Worldwide Research on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Public Buildings
<p>Chart representation of document type distribution during the period 1976–2016.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Trend in sustainability and energy efficiency publications during the period of 1976–2016 (<b>a</b>); Trend in sustainability and energy efficiency publications showing the data with a logarithmic scale along the y-axis (<b>b</b>).</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Distribution of Sustainability and Energy Saving publications according to country.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Number of publications per year in relation with the country.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Top 8 contributing countries during the last 16 years.</p> "> Figure 6
<p>Ranking of the top 15 most productive international institutions.</p> "> Figure 7
<p>Time evolution of the 10 most productive institutions during the period 2006–2016.</p> "> Figure 8
<p>Network collaboration between countries.</p> "> Figure 9
<p>Distribution of publications according to subject, as classified by Scopus. Note: A document can be assigned to more than one single subject.</p> "> Figure 10
<p>Ranking of the top five journals. JCR is the ranking in the Journal Citation Report by Thomson–Reuters, New York (USA), and SJR is the Scimago Journal Rank by Elsevier, Amsterdam (The Netherland). H-index is represented by the size of each circle.</p> "> Figure 11
<p>Overlay in the subject areas Environmental Science, Engineering, Computer Science and Energy with the SJR-2015 representing the size of the node.</p> "> Figure 12
<p>Distribution of authors according to the number of publications during the period 2006–2016.</p> "> Figure 13
<p>Co-authorship network (related to <a href="#sustainability-09-01294-t006" class="html-table">Table 6</a>).</p> "> Figure 14
<p>Co-occurrence keywords.</p> "> Figure 15
<p>Evolution of the five words most used within the keywords of authors in the period 1976–2016.</p> "> Figure 16
<p>Distribution of Transport and Energy Saving publications according to country.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Type of Publications and Languages of Publications
3.2. Characteristics of Scientific Output
3.3. Publication Distribution by Regions and Institutions
3.4. Distribution of Output in Subject Categories and Journals
3.5. Analysis of Authors and Keywords
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
DIY | Do-It-Yourself |
EE | Energy Efficiency |
EPA-ED | Energy Performance assessment for existing dwellings |
JCR | Journal Citation Report LEDs: Light-Emitting Diodes |
NGOs | Non-Governmental organizations |
SJR | Scientific Journal Ranking |
ZEB | Zero-Energy Buildings |
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Language | Number of Publications |
---|---|
English | 25,320 |
Chinese | 477 |
German | 337 |
Spanish | 213 |
Portuguese | 122 |
Japanese | 118 |
French | 74 |
Italian | 54 |
Russian | 31 |
Country | Number of Publications | Publications/100,000 inhabitants |
---|---|---|
United States | 6175 | 1.92 |
United Kingdom | 2825 | 4.34 |
China | 2352 | 0.17 |
Australia | 1676 | 7.05 |
Italy | 1341 | 2.21 |
Canada | 1164 | 3.25 |
Germany | 1094 | 1.34 |
Spain | 742 | 1.59 |
The Netherlands | 734 | 11.35 |
Japan | 626 | 0.49 |
India | 544 | 0.04 |
Malaysia | 505 | 1.67 |
Sweden | 486 | 4.96 |
Brazil | 466 | 0.22 |
France | 435 | 0.65 |
South Africa | 372 | 0.68 |
Hong Kong | 363 | 4.97 |
Switzerland | 359 | 4.33 |
Turkey | 345 | 0.44 |
Portugal | 342 | 3.30 |
South Korea | 336 | 0.66 |
New Zealand | 272 | 5.92 |
Taiwan | 261 | 1.11 |
Austria | 235 | 2.73 |
Greece | 230 | 2.13 |
Belgium | 227 | 2.01 |
Finland | 224 | 4.09 |
Denmark | 219 | 3.86 |
Iran | 208 | 0.26 |
Norway | 190 | 3.66 |
Singapore | 183 | 3.18 |
Czech Republic | 156 | 1.48 |
Romania | 151 | 0.77 |
Mexico | 147 | 0.12 |
Ireland | 145 | 3.12 |
Russian Federation | 138 | 0.10 |
Thailand | 138 | 0.20 |
Egypt | 135 | 0.15 |
Nigeria | 132 | 0.07 |
Poland | 119 | 0.31 |
Lithuania | 117 | 4.02 |
Indonesia | 110 | 0.04 |
Saudi Arabia | 110 | 0.35 |
Hungary | 103 | 1.05 |
Chile | 100 | 0.56 |
Slovakia | 97 | 1.79 |
United Arab Emirates | 95 | 1.04 |
Colombia | 81 | 0.17 |
Pakistan | 81 | 0.04 |
Kenya | 80 | 0.17 |
Serbia | 80 | 1.13 |
Institution | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 10 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 176 |
Delft University of Technology | 10 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 157 |
Tsinghua University | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 145 |
Arizona State University | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 24 | 30 | 144 |
Politecnico di Milano | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 128 |
The University of British Columbia | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 126 |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 37 | 20 | 118 |
University of Cambridge | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 106 |
