OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Building Services Engineering Research & Technology is 4. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Performance assessment of free standing and building integrated grid connected photovoltaic system for southern part of India	22
A literature review of building energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics co-simulation strategies and its implications on the accuracy of energy predictions	19
What do we know about indoor air quality of nurseries? A review of the literature	18
Energy performance and loss analysis of 100 kWp grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic system	18
A review of approaches and applications in building stock energy and indoor environment modelling	14
Window operation behaviour and indoor air quality during lockdown: A monitoring-based simulation-assisted study in London	14
Residential retrofit in the UK: The optimum retrofit measures necessary for effective heat pump use	14
Associations between indoor soundscapes, building services and window opening behaviour during the COVID-19 lockdown	13
A review of research on dynamic thermal comfort	13
A novel hybrid Harris hawk optimization and sine cosine algorithm based home energy management system for residential buildings	12
A multi-objective optimization operation strategy for ice-storage air-conditioning system based on improved firefly algorithm	12
Feasibility study to detect occupant thermal sensation using a low-cost thermal camera for indoor environments in Indonesia	11
Vision-based human activity recognition for reducing building energy demand	11
Managing the risk of the energy performance gap in non-domestic buildings	10
Indoor occupancy estimation from carbon dioxide concentration using parameter estimation algorithms	10
Opportunities and barriers to business engagement in the UK domestic retrofit sector: An industry perspective	10
Characterising the English school stock using a unified national on-site survey and energy database	9
Examining the magnitude and perception of summertime overheating in London care homes	9
Towards active buildings: Rating grid-servicing buildings	9
Opportunities to decarbonize heat in the UK using Urban Wastewater Heat Recovery	9
Development and evaluation of a vision-based transfer learning approach for indoor fire and smoke detection	9
Solving the comfort-retrofit conundrum through post-occupancy evaluation and multi-objective optimisation	8
Securing Internet of Things devices by enabling Ethereum blockchain using smart contracts	8
A holistic sequential fault detection and diagnostics framework for multiple zone variable air volume air handling unit systems	7
An overheating criterion for bedrooms in temperate climates: Derivation and application	7

A field study and analysis of passengers arriving at lift lobbies in social groups in multi-storey office, hotel and residential buildings	7
A data-driven workflow to improve energy efficient operation of commercial buildings: A review with real-world examples	7
Net zero carbon: Energy performance targets for offices	7
Overheating assessment in flats with glazed balconies in warm-summer humid continental climate	7
Improving indoor air quality and occupant health through smart control of windows and portable air purifiers in residential buildings	6
Measurement and rapid assessment of indoor air quality at mass gathering events to assess ventilation performance and reduce aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2	6
Climatic zoning for the building thermal design in China's rural areas	6
Perception of wellbeing in educational spaces	6
The effect of opening windows on the airflow distribution inside naturally ventilated residential bedrooms with ceiling fans	6
Energy-saving potential assessment of a classroom building envelope through sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimization under different climate types	6
Towards implementing an indoor environmental quality standard in buildings: A pilot study	6
Demand response with heat pumps: Practical implementation of three different control options	5
Analysis of the characteristics of noise from substations in buildings	5
The potential for the Passive House standard in Longyearbyen – the High Arctic	5
Research on the design and application of capillary heat exchangers for heat pumps in coastal areas	5
Our climate conditions are already changing – Should we care?	5
Numerical simulation on year-round performance of water-flow window with different shading control modes	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	4
Numerical investigation of fire in the cavity of naturally ventilated double skin façade with venetian blinds	4
Simulation and experimental study on the elbow pressure loss of large air duct with different internal guide vanes	4
Energy, exergy and economic assessments of the dual-mode evaporative cooler for various international climate zones	4
Domestic heating with compact combination hybrids (gas boiler and heat pump): A simple English stock model of different heating system scenarios	4
Study on the cooling performance of a radiative cooling-based ventilated roof for its application in buildings	4
Ambient loop district heating and cooling networks with integrated mobility, power and interseasonal storage	4
Managing energy performance in buildings from design to operation using modelling and calibration	4