Building Simulation

Article	Citations
Modeling the collapse of the Plasco Building. Part I: Reconstruction of fire	120
Numerical study on the application of low-turbulence air curtain surrounding laminar airflow distribution in operating rooms	79
Developing surrogate models for the early-stage design of residential blocks using graph neural networks	73
Overcoming fixation: Shaping BPS to fit into design practice	61
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	56
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	54
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	52
Energy saving potential of a fresh air pre-cooling system using radiative sky cooling	42
Analysing user daylight preferences in heritage buildings using virtual reality	42
Airborne transmission during short-term events: Direct route over indirect route	40
The integration model of objective and subjective data of residential indoor environment quality in Northeast China based on structural equation modeling	40
Stochastic energy-demand analyses with random input parameters for the single-family house	38
A theoretical study on gaseous pollutant flushing of natural ventilation driven by buoyancy forces in industrial buildings	35
Room thermal load prediction based on analytic hierarchy process and back-propagation neural networks	33
The recirculation flow after different cross-section shaped high-rise buildings with applications to ventilation assessment and drag parameterization	32
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	32
A statistical-based online cross-system fault detection method for building chillers	31
Numerical simulation of formaldehyde distribution characteristics in the high-speed train cabin	31
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	30
Impact of climate change on outdoor design conditions and implications to peak loads	29
Investigating the use cases of a novel heat battery in Dutch residential buildings	27
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	27
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	26
Nationwide evaluation of energy and indoor air quality predictive control and impact on infection risk for cooling season	26
Flexible building-integrated solar energy technologies towards carbon neutrality	26

Indoor evacuation model based on visual-guidance artificial bee colony algorithm	26
Application of statistical analysis of sample size: How many occupant responses are required for an indoor environmental quality (IEQ) field study	24
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	23
Design optimisation of mean room surface exitance and total corneal illuminance using Monte Carlo simulation	22
Simulation study of a dual-cavity window with gravity-driven cooling mechanism	22
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	22
Application-driven development of a thermal imaging-based cabin occupant thermal sensation assessment model and its validation	21
Best Paper Award 2022	21
Probabilistic graphical models in energy systems: A review	21
Development of acoustic computer simulation for performance spaces: A systematic review and meta-analysis	21
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	21
Evaluation of model fidelity for solar analysis in the context of distributed PV integration at urban scale	20
Investigation of the total thermal resistance of children’s bedding systems at various air temperatures and velocities using CFD analysis	19
The impact of human-induced turbulence on indoor thermal environment and pollutant diffusion	19
From laboratory to on-site operation: Reevaluation of empirically based electric water chiller models	19
Interpretable data-driven fault diagnosis method for data centers with composite air conditioning system	18
The effect of noise exposure on sleep quality of urban residents: A comparative study in Shanghai, China	18
Evaluation of the relative differences in building energy simulation results	18
Dynamic thermal performance and energy-saving potential analysis of a modular pipe-embedded building envelope integrated with thermal diffusive materials	17
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	17
Healthy and low-carbon communities: Design, optimization, and new technologies	17
Scaling, optimisation, and application of vegetation canopy radiative transfer model at microclimate scale	17
A comprehensive simulation-based assessment of office building performance adaptability to teleworking scenarios in different Canadian climate zones	17
Evaluation of the thermal performance of radiant floor heating system with the influence of unevenly distributed solar radiation based on the theory of discretization	17
Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom	17
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	17
ROBOD, room-level occupancy and building operation dataset	17
Deep learning to develop zero-equation based turbulence model for CFD simulations of the built environment	16
Multi-objective optimization of thermochromic glazing based on daylight and energy performance evaluation	16
Impact of different human walking patterns on flow and contaminant dispersion in residential kitchens: Dynamic simulation study	16
Modeling and management performances of distributed energy resource for demand flexibility in Japanese zero energy house	16
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	16
