OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Building Performance Simulation 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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	101
Modeling and simulation of risk-information processing in decision-making during pedestrian seismic evacuation	51
Factors affecting air distribution in air conditioning air supply room based on SUPG finite element and zero equation	32
Improved calibration of building models using approximate Bayesian calibration and neural networks	27
Developing a statistical electric vehicle charging model and its application in the performance assessment of a sustainable urban charging hub	23
Model-predictive space heating control for energy flexibility – a case study using a long short-term memory neural network surrogate model and a genetic optimization algorithm	21
Advancing building performance simulation education through a crowdsourced campus digital twin	19
Validation of spectral simulation tools in the context of ipRGC-influenced light responses of building occupants	16
COVID-19 dispersion in naturally-ventilated classrooms: a study on inlet-outlet characteristics	15
Research on predicting heat loads based on extracting temporal and spatial features of multiple buildings using data-driven methods	14
Enhanced TimesNet algorithm with ConvNext and fusion of time–frequency domain features in fault detection and diagnosis of HVAC systems	14
Variation in residential occupancy profiles in the United States by household income level and characteristics	14
Effect of temperature-dependent and hysteretic sorption in computational mould risk analyses of wood fibreboard sheathing	13
Monitoring and simulation-based optimization of two multi-apartment NZEBs with heat pump, solar thermal and PV	13
Comparing the economic performance of ice storage and batteries for buildings with on-site PV through model predictive control and optimal sizing	12
Dynamic thermal behaviour characterization of integrated insulation clay hollow blocks for buildings energy simulations applications	11
Household energy and comfort impacts under teleworking scenarios via a zoned residential HVAC system	11
Energy modelling and analysis of variable speed series fan-powered terminal units (FPTUs) using energy management system (EMS) in EnergyPlus	11
An efficient approach for thermal design of masonry walls using design charts and R-value multipliers	11
Linear regression based indoor daylight illuminance estimation with simple measurements for daylight-linked lighting control	11
Discussing the needs of high resolution data: their impact in evaluating solar potential considering the horizon height	10
An empirical review of methods to assess overheating in buildings in the context of changes to extreme heat events	10
The trouble with ‘HIM’: new challenges and old misconceptions in human information modelling	10
The imperative for reproducibility in building performance simulation research	10
Climate adaptivity of urban form: an evaluation by the case study of Medina of Fès	9

An open-source framework for simulation-based testing of buildings control strategies	9
Evaluating the suitability of regression-based emulators of building performance in practice: a test suite	9
Approximating model predictive control strategies for heat pump systems applied to the building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST)	8
Students’ behaviour analysis based on correlating thermal comfort and spatial simulations; case study of a schoolyard in Shiraz City	8
Aerosol transmission in queuing and dining scenarios in canteens and the effectiveness of control measures	8
Online model-based predictive control with smart thermostats: application to an experimental house in Québec	8
Calibration of an analytical model for early-design stage solar heat gain prediction	8
Bayesian approach for the assessment of heat transfer coefficients of buildings under occupancy	8
A software interface for coupled underground and facility simulations between OpenGeoSys and Modelica	7
A data schema for exchanging information between urban building energy models and urban microclimate models in coupled simulations	7
Based on ANN and many-objective optimization to improve the performance and economy of village houses in Chinese cold regions	7
Importance of measuring the temperature of paved surfaces to study the changes in the microclimate of an urban area	7
Enhancing healthcare facility resilience: utilizing machine learning model for airborne disease infection prediction	7
Optimising building stock retrofits for urban-scale action planning: improving the feasibility without losing information	7
Quantifying the nationwide HVAC energy savings in large hotels: the role of occupant-centric controls	7
Performance comparison of quadratic, nonlinear, and mixed integer nonlinear MPC formulations and solvers on an air source heat pump hydronic floor heating system	7
Retraining surrogate models in increasingly restricted design spaces: a novel building energy model calibration method	6
A novel integrated method of fsQCA and digital design for sustainability monitoring and assessment in building energy management systems: a case study	6
Risk of incorrect choices due to uncertainty in BPS evaluations of conceptual-stage neighbourhood-scale building designs	6
Exploring multi-domain simulation workflows for ‘Sustainable cities & communities’ (UN SDG11)	6
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	6
Numerical simulation of a novel VRF-SV hybrid system performance in a large retail facility in the tropics	5
Room-level domestic occupancy simulation model using time use survey data	5
Adaptation to extreme weather events using pre-conditioning: a model-based testing of novel resilience algorithms on a residential case study	5
Unveiling overlooked aspects of model predictive control for building air conditioning systems	5
Methodology and analytical approach to investigate the impact of building temperature setpoint schedules	5
Dynamic thermal performance of district heating network under typical safety accidents	5
Towards digital twinning for multi-domain simulation workflows in urban design: a case study in Gothenburg	5
Accommodating new calculation approaches in next-generation energy performance assessments	5
Design of a model predictive control methodology for integration of retrofitted air‐based PV/T system in school buildings	5
Usability and fitness testing for building performance simulation tools	4
Surrogate modelling for urban building energy simulation based on the bidirectional long short-term memory model	4
Characteristic traits of visualizations for decision-making in the early stages of building design	4
Estimating ASHRAE Guideline 36 energy savings for multi-zone variable air volume systems using Spawn of EnergyPlus	4
Wax actuator’s empirical model development and application to underfloor heating control with varying complexity of controller modelling detail	4
In-situ validation of a sizing method for the combined production and distribution of heat for space heating and domestic hot water	4
A scalable and practical method for disaggregating heating and cooling electrical usage using smart thermostat and smart metre data	4
LiDICS: a light dynamics interface for multi-domain simulation based on the FMI-standard	4
Experimental validation of a numerical model for a sand-based seasonal thermal energy storage	4
Exploring the impacts of numerosity reduction on the data-driven building energy analysis for a proposed building	4
Building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST) for simulation-based benchmarking of control strategies in buildings	4
Experimental and numerical investigation of transparent insulation material to enhance the heating performance of an innovative Trombe Wall in Mediterranean climates	4
PSO-guided optimal estimator enabled regularized adaptive extended Kalman filter with unknown inputs for dynamic nonlinear indoor thermal state estimation	4
A new approach of optimal appliance scheduling for peak load reduction of an off-grid residential building	4
AixLib: an open-source Modelica library for compound building energy systems from component to district level with automated quality management	4
The challenges of using live-streamed data in a predictive digital twin	4
Using Fourier series to obtain cross periodic wall response factors	4