OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Energy Efficiency is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Performance optimization of a bush refrigerator “the pot in pot” for hot climate zones: Mali case study	374
Household heterogeneity in valuation of heating energy costs	54
Dynamical assessment of multi-dimensional energy poverty at the national and sub-national levels in Pakistan	39
New hybrid deep learning models for multi-target NILM disaggregation	37
Subjective indicators of fuel poverty in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan	34
Dynamic slack-based measure model efficiency evaluation of the impact of coal mining characteristics	31
The impact of air pollution on environmentally friendly behavior: evidence from China	29
Social norms, pro-environmental identity, and finances: what motivates households to participate in energy efficiency programs?	28
Challenges and opportunities for improving energy efficiency in SMEs: learnings from seven European projects	27
Impact of energy price reform on energy intensity in Iranian manufacturing industries	25
Global oil price shocks and China’s transportation sector: new evidence from dynamic jumps in oil prices	24
Energy efficiency at building sites: barriers and drivers	23
What motivates and demotivates energy savings in times of crisis? – An argument mining analysis using X/Twitter data	22
Analysing the impact of energy price increases on the vulnerable using the fuel poverty index: a case study of Kobe, Japan	22
Power-to-X strategies for Smart Energy Regions: a vision for green hydrogen valleys	22
Issues of using parametric insurance (PI) to Taiwan energy-saving performance contract (ESPC): A snapshot	22
Regional regime-switching behavior of China’s carbon price during regional and nationwide emissions trading scheme pilots	21
New parallel hybrid PHCNN-GRU deep learning model for multi-output NILM disaggregation	20
Analysis of methods to transform existing buildings into Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)	20
Exergy-based optimization constraints for solar PVT panels and district energy systems with onboard green hydrogen production by solar prosumers	20
The role of gender, age, and income in demand-side management acceptance: A literature review	19
Enhancement of energy utilization efficiency and speed control of autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs): A hybrid approach	19
Energy efficiency and energy depletion analysis in oil-exporting developing countries	19
Dishwasher’s closed drying process investigation based on heat pump system	17
Research on China’s industrial green biased technological progress and its energy conservation and emission reduction effects	17

Correction to: Thirty years of climate mitigation: lessons from the 1989 options appraisal for the UK	16
Domestic energy consumption: temporal unregulated electrical energy consumption in kitchens in Scottish affordable and social housing	16
Energy efficiency and environment: examining the role of financial expansion for emerging economies	15
Thermal building upgrade with off-grid PV system: a Polish case	15
Organizational and psychological measures for data center energy efficiency: barriers and mitigation strategies	15
Energy Efficiency First in the power sector: incentivising consumers and network companies	14
Water status in the Canary Islands related to energy requirements	14
Determining and mapping the base temperature for heating and cooling degree days for Ethiopia	13
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	13
Energy losses caused by refurbished motors: measurement and policy proposal	13
Efficient energy labelling: the impact of information content and style on product choice	12
Nudging climate action: exploring the impact of active default choices on renewable energy program participation	12
Optimization of energy consumption in vertical mobility systems of high-rise office buildings: A case study from a developing economy	12
Performance of a heat-and-vent electric dryer for textiles in household conditions: a New Zealand case study	12
Development and experimental assessment of a multi-annual energy monitoring tool to support energy intelligence and management in telecommunication industry	11
Comparative analysis of residential building decarbonization policies in major economies: insights from the EU, China, and India	11
Potentials for a complex and integrated refurbishment of post-war housing stock of Serbia	11
Life cycle energy of AAC masonry infilled residential building in India	11
Energy consumers barriers/motivations to becoming a prosumer	11
A modular framework for a dynamic residential building stock model with energy retrofit forecasts	11
Reducing hot water consumption through real-time feedback and social comparison using persuasive technologies: evidence from a Swiss energy-efficient district	11
Correction to: Behavioral barriers to the use of renewable and energy-efficient technologies in residential buildings in Iran	11
Economy-wide rebound and the returns on investment in energy efficiency	10
Impact of energy efficiency information on homebuying searches: evidence from a visual choice experiment in the USA	10
Understanding the energy behavior of households in the mountainous town of Metsovo, Greece	10
