OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Building Simulation is 14. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	200
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	126
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	78
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	73
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	72
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	59
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	52
AutoLFM: A multi-agent LLM framework for automated building load forecasting	50
Mitigating urban thermal effects by analyzing nonlinear and threshold influences of urban factors using interpretable spatial machine-learning	45
Occupant-oriented indoor environment: An approach to create high performance indoor environment for all scenarios	43
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	43
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	42
A comprehensive framework for building flexibility assessment: RC-Mapping modeling, flexibility quantification, and uncertainty analysis	41
Exposure-based smart ventilation and occupancy control for optimizing ventilation energy consumption and long-range airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school environments	41
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	35
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	35
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	34
Integrated parametric design of ventilation corridors and urban form for enhanced urban ventilation performance	34
Neural ordinary differential equations-based approach for enhanced building energy modeling on small datasets	34
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	33
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	33
Dust control performance of innovative arc device for metro system construction based on orthogonal experiment	32
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	32
Practical methods for constant temperature control in tunnel-shaped scientific facilities: Uniform vs. pressure-driven air supply with insights from SHINE	31
Enhancing building resilience: Maintaining energy efficiency and thermal comfort during power outages in cold climates	31

Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	31
Modeling and configuration optimization of the rooftop photovoltaic with electric-hydrogen-thermal hybrid storage system for zero-energy buildings: Consider a cumulative seasonal effect	30
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	30
The role of privacy design in office environments: Implications for stress level, spatial perception, and work performance using Hybrid immersive Virtual Environment	30
Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	30
Enhancing the efficiency of cabin heaters in emergency shelters after earthquakes through an optimized fuzzy controller	29
Potential application of radiant floor cooling systems for residential buildings in different climate zones	28
Multiscale simulation of the urban wind environment under typhoon weather conditions	28
The noise spectral characteristics and noise reduction schemes of screw air-source heat pump: A case study	28
A nationwide assessment of energy flexibility from predictive-controlled heat pump and active thermal energy storage system for building electrification	28
Impact of indoor ventilation efficiency on acetone inhalation exposure concentration and tissue dose in respiratory tract	28
An improved wall-mounted displacement ventilation system in a large-span machining workshop	27
Fast prediction of indoor airflow distribution inspired by synthetic image generation artificial intelligence	27
The mutual impacts of individual building design and local microclimate in high-density cities and the major influential parameters	27
A lightweight adjoint method for gaseous pollution source term estimation in urban environments	26
Study on the impact of transient turbulence induced by head movements on the dynamic exposure to infectious respiratory particles	26
A review of current research on occupant-centric control for improving comfort and energy efficiency	26
Influence of breathing modes on respiratory pathogen transmission during cough exposure	25
The introduction of a probabilistic behavior model to minimize performance gap and improve affordability of ultra low energy housing	25
Performance evaluation of physical consistency approach for optimizing residential space heating system in cold snap conditions	24
Building geometry data from online maps for accurate thermal simulations of districts	24
A subspace based method for modelling building’s thermal dynamic in district heating system and parameter extrapolation verification	24
Vapor intrusion in buildings: Development of semi-empirical models including lateral separation between the building and the pollution source	24
CFD simulation of pumping ventilation in a three-story isolated building with internal partitioning: Effects of partition widths, heights and locations	23
Optimizing a thermoelectric window frame for heating and cooling: A cross-validated simulation study	23
Topology optimization design and performance analysis of the low resistance rectifier for uniform air supply	23
Reducing children’s exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in homes and kindergartens in China: Impact on lifetime cancer risks and burden of disease	23
Possible high COVID-19 airborne infection risk in deep and poorly ventilated 2D street canyons	23
Impacts of insulation retrofits and electrification on residential energy use across multiple housing types in the historic Japanese city of Kyoto	23
Fault impact analysis and prioritization for chilled water plants with chiller and water-side economizer	23
Quantifying the contribution of activity patterns to PM2.5 exposure inequity between urban and rural residents by a novel method	22
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	22
Comprehensive evaluation and analysis of a nearly zero-energy building heating system using a multi-source heat pump in severe cold region	22
Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data	22
Creating non-uniform thermal environment in large space buildings based on column attachment ventilation	22
Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook	21
Modeling urban scale human mobility through big data analysis and machine learning	21
Chinese prototype building models for simulating the energy performance of the nationwide building stock	21
The effect of classroom wall color on learning performance: A virtual reality experiment	20
Comparative study of development scenarios to decipher carbon emissions of new/old campuses in China with urban building energy model: A case study of Southeast University	20
Analysis of HVAC sensor characteristics for operation and maintenance of the indoor environment: A case research on public building HVAC	20
Thermal performances and invisible thermal barrier formation mechanism of arc-shaped metal-fin-enhanced thermally activated building envelopes with directional heat charging feature	20
