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 2020-04-01 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
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
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 workflow for evaluating occupant-centric controls using building simulation	9
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
Modelling of rooms with active chilled beams	8
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
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
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
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