Pennsylvania State University | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 102 |
RMIT University | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 102 |
Subject Area | Number of Publications |
---|---|
Engineering | 9761 |
Social Sciences | 7260 |
Environmental Science | 5178 |
Energy | 3637 |
Business, Management and Accounting | 2578 |
Computer Science | 2267 |
Medicine | 2005 |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1671 |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1302 |
Materials Science | 1008 |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 963 |
Arts and Humanities | 882 |
Chemical Engineering | 693 |
Mathematics | 594 |
Physics and Astronomy | 473 |
Decision Sciences | 465 |
Psychology | 375 |
Nursing | 344 |
Chemistry | 343 |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 331 |
Multidisciplinary | 200 |
Health Professions | 146 |
Immunology and Microbiology | 103 |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 86 |
Veterinary | 42 |
Neuroscience | 24 |
Dentistry | 17 |
Undefined | 56 |
Journals | Q | SJR | h-index | JCR | Total Docs (2015) | Total Docs (3 Years) | Total Refs. | Total Cites (3 Years) | Cites/Doc (2 Years) | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Materials Research | Q4 | 0.115 | 22 | #N/A | 94,801 | 256,334 | 5553 | 18,689 | 0.077 | Switzerland |
Applied Mechanics and Materials | Q4 | 0.113 | 17 | #N/A | 82,984 | 168,077 | 4079 | 9926 | 0.064 | Switzerland |
Energy and Buildings | Q1 | 2.073 | 103 | 2.973 | 775 | 2207 | 17,211 | 39,819 | 3.392 | The Netherlands |
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education | Q2 | 0.616 | 29 | 1.763 | 42 | 101 | 1741 | 2043 | 2.328 | United Kingdom |
Journal of Cleaner Production | Q1 | 1.721 | 96 | 4959 | 1167 | 2582 | 19,373 | 40,166 | 5.283 | United Kingdom |
Cotana, F. | Orosa, J.A. | Jia, Q.S. | Pisello, A.L. | Bragança, L. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
2008 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
2009 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
2010 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
2011 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
2012 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 40 |
2013 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 54 |
2014 | 31 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 84 |
2015 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 66 |
2016 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 75 |
Total | 113 | 105 | 97 | 73 | 51 | 439 |
Term | Items | % | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sustainable Development | 6679 | 25.1 |
2 | Sustainability | 5864 | 22.0 |
3 | Energy Conservation | 3512 | 13.2 |
4 | Energy Efficiency | 2585 | 9.7 |
5 | Buildings | 2273 | 8.5 |
6 | Energy Utilization | 2263 | 8.5 |
7 | Human | 1525 | 5.7 |
8 | Energy Saving | 1521 | 5.7 |
9 | Article | 1454 | 5.5 |
10 | Humans | 1330 | 5.0 |
11 | Education | 1083 | 4.1 |
12 | Environmental Impact | 1077 | 4.0 |
13 | Intelligent Buildings | 1009 | 3.8 |
14 | Design | 978 | 3.7 |
15 | Office Buildings | 948 | 3.6 |
16 | Architectural Design | 910 | 3.4 |
17 | Construction Industry | 873 | 3.3 |
18 | Air Conditioning | 869 | 3.3 |
19 | Life Cycle | 823 | 3,1 |
20 | United States | 737 | 2.8 |
21 | Students | 727 | 2.7 |
22 | Decision Making | 718 | 2.7 |
23 | Climate Change | 717 | 2.7 |
24 | Research | 675 | 2.5 |
25 | Housing | 655 | 2.5 |
26 | Building | 652 | 2.4 |
27 | Economics | 649 | 2.4 |
28 | Teaching | 649 | 2.4 |
29 | Building Materials | 637 | 2.4 |
30 | Carbon Dioxide | 630 | 2.4 |
31 | Environmental Sustainability | 601 | 2.3 |
32 | Heating | 596 | 2.2 |
33 | Curricula | 586 | 2.2 |
34 | Planning | 572 | 2.1 |
35 | Environmental Protection | 522 | 2.0 |
36 | Investments | 522 | 2.0 |
37 | Environmental Management | 513 | 1.9 |
38 | Urban Planning | 512 | 1.9 |
39 | Organization and Management | 511 | 1.9 |
40 | Ventilation | 509 | 1.9 |
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De la Cruz-Lovera, C.; Perea-Moreno, A.-J.; De la Cruz-Fernández, J.-L.; Alvarez-Bermejo, J.A.; Manzano-Agugliaro, F. Worldwide Research on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Public Buildings. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1294. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081294
De la Cruz-Lovera C, Perea-Moreno A-J, De la Cruz-Fernández J-L, Alvarez-Bermejo JA, Manzano-Agugliaro F. Worldwide Research on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Public Buildings. Sustainability. 2017; 9(8):1294. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081294
Chicago/Turabian StyleDe la Cruz-Lovera, Carmen, Alberto-Jesús Perea-Moreno, José-Luis De la Cruz-Fernández, José Antonio Alvarez-Bermejo, and Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro. 2017. "Worldwide Research on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Public Buildings" Sustainability 9, no. 8: 1294. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081294