and nationwide emissions trading scheme pilots	10
Modeling and mapping solar energy production with photovoltaic panels on Politecnico di Torino university campus	10
Subjective indicators of fuel poverty in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan	10
Efficient energy labelling: the impact of information content and style on product choice	10
A mixed-method approach to study the impacts of energy micro-generation combined with appliance-level feedback on everyday practices	9
Impacts of oil price uncertainty on energy efficiency, economy, and environment of Malaysia: stochastic approach and CGE model	9
Dynamical assessment of multi-dimensional energy poverty at the national and sub-national levels in Pakistan	9
Understanding consumers’ behaviour for a more sustainable product design and reduced energy consumption in automatic dishwashing – an Australian household investigation and learning from a comparison	9
Enhancement of energy utilization efficiency and speed control of autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs): A hybrid approach	9
Energy consumers barriers/motivations to becoming a prosumer	9
Determining and mapping the base temperature for heating and cooling degree days for Ethiopia	9
Reducing hot water consumption through real-time feedback and social comparison using persuasive technologies: evidence from a Swiss energy-efficient district	9
Overcoming the efficiency gap: energy management as a means for overcoming barriers to energy efficiency, empirical support in the case of Austrian large firms	8
Implementing large-scale heating infrastructures: experiences from successful planning of district heating and natural gas grids in Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands	8
Optimization of energy consumption in vertical mobility systems of high-rise office buildings: A case study from a developing economy	8
An alternative approach to estimation of the energy efficiency gap in food processing	8
Economy-wide rebound and the returns on investment in energy efficiency	8
Optimized load vector regression for load prediction and improvement using trombe walls in household electrical energy consumption	8
Energy efficiency and energy depletion analysis in oil-exporting developing countries	8
Smart metering in EU and the energy theft problem	8
Nudging climate action: exploring the impact of active default choices on renewable energy program participation	8
Impact of energy price reform on energy intensity in Iranian manufacturing industries	8
Impact of incentives to purchase energy-efficient products: evidence from Chinese households based on a mixed logit model	8
Dishwasher’s closed drying process investigation based on heat pump system	7
The environmental performance of zero-emission buildings in a fossil-free energy system	7
Role of green finance in improving energy efficiency and renewable energy development	7
Understanding the energy behavior of households in the mountainous town of Metsovo, Greece	7
What motivates and demotivates energy savings in times of crisis? – An argument mining analysis using X/Twitter data	7
Analysing the impact of energy price increases on the vulnerable using the fuel poverty index: a case study of Kobe, Japan	7
Factors affecting household’s use of energy-saving appliances in Sri Lanka: an empirical study using a conceptualized technology acceptance model	7
From using heat to using work: reconceptualising the zero carbon energy transition	6
Characteristics of the built environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East and related energy and climate policies	6
A new NIALM system design based on neural network architecture and adaptive springy particle swarm optimization algorithm	6
Epsilon-Based Measure two-stage network examination of DEA government treatment policy and environmental efficiencies in China	6
A choice experiment for testing the energy-efficiency mortgage as a tool for promoting sustainable finance	6
Domestic energy consumption: temporal unregulated electrical energy consumption in kitchens in Scottish affordable and social housing	6
Research on China’s industrial green biased technological progress and its energy conservation and emission reduction effects	6
Correction to: Thirty years of climate mitigation: lessons from the 1989 options appraisal for the UK	6
Feasibility analysis of the application of building automation and control system and their interaction with occupant behavior	6

Smart grid energy system operation study	6
Just energy heating transitions: lessons from characteristics of households using different heating sources	6
Challenges and opportunities for improving energy efficiency in SMEs: learnings from seven European projects	6
Correction to: Behavioral barriers to the use of renewable and energy-efficient technologies in residential buildings in Iran	6
Korea’s emissions trading system for low-carbon energy and economic transformation: a quantitative study evaluating the impact of phase I of the KETS on energy efficiency and the energy mix	6
A methodology to assess energy efficiency of conventional lathes	6
Incorporating barriers in scenarios for energy efficiency improvement and promoting renewable energy in the Bulgarian residential sector	6
Issues of using parametric insurance (PI) to Taiwan energy-saving performance contract (ESPC): A snapshot	6
Thermal modeling of an office environment with variable volume air condition system using zonal method for control system applications	5
Green efficiency of natural gas and driving factors analysis: the role of the natural gas price in China	5
Financial barriers to residential buildings’ energy efficiency in Iran	5
A state-of-the-art review of heat recovery steam generators and waste heat boilers	5
Effectiveness and efficiency of the EU-supported energy efficiency measures for SMEs in Bulgaria in the period 2014–2020: programme design implications	5
Prediction of electrical power consumption in the household: fresh evidence from machine learning approach	5
Three laws of energy transitions and economic growth	5
Reducing cooling water consumption in a solar absorption chiller for Mali climates	5
The meanings of energy: a case study of student air conditioning activity	5
Facilitating circularity in city governance in the Republic of Serbia: a novel approach to modeling of energy efficiency big data mining	5
Design and experimental analysis of an improved burner with natural gas	5
Improvement of the granularity of flour and energy saving by speed control of the induction motor of the grinder for a small-scale production of corn flour	5
Realistic maximum efficiency of solar energy conversion into work vs exergy efficiency	5
The utility of using a top-down conduct-of-life-based approach for explaining energy consumption behaviour: evidence from Switzerland	5
Energy consumption behavior analysis and experimental investigation of a novel technique for energy-efficient operation of submersible pumping system used in Barind Tract of Bangladesh	5
Cross-dataset calibration of industrial electricity consumption	5
Low-energy building envelope design in Lebanese climate context: the case study of traditional Lebanese detached house	5