Building Simulation

Article	Citations
Association of the infection probability of COVID-19 with ventilation rates in confined spaces	234
Advanced data analytics for enhancing building performances: From data-driven to big data-driven approaches	117
Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data	81
DeST 3.0: A new-generation building performance simulation platform	58
Development of an ANN-based building energy model for information-poor buildings using transfer learning	56
Archetype identification and urban building energy modeling for city-scale buildings based on GIS datasets	50
A review of operational energy consumption calculation method for urban buildings	41
Multi-objective optimization of building design for life cycle cost and CO2 emissions: A case study of a low-energy residential building in a severe cold climate	41
Comprehensive energy, economic, environmental assessment of a building integrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric system with battery storage for net zero energy building	41
Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation	40
A real-time forecast of tunnel fire based on numerical database and artificial intelligence	40
Individual thermal comfort prediction using classification tree model based on physiological parameters and thermal history in winter	40
Multi-objective optimization of thermochromic glazing based on daylight and energy performance evaluation	35
CFD analysis of cross-ventilation flow in a group of generic buildings: Comparison between steady RANS, LES and wind tunnel experiments	35
Evaluating the impact of thermostat control strategies on the energy flexibility of residential buildings for space heating	33
A data analytics-based tool for the detection and diagnosis of anomalous daily energy patterns in buildings	33
A probabilistic model to evaluate the effectiveness of main solutions to COVID-19 spreading in university buildings according to proximity and time-based consolidated criteria	32
Sub-ambient radiative cooling and its application in buildings	32
A data-driven model predictive control for lighting system based on historical occupancy in an office building: Methodology development	32
Parametric study on the sleep thermal environment	31
Energy and comfort performance of occupant-centric air conditioning strategy in office buildings with personal comfort devices	31
Fast prediction for multi-parameters (concentration, temperature and humidity) of indoor environment towards the online control of HVAC system	30
An action-based Markov chain modeling approach for predicting the window operating behavior in office spaces	30
Indoor environment quality and work performance in “green” office buildings in the Middle East	30
From occupants to occupants: A review of the occupant information understanding for building HVAC occupant-centric control	30

Using air curtains to reduce short-range infection risk in consulting ward: A numerical investigation	30
Data-driven model predictive control for power demand management and fast demand response of commercial buildings using support vector regression	29
The effects of light illuminance and correlated color temperature on mood and creativity	29
Extracting typical occupancy schedules from social media (TOSSM) and its integration with building energy modeling	29
Effects of ambient pressure on smoke movement patterns in vertical shafts in tunnel fires with natural ventilation systems	29
A novel deep generative modeling-based data augmentation strategy for improving short-term building energy predictions	28
Experimental investigation of evaporative cooling systems for agricultural storage and livestock air-conditioning in Pakistan	28
Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong	28
Association between the infection probability of COVID-19 and ventilation rates: An update for SARS-CoV-2 variants	26
Physics-based, data-driven approach for predicting natural ventilation of residential high-rise buildings	25
Comparison of different deep neural network architectures for isothermal indoor airflow prediction	25
Federated learning-based short-term building energy consumption prediction method for solving the data silos problem	25
Quantitative distribution of human exhaled particles in a ventilation room	25
The energy performance and passive survivability of high thermal insulation buildings in future climate scenarios	23
Islands of misfit buildings: Detecting uncharacteristic electricity use behavior using load shape clustering	23
Wind environment around the setback building models	22
A novel circulated air curtain system to confine the transmission of exhaled contaminants: A numerical and experimental investigation	22
Effect of air exhaust location on surgical site particle distribution in an operating room	22
Clustering-based probability distribution model for monthly residential building electricity consumption analysis	21
Analysis of the factors influencing the airflow behavior in an impinging jet ventilation room	21
Pedestrian wind comfort near a super-tall building with various configurations in an urban-like setting	21
Optimisation of the double skin facade in hot and humid climates through altering the design parameter combinations	20
Comparison study of thermal comfort and energy saving under eight different ventilation modes for space heating	20
Economic, energy and environmental life cycle assessment of a liquid flow window in different climates	20
Evaluating the energy impact potential of energy efficiency measures for retrofit applications: A case study with U.S. medium office buildings	20
