OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Energy and Buildings is 71. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
An integrated dual control framework for self-sustained single-stage solar energy harvesting system in intelligent air ventilation application	391
A baseline model combining physics and data-driven approach for operation evaluation of district heating substation	350
Corrigendum to “Structure optimization of radiant cooling panel: A literature review and assessment” [Energy Build. 310 (2024) 114097]	240
Boundary conditions for non-residential buildings from the user’s perspective: Literature review	226
Editorial Board	184
Editorial Board	179
The role of above-code labeling programs in reducing CO2e emissions in residential buildings	177
Designers’ expectations of buildings physics performances related to green timber buildings	172
Corrigendum to “ALDI++: Automatic and parameter-less discord and outlier detection for building energy load profiles” [Energy Build. 265 (2022) 112096]	167
Economic impact and policy implications of emerging materials in green building certification in U.S. buildings: A comprehensive review	149
Day-ahead TCLs dispatch optimization: An integer genetic algorithm approach based on microgrids composition	142
Investigating the impact of borehole field data’s input parameters on the forecasting accuracy of multivariate hybrid deep learning models for heating and cooling	141
Spatiotemporal modeling of infrared thermal adaptive behavior recognition for personal thermal comfort prediction	140
Carbon emissions in the building sector: the effect of clean heating policy in China’s “2 + 26” cities	136
Optimization of an innovative delignified wood-structured phase change roof integrated with sky radiation cooling	135
Synergistic carbon sequestration and emission reduction of green facades: climate-specific analysis for office buildings	130
Impacts of barometric pressure on metabolic rate: A plateau experimental study	127
Transfer of building retrofitting evaluations for data-scarce conditions: An empirical study for Sweden to China	122
Proposal and experimental study on a CO2-based multi-mode integrated HVAC system	121
Hygrothermal performance monitoring and indoor thermal evaluation in adobe structures	120
From isolation to integration: A methodological review of adaptive reuse in industrial heritage buildings	118
Material and waste reduction through industrialised building: A systematic and meta-analysis review	118
Dynamic modelling and control strategy of a temperature-driven metal hydride cooling system for buildings	116
Developing a comprehensive method for integrating the thermal, optical and electrical properties of a complex fenestration system into building simulation software for building performance characteris	116
An optimal scheduling method for building energy system integrating solar energy based on adaptive hybrid mechanism model and learning-based model predictive control	113

Optimal load scheduling strategy for isolated building-integrated DC microgrid using binary PSO to maximize user comfort and minimize peak-to-average ratio	109
Exploring flexibility in building energy systems: Agent-based quantification and electricity tariff impacts	107
Useful daylight illuminance for ornamental plants in buildings – The method to design the green interior	107
Lifecycle cost analysis of residential buildings considering thermal performance and financial uncertainties	100
Impact of occupancy patterns on energy performance of kindergarten buildings–A case study of Serbia	100
Salt-induced alterations in the surface heat transfer coefficient of porous red sandstone	99
Dwelling conversion and energy retrofit modify building anthropogenic heat emission under past and future climates: A case study of London terraced houses	98
Thermal transfer and temperature reductions from shading systems on opaque facades: Quantifying the impacts of influential factors	98
Non-destructive evaluation of thermal conductivity of wood and insulation materials using permittivity measurements with ground penetrating radar	98
AutoBEE: A hierarchical multi-agent approach for energy and environmental parameter analysis	97
A convolutional neural network to control sound level for air conditioning units in four different classroom conditions	96
Geotechnical heat transfer performance and system operation with differences in external heat exchange	93
Access to affordable and clean domestic heating: A critical review on rural clean heating transformation in China’s Jing-Jin-Ji and its surrounding areas	92
Comparative analysis of the performance and energy consumption of air-conditioning systems in a plant factory during a cooling season	92
A two-stage stochastic programming approach for green smart homes: optimal panel sizing and cost-efficient scheduling of photovoltaic systems, battery storage, and EV charging under carbon emission pr	92
A novel dual-wheel air-conditioning system operating strategy in different seasons	91
Energetical effect of electrochromic glazing on the double-skin façade of the building in different climates	88
Life cycle assessment of steel-glued laminated bamboo (GluBam) hybrid truss in China	88
Semantic digital twin creation of building systems through time series based metadata inference – A review	88
Bridging the gap: can low-carbon city policies reduce carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s pilot program	88
Optimizing energy flexibility through electricity price-responsiveness and thermal load management in buildings with convective and radiant heating systems	88
Ground characterization of building energy models	87
Thermal comfort of students in naturally ventilated secondary schools in countryside of hot summer cold winter zone, China	86
Commercial building indoor environmental quality models: A critical review	86
Design criteria for the integration of active solar technologies in the historic built environment: Taxonomy of international recommendations	84
Individual differences in acceptance of direct load control	84
An environment-adaptive wall: concept, implementation and effects on the energy performance of a residential building	83
Multi-objective optimization of ventilation in pharmaceutical cleanrooms based on response surface methodology and AHP-entropy weight method	82
Numerical study on the forced convection enhancement of flat-roof integrated photovoltaic by passive components	81
Improving indoor air quality and cooling efficiency: Indirect dew-point evaporative cooling in South China summers	80
Short-term power load forecasting for industrial buildings based on decomposition reconstruction and TCN-Informer-BiGRU	80
The artificial intelligence reformation of sustainable building design approach: A systematic review on building design optimization methods using surrogate models	79
Advancing industrial building energy measurement and verification (M&V) with deep learning: Evaluating data size and feature selection impact	78
Climate change sensitive sizing and design for nearly zero-energy office building systems in Brussels	78
Transfer learning with unsupervised domain adaptation for personal thermal comfort prediction	76
Machine learning as a surrogate to building performance simulation: Predicting energy consumption under different operational settings	75
Building performance optimization through sensitivity Analysis, and economic insights using AI	75
Improving lighting energy efficiency through user response	75
Summer performance of a naturally ventilated double-skin facade with adjustable glazed louvers for building energy retrofitting	74
Experimental and numerical study of PCM storage integrated with HVAC system for energy flexibility	74
Green energy and rooftop innovation: Unlocking the carbon reduction potential of photovoltaic-green roofs	73
Effects of dynamic airflows on convective cooling of human bodies − Advances in thermal comfort assessment and engineering design	73
Sensor impact evaluation in commercial buildings: The case of occupancy-centric controls	72
A prospective life cycle assessment of insulation and window systems under evolving electricity and recycling scenarios for building energy retrofit in Italy	72
Improving building occupant comfort through a digital twin approach: A Bayesian network model and predictive maintenance method	72
Quantifying the correlations between the total household electrical demand of residential dwellings and their appliances-spaces demand: A clustering multi-method approach	71