Steve Sharples

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Steve Sharples is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Sharples has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Building and Construction, 98 papers in Environmental Engineering and 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Steve Sharples's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (97 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (67 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (35 papers). Steve Sharples is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (97 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (67 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (35 papers). Steve Sharples collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Egypt. Steve Sharples's co-authors include Hassan Radhi, Elizabeth Abigail Hathway, Mohammad Fahmy, Hanan M. Taleb, Shahin Heidari, Jiangtao Du, D.J. Oldham, Trevor J. Cox, Gemma Moore and Ben Croxford and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Steve Sharples

138 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

The interaction of rivers and urban form in mitigating the Urban Heat Island effect: A UK case study

2012 354 citations Steve Sharples et al. Building and Environment profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Steve Sharples

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Life cycle carbon and cost assessments of the retrofit to Passivhaus EnerPHit standard of suburban residential buildings in Hunan, China 2025 ·Energy and Buildings ·(unknown), (unknown), Steve Sharples	5
2	Urban geometry as a climate adaptation strategy for enhancing outdoor thermal comfort in a hot desert climate 2024 ·Frontiers of Architectural Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steve Sharples, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ghazy Abdullah Albaqawy, Ayman Ragab	9
3	Passive cooling and thermal comfort performance of Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling (PDEC) towers in a Saudi library: An on-site study 2024 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Abdelhakim Mesloub, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steve Sharples	3
4	Life cycle carbon assessment of decarbonising UK’s hard-to-treat homes: A comparative study of conventional retrofit vs EnerPHit, heat pump first vs fabric first and ecological vs petrochemical retrofit approaches 2023 ·Energy and Buildings ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steve Sharples	15
5	Integrating a passive downdraught evaporative cooling tower into a Saudi house - The impact of climatic conditions on PDEC performance 2023 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Steve Sharples, Mohammed Awad Abuhussain, Badr Saad Alotaibi, (unknown), (unknown)	11
6	A Review of Building Energy Retrofit Measures, Passive Design Strategies and Building Regulation for the Low Carbon Development of Existing Dwellings in the Hot Summer–Cold Winter Region of China 2023 ·Energies ·(unknown), Steve Sharples, (unknown)	20
7	Applying the Passivhaus standard to a terraced house in a hot and humid tropical climate – Evaluation of comfort and energy performance 2020 ·Building Services Engineering Research and Technology ·(unknown), D. H. Chow, Steve Sharples	7
8	Ground Factors and Lighting Design in an Urban Area: Daylighting and Light Pollution 2017 ·Liverpool John Moores University ·Xin Zhang, Jiangtao Du, Steve Sharples	1
9	Patient leadership: Taking patient experience to the next level? 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Steve Sharples, (unknown), (unknown)	2
10	Exploiting BIM in Energy Efficient Refurbishment 2013 ·(unknown), Steve Sharples, Sepehr Abrishami, Tuba Kocatürk	4
11	Balancing comfortable thermal & acoustic built environments in a sustainable future 2012 ·(unknown), Jian Kang, Steve Sharples, Bo Wang, Hu Du	0
12	An analysis of vertical daylight level distributions across the walls of atria 2010 ·Computers in entertainment ·Jiangtao Du, Steve Sharples	1
13	A BUILDING SIMULATION SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TO ASSESS DWELLINGS IN A NEW CAIRO DEVELOPMENT 2010 ·Proceedings of SimBuild ·(unknown), Steve Sharples	6
14	Daylight transmission of atrium roofs under overcast and partly cloudy skies 2000 ·Lighting Research & Technology ·Steve Sharples, Andrew Shea	3
15	Reduction of glazing transmittance by atmospheric pollutants 1999 ·Lighting Research & Technology ·P.R. Tregenza, (unknown), Steve Sharples	8
16	Reflectance distributions and atrium daylight levels: a model study 1999 ·Lighting Research & Technology ·Steve Sharples, (unknown)	17
17	Thermal comfort in transitional spaces in the cool season of Bangkok 1998 ·ASHRAE winter conference papers ·(unknown), Adrian Pitts, (unknown), Steve Sharples	13
18	An investigation of the thermal comfort adaptive model in a tropical upland climate 1998 ·ASHRAE winter conference papers ·(unknown), (unknown), Steve Sharples, Adrian Pitts	16
19	The training of trainers in the United Kingdom : a documentary dossier 1987 ·Steve Sharples	1
20	The Effect Of Surface Reflectance Distributions On Average DaylightFactor Values In Atrium Buildings 1970 ·WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment ·(unknown), Steve Sharples	1

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