Automatic classification of rural building characteristics using deep learning methods on oblique photography	20
The effects of portable cooling systems on thermal comfort and work performance in a hot environment	20
Tradeoff between heating energy demand in winter and indoor overheating risk in summer constrained by building standards	19
On COVID-19-safety ranking of seats in intercontinental commercial aircrafts: A preliminary multiphysics computational perspective	19
Power consumption and energy efficiency of VRF system based on large scale monitoring virtual sensors	19
Optimization of passive solar design and integration of building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system in northern housing	18
A preference-based multi-objective building performance optimization method for early design stage	18
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	18
Turbulent flows over real heterogeneous urban surfaces: Wind tunnel experiments and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations	18
Analysis of microclimate characteristics in solar greenhouses under natural ventilation	17
Investigation of indoor air quality in six office buildings in Chengdu, China based on field measurements	17
Hourly energy profile determination technique from monthly energy bills	17
An interactive approach to investigate brightness perception of daylighting in Immersive Virtual Environments: Comparing subjective responses and quantitative metrics	17
Multi-sensor information fusion based control for VAV systems using thermal comfort constraints	17
Room zonal location and activity intensity recognition model for residential occupant using passive-infrared sensors and machine learning	17
Asymmetric flow effect in a horizontal natural ventilated tunnel with different aspect ratios under the influence of longitudinal fire locations	17
A comparative study of the effects of ventilation-purification strategies on air quality and energy consumption in Beijing, China	17
A numerical study on the effect of column layout on air distribution and performance of column attachment ventilation	17
A framework for building energy management system with residence mounted photovoltaic	16
Evaluation of the dynamic energy performance gap of green buildings: Case studies in China	16
Simulating the influence of exhaust hood position on ultrafine particles during a cooking process in the residential kitchen	16
Optimal design of building openings to reduce the risk of indoor respiratory epidemic infections	16
CFD modelling: The most useful tool for developing mesoscale urban canopy parameterizations	16
Effects of side ratio for ‘Y’ plan shaped tall building under wind load	16
Effects of corner modifications on wind loads and local pressures on walls of tall buildings	16

Appliance use behavior modelling and evaluation in residential buildings: A case study of television energy use	16
Regression tree ensemble learning-based prediction of the heating and cooling loads of residential buildings	15
Thermal comfort in winter incorporating solar radiation effects at high altitudes and performance of improved passive solar design—Case of Lhasa	15
Energy saving potential of a fresh air pre-cooling system using radiative sky cooling	15
Effects of urban square entry layouts on spatial ventilation under different surrounding building conditions	15
Exploring building’s envelope thermal behavior of the neo-vernacular residential architecture in a hot and dry climate region of Algeria	15
Thermal performance of lightweight concrete applications in building envelopes in Lebanon	15
Development of a key-variable-based parallel HVAC energy predictive model	15
A simulation-based method to investigate occupant-centric controls	15
Occupancy-aided ventilation for airborne infection risk control: Continuously or intermittently reduced occupancies?	14
Energy and carbon performance of urban buildings using metamodeling variable importance techniques	14
Digital ID framework for human-centric monitoring and control of smart buildings	14
Evaluating the improvement effect of low-energy strategies on the summer indoor thermal environment and cooling energy consumption in a library building: A case study in a hot-humid and less-windy cit	14
Thermal radiation and natural convection in a large-scale enclosure heated from below: Building application	14
A backpropagation neural network improved by a genetic algorithm for predicting the mean radiant temperature around buildings within the long-term period of the near future	14
Study on the optimal operation mode of ventilation system during metro double-island platform fire	14
Modeling chemical releases from building materials: The search for extended validity domain and parsimony	14
Review of onsite temperature and solar forecasting models to enable better building design and operations	14
Analysis of the effect of passive measures on the energy consumption and zero-energy prospects of residential buildings in Pakistan	14
A multi agent-based optimal control method for combined cooling and power systems with thermal energy storage	14
Swimming pool heating technology: A state-of-the-art review	13
Application of a probabilistic LHS-PAWN approach to assess building cooling energy demand uncertainties	13
Enhancing the cooling potential of a solar-assisted desiccant cooling system by ground source free cooling	13
Field synergy analysis of pollutant dispersion in street canyons and its optimization by adding wind catchers	13
