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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Measuring lift door air leakage rates in modern high-rise residential buildings	22
Assessment of recent UK fire safety guidance for covered car parks and electric vehicles	20
Numerical investigation of fire in the cavity of naturally ventilated double skin façade with venetian blinds	19
Corrigendum to “CIBSE TM54 energy projections I: A case study using quasi-steady statemodelling”	17
Preparation and performance study of a novel radiant panel for thermal and cooling storage with phase change materials	17
Practical Applications	16
Prediction of mould growth rate within building envelopes: development and validation of an improved model	16
Implementation of new high-rise building staircase pressure differential system improvements	13
A data-driven workflow to improve energy efficient operation of commercial buildings: A review with real-world examples	13
Evaluating UKCP18-Based weather files for overheating assessment using building simulation: A case study for a flat in london	12
Streamlining life cycle assessment for complex Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing products – Lessons from lighting	12
Evaluating whole life carbon impact of climate control systems in net-zero building designs	12
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	11
Practical applications	10
The effect of opening windows on the airflow distribution inside naturally ventilated residential bedrooms with ceiling fans	9
Investigation of the fire hazard of underground space fire scenarios in urban metro tunnels under natural ventilation: Analysis of the impact of tunnel slope on smoke back-layering length	9
Practical Applications	9
An improvement in clash detection process by prioritizing relevance clashes using fuzzy-AHP methods	9
Effects of humidity control and simulated natural airflow on indoor dynamic thermal comfort	9
Closing the loop in building services: A systematic review of circular economy applications	8
A study on universal round trip time analysis for passenger demand beyond elevator contract capacity by Monte Carlo simulation	8
Research on multi-objective optimization of building energy efficiency based on energy consumption and thermal comfort	8
Building performance evaluation of low-energy dwellings with and without smart thermostats	8
Investigating urban canyons, façade albedo, and pedestrian thermal comfort using microclimate model calculations	8
Energy-saving potential assessment of a classroom building envelope through sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimization under different climate types	7

Effects of contaminant diffusion on the fresh air inlets of a clean room workshop	7
Fire safety study of a perlite concrete chimney and wooden ceilings used in buildings based on experimental tests and CFD analysis	6
Development of artificial neural network models for indirect evaporative coolers in multi-climate regions based on field measurement	6
Performance evaluation of an energy-efficient oscillating air-conditioning dehumidification system through experimental testing and numerical modelling	6
CIBSE TM54 energy projections I: A case study using quasi-steady state modelling	6
The safe evacuation of persons from a building operating within COVID-19 restrictions	5
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	5
Correlation of AC energy consumption and passive thermal comfort with floor levels in tropical high-rise residential dwellings	4
Narrative modelling: A comparison of high and low mass dwelling solutions in Afghanistan and Peru	4
Investigating the opportunity for cooling the London underground through waste heat recovery	4
Development of methods to measure the potential of a plaster to regulate indoor humidity	4
Securing Internet of Things devices by enabling Ethereum blockchain using smart contracts	4
Investigating energy performance of build-to-rent buildings in england	4
Night cooling by hybrid supply ventilation – analytical predictions of airflow rates and the ‘hybrid ventilation triangles’	4
Practical applications	4
Closed cavity façade, an innovative energy saving façade	3
Practical applications	3
Culturable airborne fungi communities in naturally ventilated indoor spaces of old residential buildings in Poland	3
Knowledge shared is knowledge grown	3
An investigation of the electrical and thermal performances of the photovoltaic wall with different air gap thicknesses and modes in winter	3
An overheating criterion for bedrooms in temperate climates: Derivation and application	3
Ambient loop district heating and cooling networks with integrated mobility, power and interseasonal storage	3
Development and evaluation of a vision-based transfer learning approach for indoor fire and smoke detection	3
Practical applications	3
A comparison between the impact of dynamic envelope control strategies on the buildings’ smart readiness indicator and modelled performance	3
Investigation of displacement ventilation performance under various room configurations using computational fluid dynamics simulation	2
Evaluation of new dew point evaporative cooler heat and mass exchanger designs with different geometries	2
Subjective evaluation of thermal comfort of tropically acclimatized subjects in air conditioned, naturally ventilated and radiant cooling environments	2
Study on the cooling performance of a radiative cooling-based ventilated roof for its application in buildings	2
CIBSE TM54 energy projections III: A case study using dynamic simulation with detailed system modelling	2
The risks of oversizing domestic water piping – Measurement of peak flows in multistory residential buildings	2
Digital-twin-controlled ventilation for real-time resilience against transmission of airborne infectious disease in an indoor food court	2
A simple dynamic time constant model for both summer overheating and winter heating analysis	2
Delivering better building performance and lower carbon operation	2
A revised PMV model: From a physiological standpoint	2
Improving energy consumption for dynamic intake and exhaust FAÇADES: A new setup design: Part B	2
Practical applications	2
Mock-up experimental study on the performance of a combined cooling-domestic hot water-ground source heat pump system	2
Assessment of the validity of using a radiant panel in the low-height floor heating	2
Window operation behaviour and indoor air quality during lockdown: A monitoring-based simulation-assisted study in London	2
Vision-based human activity recognition for reducing building energy demand	2
The primary energy factor and carbon intensity of waste energy	2
Practical Applications	1
Improving the ventilation of a classroom to achieve heating energy savings and better indoor air quality	1
An image recognition measurement approach and uncertainty for overspeed governors employed in elevator safety	1
Modular personalized climatization testing infrastructure with smartphone-based user feedback	1
Energy performance certificate calculation methodologies across Europe and accommodating new performance indicators	1
Frost suppression performance of an air source heat pump using sensible heat from indoor air to preheat outdoor air	1
An assessment of the performance of heat transfer enhancement for optimizing high-temperature thermal energy storage	1
Tracking building operational energy and carbon emissions using S-curve trajectories—a prototype tool	1

Indoor occupancy estimation from carbon dioxide concentration using parameter estimation algorithms	1
Practical Applications	1
Measurement and rapid assessment of indoor air quality at mass gathering events to assess ventilation performance and reduce aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2	1
The influence of different offset modes on the drainage characteristics of a double stack drainage system in a high-rise building	1
Associations between indoor soundscapes, building services and window opening behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown	1
Methods on reflecting electricity consumption change characteristics and electricity consumption forecasting based on clustering algorithms and fuzzy matrices in buildings	1
Performance evaluation and degradation analysis of 20 MW photovoltaic power plant located in the southwestern highlands of Algeria	1
Real coded genetic algorithm in operational optimization of a district cooling system: An inceptive applicability assessment and power saving evaluation	1
Temporal resolution of photovoltaic electricity production with school energy consumption: a London primary school case study	1
Delivering buildings and defining performance for a net zero built environment	1
Domestic heating with compact combination hybrids (gas boiler and heat pump): A simple English stock model of different heating system scenarios	1
Solving the comfort-retrofit conundrum through post-occupancy evaluation and multi-objective optimisation	1
Practical Applications	1
CIBSE TM54 energy projections II: A case study using dynamic simulation with template systems modelling	1
Influence of gap size between aluminium radiant sheets on the efficiency of lightweight floor heating	1