OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Building Performance Simulation is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST) for simulation-based benchmarking of control strategies in buildings	50
Identification of multi-zone grey-box building models for use in model predictive control	34
Building energy optimization using surrogate model and active sampling	26
Risk-informed multi-criteria decision framework for resilience, sustainability and energy analysis of reinforced concrete buildings	22
Human-centric green building design: the energy saving potential of occupants’ behaviour enhancement in the office environment	21
Thermal comfort modelling and empirical validation of predicted air temperature in hot-summer Mediterranean courtyards	21
The effects of medical staff turning movements on airflow distribution and particle concentration in an operating room	19
Evaluating urban outdoor thermal comfort: a validation of ENVI-met simulation through field measurement	19
Deriving sequences of operation for air handling units through building performance optimization	18
Estimating ASHRAE Guideline 36 energy savings for multi-zone variable air volume systems using Spawn of EnergyPlus	16
A study on the integration of air-source heat pumps, solar collectors, and PCM tanks for outdoor swimming pools for winter application in subtropical climates	16
Control-oriented archetypes: a pathway for the systematic application of advanced controls in buildings	14
Occupant-Centric key performance indicators to inform building design and operations	14
Quantification of the energy use due to occupant behaviour collected in surveys: a case study of a green and non-green building	14
Modelling of surface and inner wall temperatures in the analysis of courtyard thermal performances in Mediterranean climates	13
Integration of a practical model to assess the local urban interactions in building energy simulation with a street canyon	12
Deep neural network approach for annual luminance simulations	11
A numerical model to simulate the dynamic performance of Breathing Walls	11
A methodology for generating reduced-order models for large-scale buildings using the Krylov subspace method	11
On modelling of resiliency events using building performance simulation: a multi-objective approach	10
Sustainability evaluation for early design (SEED) framework for energy use, embodied carbon, cost, and daylighting assessment	10
A high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls	10
Standardization of optimization methodology of daylighting and shading strategy: a case study of an architectural design studio – the German University in Cairo, Egypt	10
POD–DEIM model order reduction for nonlinear heat and moisture transfer in building materials	9
Calculating solar irradiance without shading geometry: a point cloud-based method	9

State-space models for building control: how deep should you go?	9
Trade-off decisions in a novel deep reinforcement learning for energy savings in HVAC systems	9
A workflow for evaluating occupant-centric controls using building simulation	9
Quantifying the nationwide HVAC energy savings in large hotels: the role of occupant-centric controls	8
Improvement of borehole heat exchanger model performance by calibration using measured data	8
Ultrafine particle transport inside an operating room equipped with turbulent diffusers	8
Analysing modelling challenges of smart controlled ventilation systems in educational buildings	8
Co-simulating a greenhouse in a building to quantify co-benefits of different coupled configurations	8
Modelling of rooms with active chilled beams	8
A numerical study of cool and green roof strategies on indoor energy saving and outdoor cooling impact at pedestrian level in a hot arid climate	7
Evaluation of data-driven thermal models for multi-hour predictions using residential smart thermostat data	7
Simulation-aided development of automated solar shading control strategies using performance mapping and statistical classification	7
An open source analysis framework for large-scale building energy modeling	7
A data schema for exchanging information between urban building energy models and urban microclimate models in coupled simulations	7
Parameter estimation of unknown properties using transfer learning from virtual to existing buildings	7
The impact of a reduced training subspace on the prediction accuracy of neural networks for hygrothermal predictions	6
Developing machine-learning meta-models for high-rise residential district cooling in hot and humid climate	6
Evaluation of the relationship between window use and physical environmental variables: consistency, seasonality and diversity	6
Model-based multivariable regression model for thermal comfort in naturally ventilated spaces with personalized ventilation	6
Thermal interactions in large irregular fields of geothermal boreholes: the method of equivalent boreholes	6
Hybrid model using Bayesian neural network for variable refrigerant flow system	6
Control-oriented thermal network models for predictive load management in Canadian houses with on-Site solar electricity generation: application to a research house	5
Rule reduction for control of a building cooling system using explainable AI	5
The trouble with ‘HIM’: new challenges and old misconceptions in human information modelling	5
Validation of spectral simulation tools in the context of ipRGC-influenced light responses of building occupants	5
Building control virtual test bed and functional mock-up interface standard: comparison in the context of campus energy modelling and control	5
A constrained distributed time-series neural network MPC approach for HVAC system energy saving in a medium-large building	5
