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Patrik Thollander

Patrik Thollander

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
43
Citations
8134
World Ranking
6100
National Ranking
48

Overview

Patrik Thollander is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and specializes in research spanning engineering and energy fields. Their academic work predominantly focuses on renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental aspects related to building and manufacturing sectors.

The main fields of study for their research include:

  • Engineering
  • Energy

Within these fields, they have concentrated on subfields such as:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Building and Construction
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Patrik Thollander's research topics cover a range of areas, particularly:

  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Life Cycle Costing Analysis
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure

Their recent papers illustrate this focus and include:

  • Contribution of prioritized urban nature-based solutions allocation to carbon neutrality (2023) - Nature Climate Change
  • Drivers and barriers to the implementation of biogas technologies in Bangladesh (2020) - Biofuels
  • Do energy efficiency networks help reduce barriers to energy efficiency? - A case study of a regional Swedish policy program for industrial SMEs (2021) - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Knowledge demands for energy management in manufacturing industry - A systematic literature review (2022) - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Barriers to implementation of energy-efficient technologies in building construction projects - Results from a Swedish case study (2022) - Resources Environment and Sustainability

Frequent publication venues where Patrik Thollander has contributed include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energies
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Resources Environment and Sustainability
  • Energy Reports

Among frequent collaborators, notable co-authors are:

  • Patrik Rohdin
  • Johan Wollin
  • Jakob Rosenqvist
  • Magnus Karlsson
  • Mariana Andrei

Best Publications

  • Barriers to and driving forces for energy efficiency in the non-energy intensive manufacturing industry in Sweden

    Patrik Rohdin;Patrik Thollander

  • Energy management in industry – a systematic review of previous findings and an integrative conceptual framework

    Mike Schulze;Henrik Nehler;Mikael Ottosson;Patrik Thollander

  • Barriers to and drivers for energy efficiency in the Swedish foundry industry

    Patrik Rohdin;Patrik Thollander;Petter Solding

  • Extending the Energy efficiency gap

    Sandra Backlund;Patrik Thollander;Jenny Palm;Mikael Ottosson

  • Energy policies for increased industrial energy efficiency : Evaluation of a local energy programme for manufacturing SMEs

    Patrik Thollander;Maria Danestig;Patrik Rohdin

  • An energy efficient Swedish pulp and paper industry – exploring barriers to and driving forces for cost-effective energy efficiency investments

    Patrik Thollander;Mikael Ottosson

  • Energy management practices in Swedish energy-intensive industries

    Patrik Thollander;Mikael Ottosson

  • Barriers to industrial energy efficiency in foundries: a European comparison

    Andrea Trianni;Enrico Cagno;Patrik Thollander;Sandra Backlund

  • Empirical investigation of barriers and drivers to the adoption of energy conservation measures, energy management practices and energy services in the Swedish iron and steel industry

    Jean-Christian Brunke;Maria Johansson;Patrik Thollander

  • Beyond barriers - A case study on driving forces for improved energy efficiency in the foundry industries in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Sweden

    Patrik Thollander;Sandra Backlund;Andrea Trianni;Enrico Cagno

  • An interdisciplinary perspective on industrial energy efficiency

    Jenny Palm;Patrik Thollander

  • Improving Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Barriers, Energy Audits, Energy Management, Policies, and Programs

    Patrik Thollander;Jenny Palm

  • Barriers to and driving forces for industrial energy efficiency improvements in African industries – a case study of Ghana's largest industrial area

    Raphael Wentemi Apeaning;Patrik Thollander

  • A review of barriers to and driving forces for improved energy efficiency in Swedish industry– Recommendations for successful in-house energy management

    Maria T. Johansson;Patrik Thollander

  • Specific Energy Consumption/Use (SEC) in Energy Management for Improving Energy Efficiency in Industry: Meaning, Usage and Differences

    Akvile Lawrence;Patrik Thollander;Mariana Andrei;Magnus Karlsson

  • Categorizing Barriers to Energy Efficiency – an Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Patrik Thollander;Jenny Palm;Patrik Rohdin

  • An energy efficiency program for Swedish industrial small- and medium-sized enterprises

    Patrik Thollander;Erik Dotzauer

  • Reducing industrial energy costs through energy-efficiency measures in a liberalized European electricity market: : case study of a Swedish iron foundry

    Patrik Thollander;Magnus Karlsson;Mats Söderström;Dan Creutz

  • Optimization as investment decision support in a Swedish medium-sized iron foundry – A move beyond traditional energy auditing

    Patrik Thollander;Nawzad Mardan;Magnus Karlsson

  • Impact after three years of the Swedish energy audit program

    Sandra Backlund;Patrik Thollander

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Cagno
Enrico Cagno Polytechnic University of Milan
Bahram Moshfegh
Bahram Moshfegh Linköping University
Tomohiko Sakao
Tomohiko Sakao Linköping University
Jan Olhager
Jan Olhager Lund University
Thore Berntsson
Thore Berntsson Chalmers University of Technology
Lars Witell
Lars Witell Karlstad University
Christian Kowalkowski
Christian Kowalkowski Linköping University
Ou Tang
Ou Tang Linköping University

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