OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Building Performance Simulation is 5. 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 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 high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls	12
Standardization of optimization methodology of daylighting and shading strategy: a case study of an architectural design studio – the German University in Cairo, Egypt	11
A numerical model to simulate the dynamic performance of Breathing Walls	11
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
The impact of a reduced training subspace on the prediction accuracy of neural networks for hygrothermal predictions	10
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
A data schema for exchanging information between urban building energy models and urban microclimate models in coupled simulations	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
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
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
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
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