Prof. Antonio Manuel Peña García

Brief Bio

Dr. Antonio Peña-García is a full Professor of Lighting Technology at the Department of Civil Engineering (University of Granada, Spain), and Director of the Research Group “Lighting Technology for Safety and Sustainability”, which he founded in 2012. Before joining the University, he was Responsible for Regulation & Homologation in the Lighting System Branch of Valeo Group in Spain. 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 and 2020 editions. He has published more than 100 papers and communications on Lighting and its applications in the most prestigious indexed journals and international congresses, he has been PI of numerous projects of research and transfer of knowledge, and directed four doctoral thesis. In 2018 he was selected in the Visiting Professor call of Sapienza University of Rome, where he stayed at the "Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale" during three months. Prof. Peña-García has been also ERASMUS+ professor at Open Hellenic, Porto and Vila Real Universities. His main research topics are the decrease of energy consumption and environmental impact in 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
Tel: +34 653331019
Website:

Publications

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