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Prof. Antonio Manuel Peña García
Associate Editor
University of Granada
Brief Bio
Antonio Peña-García is Full Professor of Lighting Technology at the University of Granada (Spain), and Director of the Research Group “Lighting Technology for Safety and Sustainability”. He holds a Ph.D. and Ms.C. in Physics, as well as a Diploma in High Studies of National Defence by CESEDEN (Spanish Ministry of Defence). Among other merits, Prof. Peña-García has been included in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” published by Stanford University (category ENERGY) in its 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023 editions. He is author of more than 100 papers and communications in the most prestigious indexed journals and international congresses and directed several doctoral theses. He has been PI of numerous projects of research and transfer of knowledge, and is reviewer of public projects for various Governments and international Bodies. Concerning his international profile, Antonio Peña-García has been granted as visiting professor by “Sapienza” University (Rome, Italy) for 3 months, and AGH University (Cracow, Poland), where he stayed 3 weeks. He has been also ERASMUS+ professor at the Hellenic Open University (Athens, Greece), Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal) and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal). His main research topics are the strategies to increase safety and decrease of energy consumption and environmental impact of tunnel lighting, and the influence of lighting on human safety and well-being.
Research areas
- Lighting
- Daylighting in road tunnels
- Impact of lighting on people's safety and well-being
Affiliations
Professor
University of Granada
ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Campus Fuentenueva, Granada, Spain
Email: pgarcia@ugr.es
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Publications
Reviewing the parameters that affect sustainability and energy efficient concepts in road and urban lighting design
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production
Published: 2025
New Perspectives on Lighting
Journal: Sustainability
Published: 2024
Scaled hillsides to decrease the energy consumption of lighting installations in road tunnels
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2024
The Basic Process of Lighting as Key Factor in the Transition towards More Sustainable Urban Environments
Journal: Sustainability
Published: 2024
Daylighting of road tunnels through external ground-based light-pipes and complex reflective geometry
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2023
Sustainable tunnel lighting: One decade of proposals, advances and open points
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2022
Automotive Lighting Systems Based on Luminance/Intensity Grids: A Proposal Based on Real-Time Monitoring and Control for Safer Driving
Journal: CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua
Published: 2021
Comparative study of energy-savings for various control strategies in the tunnel lighting system
Journal: Applied Sciences
Published: 2021
Influence of Groves on Daylight Conditions and Visual Performance of Users of Urban Civil Infrastructures
Journal: Sustainability
Published: 2021
Optimizing lighting of rural roads and protected areas with white light: a compromise among light pollution, energy saving and visibility
Journal: LEUKOS
Published: 2020
Installation of solar panels in the surroundings of tunnel portals: a double-targeted strategy to decrease lighting requirements and consumption
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2020
The perspective of Total Lighting as a key factor to increase the Sustainability of strategic activities
Journal: Sustainability
Published: 2020
Influence of lighting colour temperature on indoor thermal perception: a strategy to save energy from the HVAC installations
Journal: Energy and Buildings
Published: 2019
Decrease of the Maximum Speed in Highway Tunnels as a Measure to Foster Energy Savings and Sustainability
Journal: Energies
Published: 2019
Optical coupling of grouped tunnels to decrease the energy and materials consumption of their lighting installations
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2019
The impact of lighting on drivers well-being and safety in very long underground roads: new challenges for new infrastructures
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2018
The Use of Led Technology and Biomass to Power Public Lighting in a Local Context: The Case of Baeza (Spain)
Journal: Energies
Published: 2018
Determination of lighting and energy demands of road tunnels using vehicle based photographs of the portal gates: an accessible and safe tool for tunnel renewal and maintenance
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2018
Proposal to forest Alpine tunnels surroundings to enhance energy savings from the lighting installations. Towards a standard procedure
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2018
Proposal to foster sustainability through circular economy-based engineering: a profitable chain from Waste Management to Tunnel Lighting
Journal: Sustainability
Published: 2017
Use of Natural Light vs. Cold LED Lighting in Installations for the Recovery of Victims of Gender Violence: Impact on Energy Consumption and Victims' Recovery
Journal: Sustainability
Published: 2017
A prIloposal for evaluation of energy consumption and sustainability of road tunnels: the sustainability vector
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2017
The SLT equation: a tool to predict and evaluate energy savings in road tunnels with sunlight systems
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2017
Indoor Lighting Techniques: an overview of evolution and new trends for energy saving
Journal: Energy and Buildings
Published: 2017
Proposal for Sustainable Dynamic Lighting in Sport Facilities to Decrease Violence among Spectators
Journal: Sustainability 8
Published: 2016
Use of sunlight in road tunnels: An approach to the improvement of light-pipes’ efficacy through heliostats
Journal: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Published: 2016