OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Building Performance Simulation 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST) for simulation-based benchmarking of control strategies in buildings	73
Evaluating urban outdoor thermal comfort: a validation of ENVI-met simulation through field measurement	28
Thermal comfort modelling and empirical validation of predicted air temperature in hot-summer Mediterranean courtyards	27
Occupant-Centric key performance indicators to inform building design and operations	22
Estimating ASHRAE Guideline 36 energy savings for multi-zone variable air volume systems using Spawn of EnergyPlus	19
Trade-off decisions in a novel deep reinforcement learning for energy savings in HVAC systems	18
Control-oriented archetypes: a pathway for the systematic application of advanced controls in buildings	17
Modelling of surface and inner wall temperatures in the analysis of courtyard thermal performances in Mediterranean climates	16
On modelling of resiliency events using building performance simulation: a multi-objective approach	14
A workflow for evaluating occupant-centric controls using building simulation	13
Sustainability evaluation for early design (SEED) framework for energy use, embodied carbon, cost, and daylighting assessment	13
A high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls	12
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	12
A numerical model to simulate the dynamic performance of Breathing Walls	11
Standardization of optimization methodology of daylighting and shading strategy: a case study of an architectural design studio – the German University in Cairo, Egypt	11
The impact of a reduced training subspace on the prediction accuracy of neural networks for hygrothermal predictions	10
Quantifying the nationwide HVAC energy savings in large hotels: the role of occupant-centric controls	10
Co-simulating a greenhouse in a building to quantify co-benefits of different coupled configurations	10
A data schema for exchanging information between urban building energy models and urban microclimate models in coupled simulations	9
Calculating solar irradiance without shading geometry: a point cloud-based method	9
Simulation-aided development of automated solar shading control strategies using performance mapping and statistical classification	9
Improved calibration of building models using approximate Bayesian calibration and neural networks	9
Evaluation of the relationship between window use and physical environmental variables: consistency, seasonality and diversity	8
Validation of spectral simulation tools in the context of ipRGC-influenced light responses of building occupants	8
Analysing modelling challenges of smart controlled ventilation systems in educational buildings	8

Model-based multivariable regression model for thermal comfort in naturally ventilated spaces with personalized ventilation	8
Parameter estimation of unknown properties using transfer learning from virtual to existing buildings	8
Developing machine-learning meta-models for high-rise residential district cooling in hot and humid climate	8
A novel approach to account for shape-morphing and kinetic shading systems in building energy performance simulations	8
Fluid temperature predictions of geothermal borefields using load estimations via state observers	7
Variation in residential occupancy profiles in the United States by household income level and characteristics	7
Evaluation of data-driven thermal models for multi-hour predictions using residential smart thermostat data	7
Control-oriented thermal network models for predictive load management in Canadian houses with on-Site solar electricity generation: application to a research house	7
Thermal interactions in large irregular fields of geothermal boreholes: the method of equivalent boreholes	7
Thermal performance prediction of street trees inside isolated open spaces – evaluations from real scale retrofitting project	7
COVID-19 dispersion in naturally-ventilated classrooms: a study on inlet-outlet characteristics	7
Impact of the pre-simulation process of occupant behaviour modelling for residential energy demand simulations	6
The trouble with ‘HIM’: new challenges and old misconceptions in human information modelling	6
Modelling the cooling effectiveness of street trees with actual canopy drag and real transpiration rate under representative climatic conditions	6
Documenting occupant models for building performance simulation: a state-of-the-art	6
Rule reduction for control of a building cooling system using explainable AI	6
Development of variable refrigerant flow heat-pump model for annual-energy simulation	6
Hybrid model using Bayesian neural network for variable refrigerant flow system	6
Regulating window operations using HVAC terminal devices’ control sequences: a simulation-based investigation	6
Thermal resilience in a renovated nearly zero-energy dwelling during intense heat waves	6
Chance constrained stochastic MPC for building climate control under combined parametric and additive uncertainty	6
Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of building-stock energy models: sampling procedure, stock size and Sobol’ convergence	6
Optimizing the design of courtyard houses for passive cooling in hot, dry regions	5
Indoor thermal behaviour of an office equipped with a ventilated slab: a numerical study	5
A constrained distributed time-series neural network MPC approach for HVAC system energy saving in a medium-large building	5
Monitoring and simulation-based optimization of two multi-apartment NZEBs with heat pump, solar thermal and PV	5
Model predictive lighting control for a factory building using a deep deterministic policy gradient	5
Surrogate optimization of energy retrofits in domestic building stocks using household carbon valuations	5
Thermal performance optimization for housing unit design in a cold region of China	5
Development of a metamodelling framework for building energy models with application to fifth-generation district heating and cooling networks	5
Performance comparison of quadratic, nonlinear, and mixed integer nonlinear MPC formulations and solvers on an air source heat pump hydronic floor heating system	5
Co-simulation of district heating systems and borehole heat exchanger arrays using 3D finite element method subsurface models	4
Real-time model for unit-level heating and cooling energy prediction in multi-family residential housing	4
A whole building life-cycle assessment methodology and its application for carbon footprint analysis of U.S. commercial buildings	4
Thermal model of heat transfer in a PCM multilayer construction using Moving Mushy Volume Approach – verification, validation and sensitivity analysis	4
Evaluating the suitability of regression-based emulators of building performance in practice: a test suite	4
Experimental and numerical analysis of CO₂ transport inside a university classroom: effects of turbulent models	4
AixLib: an open-source Modelica library for compound building energy systems from component to district level with automated quality management	4
External shading form-finding: simulating daylighting and dynamic view access assessment	4
Transport and control of kitchen pollutants in Nanjing based on the Modelica multizone model	4
A hybrid multiple sensor fault detection, diagnosis and reconstruction algorithm for chiller plants	3
Joint state estimation of indoor thermal dynamics with unknown inputs using augmented fading memory Kalman filter	3
Generating synthetic occupants for use in building performance simulation	3
A hybrid system of data-driven approaches for simulating residential energy demand profiles	3
Dynamic heat transfer simulation method of building envelope based on Laguerre polynomials model order reduction	3
Importance of measuring the temperature of paved surfaces to study the changes in the microclimate of an urban area	3
Based on ANN and many-objective optimization to improve the performance and economy of village houses in Chinese cold regions	3
An open-source framework for simulation-based testing of buildings control strategies	3
Comparing the economic performance of ice storage and batteries for buildings with on-site PV through model predictive control and optimal sizing	3
A hybrid clustering multi-source fault diagnosis method for chiller temperature sensors	3

Numerical simulation of a novel VRF-SV hybrid system performance in a large retail facility in the tropics	3
A tool for generation of stochastic occupant-based internal loads using a functional data analysis approach to re-define ‘activity’	3
Enhanced LSTM-based community energy consumption prediction model leveraging shared building cluster datasets	3
The use of building performance simulation and personas for the development of thermal comfort guidelines for older people in South Australia	3
Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of energy consumption in substation buildings at the planning stage	3
On modelling effects in the battery and thermal storage scheduling problem	3
A data-driven model for building energy normalization to enable eco-feedback in multi-family residential buildings with smart and connected technology	3
Improving the accuracy of circadian lighting simulation with field measurement	3
Modelling and mitigating lifetime impact of building demand responsive control of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems	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
Early design stage evaluation of architectural factors in fire emergency evacuation of the buildings using Pix2Pix and explainable XGBoost model	2
Probabilistic modelling of occupants’ thermostat preferences for residential building energy simulation and rating	2
Spawn: coupling Modelica Buildings Library and EnergyPlus to enable new energy system and control applications	2
On the simulation of occupant-centric control for building operations	2
The use of dimensionality reduction techniques for fault detection and diagnosis in a AHU unit: critical assessment of its reliability	2
Validated open-source Modelica model of direct evaporative cooler with minimal inputs	2
Evaluating the performance of an Inexact Newton method with a preconditioner for dynamic building system simulation	2
