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Constantinos A. Balaras

Constantinos A. Balaras

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
45
Citations
8826
World Ranking
5426
National Ranking
48

Overview

Constantinos A. Balaras is affiliated with the National Observatory of Athens in Greece. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with significant focus on building energy and environmental performance.

Their research output includes a concentration in the subfields of Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment. They have also contributed to topics related to Social Psychology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law in a smaller capacity.

Main topics covered in their work include:

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Facilities and Workplace Management

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Energy and Buildings
  • Energies
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Green Energy and Sustainability

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Elena G. Dascalaki
  • Simon Kontoyiannidis
  • Kalliopi G. Droutsa
  • Tomasz Cholewa
  • A. Cholewa

Representative recent publications are:

  • On calculated and actual energy savings from thermal building renovations - Long term field evaluation of multifamily buildings, 2020, Energy and Buildings
  • Analysis of the embodied energy of construction materials in the life cycle assessment of Hellenic residential buildings, 2020, Energy and Buildings
  • Space-time estimation of the urban heat island in Rome (Italy): Overall assessment and effects on the energy performance of buildings, 2022, Building and Environment
  • A simple building energy model in form of an equivalent outdoor temperature, 2021, Energy and Buildings
  • On the short term forecasting of heat power for heating of building, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production

Best Publications

  • Infrared thermography for building diagnostics

    C.A. Balaras;A.A. Argiriou

  • European residential buildings and empirical assessment of the Hellenic building stock, energy consumption, emissions and potential energy savings

    Constantinos A. Balaras;Athina G. Gaglia;Elena Georgopoulou;Sevastianos Mirasgedis

  • Solar air conditioning in Europe—an overview

    Constantinos A. Balaras;Gershon Grossman;Hans-Martin Henning;Carlos A. Infante Ferreira

  • The role of thermal mass on the cooling load of buildings. An overview of computational methods

    C.A. Balaras

  • Energy performance assessment of existing dwellings

    Bart Poel;Gerelle van Cruchten;Constantinos A. Balaras

  • HVAC and indoor thermal conditions in hospital operating rooms

    Constantinos A. Balaras;Elena Dascalaki;Athina Gaglia

  • Heating energy consumption and resulting environmental impact of European apartment buildings

    Constantinos A. Balaras;Kalliopi Droutsa;Elena Dascalaki;Simon Kontoyiannidis

  • Building typologies as a tool for assessing the energy performance of residential buildings ― A case study for the Hellenic building stock

    Elena G. Dascalaki;Kalliopi G. Droutsa;Constantinos A. Balaras;Simon Kontoyiannidis

  • Potential for energy conservation in apartment buildings

    C.A Balaras;K Droutsa;A.A Argiriou;D.N Asimakopoulos

  • Deterioration of European apartment buildings

    Constantinos A. Balaras;Kalliopi Droutsa;Elena Dascalaki;Simon Kontoyiannidis

  • Passive solar agricultural greenhouses: A worldwide classification and evaluation of technologies and systems used for heating purposes

    M. Santamouris;C.A. Balaras;E. Dascalaki;M. Vallindras

  • Use of buried pipes for energy conservation in cooling of agricultural greenhouses

    M. Santamouris;G. Mihalakakou;C.A. Balaras;A. Argiriou

  • Comparison of methodologies for tmy generation using 20 years data for Athens, Greece

    A. Argiriou;S. Lykoudis;S. Kontoyiannidis;C.A. Balaras

  • Energy conservation and retrofitting potential in Hellenic hotels

    M. Santamouris;C.A. Balaras;E. Dascalaki;A. Argiriou

  • Energy efficiency of PV panels under real outdoor conditions–An experimental assessment in Athens, Greece

    Athina G. Gaglia;Spyros Lykoudis;Athanassios A. Argiriou;Constantinos A. Balaras

  • XENIOS—a methodology for assessing refurbishment scenarios and the potential of application of RES and RUE in hotels

    Elena Dascalaki;Constantinos A. Balaras

  • Data collection and analysis of the building stock and its energy performance—An example for Hellenic buildings

    Elena G. Dascalaki;Kaliopi Droutsa;Athina G. Gaglia;Simon Kontoyiannidis

  • Empirical assessment of the Hellenic non-residential building stock, energy consumption, emissions and potential energy savings

    Athina G. Gaglia;Constantinos A. Balaras;Sevastianos Mirasgedis;Elena Georgopoulou

  • Energy conservation potential, HVAC installations and operational issues in Hellenic airports

    C.A. Balaras;E. Dascalaki;A. Gaglia;K. Droutsa

  • Energy performance of buildings—EPBD in Greece

    E.G. Dascalaki;C.A. Balaras;A.G. Gaglia;K.G. Droutsa

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena G. Dascalaki
Elena G. Dascalaki National Observatory of Athens
D. N. Asimakopoulos
D. N. Asimakopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Mattheos Santamouris
Mattheos Santamouris University of New South Wales
G. Mihalakakou
G. Mihalakakou University of Patras
Pavlos Kassomenos
Pavlos Kassomenos University of Ioannina
George Kallos
George Kallos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Maria Loizidou
Maria Loizidou National Technical University of Athens

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