OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Building Research and Information is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Defining demand - The suitability of sensor-based demand-controlled ventilation within deep energy retrofit dwellings	76
Outpatient oncology settings: the distinctive contribution of supportive design to patient experience and wellbeing	59
From product to service – strategies for upscaling smart home performance monitoring	51
A comparative analysis of housing quality rating systems: insights for contextual adaptation and policy development	42
Social housing improvement factors for upgrading processes	39
NDT spatial data integration for monumental buildings: technical information management for the Royal Alcazar of Seville	35
Concepts of performance in post-occupancy evaluation post-probe: a literature review	34
CO ₂ concentration in six schools located in Palma – a comparative evaluation	26
Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model	26
Climate declarations for buildings as a new policy instrument in Sweden: a multiple streams perspective	25
Impact of setbacks on thermal comfort and visual privacy in detached houses in Jordan	24
Damage assessment automation for single storey detached masonry houses: a probabilistic approach	24
Making sense of smart features in the smart office: a stated choice experiment of office user preferences	23
Design for Structural Adaptation: economic feasibility of an implementation for Swedish timber buildings	22
Socio-technical drivers of energy use in low-income housing in Jordan: insights from a regression-based study	22
Digital workflow for climate resilient building façade generation	22
Airborne infection risk in classrooms based on environment and occupant behavior measurement under COVID-19 epidemic	22
Factors affecting the use of earth material in mainstream construction: a critical review	20
Platforming for industrialized building: a comparative case study of digitally-enabled product platforms	20
Assessment of students’ productivity in context of indoor environmental quality and personal factors	20
Effects of IEQ on inpatients’ psychological restoration in hospital wards: the role of environmental perceptions	19
Towards circular renovation: a comparative review of circular economy integration in sustainable building rating systems	19
The relationship between temperature, relative humidity, and productivity in workplace settings	19
Integrating cascading effects into risk assessment of metaverse implementation in the built environment	18
Constructing a theory-informed workplace design framework: co-design case study for knowledge work environment satisfaction improvement	16

BEKG: A built environment knowledge graph	16
Thermal sensitivity and adaptive comfort in mixed-mode office buildings in humid subtropical climate	15
A qualitative and life cycle-based study of the energy performance gap in building construction: Perspectives of Finnish project professionals and property maintenance experts	15
Reasonable kitchen space for urban residences: based on an investigation in Beijing	15
Changing identities of architects in China and the UK from the 1950s to the 1990s	15
Study of phase change material on alleviating building overheating risk in cold regions of China	15
Analysis and research of Shougang Park industrial heritage redevelopment space based on residents’ spatial behaviour	14
Digitalization and automation in the built environment	14
Algorithmic optimization of climbing plant positioning and CNC fabrication for urban microclimate enhancement	13
Trust in circular design: active stakeholder participation in Chinese and Dutch housing retrofit projects	13
The kindergarten of Crosara by Sergio Los: reassessing a pioneering thermally efficient building	13
Two decades of the evolution of China’s green building policy: insights from text mining	13
Energy retrofits in shared ownership: exploring motivations in Finnish housing companies	12
Developing a taxonomy for sensory-informed architectural design qualities in autism	12
Adopting cross-laminated timber in architectural design to reduce embodied carbon emission in China based on the diffusion of innovation theory	12
Affinity towards flexible housing – a study among homeowners in Germany	12
Drivers of circular economy adoption in the construction industry: a systematic review and conceptual model	12
The drivers of social procurement policy adoption in the construction industry: an Australian perspective	11
A dynamic model for estimating the long-term need for repairs and renovations in residential buildings	10
The actual performance of retrofitted residential apartments: post-occupancy evaluation study in Italy	10
Natural ventilation in Brazilian homes: depicting perceptions, usage patterns and motivations in a questionnaire survey	10
Exploring time and cost optimization in energy retrofit programmes of traditionally constructed, owner-occupied UK dwellings	10
Overheating assessment for apartments during average and hot summers in the Nordic climate	9
Perceptions of volume home builders and the transition to net zero emissions housing in Australia	9
Seasonal and spatial variability of volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde concentrations at the fire station	9
Bridging the information gap using targeted digital transformation: process mapping large-scale concrete activity	9
Smart faces: using communication strategies to optimize technical information flow in middle-out facilities management	9
Large-scale statistical analysis and modelling of real and regulatory total energy use in existing single-family houses in Flanders	9
Data-driven STNet and STProphet models for secure edge-based indoor air temperature prediction in smart buildings	9
Space standards in affordable housing in England	9
Coping strategies and resilience of New Zealand tradeswomen in construction: navigating challenges	9
UAV data for BIM-based building assessment across construction stages: sensor utility evaluation	9
Upscaling the results of cost-benefit analyses of energy renovation of western Germany’s most common apartment building type	8
An exploration of post-occupancy evaluation in Canada: origins, milestones and next steps	8
Sustainability promotion through information provision: the perspective of Australian apartment owners and renters	8
