Aidan Duffy

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Aidan Duffy is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Aidan Duffy has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Building and Construction, 23 papers in Environmental Engineering and 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Aidan Duffy's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (23 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (12 papers). Aidan Duffy is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (23 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (12 papers). Aidan Duffy collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Aidan Duffy's co-authors include Michael Conlon, L.M. Ayompe, Fintan McLoughlin, Brian Norton, Sarah McCormack, Aritra Ghosh, Adolf Acquaye, Paul Strachan, Alan O’Connor and Robert H. Crawford and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Aidan Duffy

65 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

A clustering approach to domestic electricity load profil... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A clustering approach to domestic electricity load profile characterisation using smart metering data
    2015 377 citations Fintan McLoughlin, Aidan Duffy et al. Applied Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aidan Duffy Ireland 30 1.4k 1.2k 1.2k 881 497 68 3.6k
Paolo Maria Congedo Italy 36 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 675 0.8× 538 1.1× 115 3.7k
N. Aste Italy 35 1.6k 1.1× 2.0k 1.6× 1.0k 0.9× 864 1.0× 577 1.2× 123 4.0k
Jayanta Deb Mondol United Kingdom 30 2.1k 1.5× 677 0.6× 820 0.7× 358 0.4× 851 1.7× 92 3.4k
Somayeh Asadi United States 38 534 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 340 0.7× 175 4.4k
Yuekuan Zhou Hong Kong 44 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 2.3k 1.9× 663 0.8× 1.2k 2.4× 115 4.6k
A. Allouhi Morocco 45 2.3k 1.6× 1.0k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 662 0.8× 1.5k 2.9× 101 5.5k
Ricardo Rüther Brazil 38 1.9k 1.3× 618 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 690 0.8× 153 0.3× 160 3.7k
Y. Zéraouli France 28 1.3k 0.9× 704 0.6× 802 0.7× 268 0.3× 1.8k 3.6× 73 3.6k
Annamaria Buonomano Italy 42 1.9k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 747 0.8× 1.3k 2.7× 125 4.5k
Claudio Del Pero Italy 30 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 785 0.7× 466 0.5× 416 0.8× 104 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aidan Duffy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duffy, Aidan, et al.. (2021). Development and demonstration of an uncertainty management methodology for life cycle assessment in a tiered-hybrid case study of an Irish apartment development. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 26(5). 989–1007. 7 indexed citations
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Duffy, Aidan, et al.. (2017). The impact of power curve estimation on commercial wind power forecasts — An empirical analysis. Tuwhera (Auckland University of Technology). 8. 1–4. 12 indexed citations
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Duffy, Aidan, et al.. (2016). Statistical models to infer gas end-use efficiency in individual dwellings using smart metered data. Sustainable Cities and Society. 23. 1–10. 6 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Aritra, Brian Norton, & Aidan Duffy. (2016). First outdoor characterisation of a PV powered suspended particle device switchable glazing. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 157. 1–9. 55 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Aritra, Brian Norton, & Aidan Duffy. (2016). Effect of atmospheric transmittance on performance of adaptive SPD-vacuum switchable glazing. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 161. 424–431. 38 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Aritra, Brian Norton, & Aidan Duffy. (2016). Effect of sky clearness index on transmission of evacuated (vacuum) glazing. Renewable Energy. 105. 160–166. 43 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Aritra, Brian Norton, & Aidan Duffy. (2016). Effect of sky conditions on light transmission through a suspended particle device switchable glazing. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 160. 134–140. 35 indexed citations
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Duffy, Aidan, et al.. (2015). Assessing the Economic Benefits of Compressed Air Energy Storage for Mitigating Wind Curtailment. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 6(3). 1021–1028. 113 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Aritra, Brian Norton, & Aidan Duffy. (2015). Measured overall heat transfer coefficient of a suspended particle device switchable glazing. Applied Energy. 159. 362–369. 100 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Aritra, Brian Norton, & Aidan Duffy. (2014). Multifunctional Glazing System: Solution for Modern Smart Glazing. ARROW@Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Norton, Brian, et al.. (2014). Conceptualization of a Photovoltaic Powered Electrochromic Switching of a Multifunctional Glazing. Arrow - TU Dublin (Technological University Dublin). 2 indexed citations
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Duffy, Aidan, et al.. (2013). Achieving a holistic view of the life cycle performance of existing dwellings. Building and Environment. 70. 90–101. 48 indexed citations
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McLoughlin, Fintan, Aidan Duffy, & Michael Conlon. (2013). Evaluation of time series techniques to characterise domestic electricity demand. Energy. 50. 120–130. 84 indexed citations
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Ayompe, L.M. & Aidan Duffy. (2013). An assessment of the energy generation potential of photovoltaic systems in Cameroon using satellite-derived solar radiation datasets. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 7. 257–264. 50 indexed citations
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McLoughlin, Fintan, Aidan Duffy, & Michael Conlon. (2013). Solar photovoltaic water pumping for Multiple Use Systems (MUS) in Nepal. 5. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Acquaye, Adolf, Aidan Duffy, & Biswajit Basu. (2011). Stochastic hybrid embodied CO2-eq analysis: An application to the Irish apartment building sector. Energy and Buildings. 43(6). 1295–1303. 34 indexed citations
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McLoughlin, Fintan, Aidan Duffy, & Michael Conlon. (2011). A parametric analysis of domestic electricity consumption patterns in Ireland. 1990?2009. 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Duffy, Aidan, Fintan McLoughlin, & Michael Conlon. (2010). The Generation of Domestic Electricity Load Profiles through Markov Chain Modelling. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 28 indexed citations
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Acquaye, Adolf, Aidan Duffy, & Biswajit Basu. (2010). Embodied emissions abatement—A policy assessment using stochastic analysis. Energy Policy. 39(1). 429–441. 35 indexed citations
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Duffy, Aidan, et al.. (2010). A life cycle cost analysis of large-scale thermal energy storage technologies for buildings using combined heat and power. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations

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