OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Building Simulation is 12. 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
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
Comprehensive energy, economic, environmental assessment of a building integrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric system with battery storage for net zero energy building	41
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
Individual thermal comfort prediction using classification tree model based on physiological parameters and thermal history in winter	40
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
CFD analysis of cross-ventilation flow in a group of generic buildings: Comparison between steady RANS, LES and wind tunnel experiments	35
Multi-objective optimization of thermochromic glazing based on daylight and energy performance evaluation	35
A data analytics-based tool for the detection and diagnosis of anomalous daily energy patterns in buildings	33
Evaluating the impact of thermostat control strategies on the energy flexibility of residential buildings for space heating	33
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Multiple influencing factors analysis of household energy consumption in high-rise residential buildings: Evidence from Hong Kong	28
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
Association between the infection probability of COVID-19 and ventilation rates: An update for SARS-CoV-2 variants	26
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
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
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
Effect of air exhaust location on surgical site particle distribution in an operating room	22
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
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
Clustering-based probability distribution model for monthly residential building electricity consumption analysis	21
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
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
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
Tradeoff between heating energy demand in winter and indoor overheating risk in summer constrained by building standards	19
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
Optimization of passive solar design and integration of building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system in northern housing	18
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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