Per Heiselberg

10.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
320 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Per Heiselberg is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Per Heiselberg has authored 320 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Building and Construction, 100 papers in Environmental Engineering and 55 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Per Heiselberg's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (164 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (70 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (43 papers). Per Heiselberg is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (164 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (70 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (43 papers). Per Heiselberg collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Norway. Per Heiselberg's co-authors include Anna Marszal-Pomianowska, Michal Zbigniew Pomianowski, Jérôme Le Dréau, Rasmus Lund Jensen, Hicham Johra, Yinping Zhang, Karsten Voss, Eike Musall, Heinrich Manz and Nikolai Artmann and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Per Heiselberg

299 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Zero Energy Building – A review of definitions and calculation methodologies

2010 846 citations Anna Marszal-Pomianowska, Per Heiselberg et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
Energy flexibility of residential buildings using short term heat storage in the thermal mass

2016 333 citations Per Heiselberg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Per Heiselberg Denmark	47	6.2k	3.8k	2.1k	1.6k	1.5k	320	8.6k
Zhiqiang Zhai United States	50	3.6k 0.6×	3.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	961 0.6×	807 0.5×	190	7.9k
John Kaiser Calautit United Kingdom	50	3.7k 0.6×	3.4k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	728 0.5×	238	8.5k
Runming Yao United Kingdom	43	4.9k 0.8×	3.6k 0.9×	697 0.3×	862 0.5×	822 0.5×	161	6.8k
Ryozo Ooka Japan	44	3.1k 0.5×	4.0k 1.1×	934 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	582 0.4×	304	6.9k
Bjarne W. Olesen Denmark	44	6.0k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	788 0.5×	350 0.2×	262	7.3k
T.T. Chow Hong Kong	62	4.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	2.9k 1.4×	6.0k 3.6×	2.0k 1.3×	149	10.3k
Jarek Kurnitski Estonia	38	3.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	739 0.4×	952 0.6×	553 0.4×	260	5.4k
Luis Pérez‐Lombard Spain	16	4.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	21	6.5k
Andreas Athienitis Canada	43	4.4k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	895 0.6×	234	6.5k
K.F. Fong Hong Kong	41	2.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	787 0.5×	104	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Per Heiselberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Per Heiselberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Per Heiselberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Per Heiselberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Per Heiselberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Per Heiselberg. Per Heiselberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Jensen, Rasmus Lund, et al.. (2025). AHU heat exchanger performance tracking during the building operational phase. Applied Thermal Engineering. 270. 126204–126204. 1 indexed citations

Hansen, Anders Rhiger, et al.. (2025). A mixed-method approach to understand energy-related occupant behavior and everyday practices in multi-story residential buildings. Energy and Buildings. 337. 115650–115650.

Marszal-Pomianowska, Anna, et al.. (2025). Assessment of thermal comfort at the building level: Evaluation of aggregation methods with a Danish case study of a campus building. E3S Web of Conferences. 672. 1057–1057.

Johra, Hicham, et al.. (2024). Exploring occupant detection model generalizability for residential buildings using supervised learning with IEQ sensors. Building and Environment. 254. 111319–111319. 7 indexed citations

Avramidis, Iason-Iraklis, Florin Capitanescu, Geert Deconinck, et al.. (2023). From the Humble Building to the Smart Sustainable Grid: Empowering Consumers, Nurturing Bottom-Up Electricity Markets, and Building Collaborative Power Systems. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 21(4). 53–63. 4 indexed citations

Heiselberg, Per, et al.. (2023). Thermal comfort and risk of draught with natural ventilation - assessment methods, experiences and solutions. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1 indexed citations

Marszal-Pomianowska, Anna, et al.. (2023). Influence of Temporal- and Spatial Resolutions on Building Performance Simulation Models: A Danish Residential Building Case Study. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2600(13). 132007–132007. 4 indexed citations

Mehrtash, Mahdi, Florin Capitanescu, Per Heiselberg, & Thomas Gibon. (2020). A New Bi-Objective Approach for Optimal Sizing of Electrical and Thermal Devices in Zero Energy Buildings Considering Environmental Impacts. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 12(2). 886–896. 18 indexed citations

Mehrtash, Mahdi, et al.. (2020). An Enhanced Optimal PV and Battery Sizing Model for Zero Energy Buildings Considering Environmental Impacts. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 56(6). 6846–6856. 48 indexed citations

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Guo, Rui, Per Heiselberg, & Yue Hu. (2018). A review of the performance indicators of night-time ventilation. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1 indexed citations

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Marszal-Pomianowska, Anna, Chen Zhang, Michal Zbigniew Pomianowski, et al.. (2018). Simple methodology to estimate the mean hourly and the daily profiles of domestic hot water demand from hourly total heating readings. Energy and Buildings. 184. 53–64. 44 indexed citations

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Heiselberg, Per, et al.. (2017). Evaluation tool of climate potential for ventilative cooling. International Journal of Ventilation. 17(3). 196–208. 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Yue & Per Heiselberg. (2017). Thermal performance of ventilated solar collector with energy storage containing phase change material. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1 indexed citations

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Heiselberg, Per, et al.. (2014). Measuring sustainable homes - a Mixed Methods approach. 5 indexed citations

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Brohus, Henrik, et al.. (2009). Uncertainty of Energy Consumption Assessment of Domestic Buildings. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 31–38. 28 indexed citations

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Perino, Marco & Per Heiselberg. (2003). Short Term Airing by Single Sided Natural Ventilation - Part 2: Comparison of Experimental Results and Model Predictions. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino). 2 indexed citations

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Heiselberg, Per, et al.. (2003). Short Time Airing by Single Sided Natural Ventilation – Part 1: Measurement of Transient Air Flow Rates. Thrombosis Research. 127(1). 117–124. 8 indexed citations

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Heiselberg, Per, et al.. (1996). Energy-Efficient Measures to Avoid Downdraft from Large Glazed Facades. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 101. 1127–1135. 8 indexed citations

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Heiselberg, Per. (1996). Room Air and Contaminant Distribution in Mixing Ventilation. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 102. 31 indexed citations

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Heiselberg, Per. (1994). Stratified Flow in Rooms with a Cold Vertical Wall. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 100. 4 indexed citations

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