Exploring the impact of windows on musicians’ experience: a neuroarchitecture perspective	8
Towards a circular transition of the built environment: systemic and transdisciplinary models, methods and perspectives	8
Machine learning-based prediction of thermal comfort: exploring building types, climate, ventilation strategies, and seasonal variations	7
From waste to thermal insulation for buildings: an investigation of potentialities in the Italian context	7
Using explainable artificial intelligence to predict sleep interruptions from indoor environmental conditions: an empirical study	7
Actor perceptions and network characteristics around climate-wise housing and construction in Finland	7
Augmented reality supported hearings: a case study on the openBIM-based building permit process in Vienna, Austria	7
Assessing the sustainability of architectural reclamation processes: an evaluation procedure for the early design phase	7
Blockchain-enabled value co-creation in construction projects: evidence from a moderated mediation model in China	7
Floor plan graph learning for generative design of residential buildings: a discrete denoising diffusion model	7
Note	7
Using dynamic-locational material flow analysis to model the development of urban stock	6
Fiscal and political determinants of local government maintenance	6
How information asymmetries exacerbate building defects risks for purchasers of Australian residential multi-owned properties	6
Introducing a severe impacts approach to guide adaptation to pluvial floods in residential and public buildings	6

Occupant thermal comfort and indoor environmental conditions in Mies van der Rohe’s S. R. Crown Hall	6
Developing whole-life carbon benchmark values for Norwegian buildings	6
Impact of indoor environmental quality on health and wellbeing in a warming climate	6
On the effectiveness of passive controls for summer thermal comfort in highly insulated dwellings	6
A framework for foundational and transitional value assessment of non-market benefits of a smart government system	6
Causal relationships of human errors in building maintenance: findings from Sri Lanka	6
The effect of wind-induced vibrations in tall buildings on occupants’ work performance	5
Integrated BIM–LCA–optimization for decarbonizing curtain wall façades under carbon pricing uncertainty	5
Station biophilia – assessing the perception of greenery on railway platforms using a digital twin	5
Bridging conservation and modernity: evaluation of functional priorities for architectural heritage adaptation in China	5
Synchronization of water-energy consumption in residential and non-residential buildings during COVID-19	5
A framework for smart building technologies implementation in the Ghanaian construction industry: a PLS-SEM approach	5
A construction cost estimation framework using DNN and validation unit	5
Carbon handprint – a review of potential climate benefits of buildings	5
Improving survey-based data collection for more effective domestic retrofit evaluations: perspectives from occupants and surveyors	4
How prebound effects compromise the market premium for energy efficiency in German house sales	4
Possibility of personalization and customization of the workplace by knowledge workers	4
Understanding the Saudi Arabia planning permit process: a comparative analysis with European countries	4
Relationship between the design characteristics of activity-based flexible offices and users’ perceptions of privacy and social interactions	4
Correction	4
Factors influencing BIM use in green building construction project management in the UK and China	4
The influence of virtual human representations on first-year architecture students’ perceptions of digitally designed spaces: a pilot study	4
Promoting resilience in Finland: built environment professionals’ perspectives	4
High-rise apartment quality evaluation and related demographic factors: lesson from RentSafeTO programme	4
Barriers and enablers for scaled-up adoption of compressed earth blocks in Egypt	4
Impact of windcatcher on the thermal comfort and indoor air quality in a modern house	4
Long-term monitoring of thermal comfort in three apartments in Jordan	4
Trajectories from standard to incremental and pioneering innovation in timber construction: multi-storey timber buildings in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland	4
Challenges to business ecosystem alignment when implementing solar photovoltaic systems in the Swedish built environment	4
Bringing post-occupancy evaluation up front to enhance energy efficiency in residential buildings	4
Diffusion prediction of prefabricated construction technology under multi-factor coupling	3
Trusting the algorithm: transparency, information control and continuance intention in China's digital building permit systems	3
Comprehensive renovation of a multi-apartment building in Sweden: techno-economic analysis with respect to different economic scenarios	3
Implementing modular integrated construction in high-rise high-density cities: perspectives in Hong Kong	3
Empirical evaluation of the LEED green building rating system: exploring limitations through configurational analysis	3
The POE paradigm in architecture: practices and perspectives of Canadian practitioners	3
Multi-objective optimization of insulation materials for building energy and comfort improvements in hot and arid regions	3
Children’s perspectives on classroom environments: a participatory post-occupancy evaluation of thermal comfort and air quality	3
The energy performance of dwellings with heat pumps of Dutch non-profit housing associations	3
A contingency approach to platform implementation: platform types, attributes, and value chain integration	3
Cleanroom air quality: combined effects of ventilation rate and filtration schemes in a laboratory cleanroom	3
Impact of architectural design characteristics of railway stations on travellers’ preferences: a digital design method	3
Exploring the feasibility of mobile robots for post-occupancy evaluations	3
Experimental evaluation of the impact of roofing materials and natural ventilation on attic overheating in a temperate Chilean climate	3
Passive strategies for climate change mitigation in architectural heritage: the case study of Santa Maria in Trastevere Basilica, Rome	3