Sara Freitas

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 827 citations indexed

About

Sara Freitas is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Building and Construction and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Freitas has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 827 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 8 papers in Building and Construction and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Sara Freitas's work include Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (7 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (4 papers). Sara Freitas is often cited by papers focused on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (7 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (4 papers). Sara Freitas collaborates with scholars based in Portugal and United States. Sara Freitas's co-authors include M.C. Brito, Cristina Catita, Paula Redweik, Christoph Reinhart, Teresa Santos, Alessandra Zanelli, María João Rodrigues, Ron Wakefield, Vasco Peixoto de Freitas and Eric Too and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Renewable Energy and Solar Energy.

In The Last Decade

Sara Freitas

17 papers receiving 793 citations

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Modelling solar potential in the urban environment: State-of-the-art review

2014 366 citations Sara Freitas, Cristina Catita et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Solar Self-Consumption and Urban Energy Vulnerability: Case Study in Lisbon 2024 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), María João Rodrigues, Paulo Ferrão, Guilherme Luz, Sara Freitas, M.C. Brito	3
2	An Artificial Intelligence‐Based Framework to Accelerate Data‐Driven Policies to Promote Solar Photovoltaics in Lisbon 2023 ·Solar RRL ·Sara Freitas, (unknown), Eduardo Silva, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
3	Characteristic Declination—A Useful Concept for Accelerating 3D Solar Potential Calculations 2021 ·Energy Technology ·M.C. Brito, (unknown), Sara Freitas	2
4	Non-cumulative only solar photovoltaics for electricity load-matching 2019 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·Sara Freitas, M.C. Brito	28
5	3D Solar Potential in the Urban Environment: A Case Study in Lisbon 2019 ·Energies ·M.C. Brito, Paula Redweik, Cristina Catita, Sara Freitas, (unknown)	55
6	BIPV Design and Performance Modelling: Tools and Methods 2019 ·(unknown), (unknown), Rebecca Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Eric Too, Ron Wakefield, Johannes Eisenlohr, (unknown), Pierluigi Bonomo, (unknown), Francesco Frontini, Alessandra Zanelli, Sara Freitas, (unknown), (unknown)	13
7	Solar façades for future cities 2019 ·Renewable energy focus ·Sara Freitas, M.C. Brito	51
8	Minimizing storage needs for large scale photovoltaics in the urban environment 2017 ·Solar Energy ·Sara Freitas, Christoph Reinhart, M.C. Brito	54
9	The importance of facades for the solar PV potential of a Mediterranean city using LiDAR data 2017 ·Renewable Energy ·M.C. Brito, Sara Freitas, (unknown), Cristina Catita, Paula Redweik	146
10	Impact of large scale PV deployment in the sizing of urban distribution transformers 2017 ·Renewable Energy ·Sara Freitas, Teresa Santos, M.C. Brito	45
11	Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for the Optimization of a PV System Arrangement 2016 ·Sara Freitas, (unknown), M.C. Brito	1
12	Obstruction Surveying Methods for PV Application in Urban Environments 2016 ·EU PVSEC ·Sara Freitas, (unknown), (unknown), M.C. Brito	3
13	Maximizing the Solar Photovoltaic Yield in Different Building Facade Layouts 2015 ·EU PVSEC ·Sara Freitas, M.C. Brito	13
14	Pv layout optimization: String tiling using a multi-objective genetic algorithm 2015 ·Solar Energy ·Sara Freitas, (unknown), M.C. Brito	28
15	Modelling solar potential in the urban environment: State-of-the-art review breakdown → 2014 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·Sara Freitas, Cristina Catita, Paula Redweik, M.C. Brito	366
16	Quantification of wind-driven rain and evaluation of façade humidification 2013 ·Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) ·Sara Freitas, Eva Barreira, Vasco Peixoto de Freitas	4
17	The Effect of Education on Age-Related Changes in Three Cognitive Domains: A Cross-Sectional Study in Primary Care 2012 ·Applied Neuropsychology Adult ·Isabel Pavão Martins, Carolina Maruta, Cláudia Silva, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sara Freitas, António Gouveia Oliveira	13

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