Sustainable Space Cooling

Coalition, UNEP Cool, and Nihar Shah. Keeping it chill: How to meet cooling demand, while cutting emissions. Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, 2023.

Park, Won Young, and Nihar Shah. Assessment of Seasonal Energy Performance for Room Air Conditioners in Multiple Climates. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2022.

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. Vol. 3. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2022.

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).

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Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Chao Ding, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran. Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Commercial Refrigeration Equipment. Paris: United Nations Environment Programme – United for Efficiency initiative, 2021.

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. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2021.

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. Vol. 3. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 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). Vol. 4. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2019.

Wetter, Michael, and Jianjun Hu. Quayside Energy Systems Analysis. 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. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2019.

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.

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Abhyankar, Nikit, Nihar Shah, Won Young Park, and Amol A Phadke. Accelerating Energy Efficiency Improvements in Room Air Conditioners in India: Potential, Costs-Benefits, and Policies. 2017.

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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.

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.

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de la Rue du Can, Stephane, Greg Leventis, Nihar Shah, and Michael A McNeil. "Cooling the Growth of Air Conditioners Energy Consumption." ECEEE 2015 Summer Study on energy efficiency. Hyères, France, 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. Bangalore, India, 2015.

Shah, Nihar, Nakul Sathaye, Amol A Phadke, and Virginie E Letschert. "Efficiency improvement opportunities for ceiling fans." Energy Efficiency 8.1 (2014) 37–50.

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Phadke, Amol A, Nikit Abhyankar, and Nihar Shah. Avoiding 100 New Power Plants by Increasing Efficiency of Room Air Conditioners in India: Opportunities and Challenges. 2014.

Shah, Nihar, Paul Waide, and Amol A Phadke. Cooling the Planet: Opportunities for Deployment of Superefficient Room Air Conditioners. 2013.