N. Aste

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

N. Aste is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Aste has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Building and Construction, 49 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 27 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in N. Aste's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (56 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (34 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (25 papers). N. Aste is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (56 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (34 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (25 papers). N. Aste collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Iran and Algeria. N. Aste's co-authors include Claudio Del Pero, Fabrizio Leonforte, Massimiliano Manfren, Michela Buzzetti, R.S. Adhikari, Adriana Angelotti, Harold Enrique Huerto-Cardenas, Paola Caputo, Monica Lavagna and Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

N. Aste

119 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Smart buildings features and key performance indicators: A review

2020 270 citations Claudio Del Pero, N. Aste et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. Aste Italy	35	2.0k	1.6k	1.0k	864	577	123	4.0k
Claudio Del Pero Italy	30	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	785 0.8×	466 0.5×	416 0.7×	104	2.9k
Paolo Maria Congedo Italy	36	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	675 0.8×	538 0.9×	115	3.7k
Fabrizio Leonforte Italy	28	962 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	613 0.6×	419 0.5×	370 0.6×	80	2.4k
Fabrizio Ascione Italy	42	4.4k 2.3×	1.2k 0.8×	566 0.6×	2.2k 2.6×	966 1.7×	148	5.5k
Giuseppina Ciulla Italy	33	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	565 0.7×	424 0.7×	68	3.1k
Giuseppe Peter Vanoli Italy	42	4.0k 2.0×	1.0k 0.7×	543 0.5×	2.0k 2.3×	1.7k 2.9×	189	6.1k
Christine Pout United Kingdom	8	3.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	1.2k 2.0×	8	5.1k
José Ortiz United Kingdom	7	4.1k 2.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	1.3k 2.2×	8	5.7k
Luis Pérez‐Lombard Spain	16	4.5k 2.3×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 2.2×	1.4k 2.5×	21	6.5k
Liu Yang China	37	3.8k 1.9×	725 0.5×	489 0.5×	2.5k 2.9×	847 1.5×	107	5.0k

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Aste, N., et al.. (2024). The role of photovoltaic technology in achieving net zero energy target in residential buildings. Energy Strategy Reviews. 55. 101543–101543. 13 indexed citations

Huerto-Cardenas, Harold Enrique, et al.. (2024). Examining the role of the superbonus 110% incentive in Italy through analyses of two residential buildings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 546. 2007–2007. 1 indexed citations

Pero, Claudio Del, et al.. (2024). Assessing the performance of smart buildings and smart retrofit interventions through key performance indicators: Defining minimum performance thresholds. Energy and Buildings. 325. 114988–114988. 2 indexed citations

Pero, Claudio Del, et al.. (2023). Machine learning for performance prediction in smart buildings: Photovoltaic self-consumption and life cycle cost optimization. Applied Energy. 334. 120648–120648. 29 indexed citations

Adhikari, R.S., et al.. (2023). Photovoltaics in Circular Economy: Future PV Waste Projections for Different Scenarios. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 903–910. 1 indexed citations

Cattaneo, Gianluca, Alessandro Virtuani, N. Aste, et al.. (2023). Design and testing of a demonstrative BIPV façade manufactured with novel glass-free colored lightweight PV modules. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 657–662.

Huerto-Cardenas, Harold Enrique, et al.. (2023). Effects of Visitor Influx on the Indoor Climate of the Milan Cathedral. Atmosphere. 14(4). 743–743. 4 indexed citations

Osterman, Eneja, et al.. (2023). Phase-Change Material Thermal Energy Storage for the Smart Retrofitting of Existing Buildings. Energies. 16(17). 6127–6127. 2 indexed citations

Lavagna, Monica, et al.. (2023). Towards Sustainability Assessment of the Built Environment: A Classification of the Existing Challenges. Sustainability. 15(15). 12055–12055. 2 indexed citations

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Aste, N., Claudio Del Pero, Fabrizio Leonforte, & R.S. Adhikari. (2023). PV ratio for deep renovation. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 416–421.

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Aste, N., et al.. (2020). A renewable energy scenario for a new low carbon settlement in northern Italy: Biomass district heating coupled with heat pump and solar photovoltaic system. Energy. 206. 118091–118091. 82 indexed citations

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Huerto-Cardenas, Harold Enrique, Fabrizio Leonforte, Claudio Del Pero, et al.. (2020). Impact of moisture buffering effect in the calibration of historical buildings energy models: a case study. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems. 9(3). 1–16. 1 indexed citations

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Aste, N., S. Della Torre, Claudio Del Pero, et al.. (2017). Church heating: Comparison of different strategies. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 519–524. 1 indexed citations

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Osello, Anna, et al.. (2015). BIM and interoperability for energy simulations. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 3 indexed citations

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Aste, N., et al.. (2014). Performance analysis of a large-area luminescent solar concentrator module. Renewable Energy. 76. 330–337. 65 indexed citations

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Adhikari, R.S., et al.. (2012). Energy Savings through Variable Speed Compressor Heat Pump Systems. Energy Procedia. 14. 1337–1342. 34 indexed citations

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Aste, N., R.S. Adhikari, & Claudio Del Pero. (2011). Photovoltaic powered distributed generation development in the italian context. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 769–773. 2 indexed citations

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Aste, N., Adriana Angelotti, & Michela Buzzetti. (2009). The influence of the external walls thermal inertia on the energy performance of well insulated buildings. Energy and Buildings. 41(11). 1181–1187. 250 indexed citations

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Aste, N., et al.. (2007). Design, development and performance monitoring of a photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) air collector. Renewable Energy. 33(5). 914–927. 136 indexed citations

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Butera, Federico, et al.. (2007). Solar Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermal (PVT) Fa栤e for Heating, Cooling and Electricity Generation. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 8. 766–769. 6 indexed citations

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