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Building energy efficiency and sustainability

Building energy efficiency and sustainability is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 5.1k research works in it since 1953. 2.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to energy efficiency in building construction, including sustainable architecture, fire resistance, thermal insulation, renovation management, environmental engineering, precast residential buildings, ventilation systems, and urban renewal.

  • Energy Efficiency
  • Building Construction
  • Sustainable Architecture
  • Fire Resistance
  • Thermal Insulation
  • Renovation Management
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Precast Residential Buildings
  • Ventilation Systems
  • Urban Renewal
Research works
5.1k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
149
per year above
Top-10% rate
2.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-55%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Building energy efficiency and sustainability research?

By volume, Poland and Russia publish the most (260 and 18 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 260 works
  2. 2 Russia 18 works
  3. 3 Slovakia 14 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 12 works
  5. 5 Romania 12 works
  6. 6 Czechia 10 works
  7. 7 United States 9 works
  8. 8 China 6 works
  9. 9 Germany 5 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 5 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Poland: 74.3%Russia: 5.1%Slovakia: 3.9%Ukraine: 3.5%6 others listed: 13.1%74%largest
Poland260 · 74.3%Russia18 · 5.1%Slovakia14 · 3.9%Ukraine12 · 3.5%6 others listed46 · 13.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Building energy efficiency and sustainability research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Wrocław University of Science and Technology publishes the most Building energy efficiency and sustainability research, followed by Silesian University of Technology and Poznań University of Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wrocław University of Science and Technology Poland 29 works
  2. 2 Silesian University of Technology Poland 22 works
  3. 3 Poznań University of Technology Poland 13 works
  4. 4 Warsaw University of Technology Poland 11 works
  5. 5 Lublin University of Technology Poland 11 works
  6. 6 Kielce University of Technology Poland 11 works
  7. 7 Bialystok University of Technology Poland 11 works
  8. 8 Lodz University of Technology Poland 10 works
  9. 9 AGH University of Krakow Poland 8 works
  10. 10 University of Zielona Góra Poland 7 works

Where is Building energy efficiency and sustainability research done?

The largest centres of Building energy efficiency and sustainability research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Wrocław (Poland), Krakow (Poland) and Gliwice (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gliwice and Wrocław.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 43 works
  2. 2 Wrocław Poland 33 works
  3. 3 Krakow Poland 26 works
  4. 4 Gliwice Poland 22 works
  5. 5 Poznań Poland 17 works
  6. 6 Lublin Poland 15 works
  7. 7 Łódź Poland 14 works
  8. 8 Kielce Poland 11 works
  9. 9 Białystok Poland 11 works
  10. 10 Gdańsk Poland 10 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GliwicePL · 21.7 works195×
  2. WrocławPL · 32.7 works111×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Building energy efficiency and sustainability than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Building energy efficiency and sustainability?

Among universities, judged by research, AGH University of Krakow, Wrocław University of Science and Technology and Silesian University of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 4.32222%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →AGH University of Krakow: 8, 19.6%Wrocław University of Science and Technology: 29, 1.4%Silesian University of Technology: 22, 4.6%Warsaw University of Technology: 11, 5.9%Poznań University of Technology: 13, 1.3%Bialystok University of Technology: 11, 3.1%Kielce University of Technology: 11, 1.5%Lublin University of Technology: 11, 1.5%Lodz University of Technology: 10, 0.0%AGH University of Kr…Warsaw University of…Silesian University …Wrocław University o…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1AGH University of Krakow Poland 51.719.6%52.3×8 +96.8%
2Wrocław University of Science and Technology Poland 37.51.4%437.8×29 +49.6%
3Silesian University of Technology Poland 37.54.6%217.8×22 +61.9%
4Warsaw University of Technology Poland 33.95.9%109.7×11 +117.6%
5Poznań University of Technology Poland 21.51.3%212.6×13 +73.0%
6Bialystok University of Technology Poland 18.03.1%382.7×11 +56.4%
7Kielce University of Technology Poland 12.31.5%531.9×11 +49.2%
8Lublin University of Technology Poland 12.21.5%306.9×11 +11.4%
9Lodz University of Technology Poland 9.10.0%195.4×10 +19.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Building energy efficiency and sustainability research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Building energy efficiency and sustainability.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.