OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Building Services Engineering Research & Technology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Analysis of the impact of a novel cool roof on cooling performance for a low-rise prefabricated building in China	26
Performance assessment of free standing and building integrated grid connected photovoltaic system for southern part of India	20
What do we know about indoor air quality of nurseries? A review of the literature	15
Energy performance and loss analysis of 100 kWp grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic system	14
A literature review of building energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics co-simulation strategies and its implications on the accuracy of energy predictions	12
A review of approaches and applications in building stock energy and indoor environment modelling	11
A multi-objective optimization operation strategy for ice-storage air-conditioning system based on improved firefly algorithm	11
Computational fluid dynamics assessment for the thermal performance of double-skin façades in office buildings under hot climatic condition	10
Vision-based human activity recognition for reducing building energy demand	9
Evaluating the perception of thermal environment in naturally ventilated schools in a warm and humid climate in Nigeria	9
Window operation behaviour and indoor air quality during lockdown: A monitoring-based simulation-assisted study in London	9
Feasibility study to detect occupant thermal sensation using a low-cost thermal camera for indoor environments in Indonesia	9
Towards active buildings: Rating grid-servicing buildings	9
A novel hybrid Harris hawk optimization and sine cosine algorithm based home energy management system for residential buildings	8
Residential retrofit in the UK: The optimum retrofit measures necessary for effective heat pump use	8
Characterising the English school stock using a unified national on-site survey and energy database	8
A review of research on dynamic thermal comfort	8
Indoor occupancy estimation from carbon dioxide concentration using parameter estimation algorithms	8
Opportunities to decarbonize heat in the UK using Urban Wastewater Heat Recovery	7
Examining the magnitude and perception of summertime overheating in London care homes	7
Development and evaluation of a vision-based transfer learning approach for indoor fire and smoke detection	7
Associations between indoor soundscapes, building services and window opening behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown	7
A multi-objective operation strategy optimization for ice storage systems based on decentralized control structure	7
Net zero carbon: Energy performance targets for offices	6
Managing the risk of the energy performance gap in non-domestic buildings	6

Opportunities and barriers to business engagement in the UK domestic retrofit sector: An industry perspective	6
Securing Internet of Things devices by enabling Ethereum blockchain using smart contracts	5
A field study and analysis of passengers arriving at lift lobbies in social groups in multi-storey office, hotel and residential buildings	5
Measurement and rapid assessment of indoor air quality at mass gathering events to assess ventilation performance and reduce aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2	5
A holistic sequential fault detection and diagnostics framework for multiple zone variable air volume air handling unit systems	5
Research on the design and application of capillary heat exchangers for heat pumps in coastal areas	5
The effect of opening windows on the airflow distribution inside naturally ventilated residential bedrooms with ceiling fans	5
Overheating assessment in flats with glazed balconies in warm-summer humid continental climate	5
Improving indoor air quality and occupant health through smart control of windows and portable air purifiers in residential buildings	5
Effect of boiler oversizing on efficiency: a dynamic simulation study	5
Climatic zoning for the building thermal design in China's rural areas	4
Numerical simulation on year-round performance of water-flow window with different shading control modes	4
The potential for the Passive House standard in Longyearbyen – the High Arctic	4
Modelling elevator traffic with social distancing in a university classroom building	4
Analysis of the characteristics of noise from substations in buildings	4
High rise buildings stairwells pressure differential systems tests and improvement solutions	4
Perception of wellbeing in educational spaces	4
Numerical investigation of fire in the cavity of naturally ventilated double skin façade with venetian blinds	4
Numerical simulations of concealed residential sprinkler head activation time in a standard thermal response room test	4
Energy-saving potential assessment of a classroom building envelope through sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimization under different climate types	4
Solving the comfort-retrofit conundrum through post-occupancy evaluation and multi-objective optimisation	4
Towards implementing an indoor environmental quality standard in buildings: A pilot study	4
