Publications: Air Conditioners

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2023

Coalition, UNEP Cool, and Nihar Shah."Keeping it chill: How to meet cooling demand, while cutting emissions." (2023). DOI
Letschert, Virginie E, Shreya Agarwal, Stephane de la Rue du Can, and Won Young Park."Cost-Benefit Analysis for Air Conditioner in Tunisia." (2023).

2022

Shaffie, Ambereen, Nihar Shah, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Moustafa Al-Sammany, Brian Holuj, and Leon Becker."Cooling Egypt: Cost and benefits of room air conditioner efficiency improvement in Egypt." (2022).
Park, Won Young, and Nihar Shah."Assessment of Seasonal Energy Performance for Room Air Conditioners in Multiple Climates." (2022).
Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Kenji Shiraishi, and Edward L Vine."Improving energy performance metrics to maximize the benefits of disruptive technologies."Energy Research & Social Science 89 (2022). DOI
Shah, Nihar, and UNEP TEAP."Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Vol. 3, Decision XXXIII/5." 3 (2022).

2021

Jacob, Tabeel A, Nihar Shah, and Won Young Park."Evaluation of hybrid evaporative-vapor compression air conditioners for different global climates."Energy Conversion and Management 249 (2021). DOI
Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Edward L Vine, Patrick Blake, Brian Holuj, James Hyungkwan Kim, and Dae Hoon Kim."Ensuring the climate benefits of the Montreal Protocol: Global governance architecture for cooling efficiency and alternative refrigerants."Energy Research & Social Science Volume 76 (2021). DOI
Shah, Nihar, EE Task Force, and UNEP TEAP."Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer report of the technology and economic assesment panel volume 4: decision XXXI/7 - continued provision of information on energy-efficient and low-global-warming-potential technologies.." (2021).
Shah, Nihar, Won Young Park, and Chao Ding."Trends in best-in-class energy-efficient technologies for room air conditioners."Energy Reports 7 (2021) 3162 - 3170. DOI

2020

Karali, Nihan, Chao Ding, Won Young Park, Nihar Shah, and Jiang Lin."Energy-Efficiency Improvement Potential of Multi-split Air Conditioning Systems in China." (2020).
Purohit, Pallav, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, John Dulac, Nihar Shah, Max Wei, Peter Rafaj, and Wolfgang Schöpp."Electricity savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions from global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons."Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20.19 (2020) 11305 - 11327. DOI
Dreyfus, G, N Borgford-Parnell, J Christensen, D.W Fahey, B Motherway, T Peters, R Picolotti, Nihar Shah, Y Xu, M Molina, and D Zaelke."Assessment of Climate and Development Benefits of Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling." (2020).

2019

Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, Noah Horowitz, and Alex Hillbrand."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners." (2019).
Shah, Nihar, EE Task Force, and UNEP TEAP."Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Volume 3: Decision XXX/5 Task Force Final Report on Cost and Availability of Low-GWP Technologies/Equipment that Maintain/Enhance Energy Efficiency."UNEP Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 3 (2019).
Shah, Nihar, EE Task Force, and UNEP TEAP."Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Volume 4: Decision XXX/3 Task Force Report on Cost and Availability of Low-GWP Technologies/Equipment that Maintain/Enhance Energy Efficiency (Advance Copy)."UNEP Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 4 (2019).
Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Chao Ding, and Yi Qu."Challenges and Recommended Policies for Simultaneous Global Implementation of Low-GWP Refrigerants and High Efficiency in Room Air Conditioners." (2019).

2018

Shah, Nihar, Scientific Assessment Panel, and et al."Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018 - Report and Executive Summary."Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project (2018).
Shah, Nihar, EE Task Force, and UNEP TEAP."Decision XXIX/10 Task Force Report on Issues Related to Energy Efficiency While Phasing Down Hydrofluorocarbons."UNEP Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel 5 (2018).

2017

Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, and Brian F Gerke."Assessment of commercially available energy-efficient room air conditioners including models with low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants." (2017).
Shah, Nihar, Nina Khanna, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Yi Qu, and Nan Zhou."Opportunities for Simultaneous Efficiency Improvement and Refrigerant Transition in Air Conditioning." (2017).
Shah, Nihar, Dietram Oppelt, Ana Maria Carreno, and Nicole Kearney."Accelerating the Global Adoption of Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners."U4E Policy Guide Series (2017).

2016

Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Won Young Park, Amol A Phadke, Saurabh Diddi, Deepanshu Ahuja, P.K Mukherjee, and Archana Walia."Cost-Benefit of Improving the Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners (Inverter and Fixed Speed) in India." (2016).

2015

Shah, Nihar, Max Wei, Virginie E Letschert, and Amol A Phadke."Benefits of Leapfrogging to Superefficiency and Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants in Room Air Conditioning." (2015).
Shah, Nihar, Nikit Abhyankar, Amol A Phadke, and Girish Ghatikar."Considerations in Standardization for Demand Response Ready Air Conditioners in India."India Smart Grid Week 2015 (2015).