Development of variable refrigerant flow heat-pump model for annual-energy simulation	5
Thermal performance optimization for housing unit design in a cold region of China	5
Thermal performance prediction of street trees inside isolated open spaces – evaluations from real scale retrofitting project	5
Model predictive lighting control for a factory building using a deep deterministic policy gradient	5
Impact of the pre-simulation process of occupant behaviour modelling for residential energy demand simulations	5
Fluid temperature predictions of geothermal borefields using load estimations via state observers	5
Modelling the cooling effectiveness of street trees with actual canopy drag and real transpiration rate under representative climatic conditions	5
Evaluating the suitability of regression-based emulators of building performance in practice: a test suite	4
Effective and scalable modelling of existing non-domestic buildings with radiator system under uncertainty	4
A novel approach to account for shape-morphing and kinetic shading systems in building energy performance simulations	4
Real-time model for unit-level heating and cooling energy prediction in multi-family residential housing	4
Variation in residential occupancy profiles in the United States by household income level and characteristics	4
Thermal model of heat transfer in a PCM multilayer construction using Moving Mushy Volume Approach – verification, validation and sensitivity analysis	4
COVID-19 dispersion in naturally-ventilated classrooms: a study on inlet-outlet characteristics	4
Simulating energy savings potential with high-resolution daylight and occupancy sensing in open-plan offices	3
Surrogate optimization of energy retrofits in domestic building stocks using household carbon valuations	3
Chance constrained stochastic MPC for building climate control under combined parametric and additive uncertainty	3
Dynamic heat transfer simulation method of building envelope based on Laguerre polynomials model order reduction	3
Co-simulation of district heating systems and borehole heat exchanger arrays using 3D finite element method subsurface models	3
Generating synthetic occupants for use in building performance simulation	3
Numerical simulation of a novel VRF-SV hybrid system performance in a large retail facility in the tropics	3
Development of a metamodelling framework for building energy models with application to fifth-generation district heating and cooling networks	3
External shading form-finding: simulating daylighting and dynamic view access assessment	3

Enhanced EnHub: dynamic simulation of housing stock energy systems	3
A hybrid clustering multi-source fault diagnosis method for chiller temperature sensors	3
Documenting occupant models for building performance simulation: a state-of-the-art	3
Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of building-stock energy models: sampling procedure, stock size and Sobol’ convergence	2
AixLib: an open-source Modelica library for compound building energy systems from component to district level with automated quality management	2
Joint state estimation of indoor thermal dynamics with unknown inputs using augmented fading memory Kalman filter	2
Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of energy consumption in substation buildings at the planning stage	2
A whole building life-cycle assessment methodology and its application for carbon footprint analysis of U.S. commercial buildings	2
Monitoring and simulation-based optimization of two multi-apartment NZEBs with heat pump, solar thermal and PV	2
Indoor thermal behaviour of an office equipped with a ventilated slab: a numerical study	2
The use of dimensionality reduction techniques for fault detection and diagnosis in a AHU unit: critical assessment of its reliability	2
Improving the accuracy of circadian lighting simulation with field measurement	2
The use of building performance simulation and personas for the development of thermal comfort guidelines for older people in South Australia	2
Advanced thermal environment and energy consumption calculation over time using combined energy simulation, computational fluid dynamics, and heat source model	2
Transport and control of kitchen pollutants in Nanjing based on the Modelica multizone model	2
Experimental and numerical analysis of CO₂ transport inside a university classroom: effects of turbulent models	2
Theoretical and experimental study of the multistage dynamic dehumidifier for enhanced thermal comfort conditions in a building	2
A data-driven model for building energy normalization to enable eco-feedback in multi-family residential buildings with smart and connected technology	2
Estimating the value of jointly optimized electric power generation and end use: a study of ISO-scale load shaping applied to the residential building stock	2
Parametric PGD model used with orthogonal polynomials to assess efficiently the building's envelope thermal performance	2
A tool for generation of stochastic occupant-based internal loads using a functional data analysis approach to re-define ‘activity’	2
Development of a stochastic virtual smart meter data set for a residential building stock – methodology and sample data	2
Experimental dataset for an AHU air-to-air heat exchanger with normal and simulated fault operations	2
Computational psychrometric analysis as a control problem: case of cooling and dehumidification systems	2
Optimizing the design of courtyard houses for passive cooling in hot, dry regions	2
A hybrid system of data-driven approaches for simulating residential energy demand profiles	2
On modelling effects in the battery and thermal storage scheduling problem	2
Importance of measuring the temperature of paved surfaces to study the changes in the microclimate of an urban area	2