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Ireland
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
63
Citations
14998
World Ranking
1755
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Brian Norton is affiliated with the Tyndall National Institute in Ireland and has a primary research focus within the field of engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including building and construction, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and environmental engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to building energy and comfort optimization, with additional research interests in solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, smart grid energy management, energy efficiency and management, urban heat island mitigation, sustainable building design and assessment, and energy and environment impacts.

Frequent coauthors of Brian Norton include Ciara Ahern, H. Alkhatib, Philippe Lemarchand, Dominic O'Sullivan, and Michael Conlon.

Brian Norton has published in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include Energy and Buildings, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, SSRN Electronic Journal, Data in Brief, and ARROW@Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin Institute of Technology).

Recent notable publications cover a range of engineering and energy subjects:

  • Deployment and control of adaptive building facades for energy generation, thermal insulation, ventilation and daylighting: A review, 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Integrating paraffin phase change material in the storage tank of a solar water heater to maintain a consistent hot water output temperature, 2021, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
  • State of the art in composition, fabrication, characterization, and modeling methods of cement-based thermoelectric materials for low-temperature applications, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Impact of Distributed Energy Resources in Smart Homes and Community-Based Electricity Market, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • A generalisable bottom-up methodology for deriving a residential stock model from large empirical databases, 2020, Energy and Buildings

Brian Norton was recognized as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Review of solar-energy drying systems II: an overview of solar drying technology

    O.V Ekechukwu;B Norton

  • Thermal Regulation of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Using Phase Change Materials

    M.J. Huang;P.C. Eames;B. Norton

  • Real-life energy use in the UK: How occupancy and dwelling characteristics affect domestic electricity use

    Yigzaw G. Yohanis;Jayanta D. Mondol;Alan Wright;Brian Norton

  • Evaluation of phase change materials for thermal regulation enhancement of building integrated photovoltaics

    A. Hasan;Sarah McCormack;M. Huang;Brian Norton

  • Phase change materials for limiting temperature rise in building integrated photovoltaics

    M.J. Huang;P.C. Eames;B. Norton

  • Enhancing the performance of building integrated photovoltaics

    Brian Norton;Philip C. Eames;Tapas K. Mallick;Ming Jun Huang

  • Natural convection in an internally finned phase change material heat sink for the thermal management of photovoltaics

    M. J. Huang;P. C. Eames;Brian Norton;N. J. Hewitt

  • Phase change materials for photovoltaic thermal management

    M.C. Browne;B. Norton;S.J. McCormack

  • Life-cycle operational and embodied energy for a generic single-storey office building in the UK

    Y.G. Yohanis;B. Norton

  • Heat retention of a photovoltaic/thermal collector with PCM

    Maria C. Browne;Brian Norton;Sarah J. McCormack

  • Increased photovoltaic performance through temperature regulation by phase change materials: Materials comparison in different climates

    A. Hasan;S.J. McCormack;M.J. Huang;J. Sarwar

  • Long term performance analysis of a grid connected photovoltaic system in Northern Ireland

    Jayanta Deb Mondol;Yigzaw Yohanis;Mervyn Smyth;Brian Norton

  • Energy and Cost Saving of a Photovoltaic-Phase Change Materials (PV-PCM) System through Temperature Regulation and Performance Enhancement of Photovoltaics

    Ahmad Hasan;Sarah Josephine McCormack;Ming Jun Huang;Brian Norton

  • Optimal Sizing of Array and Inverter for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems

    Jayanta Deb Mondol;Yigzaw G. Yohanis;Brian Norton

  • Daylight: What makes the difference?

    Martine Knoop;Oliver Stefani;Bruno Bueno;Barbara Szybinska Matusiak

  • Advances in switchable and highly insulating autonomous (self-powered) glazing systems for adaptive low energy buildings

    Aritra Ghosh;Aritra Ghosh;Brian Norton

  • The impact of array inclination and orientation on the performance of a grid-connected photovoltaic system

    Jayanta Deb Mondol;Yigzaw G. Yohanis;Brian Norton

  • Efficient energy storage technologies for photovoltaic systems

    Hoda Akbari;Maria C. Browne;Anita Ortega;Ming Jun Huang

  • Economic viability of photovoltaic water pumping systems

    I. Odeh;Y. Yohanis;Brian Norton

  • Characterization of phase change materials for thermal control of photovoltaics using Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Temperature History Method

    A. Hasan;S.J. McCormack;M.J. Huang;B. Norton

  • The design and experimental characterisation of an asymmetric compound parabolic photovoltaic concentrator for building façade integration in the UK

    TK Mallick;PC Eames;Trevor Hyde;B Norton

  • Integrated collector storage solar water heaters

    M. Smyth;P. C. Eames;Brian Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip C. Eames
Philip C. Eames Loughborough University
S.D. Probert
S.D. Probert Cranfield University
Aritra Ghosh
Aritra Ghosh University of Exeter
Aidan Duffy
Aidan Duffy Technological University Dublin
Max J. Ammann
Max J. Ammann Technological University Dublin
Neil Hewitt
Neil Hewitt University of Ulster
Tapas K. Mallick
Tapas K. Mallick University of Exeter
Michael Conlon
Michael Conlon Technological University Dublin
Maurizio Avella
Maurizio Avella National Research Council (CNR)
Maria Emanuela Errico
Maria Emanuela Errico National Research Council (CNR)

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