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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Measuring lift door air leakage rates in modern high-rise residential buildings	27
Assessment of recent UK fire safety guidance for covered car parks and electric vehicles	22
Practical Applications	20
Prediction of mould growth rate within building envelopes: development and validation of an improved model	18
Corrigendum to “CIBSE TM54 energy projections I: A case study using quasi-steady statemodelling”	17
Erratum to Volume 40 Issue 4, July 2019: Assessing and mitigating overheating in buildings	17
Numerical investigation of fire in the cavity of naturally ventilated double skin façade with venetian blinds	16
A data-driven workflow to improve energy efficient operation of commercial buildings: A review with real-world examples	15
Building drainage system risk assessment using convolutional neural networks	13
Evaluating UKCP18-Based weather files for overheating assessment using building simulation: A case study for a flat in london	13
Preparation and performance study of a novel radiant panel for thermal and cooling storage with phase change materials	13
Practical applications	11
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	10
Streamlining life cycle assessment for complex Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing products – Lessons from lighting	9
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	9
Evaluating whole life carbon impact of climate control systems in net-zero building designs	8
Practical Applications	8
An improvement in clash detection process by prioritizing relevance clashes using fuzzy-AHP methods	8
A study on universal round trip time analysis for passenger demand beyond elevator contract capacity by Monte Carlo simulation	7
Effects of humidity control and simulated natural airflow on indoor dynamic thermal comfort	7
Predicting the energy performance of retrofit domestic heat pumps	6
Thermal comfort in lower economic groups: The applicability of the ASHRAE-55 adaptive standards in informal settlements and refugee camps	6
Closing the loop in building services: A systematic review of circular economy applications	6
Building performance evaluation of low-energy dwellings with and without smart thermostats	6
Research on multi-objective optimization of building energy efficiency based on energy consumption and thermal comfort	6

Investigating urban canyons, façade albedo, and pedestrian thermal comfort using microclimate model calculations	6
Effects of contaminant diffusion on the fresh air inlets of a clean room workshop	5
Performance evaluation of an energy-efficient oscillating air-conditioning dehumidification system through experimental testing and numerical modelling	5
CIBSE TM54 energy projections I: A case study using quasi-steady state modelling	5
Development of artificial neural network models for indirect evaporative coolers in multi-climate regions based on field measurement	5
The safe evacuation of persons from a building operating within COVID-19 restrictions	4
Fire safety study of a perlite concrete chimney and wooden ceilings used in buildings based on experimental tests and CFD analysis	4
Narrative modelling: A comparison of high and low mass dwelling solutions in Afghanistan and Peru	4
Correlation of AC energy consumption and passive thermal comfort with floor levels in tropical high-rise residential dwellings	4
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	4
Securing Internet of Things devices by enabling Ethereum blockchain using smart contracts	4
Practical applications	4
Modelling the positive and negative interaction between mood and thermal sensation in the built environment using a combined Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm and Morris method	4
Ambient loop district heating and cooling networks with integrated mobility, power and interseasonal storage	4
Practical applications	4
Energy-saving potential assessment of a classroom building envelope through sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimization under different climate types	4
Investigating energy performance of build-to-rent buildings in england	4
Investigating the opportunity for cooling the London underground through waste heat recovery	4
Feasibility of battery storage in solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Ireland: A case study	4
Practical applications	3
Accurate representations of locally meaningful future extreme weather events and the implications for India	3
Digital-twin-controlled ventilation for real-time resilience against transmission of airborne infectious disease in an indoor food court	3
Knowledge shared is knowledge grown	3
Night cooling by hybrid supply ventilation – analytical predictions of airflow rates and the ‘hybrid ventilation triangles’	3
A comparison between the impact of dynamic envelope control strategies on the buildings’ smart readiness indicator and modelled performance	3
Culturable airborne fungi communities in naturally ventilated indoor spaces of old residential buildings in Poland	3
Closed cavity façade, an innovative energy saving façade	3
Practical applications	3
Development and evaluation of a vision-based transfer learning approach for indoor fire and smoke detection	3
Study on the cooling performance of a radiative cooling-based ventilated roof for its application in buildings	2
An overheating criterion for bedrooms in temperate climates: Derivation and application	2
An investigation of the electrical and thermal performances of the photovoltaic wall with different air gap thicknesses and modes in winter	2
Dynamic model integrated with BIM to evaluate building water distribution system performance	2
Practical applications	2
CIBSE TM54 energy projections III: A case study using dynamic simulation with detailed system modelling	2
Urban morphology, urban heat island (UHI) and building energy consumption: A critical review of methods and relationships among influential parameters	2
Subjective evaluation of thermal comfort of tropically acclimatized subjects in air conditioned, naturally ventilated and radiant cooling environments	2
Evaluation of new dew point evaporative cooler heat and mass exchanger designs with different geometries	2
A revised PMV model: From a physiological standpoint	2
Investigation of displacement ventilation performance under various room configurations using computational fluid dynamics simulation	2
A simple dynamic time constant model for both summer overheating and winter heating analysis	2
Balancing environmental, economic and public health: The cost of swimming pool water circulation	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
Improving the ventilation of a classroom to achieve heating energy savings and better indoor air quality	1
Data-driven method for estimating fixture use probability in simultaneous peak water flow calculations	1
Practical Applications	1
Frost suppression performance of an air source heat pump using sensible heat from indoor air to preheat outdoor air	1
Indoor occupancy estimation from carbon dioxide concentration using parameter estimation algorithms	1
Real coded genetic algorithm in operational optimization of a district cooling system: An inceptive applicability assessment and power saving evaluation	1

The risks of oversizing domestic water piping – Measurement of peak flows in multistory residential buildings	1
Influence of gap size between aluminium radiant sheets on the efficiency of lightweight floor heating	1
Daylight solar radiation AMY data derived from satellite remote sensing: Validation against ground measurements and comparison with TMYs	1
Predicting indoor environmental conditions using correlation models for behaviour change suggestions	1
An image recognition measurement approach and uncertainty for overspeed governors employed in elevator safety	1
Temporal resolution of photovoltaic electricity production with school energy consumption: a London primary school case study	1
Tracking building operational energy and carbon emissions using S-curve trajectories—a prototype tool	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
Practical applications	1
Delivering buildings and defining performance for a net zero built environment	1
Associations between indoor soundscapes, building services and window opening behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown	1
The primary energy factor and carbon intensity of waste energy	1
Practical Applications	1
Energy performance certificate calculation methodologies across Europe and accommodating new performance indicators	1
An assessment of the performance of heat transfer enhancement for optimizing high-temperature thermal energy storage	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
Modular personalized climatization testing infrastructure with smartphone-based user feedback	1
Practical Applications	1
CIBSE TM54 energy projections II: A case study using dynamic simulation with template systems modelling	1
Improving energy consumption for dynamic intake and exhaust FAÇADES: A new setup design: Part B	1
The influence of different offset modes on the drainage characteristics of a double stack drainage system in a high-rise building	1
Deriving optimal direct load control sequences for HVAC systems of small commercial buildings	1
Solving the comfort-retrofit conundrum through post-occupancy evaluation and multi-objective optimisation	1