Rebound effects of energy efficiency improvement based on computable general equilibrium models: a systematic review	10
Optimized load vector regression for load prediction and improvement using trombe walls in household electrical energy consumption	10
Invisible energy policy and schools: how energy issues feature in the policies and documents of a UK secondary school	10
The environmental performance of zero-emission buildings in a fossil-free energy system	9
Modeling and mapping solar energy production with photovoltaic panels on Politecnico di Torino university campus	9
The inscrutable baseline and the problem of attribution	8
Effect of bubble size and column depth on diffused aerator efficiency	8
A mixed-method approach to study the impacts of energy micro-generation combined with appliance-level feedback on everyday practices	8
A new NIALM system design based on neural network architecture and adaptive springy particle swarm optimization algorithm	8
Role of green finance in improving energy efficiency and renewable energy development	8
Smart metering in EU and the energy theft problem	8
From practice to policy — exploring the travel and transformation of energy savings calculations and its implications for future energy transitions	8
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
The residential energy futures of Bhutan	8
Impact of incentives to purchase energy-efficient products: evidence from Chinese households based on a mixed logit model	8
The role of energy efficiency and renewable energies to accelerate sustainable energy access — a perspective case study of Mozambique	8
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	8
Households’ energy burden during the 2022 crisis: a policy impact assessment in a Southern European country	8
Systematic and data-driven literature review of the energy and indoor environmental performance of swimming facilities	8
The mediating role of green human resource management: analyze the impact of green commitment and intellectual capital in hotel environmental performance	7
Explaining green technology purchases by US and Canadian households: the role of pro-environmental lifestyles, values, and environmental concern	7
The role of monetary information in energy performance certificates: a Slovenian experiment	7
Implementing large-scale heating infrastructures: experiences from successful planning of district heating and natural gas grids in Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands	7
Consumers’ preferences for energy-efficient air conditioners in a developing country: a discrete choice experiment using eco labels	7
Standby energy consumption and saving potentials in the residential sector in tropical areas: the Caribbean island Curaçao as a case study	7

Characteristics of the built environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East and related energy and climate policies	7
From using heat to using work: reconceptualising the zero carbon energy transition	7
Factors affecting household’s use of energy-saving appliances in Sri Lanka: an empirical study using a conceptualized technology acceptance model	7
Household electricity consumption efficiency and poverty: Evidence from Ghana	6
The effect of organic Rankine cycle system design on energy-based agro-industrial symbiosis	6
Energy efficiency and the role of energy-related financial literacy: evidence from the European residential sector	6
Feasibility analysis of the application of building automation and control system and their interaction with occupant behavior	6
Reviewing the implementations and studies of energy efficiency obligation schemes towards establishing a scheme in Turkey	6
Assessing the nexus mechanism between energy efficiency and green finance	6
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	6
Low-energy building envelope design in Lebanese climate context: the case study of traditional Lebanese detached house	6
Three laws of energy transitions and economic growth	6
Are visits of Dutch energy coach volunteers associated with a reduction in gas and electricity consumption?	6
Prediction of electrical power consumption in the household: fresh evidence from machine learning approach	6
How well do building energy performance certificates predict heat loss?	6
Electricity-saving potential of residential buildings: empirical evidence from resident habits	6
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM): a systematic review of challenges and opportunities	6
A methodology to assess energy efficiency of conventional lathes	6
Operation performance of a ground source heat pump system in the mediterranean climate zone. First results	6
Measuring energy-specific technical efficiency based on input distance function	6
Realistic maximum efficiency of solar energy conversion into work vs exergy efficiency	6
Energy service market evaluation by Bayesian belief network and SWOT analysis: case of Turkey	6
A study on the prediction of electricity consumption considering the energy efficiency measures—applied in case of the Brazilian public sector	6
Design and experimental analysis of an improved burner with natural gas	6
Energy efficiency in urban mobility (EEUM): a multicriteria and multidisciplinary approach	6
Residential power scheduling with renewable energy and storage in a smart grid	6