Physiological and subjective thermal responses to heat exposure in northern and southern Chinese people	13
Optimization and evaluation of a solar energy, heat pump and desiccant wheel hybrid system in a nearly zero energy building	13
Evaluation and comparison of various fast fluid dynamics modeling methods for predicting airflow around buildings	13
Predicting indoor particle dispersion under dynamic ventilation modes with high-order Markov chain model	13
Building moisture diagnosis: Processing, assessing and representation of environmental data for root cause analysis of mould growth	13
A modified universal pedestrian motion model: Revisiting pedestrian simulation with bottlenecks	13
Assessment and simulation of evacuation in large railway stations	13
The challenges on operating a zero net energy building facing global warming conditions	13
Evaluate the impact of sensor accuracy on model performance in data-driven building fault detection and diagnostics using Monte Carlo simulation	13
Modelling air change rate of naturally ventilated dairy buildings using response surface methodology and numerical simulation	13
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	13
Metamodeling and multicriteria analysis for sustainable and passive residential building refurbishment: A case study of French housing stock	12
A real-time abnormal operation pattern detection method for building energy systems based on association rule bases	12
Verification of behavioural models of window opening: The accuracy of window-use pattern, indoor temperature and indoor PM2.5 concentration prediction	12
Impact of different human walking patterns on flow and contaminant dispersion in residential kitchens: Dynamic simulation study	12
Analysing user daylight preferences in heritage buildings using virtual reality	12
A cloud-based platform to predict wind pressure coefficients on buildings	12
Assessing ventilation control strategies in underground parking garages	12
BIM-based automated design for HVAC system of office buildings—An experimental study	12
Heat transfer between occupied and unoccupied zone in large space building with floor-level side wall air-supply system	12
Characteristic studies of heat sources and performance analysis of free-cooling assisted air conditioning and ventilation systems for working faces of mineral mines	12
Numerical study on pollutant removal performance of vortex ventilation with different pollution source locations	12
Simulation-based assessment of data center waste heat utilization using aquifer thermal energy storage of a university campus	12
Monitoring the green evolution of vernacular buildings based on deep learning and multi-temporal remote sensing images	12
Numerical study on indoor environment and thermal comfort in train station waiting hall with two different air-conditioning modes	12
Online differential pressure reset method with adaptive adjustment algorithm for variable chilled water flow control in central air-conditioning systems	12
Environmental parameters assessment of a new diffuser for air cooling/heating system: Measurements and numerical validation	12
ROBOD, room-level occupancy and building operation dataset	12
Daily power demand prediction for buildings at a large scale using a hybrid of physics-based model and generative adversarial network	12
Numerical studies on issues of Re-independence for indoor airflow and pollutant dispersion within an isolated building	11
Estimation of pollutant sources in multi-zone buildings through different deconvolution algorithms	11
Evaluating the different boundary conditions to simulate airflow and heat transfer in Double-Skin Facade	11
An improved wall-mounted displacement ventilation system in a large-span machining workshop	11
Numerical evaluation of enhanced green infrastructures for mitigating urban heat in a desert urban setting	11
Airborne transmission during short-term events: Direct route over indirect route	11
The influence of airtightness on contaminant spread in MURBs in cold climates	11
Data-driven sensitivity analysis and electricity consumption prediction for water source heat pump system using limited information	11
Experimental and numerical investigation of TVOC concentrations and ventilation dilution in enclosed train cabin	11
Fluid dynamic and thermal comfort analysis in an actual operating room with unidirectional airflow system	11
Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach	11
Cooking grease particles purification review and technology combination strategy evaluation for commercial kitchens	11
Heating load reduction characteristics of passive solar buildings in Tibet, China	11
Model-based adaptive controller for personalized ventilation and thermal comfort in naturally ventilated spaces	11
RANS CFD simulations can be successfully used for simulating snowdrift on roofs in a long period of snowstorm	11
Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	11
A novel point source oxygen supply method for sleeping environment improvement at high altitudes	11
Energy-saving and economic analysis of passive radiative sky cooling for telecommunication base station in China	11
Heat and mass transfer model optimization and annual energy efficiency analysis for energy recovery indirect evaporative cooling	10
Experimental and computational study of smoke dynamics from multiple fire sources inside a large-volume building	10
Parametric analysis of a packed bed thermal storage device with phase change material capsules in a solar heating system application	10
