Publications

2023

UNEP Cool Coalition, , and Nihar Shah."Keeping it chill: How to meet cooling demand, while cutting emissions." (2023). DOI
Dreyfus, Gabrielle, Max Wei, Nihar Shah, and Kristen Taddonio."Ambitious Replenishment of the Multilateral Fund for Implementation of the Montreal Protocol Delivers High Impact Climate Benefits at Low Cost." (2023).
Park, Won Young, Nihan Karali, Peng Peng, Sunhee Baik, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran."Model Quality and Performance Guidelines for Off-Grid Refrigerating Appliances." (2023).
Wei, Max, Chao Ding, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Ceiling Fans." (2023).
Dhawan, Vibha, Nihar Shah, Gabrielle Dreyfus, Durwood Zaelke, Zerin Osho, Amelia Murphy, and Sanjay Seth."Low Carbon Development Pathways for Cooling: Leveraging Kigali Amendment Across Residential Applications." (2023).

2022

Khanna, Nina, Chao Ding, Won Young Park, Nihan Karali, and Nihar Shah."International review of market trends, technologies and policies for commercial refrigeration equipment and implications for China." (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).
Karali, Nihan, and Nihar Shah."Bolstering supplies of critical raw materials for low-carbon technologies through circular economy strategies."Energy Research & Social Science 88 (2022). DOI

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, Chao Ding, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Commercial Refrigeration Equipment." (2021).
Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Tabeel A. Jacob, Chao Ding, Nihan Karali, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Supporting Information." (2021).
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
Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Virginie E. Letschert, and Patrick Blake."Harmonizing Energy-Efficiency Standards for Room Air Conditioners in Southeast Asia." (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.." (2021).
Park, Won Young, Nihar Shah, Patrick Blake, and Madeleine Edl."Technical Note on Quality and Performance Metrics of Cooling Products for East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC)." (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

Shah, Nihar, EE Task Force, and UNEP TEAP."Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel, Volume 2 Decision XXXI/7 - Continued Provision of Information on Energy-Efficient and Low Global Warming Potential Technologies."UNEP Report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Pane (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
Letschert, Virginie E., Sarah K. Price, Ambereen Shaffie, Won Young Park, Nihan Karali, Nikit Abhyankar, Nihar Shah, and Ari Darmawan Pasek."Accelerating the Transition to More Energy Efficient Air Conditioners in Indonesia." (2020).
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).
Phadke, Amol A., Nihar Shah, Jiang Lin, Won Young Park, Yongsheng Zhang, Durwood Zaelke, Chao Ding, and Nihan Karali."Chinese policy leadership would cool global air conditioning impacts: Looking East."Energy Research & Social Science 66 (2020) 101570. DOI