Ignacio Zabalza

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ignacio Zabalza is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ignacio Zabalza has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Building and Construction, 15 papers in Environmental Engineering and 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ignacio Zabalza's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (15 papers), Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (13 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (12 papers). Ignacio Zabalza is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (15 papers), Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (13 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (12 papers). Ignacio Zabalza collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Sweden. Ignacio Zabalza's co-authors include Alfonso Aranda‐Usón, Antonio Valero Capilla, Sabina Scarpellini, María Herrando, Eva Llera‐Sastresa, Alba Ramos, Christos N. Markides, David Zambrana-Vásquez, Germán Ferreira and Tove Malmqvist and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ignacio Zabalza

49 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Life cycle assessment of building materials: Comparative analysis of energy and environmental impacts and evaluation of the eco-efficiency improvement potential

2010 926 citations Ignacio Zabalza, Alfonso Aranda‐Usón et al. profile →
Life cycle assessment in buildings: State-of-the-art and simplified LCA methodology as a complement for building certification

2009 534 citations Ignacio Zabalza, Alfonso Aranda‐Usón et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ignacio Zabalza Spain	22	1.8k	1.1k	542	277	261	57	2.9k
Alfonso Aranda‐Usón Spain	29	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	351 0.6×	512 1.8×	299 1.1×	57	3.9k
Amaryllis Audenaert Belgium	27	1.6k 0.9×	909 0.8×	260 0.5×	376 1.4×	208 0.8×	102	2.7k
Marina Mistretta Italy	28	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	460 0.8×	200 0.7×	293 1.1×	66	3.3k
Ben Amor Canada	30	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	196 0.4×	304 1.1×	206 0.8×	74	2.9k
Angeliki Kylili Cyprus	23	1.1k 0.6×	491 0.4×	314 0.6×	198 0.7×	340 1.3×	41	2.3k
Ravi Prakash India	16	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	354 0.7×	141 0.5×	186 0.7×	63	2.4k
Graham Treloar Australia	26	1.7k 1.0×	2.3k 2.0×	404 0.7×	161 0.6×	107 0.4×	50	3.3k
Robert H. Crawford Australia	42	3.4k 1.9×	3.0k 2.7×	599 1.1×	459 1.7×	243 0.9×	140	5.4k
Alessio Mastrucci Austria	23	1.2k 0.7×	929 0.8×	586 1.1×	70 0.3×	325 1.2×	48	2.1k
Sonia Longo Italy	33	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	685 1.3×	118 0.4×	502 1.9×	111	3.6k

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Uche, Javier, Amaya Martínez-Gracia, Ignacio Zabalza, & Sergio Usón. (2024). Renewable Energy Source (RES)-Based Polygeneration Systems for Multi-Family Houses. Sustainability. 16(3). 945–945. 3 indexed citations

Zabalza, Ignacio, et al.. (2022). The impact of building energy codes evolution on the residential thermal demand. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 44(12). 4 indexed citations

Zabalza, Ignacio, et al.. (2019). Evaluating in-situ thermal transmittance measurement to analyze devia-tions between actual house thermal performance and modelled one by means of energy simulation software. Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scientific Electronic Library Online). 18(2). 311–322. 5 indexed citations

Bailera, Manuel, Begoña Peña, & Ignacio Zabalza. (2019). LEARNING ANALYTICS THROUGH THE DIGITAL FOOTPRINT: RESULTS FOR ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS SUBJECT. EDULEARN proceedings. 1. 5281–5288.

Zabalza, Ignacio, Begoña Peña, & Belén Zalba. (2019). YOUTUBE AS A COMPLEMENTARY LEARNING TOOL TO SUPPORT THE STUDY IN THE FIELD OF THERMAL ENGINEERING. EDULEARN proceedings. 1. 5164–5172. 1 indexed citations

Herrando, María, Alba Ramos, & Ignacio Zabalza. (2018). Cost competitiveness of a novel PVT-based solar combined heating and power system: Influence of economic parameters and financial incentives. Energy Conversion and Management. 166. 758–770. 48 indexed citations

Peña, Begoña, et al.. (2018). Aplicación del modelo de clase inversa en el campo de la Ingeniería Térmica: análisis y comparación de varios contextos. RiuNet (Politechnical University of Valencia).

Herrando, María, Alba Ramos, James Freeman, Ignacio Zabalza, & Christos N. Markides. (2018). Technoeconomic modelling and optimisation of solar combined heat and power systems based on flat-box PVT collectors for domestic applications. Energy Conversion and Management. 175. 67–85. 95 indexed citations

Aranda, Juan, et al.. (2017). Analysis of Energy Efficiency Measures and Retrofitting Solutions for Social Housing Buildings in Spain as a Way to Mitigate Energy Poverty. Sustainability. 9(10). 1869–1869. 45 indexed citations

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Zabalza, Ignacio, et al.. (2017). Evaluación de la mejora del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje mediante la integración de objetos de aprendizaje reutilizables en un curso abierto OCW. RiuNet (Politechnical University of Valencia).

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Herrando, María, James Freeman, Alba Ramos, Ignacio Zabalza, & Christos N. Markides. (2017). Energetic and economic optimisation of a novel hybrid pv-thermal system for domestic combined heating and power. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 2 indexed citations

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Peña, Begoña, et al.. (2017). PILOT EXPERIENCE FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM IN SUBJECTS OF THE FIELD OF THERMAL ENGINEERING. INTED proceedings. 1. 3601–3610. 3 indexed citations

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Oregi, Xabat, et al.. (2016). SOFIAS – Herramienta para el análisis de ciclo de vida y la calificación ambiental de edificios. Informes de la Construcción. 68(542). e151–e151. 9 indexed citations

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Zabalza, Ignacio, Begoña Peña, Eva Llera‐Sastresa, & Sergio Usón. (2016). IMPROVING THE TEACHING - LEARNING PROCESS USING EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS AS REUSABLE LEARNING OBJECTS (RLO) IN THE FIELD OF THERMAL ENGINEERING. EDULEARN proceedings. 5 indexed citations

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Herrando, María, et al.. (2016). Energy Performance Certification of Faculty Buildings in Spain: The gap between estimated and real energy consumption. Energy Conversion and Management. 125. 141–153. 121 indexed citations

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Zabalza, Ignacio, et al.. (2013). Methodological aspects and design implications to achieve life cycle low emission buildings. A case study: LCA of a new university building. Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre). 55(1). 87–102. 4 indexed citations

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Aranda‐Usón, Alfonso, Germán Ferreira, David Zambrana-Vásquez, Ignacio Zabalza, & Eva Llera‐Sastresa. (2013). Environmental-benefit analysis of two urban waste collection systems. The Science of The Total Environment. 463-464. 72–77. 33 indexed citations

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Aranda‐Usón, Alfonso, Germán Ferreira, Ana M. López-Sabirón, María Dolores Mainar-Toledo, & Ignacio Zabalza. (2012). Phase change material applications in buildings: An environmental assessment for some Spanish climate severities. The Science of The Total Environment. 444. 16–25. 47 indexed citations

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Zabalza, Ignacio, et al.. (2006). Feasibility analysis of fuel cells for combined heat and power systems in the tertiary sector. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 32(10-11). 1396–1403. 19 indexed citations

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Aranda‐Usón, Alfonso, Ignacio Zabalza, & Sabina Scarpellini. (2005). Economic and environmental analysis of the wine bottle production in Spain by means of life cycle assessment. International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology. 4(2). 178–178. 46 indexed citations

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