Solutions to mitigate the impact of measurement noise on the air pollution source strength estimation in a multi-zone building	10
Numerical analysis of horizontal temperature distribution in large buildings by thermo-aeraulic zonal approach	10
CFD simulations can be adequate for the evaluation of snow effects on structures	10
CFD-based analysis of urban haze-fog dispersion—A preliminary study	10
Validation of virtual sensor-assisted Bayesian inference-based in-situ sensor calibration strategy for building HVAC systems	10
Evaluation of design schemes for urban squares in arid climate cities, Mendoza, Argentina	10

Modeled exposure to phthalates via inhalation and dermal pathway in children’s sleeping environment: A preliminary study and its implications	10
Metabolic rate estimation method using image deep learning	10
Application and evaluation of a pattern-based building energy model calibration method using public building datasets	10
On the effects of urban-like intersections on ventilation and pollutant dispersion	10
An efficient sensitivity analysis for energy performance of building envelope: A continuous derivative based approach	10
Assessing cooling energy reduction potentials by retrofitting traditional cavity walls into passively ventilated cavity walls	10
Development of data-driven thermal sensation prediction model using quality-controlled databases	10
The analysis of the operational process of a complex fire alarm system used in transport facilities	10
Unsteady RANS simulation of wind flow around a building shape obstacle	9
Numerical investigation of indoor air quality in a floor heated room with different air change rates	9
Localization and characterization of intermittent pollutant source in buildings with ventilation systems: Development and validation of an inverse model	9
Impacts of uneven surface heating of an ideal street canyon on airflows and indoor ventilation: Numerical study using OpenFOAM coupled with EnergyPlus	9
Room thermal load prediction based on analytic hierarchy process and back-propagation neural networks	9
On the capture of polar indoor air pollutants at sub-ppm level—A molecular simulation study	9
Applicability and comparison of solar-air source heat pump systems between cold and warm regions of plateau by transient simulation and experiment	9
Evaluating multiple parameters dependency of base temperature for heating degree-days in building energy prediction	9
An improved numerical model of a UV-PCO reactor for air purification applications	9
An effective method to determine bedding system insulation based on measured data	9
Evaluation of the performance of demand control ventilation system for school buildings located in the hot climate of Saudi Arabia	9
The integration model of objective and subjective data of residential indoor environment quality in Northeast China based on structural equation modeling	9
Robustness of ventilation systems in the control of walking-induced indoor fluctuations: Method development and case study	9
Numerical investigation on fire-induced indoor and outdoor air pollutant dispersion in an idealized urban street canyon	9
Numerical study of reactive pollutants diffusion in urban street canyons with a viaduct	9
A building energy models calibration methodology based on inverse modelling approach	9
A low-resistance elbow with a bionic sawtooth guide vane in ventilation and air conditioning systems	9
Generation and representation of synthetic smart meter data	9
Comparison of space cooling/heating load under non-uniform indoor environment with convective heat gain/loss from envelope	9
Simulating dispatchable grid services provided by flexible building loads: State of the art and needed building energy modeling improvements	9
Modeling and analysis of a dual-channel solar thermal storage wall system with phase change material in hot summer and cold winter area	9
Streamlined CFD simulation framework to generate wind-pressure coefficients on building facades for airflow network simulations	8
Comparison of daylight simulation methods for reflected sunlight from curtain walls	8
Evaluation of the ventilation system in an LNG cargo tank construction platform (CTCP) by the AHP-entropy weight method	8
Impact of indoor ventilation efficiency on acetone inhalation exposure concentration and tissue dose in respiratory tract	8
Green Design Studio: A modular-based approach for high-performance building design	8
Evaluation of model fidelity for solar analysis in the context of distributed PV integration at urban scale	8
Research on optimization and design methods for air distribution system based on target values	8
Mapping the urban natural ventilation potential by hydrological simulation	8
Experimental and numerical study of the airflow and thermal characteristic of non-uniform transpired solar collector	8
Research on the influence of building convex exit on crowd evacuation and its design optimization	8
Evaluation of an innovative pediatric isolation (PI) bed using fluid dynamics simulation and aerosol isolation efficacy	8
Modeling the collapse of the Plasco Building. Part I: Reconstruction of fire	8
A demand side management approach to increase self-consumption in buildings	8
CoolVox: Advanced 3D convolutional neural network models for predicting solar radiation on building facades	8
Zoning strategy of zonal modeling for thermally stratified large spaces	8
A new PM2.5-based CADR method to measure air infiltration rate of buildings	8
Optimisation design and verification of the acoustic environment for multimedia classrooms in universities based on simulation	8