A real-time forecast of tunnel fire based on numerical database and artificial intelligence	15
Data-driven model predictive control for power demand management and fast demand response of commercial buildings using support vector regression	15
A modelling method for large-scale open spaces orientated toward coordinated control of multiple air-terminal units	15
Study on the performance of lightweight roadway wall thermal insulation coating containing EP-GHB mixed ceramsite	15
Large eddy simulation of room fire spread using a medium scale compartment made of medium density fibreboard (MDF) panels	15
Predominance of inhalation route in short-range transmission of respiratory viruses: Investigation based on computational fluid dynamics	15
Characterization of time- and size-dependent particle emissions and decay from cooking oil fumes in residence: Impacts of various intervention measures	15
Design and performance testing of a novel building integrated photovoltaic thermal roofing panel	15
Cooking grease particles purification review and technology combination strategy evaluation for commercial kitchens	14
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	14
Erratum to: Unsteady RANS simulation of wind flow around a building shape obstacle	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
Energy-saving and economic analysis of passive radiative sky cooling for telecommunication base station in China	14
Evaluating different levels of information on the calibration of building energy simulation models	14
A global typical meteorological year (TMY) database on ERA5 dataset	14
A review of validation methods for building energy modeling programs	14
Impact of radiative cooling on the energy performance of courtyards in Mediterranean climate	13
Erratum to: Study on dynamic variation of dew point temperature at attached air layer of radiant ceiling cooling panels	13

Large language models for building energy applications: Opportunities and challenges	13
Identification of rural courtyards’ utilization status using deep learning and machine learning methods on unmanned aerial vehicle images in north China	13
Integration of moisture effects into urban building energy modeling	13
Factors, processes, and models of soundmark identification in urban parks	13
Mitigation of long-term heat extraction attenuation of U-type medium-deep borehole heat exchanger by climate change	13
Research on the natural circulation characteristic of deep borehole heat exchanger and the influences on the water circulation resistance	13
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	13
Simulation of a novel curved photovoltaic (PV) window improving the annual daylighting and building energy performance simultaneously	13
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	13
Inequalities in urban thermal and greenspace exposures: A case study for China’s Greater Bay Area from 2010 to 2020	13
Integrated framework for space- and energy-efficient retrofitting in multifunctional buildings: A synergy of agent-based modeling and performance-based modeling	13
Quantitative distribution of human exhaled particles in a ventilation room	13
Environmental parameters assessment of a new diffuser for air cooling/heating system: Measurements and numerical validation	13
Developing biophilic intermediate spaces for Arctic housing: Optimizing the thermal, visual, and energy performance	12
Impact of window and air-conditioner operation behaviour on cooling load in high-rise residential buildings	12
Best Paper Award 2020	12
Double-skin façade simulation with computational fluid dynamics: A review of simulation trends, validation methods and research gaps	12
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	12
Optimisation design and verification of the acoustic environment for multimedia classrooms in universities based on simulation	12
Impacts of uneven surface heating of an ideal street canyon on airflows and indoor ventilation: Numerical study using OpenFOAM coupled with EnergyPlus	12
On COVID-19-safety ranking of seats in intercontinental commercial aircrafts: A preliminary multiphysics computational perspective	12
Influence of urban morphological factors on building energy consumption combined with photovoltaic potential: A case study of residential blocks in central China	12
AutoBPS-BIM: A toolkit to transfer BIM to BEM for load calculation and chiller design optimization	12
Model-based investigation on building thermal mass utilization and flexibility enhancement of air conditioning loads	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
Validation of virtual sensor-assisted Bayesian inference-based in-situ sensor calibration strategy for building HVAC systems	12
Direct capture efficiency of range hoods in the confined kitchen space	12
Physics-based, data-driven approach for predicting natural ventilation of residential high-rise buildings	12
Room zonal location and activity intensity recognition model for residential occupant using passive-infrared sensors and machine learning	12
Modeling and configuration optimization of the rooftop photovoltaic with electric-hydrogen-thermal hybrid storage system for zero-energy buildings: Consider a cumulative seasonal effect	11
Characteristics of the recirculation zone in a cylindrical confined space and its suppression by an annular orifice plate	11
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	11
