Chris Bales

2.4k total citations
106 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Chris Bales is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Building and Construction and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Bales has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 56 papers in Building and Construction and 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chris Bales's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (56 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (41 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (23 papers). Chris Bales is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (56 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (41 papers) and Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications (23 papers). Chris Bales collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Austria and Switzerland. Chris Bales's co-authors include Viktoria Martin, Johan Heier, Tomas Persson, Pei Huang, Xingxing Zhang, Michel Haller, Marcus Gustafsson, Marco Lovati, F. Fiedler and Wolfgang Streicher and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

Chris Bales

97 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris Bales Sweden 23 952 857 725 506 196 106 1.9k
Carlo Roselli Italy 29 855 0.9× 780 0.9× 1.5k 2.0× 658 1.3× 134 0.7× 94 2.3k
Маттиа Де Роса Italy 23 862 0.9× 739 0.9× 515 0.7× 783 1.5× 339 1.7× 55 2.0k
Cesare Forzano Italy 26 667 0.7× 579 0.7× 360 0.5× 609 1.2× 324 1.7× 56 1.7k
Jan-Olof Dalenbäck Sweden 20 899 0.9× 714 0.8× 446 0.6× 539 1.1× 265 1.4× 89 1.5k
Xiaoqiang Zhai China 28 474 0.5× 786 0.9× 1.3k 1.8× 462 0.9× 263 1.3× 62 2.2k
Hatef Madani Sweden 19 874 0.9× 768 0.9× 544 0.8× 748 1.5× 158 0.8× 62 1.6k
Syed Ihtsham Ul-Haq Gilani Malaysia 20 474 0.5× 502 0.6× 694 1.0× 246 0.5× 201 1.0× 92 1.5k
X.Q. Zhai China 29 856 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.6k 2.3× 400 0.8× 231 1.2× 40 2.3k
Maria Vicidomini Italy 33 627 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 2.1× 236 1.2× 96 2.9k
Ala Hasan Finland 30 1.8k 1.9× 1000 1.2× 1.3k 1.7× 915 1.8× 586 3.0× 79 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Bales

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Bales

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Andersen, Martin, Chris Bales, & Jan-Olof Dalenbäck. (2024). Techno-economics of solar re-powering and retro-fitting an existing district heating network. Energy Conversion and Management X. 24. 100799–100799. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fan, Chris Bales, & Hasan Fleyeh. (2021). Feature Augmentation of Classifiers Using Learning Time Series Shapelets Transformation for Night Setback Classification of District Heating Substations. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2021(1). 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Pei, Marco Lovati, Xingxing Zhang, & Chris Bales. (2020). A coordinated control to improve performance for a building cluster with energy storage, electric vehicles, and energy sharing considered. Applied Energy. 268. 114983–114983. 69 indexed citations
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Gustafsson, Marcus, Alessandro Bellini, Roberto Fedrizzi, et al.. (2017). Economic and environmental analysis of energy renovation packages for European office buildings. Energy and Buildings. 148. 155–165. 61 indexed citations
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Gustafsson, Marcus, et al.. (2016). Techno-economic analysis of energy renovation measures for a district heated multi-family house. Applied Energy. 177. 108–116. 48 indexed citations
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Andersen, Martin, Chris Bales, & Jan-Olof Dalenbäck. (2016). Techno-Economic Analysis of Solar Options for a Block Heating System. Dalarna University College Electronic Archive. 1 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris, et al.. (2014). Simulation study of cascade heat pump for solar combisystems. Dalarna University College Electronic Archive. 1 indexed citations
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Haller, Michel, et al.. (2013). Dynamic whole system testing of combined renewable heating systems – The current state of the art. Energy and Buildings. 66. 667–677. 33 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris, et al.. (2012). Optimization Design of Solar Heating System for Public Bathrooms in the Countryside. Energy Procedia. 17. 112–118. 2 indexed citations
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Heier, Johan, Chris Bales, & Viktoria Martin. (2012). Thermal energy storage in Swedish single family houses - a case study. Dalarna University College Electronic Archive. 5 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris, et al.. (2011). Highly reflective coatings for interior and exterior steel cladding and the energy efficiency of buildings. Applied Energy. 88(12). 4655–4666. 40 indexed citations
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Haller, Michel, et al.. (2010). A unified model for the simulation of oil, gas and biomass space heating boilers for energy estimating purposes. Part I: Model development. Journal of Building Performance Simulation. 4(1). 1–18. 25 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris & Osama Ayadi. (2009). Modelling of a Commercial Absorption Heat Pump with Integral Storage. Dalarna University College Electronic Archive. 13 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris. (2006). Solar Cooling and Storage with the Thermo-Chemical Accumulator. 1 indexed citations
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Fiedler, F., et al.. (2004). Heat losses and thermal performance of commercial combined solar and pellet heating systems. Indian Dermatology Online Journal. 11(3). 438–439. 3 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris. (2002). Thermal Store Testing-Evaluation of Test Methods. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris. (2002). Combitest - Initial Development of the AC/DC Test Method. 1 indexed citations
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Bales, Chris. (2001). PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION MANUAL FOR TRNSYS MODELS AT SERC. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Klaus, Chris Bales, & Tomas Persson. (2000). Evaluation of Solar Thermal Combisystems for the Swedish Climate. 8 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Klaus, et al.. (1998). Variation of System Performance with Design and Climate for Combisystems in Sweden. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations

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