An ensemble-based faults detection and diagnosis approach for determining faults severities at whole-building level	2
Parametric PGD model used with orthogonal polynomials to assess efficiently the building's envelope thermal performance	2
Theoretical and experimental study of the multistage dynamic dehumidifier for enhanced thermal comfort conditions in a building	2
Characteristic traits of visualizations for decision-making in the early stages of building design	2
Advanced thermal environment and energy consumption calculation over time using combined energy simulation, computational fluid dynamics, and heat source model	2
Towards digital twinning for multi-domain simulation workflows in urban design: a case study in Gothenburg	2
Computational psychrometric analysis as a control problem: case of cooling and dehumidification systems	2
Adaptation to extreme weather events using pre-conditioning: a model-based testing of novel resilience algorithms on a residential case study	1
Dynamic thermal performance of district heating network under typical safety accidents	1
Implementation of real-time model predictive heating control for a factory building using ANN-based lumped modelling approach	1
Household energy and comfort impacts under teleworking scenarios via a zoned residential HVAC system	1
A pre-processing method of internal thermal mass for building energy simulation software	1
Co-cooling, simulation-based exploration of a new method to measure the heat transfer coefficient of a building envelope in hot climate and summer period	1
Performance assessment of RBFMOpt, NSGA2, and MHACO on the thermal and energy optimization of an office building	1
A filtering-based methodology for assessing evacuation performance in layout of complex infrastructures	1
Integrated urban heat sinks for low-carbon neighbourhoods: dissipating heat to the ground and sky through building structures	1
Experimental dataset for an AHU air-to-air heat exchanger with normal and simulated fault operations	1
The challenges of using live-streamed data in a predictive digital twin	1
Online model-based predictive control with smart thermostats: application to an experimental house in Québec	1
A call to action for building energy system modelling in the age of decarbonization	1
Study of the influence of input parameters in an air channel on mass and heat transfer phenomena within a wall saturated with water: application to the renovation of old wet buildings	1
Achieving realtime daylight factor computation for modular buildings in generative design	1
Real-time predictive control of HVAC systems for factory building using lightweight data-driven model	1
Integrated control of radiant floor heating systems in residential buildings	1
Calibrating lighting simulation with panoramic high dynamic range imaging	1
Empirical modelling of variable capacity air-to-air heat pumps intrnsys	1
Experimental validation of a numerical model for a sand-based seasonal thermal energy storage	1
Characterizing spatial variability in the temperature field to support thermal model validation in a naturally ventilated building	1
Development and performance evaluation of a minimum input model calibration methodology for residential buildings	1
Surrogate modelling for urban building energy simulation based on the bidirectional long short-term memory model	1
Leveraging data: a new frontier in building modelling and advanced control	1
Temperature-dependency of hysteretic sorption in hygrothermal modelling of wood fibreboard sheathing: analysis of exterior wall laboratory experiments	1
Mitigating peak load and heat stress under heatwaves by optimizing adjustments of fan speed and thermostat setpoint	1
Dynamic thermal behaviour characterization of integrated insulation clay hollow blocks for buildings energy simulations applications	1
Accommodating new calculation approaches in next-generation energy performance assessments	1
Balcony design and surrounding constructions effects on natural ventilation performance and thermal comfort using CFD simulation: a case study	1
Electromagnetic energy in buildings: analysis of the effect of roof shape and treated materials	1
Thermally anisotropic building envelope for thermal management: finite element model calibration using field evaluation data	1
Simulating annual autoregulation of daylight by grating smart window with angular-selective transmission	1
A new approach of optimal appliance scheduling for peak load reduction of an off-grid residential building	1
A deep convolutional neural network based on U-Net to predict annual luminance maps	1
Approximating model predictive control strategies for heat pump systems applied to the building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST)	1
Aerosol transmission in queuing and dining scenarios in canteens and the effectiveness of control measures	1
Comparison of data-driven statistical techniques for cooling demand modelling of electric chiller plants in commercial districts	1
An empirical review of methods to assess overheating in buildings in the context of changes to extreme heat events	1