Influence of input uncertainty on the 1-D hygrothermal simulation of composite walls in China	11
A CAD-BEM geometry transformation method for face-based primary geometric input based on closed contour recognition	11
Preliminary data on effects of different street vegetation on stress recovery	11
Evaluation of the performance of demand control ventilation system for school buildings located in the hot climate of Saudi Arabia	11
A modified universal pedestrian motion model: Revisiting pedestrian simulation with bottlenecks	11
Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation	11
Assessing impact of intermittent window opening strategies on pathogen-laden droplet dispersion in a coach bus	11
Parameter estimation for building energy models using GRcGAN	11
The impact of the three-dimensional greening index on pedestrian thermal comfort in summer street canyons	11
Normalized urban heat island (UHI) indicators: Classifying the temporal variation of UHI for building energy simulation (BES) applications	10
Evaluation of an innovative pediatric isolation (PI) bed using fluid dynamics simulation and aerosol isolation efficacy	10
Design and performance of a novel miniaturized electrostatic sampler for efficient airborne particulate matter sampling	10
CFD modeling of dynamic airflow and particle transmission in an aircraft lavatory	10
Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	10
Fast flow simulation study of pulsating ventilation performance on air contaminant removal	10
A cost-effectiveness assessment of the operational parameters of central HVAC systems during pandemics	10
Evaluating the energy impact potential of energy efficiency measures for retrofit applications: A case study with U.S. medium office buildings	10
A sleep staging model for the sleep environment control based on machine learning	10
Generic load regulation strategy for enhancing energy efficiency of chiller plants	10
Evaluation of model predictive control (MPC) of solar thermal heating system with thermal energy storage for buildings with highly variable occupancy levels	10
Performance of personalized ventilation in mitigating short-range airborne transmission under the influence of multiple factors	10
Multi-objective optimization of mechanical ventilation with the aid of purifiers in two scenarios: Regular operation and mitigating the spread of respiratory infectious diseases	10
An exploratory study on road tunnel with semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy—From energy saving and fire safety perspectives	10
Biofuel-driven trigeneration systems for non-residential building applications: A holistic assessment from the energy, environmental and economic perspectives	10
Can the ASHRAE Standard 169 zoning method be applied to country-level energy-efficient building design in China?	10
Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	9
Analysis of synergistic influence of multi-scale design parameters on nearly-zero energy office blocks performance based on architectural morphological classification and parametric modeling	9
Study on the challenge and influence of the built thermal environment on elderly health in rural areas: Evidence from Shandong, China	9
The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies	9
Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach	9
Developing occupant archetypes within urban low-income housing: A case study in Mumbai, India	9
Quantification and influence factor analysis on total inward leakage of N95 respirators by simulating healthcare professional’s procedures	9
Study on the modified three-temperature model for spatial extrapolation of evapotranspiration based on individual urban vegetation evapotranspiration data	9
An adjacent-effects resistant damper integrating control and measurement functions for duct systems	9
Comparative analysis of sol-air temperature in typical open and semi-closed courtyard spaces	9
An improved transfer learning strategy for short-term cross-building energy prediction using data incremental	9
Effects of various information scenarios on layer-wise relevance propagation-based interpretable convolutional neural networks for air handling unit fault diagnosis	9
Energy and comfort performance of occupant-centric air conditioning strategy in office buildings with personal comfort devices	9
Quantitative method and influencing factors analysis of demand response performance of air conditioning load with rebound effect	9
Exploring building’s envelope thermal behavior of the neo-vernacular residential architecture in a hot and dry climate region of Algeria	9
Application and evaluation of a pattern-based building energy model calibration method using public building datasets	8
A real-time abnormal operation pattern detection method for building energy systems based on association rule bases	8
Numerical evaluation of enhanced green infrastructures for mitigating urban heat in a desert urban setting	8
A novel deep generative modeling-based data augmentation strategy for improving short-term building energy predictions	8
Building energy efficiency and COVID-19 infection risk: Lessons from office room management	8
Tracing the origin of large respiratory droplets by their deposition characteristics inside the respiratory tract during speech	8
Enhancing the efficiency of cabin heaters in emergency shelters after earthquakes through an optimized fuzzy controller	8