A fast prediction framework for urban microscale wind environment based on precomputed CFD database	19
Development and validation of a transient simulation model of a full-scale PCM embedded radiant chilled ceiling	19
Integration of a grey-box refrigerated case model in EnergyPlus via Python plugin	19
Efficient feature selection for enhanced chiller fault diagnosis: A multi-source ranking information-driven ensemble approach	19
Developing an integrated prediction model for daylighting, thermal comfort, and energy consumption in residential buildings based on the stacking ensemble learning algorithm	19
A method of determining typical meteorological year for evaluating overheating performance of passive buildings	18
Combined empirical model and Euclidean distance for estimating daily and hourly global solar radiation data	18
Assessing stack-induced infiltration loads by predicting neutral pressure levels in high-rise buildings	18

Effects of mask wearing duration and relative humidity on thermal perception in the summer outdoor built environment	18
Strategic deployment of urban trees to achieve thermal resilience in a Canadian community	18
Assessing the spatial variation of soundscape perception in high-density urban mountain parks	18
Fault diagnosis of HVAC system with imbalanced data using multi-scale convolution composite neural network	18
Regression tree ensemble learning-based prediction of the heating and cooling loads of residential buildings	18
Machine learning approach for estimating the human-related VOC emissions in a university classroom	18
Climate change induced heat stress impact on workplace productivity in a net zero-carbon timber building towards the end of the century	18
Evaluation of transmission risk of respiratory particles under different ventilation strategies in an elevator	18
A comprehensive benchmark dataset for the validation of building component heat, air, and moisture (HAM) models	18
Numerical investigation of non-spherical particle deposition characteristics on filter media	18
Factors evaluation of PM2.5 diffusion in street canyons in Dalian based on numerical simulation	18
Energy flexibility characteristics of centralized hot water system in university dormitories	18
Informing electrification strategies of residential neighborhoods with urban building energy modeling	18
Comprehensive evaluations of the bioaerosol filtration performance of high- and medium-efficiency filters under different influencing factors	18
Energy flexibility and resilience analysis of demand-side energy efficiency measures within existing residential houses during cold wave event	17
Deep learning to develop zero-equation based turbulence model for CFD simulations of the built environment	17
Best Paper Award 2024	17
Airborne transmission during short-term events: Direct route over indirect route	17
Embedding physical neurons in physics-informed neural networks (EP-PINNs) for enhancing chiller performance prediction	17
Impact of radiative cooling on the energy performance of courtyards in Mediterranean climate	17
Exploring the renovation design space: A new iterative approach based on scenario distance metrics and resampling strategies	17
Characterization of time- and size-dependent particle emissions and decay from cooking oil fumes in residence: Impacts of various intervention measures	17
Design, fabrication and energy-saving evaluation of five-layer structure based transparent heat mirror coatings for windows application	16
Large language models for building energy applications: Opportunities and challenges	16
Integrated framework for space- and energy-efficient retrofitting in multifunctional buildings: A synergy of agent-based modeling and performance-based modeling	16
Evaluation of the thermal performance of radiant floor heating system with the influence of unevenly distributed solar radiation based on the theory of discretization	16
A new space utilization assessment paradigm from the perspective of post-occupancy evaluation based on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth positioning systems	16
Numerical study on the application of low-turbulence air curtain surrounding laminar airflow distribution in operating rooms	16
A global typical meteorological year (TMY) database on ERA5 dataset	16
Scaling, optimisation, and application of vegetation canopy radiative transfer model at microclimate scale	16
A degradation knowledge guided health indicator for chiller performance monitoring based on variational information bottleneck	15
Influence of airflow and the location of infected individuals on occupant exposure in classrooms without mechanical ventilation during the winter	15
Influencing factors of long-term thermal comfort in office buildings	15
Effectiveness of internal light shelves to improve daylighting	15
Building energy efficiency and COVID-19 infection risk: Lessons from office room management	15
Multi-objective optimization of mechanical ventilation with the aid of purifiers in two scenarios: Regular operation and mitigating the spread of respiratory infectious diseases	15
Optimal measurement timing for infrared thermography in building envelope assessment	15
Performance of personalized ventilation in mitigating short-range airborne transmission under the influence of multiple factors	15
Effects of various information scenarios on layer-wise relevance propagation-based interpretable convolutional neural networks for air handling unit fault diagnosis	15
Assessing impact of intermittent window opening strategies on pathogen-laden droplet dispersion in a coach bus	15
Can the ASHRAE Standard 169 zoning method be applied to country-level energy-efficient building design in China?	15
The use of green infrastructure and irrigation in the mitigation of urban heat in a desert city	14
Quantitative analysis of individual-scale occupancy: An occupant-centric method for indoor mobility pattern extraction	14
Economic analysis of rooftop photovoltaics system under different shadowing conditions for 20 cities in China	14
Erratum to: Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	14
Numerical study of the influence of the atmospheric pressure on the thermal environment in the passenger cabin	14
The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies	14
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	14
Utilizing interpretable stacking ensemble learning and NSGA-III for the prediction and optimisation of building photo-thermal environment and energy consumption	14
Indoor and outdoor airflow modeling in built and urban environments by water tank and channel experiments: A review	14
Interstitial condensation analysis and moisture control for office building walls in China	14
A cost-effectiveness assessment of the operational parameters of central HVAC systems during pandemics	14
Infrared-transparent bubble wrap assisted high-intensity radiant cooling	14
Effect of solar radiation on human thermal sensation and physiological parameters in a convection–radiation air conditioning environment	14
Graph convolutional networks-based method for uncertainty quantification of building design loads	14