A data-driven workflow to improve energy efficient operation of commercial buildings: A review with real-world examples	4
Managing energy performance in buildings from design to operation using modelling and calibration	4
Indoor thermal environment and energy performance in a central air heating system using a heat pump for a house with underfloor space for heat distribution	3
Narrative modelling: A comparison of high and low mass dwelling solutions in Afghanistan and Peru	3
Evaluation of thermal comfort in mixed-mode buildings in temperate oceanic climates using American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers Comfort Database II	3
Ambient loop district heating and cooling networks with integrated mobility, power and interseasonal storage	3
Simulation and experimental study on the elbow pressure loss of large air duct with different internal guide vanes	3
Measuring and modeling moisture environment in underground metro stations during commissioning stage: A case study	3
Reduced multiple model predictive control of an heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system using gap metric and stability margin	3
Performance study on photovoltaic thermal building façade component in multi-energy generation during winter	3
The impact of deep learning–based equipment usage detection on building energy demand estimation	2
Full-size experimental assessment of the aerodynamic sealing of air curtains for particulate matter	2
An overheating criterion for bedrooms in temperate climates: Derivation and application	2
Our climate conditions are already changing – Should we care?	2
Methods on reflecting electricity consumption change characteristics and electricity consumption forecasting based on clustering algorithms and fuzzy matrices in buildings	2
Investigation of displacement ventilation performance under various room configurations using computational fluid dynamics simulation	2
Closed cavity façade, an innovative energy saving façade	2
Maxmaladaptation, occupant behaviour and energy performance gap	2
Residential buildings with brain-computer interface functionality: An elevator case study	2
Energy, exergy and economic assessments of the dual-mode evaporative cooler for various international climate zones	2
Passive noise control in buildings: An engineering case study of ducted systems	2
Culturable airborne fungi communities in naturally ventilated indoor spaces of old residential buildings in Poland	1
User-based fuzzy end-use modeling of indoor urban residential water demand	1
Potential carbon emissions reduction related to the recovery of unutilised waste heat	1
Using different waste as resilient layers for impact sound insulation improvement: New alternative to commercial layers?	1
Demand response with heat pumps: Practical implementation of three different control options	1
Development of a simplified calibrated building simulation model of a supermarket for proposed ECMs and control strategies impact evaluation	1
Overcoming the influence of a 2 metre long pipe offset on water flow capacity of drainage with secondary ventilation in a high-rise building	1

Frost suppression performance of an air source heat pump using sensible heat from indoor air to preheat outdoor air	1
The safe evacuation of persons from a building operating within COVID-19 restrictions	1
Temporal resolution of photovoltaic electricity production with school energy consumption: a London primary school case study	1
Comparative analysis of the whole life carbon of three construction methods of a UK-based supermarket	1
Automatic velocity measurement system applied to elevator overspeed governors	1
Static grid carbon factors – Can we do better?	1
Prediction of mould growth rate within building envelopes: development and validation of an improved model	1
Investigating the opportunity for cooling the London underground through waste heat recovery	1
Joint probability distribution of air temperature and global solar radiation for outdoor design conditions based on copula approach	1
Study of novel solar assisted heating system	1
Tracking building operational energy and carbon emissions using S-curve trajectories—a prototype tool	1
Influence of gap size between aluminium radiant sheets on the efficiency of lightweight floor heating	1
Building performance evaluation of low-energy dwellings with and without smart thermostats	1
An improvement in clash detection process by prioritizing relevance clashes using fuzzy-AHP methods	1
A parametric analysis of future climate change effects on the energy performance and carbon emissions of a Chinese prefabricated timber house	1
Development of methods to measure the potential of a plaster to regulate indoor humidity	1
Domestic heating with compact combination hybrids (gas boiler and heat pump): A simple English stock model of different heating system scenarios	1
Price structures for electricity supply and potential consequences for building services systems	1
Estimating monthly latent cooling demands	1
Study on the cooling performance of a radiative cooling-based ventilated roof for its application in buildings	1
Evaluation of new dew point evaporative cooler heat and mass exchanger designs with different geometries	1