Leveraging graph convolutional networks for semi-supervised fault diagnosis of HVAC systems in data-scarce contexts	8

Characterization of housing stock for energy retrofitting purposes in Spain	8
Design, fabrication and energy-saving evaluation of five-layer structure based transparent heat mirror coatings for windows application	8
Influencing factors of long-term thermal comfort in office buildings	8
Future trends in intelligent lighting control systems: Integrated technologies, multi-system linkage and AI integration	8
Comparison study of thermal comfort and energy saving under eight different ventilation modes for space heating	8
Spatio-temporal distribution of gaseous pollutants from multiple sources in industrial buildings with different flow patterns	8
Numerical study of the influence of the atmospheric pressure on the thermal environment in the passenger cabin	8
Utilizing interpretable stacking ensemble learning and NSGA-III for the prediction and optimisation of building photo-thermal environment and energy consumption	8
The use of green infrastructure and irrigation in the mitigation of urban heat in a desert city	8
DeST 3.0: A new-generation building performance simulation platform	8
Archetype identification and urban building energy modeling for city-scale buildings based on GIS datasets	8
A novel point source oxygen supply method for sleeping environment improvement at high altitudes	8
Fire safety of complex buildings (tall buildings, tunnels, subways, etc.)	8
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	8
Timetabling optimization of classrooms and self-study rooms in university teaching buildings based on the building controls virtual test bed platform considering energy efficiency	7
Effective improvement of a local thermal environment using multi-vent module-based adaptive ventilation	7
Diagnosis of building energy consumption in the 2012 CBECS data using heterogeneous effect of energy variables: A recursive partitioning approach	7
Impact of indoor ventilation efficiency on acetone inhalation exposure concentration and tissue dose in respiratory tract	7
Association between the infection probability of COVID-19 and ventilation rates: An update for SARS-CoV-2 variants	7
Comparative evaluation of data mining methods in predicting the water vapor permeability of cement-based materials	7
Energy analysis of a wood or pellet stove in a single-family house equipped with gas boiler and radiators	7
Frost prediction based on a 3D CFD model of heat and mass transfer in a counter-cross-flow parallel-plate liquid-to-air membrane energy exchanger	7
Evaluate the impact of sensor accuracy on model performance in data-driven building fault detection and diagnostics using Monte Carlo simulation	7
The effects of portable cooling systems on thermal comfort and work performance in a hot environment	7
Multiscale simulation of the urban wind environment under typhoon weather conditions	7
Fast prediction of indoor airflow distribution inspired by synthetic image generation artificial intelligence	7
Thermal performance and evaluation of a novel stratified and mixed flexible transformation solar heat storage unit	7
Numerical simulations of smoke spread during solar roof fires	7
Heat and mass transfer model optimization and annual energy efficiency analysis for energy recovery indirect evaporative cooling	7
A fuzzy cognitive map-based algorithm for predicting water consumption in Spanish healthcare centres	7
Multiple indicators and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for comprehensive performance evaluation of exhaust hood	7
Research on the influence of building convex exit on crowd evacuation and its design optimization	7
The noise spectral characteristics and noise reduction schemes of screw air-source heat pump: A case study	7
Review of onsite temperature and solar forecasting models to enable better building design and operations	7
The mutual impacts of individual building design and local microclimate in high-density cities and the major influential parameters	6
A review of current research on occupant-centric control for improving comfort and energy efficiency	6
An integrated framework utilizing machine learning to accelerate the optimization of energy-efficient urban block forms	6
A novel non-intrusive load monitoring technique using semi-supervised deep learning framework for smart grid	6
Economic analysis of rooftop photovoltaics system under different shadowing conditions for 20 cities in China	6
Development of a Bayesian inference model for assessing ventilation condition based on CO2 meters in primary schools	6
Exhaust hood performance and its improvement technologies in industrial buildings: A literature review	6
Effect of solar radiation on human thermal sensation and physiological parameters in a convection–radiation air conditioning environment	6
Exercise and resting periods: Thermal comfort dynamics in gym environments	6
Optimization design method for components parameter in space station ventilation system based on Flowmaster simulation	6
Erratum to: Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	6
Towards zero-emission urban mobility: Leveraging AI and LCA for targeted interventions	6
Infrared-transparent bubble wrap assisted high-intensity radiant cooling	6
Influence of indoor airflow on airborne disease transmission in a classroom	6
Optimal retrofitting scenarios of multi-objective energy-efficient historic building under different national goals integrating energy simulation, reduced order modelling and NSGA-II algorithm	6
