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Panagiota Karava

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2003
Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationWind and Air Flow StudiesUrban Heat Island MitigationSmart Grid Energy ManagementEnergy Efficiency and Management

Publications

103

Citations

2,945

Est. group size

~7

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
AI-generated

Panagiota Karava's research focuses on making buildings smarter and more energy-efficient, combining building control systems, machine learning, and human behavior analysis. Her work covers topics such as automated building control using reinforcement learning, smart thermostats and heating/cooling technologies, and how people interact with energy feedback systems in homes and offices. The research aims to reduce energy use and cost in buildings while maintaining occupant comfort.

Building energy management and optimizationSmart and connected residential/office technologyAI and machine learning for building controlThermal comfort and heating/cooling systemsHuman behavior and energy feedback

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade with a peak in 2018, a dip around 2022-2024, and a recent resurgence in 2025-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 12 publications12182019: 5 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 9 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Energy and Buildings×10
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×10
  • Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University)×9
  • Building and Environment×8
  • Journal of Building Performance Simulation×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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