Influence of geometry on the thermal performance of water pit seasonal heat storages for solar district heating	8
Truncation method for calculating the resistance of ventilation air-conditioning duct systems under nonfully developed flow boundary conditions	7
Large eddy simulation of room fire spread using a medium scale compartment made of medium density fibreboard (MDF) panels	7
Indoor evacuation model based on visual-guidance artificial bee colony algorithm	7
Thermal environment investigation of asymmetric radiation coupled with convection heating	7
Performance simulation and optimization of new radiant floor heating based on micro heat pipe array	7
Numerical and experimental study on the critical velocity and smoke maximum temperature in the connected area of branch tunnel	7
Multiple indicators and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for comprehensive performance evaluation of exhaust hood	7
Potential annual daylighting performance of a high-efficiency daylight redirecting slat system	7
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	7
Impact of climate change on outdoor design conditions and implications to peak loads	7
Distribution characteristics of indoor oxygen concentration under natural ventilation in oxygen-enriched buildings at high altitudes	7
Energetic, economic, and environmental analysis of solid oxide fuel cell-based combined cooling, heating, and power system for cancer care hospital	7
A non-cooperative game-based distributed optimization method for chiller plant control	7
Developing occupant archetypes within urban low-income housing: A case study in Mumbai, India	7
Evaluation of the relative differences in building energy simulation results	7
Stochastic energy-demand analyses with random input parameters for the single-family house	7
A probabilistic-based method to evaluate hygrothermal performance of an internally insulated brick wall	7
Simulation and experiment of a photovoltaic—air source heat pump system with thermal energy storage for heating and domestic hot water supply	7
Minimum momentum flux ratio required to prevent air curtain breakthrough in case of cross-curtain pressure gradients: CFD versus analytical equation	7
Chinese prototype building models for simulating the energy performance of the nationwide building stock	7
A preliminary study on volatile organic compounds and odor in university dormitories: Situation, contribution, and correlation	6
Temporal-spatial risk assessment of COVID-19 under the influence of urban spatial environmental parameters: The case of Shenyang city	6
Applicability of high-temperature cooling systems in different European countries from the view of the condensation risk	6
Design and optimization of thermally responsive autonomous dynamic glazed attachment systems for building solar heat gain control	6
Effective improvement of a local thermal environment using multi-vent module-based adaptive ventilation	6
Influence of urban morphological factors on building energy consumption combined with photovoltaic potential: A case study of residential blocks in central China	6
A global typical meteorological year (TMY) database on ERA5 dataset	6
CFD simulation of wind and thermal-induced ventilation flow of a roof cavity	6
Uncertainty and parameter ranking analysis on summer thermal characteristics of the hydronic thermal barrier for low-energy buildings	6
Dynamic forecast of cooling load and energy saving potential based on Ensemble Kalman Filter for an institutional high-rise building with hybrid ventilation	6
New challenges for optimal design of nearly/net zero energy buildings under post-occupancy performance-based design standards and a risk-benefit based solution	6
Natural ventilation driven by a restricted heat source elevated to different levels	6
Diagnosis of building energy consumption in the 2012 CBECS data using heterogeneous effect of energy variables: A recursive partitioning approach	6
Advanced data analytics for building energy modeling and management	6
Dust accumulated fungi in air-conditioning system: Findings based on field and laboratory experiments	6
Differential pressure reset strategy based on reinforcement learning for chilled water systems	6
Effects of mask wearing duration and relative humidity on thermal perception in the summer outdoor built environment	6
Thermal comfort in classrooms considering a traditional wind tower in Trabzon through simulation	6
Pressure and flowrate distribution in central exhaust shaft with multiple randomly operating range hoods	6
Modelling occupant behaviour for urban scale simulation: Review of available approaches and tools	6
Numerical evaluation of the use of vegetation as a shelterbelt for enhancing the wind and thermal comfort in peripheral and lateral-type skygardens in highrise buildings	6
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	6
A statistical-based online cross-system fault detection method for building chillers	6
Evaluation of the thermal performance of radiant floor heating system with the influence of unevenly distributed solar radiation based on the theory of discretization	5
Application of statistical analysis of sample size: How many occupant responses are required for an indoor environmental quality (IEQ) field study	5
Simulation study of a dual-cavity window with gravity-driven cooling mechanism	5
Optimal design and operation of thermally activated wall in the ultra-low energy buildings in China	5
A comprehensive simulation-based assessment of office building performance adaptability to teleworking scenarios in different Canadian climate zones	5