Umberto Berardi

18.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
282 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Umberto Berardi is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Umberto Berardi has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Building and Construction, 80 papers in Environmental Engineering and 52 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Umberto Berardi's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (110 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (65 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (50 papers). Umberto Berardi is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (110 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (65 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (50 papers). Umberto Berardi collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Italy and United States. Umberto Berardi's co-authors include Vito Albino, Rosa Maria Dangelico, Gino Iannace, Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini, Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Yupeng Wang, Shahrzad Soudian, Hashem Akbari, Zahra Jandaghian and Mohammad Taleghani 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

Umberto Berardi

265 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Smart Cities: Definitions, Dimensions, Performance, and Initiatives

2015 2.0k citations Umberto Berardi et al. profile →
State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs

2013 609 citations Umberto Berardi et al. profile →
Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery

2013 530 citations Umberto Berardi profile →
Acoustic characterization of natural fibers for sound absorption applications

2015 526 citations Umberto Berardi et al. Building and Environment profile →
A cross-country comparison of the building energy consumptions and their trends

2016 476 citations Umberto Berardi profile →
Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

2015 384 citations Umberto Berardi et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
Sustainable energy performances of green buildings: A review of current theories, implementations and challenges

2013 320 citations Umberto Berardi et al. profile →
Clarifying the new interpretations of the concept of sustainable building

2013 255 citations Umberto Berardi Sustainable Cities and Society profile →
Recent progress in natural fiber reinforced composite as sound absorber material

2024 64 citations Ebrahim Taban, Umberto Berardi et al. Journal of Building Engineering profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Umberto Berardi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umberto Berardi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Umberto Berardi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Umberto Berardi 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 Umberto Berardi. Umberto Berardi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A biomass-driven polygeneration system for electricity, cooling, and desalinated water: Exergoeconomic analysis and multi-objective optimization 2025 ·Energy Conversion and Management X ·Ehsanolah Assareh, Aminhossein Jahanbin, (unknown), (unknown), Umberto Berardi	0
2	Hydrothermal synthesis and energy saving potential of thermochromic VO2 nanocomposite window coatings in temperate North American climates 2025 ·Solar Energy ·(unknown), Umberto Berardi, Marcel Schlaf, D.V. Soldatov	2
3	Energy remuneration mechanisms for renewable energy communities: Insights from a mixed-use district 2025 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Umberto Berardi, Ursula Eicker	1
4	Croconic acid-based compounds: synthesis, structural characteristics, properties and applications of an intriguing class of functional organic materials 2025 ·Materials Advances ·(unknown), Umberto Berardi, Antonio Cardone, Maria Annunziata M. Capozzi	0
5	Reviewing numerical studies on sensible thermal energy storage in cementitious composites: report of the RILEM TC 299-TES 2025 ·Materials and Structures ·(unknown), António Caggiano, Umberto Berardi, (unknown), Jorge S. Dolado	2
6	Incorporating convective heat transfer and humidity effects in urban microclimate modeling: Should we care? 2025 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Patrick Kastner, Umberto Berardi	4
7	Coupled urban physics in microclimate modeling: Validating and enhancing simulation tools 2025 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Umberto Berardi, Brian Stone, Patrick Kastner	0
8	Impact of future climate scenarios on thermal performance and resilience of building façades: Canadian climate case study 2024 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Umberto Berardi	4
9	Acoustic and thermal performance of wood strands-rock wool-cement composite boards as eco-friendly construction materials 2024 ·Construction and Building Materials ·(unknown), Ramazan Mirzaei, Parham Soltani, Umberto Berardi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ebrahim Taban	13
10	Full-scale assessment of a liquid CsWO3-SnO2 near-infrared shielding coating and a nanoceramic WO3 photochromic window film for in-situ window retrofits 2024 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Umberto Berardi	3
11	Health-informed predictive regression for statistical-simulation decision-making in urban heat mitigation 2023 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·(unknown), Umberto Berardi, Jeffrey Wilson	3
12	Waste corn husk fibers for sound absorption and thermal insulation applications: A step towards sustainable buildings 2023 ·Journal of Building Engineering ·(unknown), Ebrahim Taban, Parham Soltani, Umberto Berardi, Ali Khavanin, (unknown)	39
13	Nano-enhanced thermal energy storage coupled to a hybrid renewable system for a high-rise zero emission building 2023 ·Energy Conversion and Management ·Reza Daneshazarian, Umberto Berardi	20
14	A cross-climate assessment of the visual and energy performance of flexible photochromic films for in-situ window retrofits 2023 ·Energy and Buildings ·(unknown), Umberto Berardi	18
15	Framework to assess climate change impact on heating and cooling energy demands in building stock: A case study of Belgium in 2050 and 2100 2023 ·Energy and Buildings ·Essam Elnagar, (unknown), Emeline Georges, Umberto Berardi, Sébastien Doutreloup, Vincent Lemort	23
16	Performance evaluation of a novel nano-enhanced phase change material for thermal energy storage applications 2023 ·Journal of Energy Storage ·Reza Daneshazarian, (unknown), (unknown), Hadis Zarrin, Umberto Berardi	15
17	Data-driven urban building energy models for the platform of Toronto 2023 ·Energy Efficiency ·(unknown), Umberto Berardi, Guglielmina Mutani	6
18	Heat and air quality related cause-based elderly mortalities and emergency visits 2022 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Jeffrey Wilson, Umberto Berardi	5
19	A data-driven approach for building energy benchmarking using the Lorenz curve 2018 ·Energy and Buildings ·Yibo Chen, Hongwei Tan, Umberto Berardi	43
20	Dynamic testing and modelling of deap push actuators 2010 ·ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) ·Umberto Berardi, B.R. Mace, Emiliano Rustighi, Rahimullah Sarban	1

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