Energy consumption simulations of rural residential buildings considering differences in energy use behavior among family members	6
Dynamic model and response characteristics of liquid desiccant air-conditioning system driven by heat pump	6
Predicting roof-surface wind pressure induced by conical vortex using a BP neural network combined with POD	6
Development of a key-variable-based parallel HVAC energy predictive model	6
Inverse design of indoor radiant terminal distribution using a parametric level set and K-means clustering	6
The effects of cool materials, façade orientation, and morphological parameters on energy consumption at the residential neighborhood scale	6
Collision behaviors of binary charged oil droplets in agglomeration pretreatment for purification	6
Comparison of models to predict air infiltration rate of buildings with different surrounding environments	6
Enhancing source domain availability through data and feature transfer learning for building power load forecasting	6
On the effects of urban-like intersections on ventilation and pollutant dispersion	6
Optimization of passive solar design and integration of building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system in northern housing	6
PATH-U: A data-driven agent-based wayfinding model incorporating perceived path uncertainty and cognitive strategies in unfamiliar indoor environments	6
An improved wall-mounted displacement ventilation system in a large-span machining workshop	6
Ranking parameters in urban energy models for various building forms and climates using sensitivity analysis	5
Numerical analysis on phase change progress and thermal performance of different roofs integrated with phase change material (PCM) in Moroccan semi-arid and Mediterranean climates	5
The energy performance and passive survivability of high thermal insulation buildings in future climate scenarios	5
Investigation of ventilation performance in the multi-story building with various envelope features: Scaled outdoor experiments	5
Graph convolutional networks-based method for uncertainty quantification of building design loads	5
Ensemble machine learning framework for daylight modelling of various building layouts	5
Clustering compression-based computation-efficient calibration method for digital twin modeling of HVAC system	5
Impact of interior material selection on the concentration levels of formaldehyde in vehicle cabin environment	5
Simulation analysis for controlling temperature stability of a radiant-board system served for thermodynamic temperature measurement laboratory	5
Potential application of radiant floor cooling systems for residential buildings in different climate zones	5
Bridging performance gap for existing buildings: The role of calibration and the cascading effect	5
Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	5
An effective method to determine bedding system insulation based on measured data	5
Performance analysis and optimization of phase change material photovoltaic/thermoelectric hybrid system based on dual thermal channel	5
Numerical simulation study on the hygrothermal performance of building exterior walls under dynamic wind-driven rain condition	5
Using urban building energy modeling to quantify the energy performance of residential buildings under climate change	5
Possible high COVID-19 airborne infection risk in deep and poorly ventilated 2D street canyons	4
Influence and characteristic of shading on photovoltaic performance of bifacial modules and method for estimating bifacial gain	4
Experimental and numerical investigation of TVOC concentrations and ventilation dilution in enclosed train cabin	4
Impact of weather conditions and building design on contaminant infiltration from crawl spaces in Swedish schools—Numerical modeling using Monte Carlo method	4
Numerical study on the optimal power distribution of server racks in a data center	4
Assessing the energy saving potential of using adaptive setpoint temperatures: The case study of a regional adaptive comfort model for Brazil in both the present and the future	4
A simulation-based evaluation of the absolute and comparative approaches in a code compliance process from the energy use perspective: Cold-climate case study	4
Optimal design of building openings to reduce the risk of indoor respiratory epidemic infections	4
From occupants to occupants: A review of the occupant information understanding for building HVAC occupant-centric control	4
A modeling framework for the integration of electrical and thermal energy systems in greenhouses	4
A low-resistance elbow with a bionic sawtooth guide vane in ventilation and air conditioning systems	4
In search of optimal building behavior models for model predictive control in the context of flexibility	4
Evaluation of the ventilation system in an LNG cargo tank construction platform (CTCP) by the AHP-entropy weight method	4
Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook	4
Optimal regulation of flexible loads in rural residential buildings considering mobile batteries: A case study in Shaanxi Province	4
Daylight and thermal performance of a switchable ethylene tetra-fluoro-ethylene cushion with dynamic control in different climates	4
Predicting indoor particle dispersion under dynamic ventilation modes with high-order Markov chain model	4