OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science and Technology for the Built Environment is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
An effective and efficient approach for smoke control in underground parking garages	18
Energy efficiency package for rooftop unit replacement: laboratory testing and validation of energy savings	16
Relating air quality and other factors to comfort and health related symptoms reported by passengers and crew on commercial transport aircraft (ASHRAE RP-1262)	15
Real-time model predictive control of energy recovery ventilators for a school building	14
Evaluation of data imputation approaches for multi-stream building systems data ¹	14
Simulation and performance assessment of a heat pump coupled to a sub-slab thermal storage system	12
Dr. Cheng-Xian (Charlie) Lin 1965–2022	12
Unlocking hidden energy efficiency potential in buildings using artificial intelligence algorithms for HVAC systems	12
Data analysis and interpretable machine learning for HVAC predictive control: A case-study based implementation	12
The influence of occupant behavior and building characteristics on household dampness in Zhejiang Province, China	11
Unlocking energy savings and emissions reduction: A comparative study of fixed-speed and variable-speed room air conditioners in high ambient temperature environments	11
Utilization of microperforated panel parallel baffle silencers for noise reduction in ducts	11
Simulation driven design approach and prototype development for low-cost high-efficiency room air conditioners using next generation refrigerants	11
Influence of outdoor temperature on thermal adaptation: Annual neutral temperature and thermal sensitivity	11
ASHRAE URP-1883: Development and Analysis of the ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database	11
Cross-climate analysis of energy flexibility in high thermal mass radiant systems	11
Mandated temperature levels in the European building stock - how low can you go?	10
A simulation analysis on the internal and external application of new silica-aerogel-based (Quartzene) coatings effects on energy use in a typical building in two different climates	10
Experimental assessment and modeling of radiant cooling technology using constant and variable water flow rate	10
Developing a standardized categorization system for energy efficiency measures (1836-RP)	10
2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild – Special Issue	10
Code generation for embedded predictive control of gas water heaters	10
Numerical simulation and geometric optimization on active chilled beam to improve airflow uniformity	10
A field study on indoor environmental quality and energy savings of an office building integrated with underfloor air conditioning system in India	10
Performance study and life-cycle cost analysis of a ground-source heat-pump system in a commercial building in Norway	10

Quantifying leaks from Schrader valves in air conditioning systems	10
Experimental study on applying standardized frost load to evaporators in a secondary test chamber (ASHRAE RP-1831)	9
Time-inhomogeneous Markov models for residential load synthesis	9
Quantitative analysis of cost savings and occupants’ preferences in grid-interactive smart home operation	9
Comparative evaluation of machine learning models for predicting residential split-system heat pump performance	8
Experimental study on the heating performance of transcritical CO ₂ heat pump for electric buses	8
Influence of refrigerant charge volume on the flammability risk of an R32 rotary compressor	7
Innovative airspace reflective tool for different building applications, part II: parametric study	7
Prof. Reinhard Radermacher, 1952-2025	7
Deployment of adaptive automated demand response on in-situ building automation systems: challenges and lessons learned	7
Impact of varying usage profiles for different building envelope types with all-electric HVAC systems	7
Experimental validation of the dynamic thermal network approach in modeling buried pipes	7
Experimental performance analysis of ejector heat pump water heater under transient conditions	7
Laboratory and field validation of the performance benefits and costs of thin triple-pane windows in residential buildings	6
IAQ 2020: Indoor environmental quality performance approaches transitioning from IAQ to IEQ, part 2 May 4–6, 2022 \| Athens, Greece	6
Prediction of pressure drop from multivariate polynomial regression for membrane-based air-to-air energy recovery ventilator cores	6
Examining different placement strategies for indoor environmental quality sensors in office environments	6
The design strategy and testing of an efficient floor anti-freezing ventilation system in a large cold store	6
A comparative study of duct breakout transmission loss: Finite element simulation versus legacy measurements	6
A review of experimental studies on contaminant transfer in energy exchangers (rp-1780)	6
Development of a framework for optimizing photovoltaic systems on high-rise multi-unit residential buildings: demonstration with a case study in Toronto	6
Open building operating system: a grid-responsive semantics-driven control platform for buildings	6
Modeling of the passive evaporative cooling in a wet inclined tube truncated at both ends	6
Multiple batches differential-based kernel canonical variate analysis for a two-directional dynamic fault detection in air handling units	6
Machine-learning algorithm for room labeling in architectural plans	6
Steady-state and transient thermal response of a field-scale geothermal thermosyphon with active condenser	6
Model-free MIMO control tuning of a chiller process using reinforcement learning	6
Large-scale energy cost optimization and performance analysis for dedicated outdoor air system: simulation results from ASHRAE RP-1865	6
Data-driven model-based flow measurement uncertainty quantification for building central cooling systems using a probabilistic approach	5
Impacts of the 4.5 and 8.5 RCP global climate scenarios on nearly zero energy building performance: Sensitivity analysis about operative conditions of insulation materials and PV system degradation	5
Energy-saving method and performance analysis of chiller plants group control based on Kernel Ridge Regression and Genetic Algorithm	5
Multi-objective optimization design of energy efficiency for office building window systems based on indoor thermal comfort	5
On the use of drones for vision-based digitalization, diagnostics and energy efficiency assessment of buildings	5
Research on the effect of the refrigerant charge in a variable capacity heat pump	5
Impact of temperature drifts on thermal sensation: field research and analysis	5
Cooling load comparison of rooms conditioned with radiant cooling panels and all-air HVAC systems (ASHRAE RP 1729)	5
Integration of a thermal aerosol generator into a full-scale HVAC filter test rig for aging filters with representative urban aerosol size distributions (RP-1734)	5
Proposed IEQ parameters weighting scheme for naturally ventilated school classrooms in a warm-humid climate	5
Research on the thermal comfort of vertical radiant cold plate coupling with a new dual cold source dehumidification air conditioning system	5
Biomimetic approach for beams-redirected adaptive facade with emphasis on user position and the clustered synthesis	5
Bridging the gap between theory and adoption: A critical review of socio-technical and human-computer interaction studies of fault detection and diagnosis in commercial buildings	5
Numerical investigation of a displacer-type pulse tube refrigerator with He–H ₂ mixtures	5
Parametric analysis of a three-stage cascade refrigeration system for ultra-low temperature applications and performance prediction using multilayer perceptron algorithm	5
Occupancy schedule development and its effect on OpenStudio prototype college building model	5
Experimental investigation on indoor air toluene adsorption performance of Fe/Al-based metal organic framework materials	4
Experimental energy and exergy analysis of an air-cooled commercial condenser using R32 as refrigerant	4
Development and experimental evaluation of new building air leakage measurement methods: measurement of interior air leaks and comparison to conventional methods	4
Determination of thermal comfort in traditional and contemporary shelters of composite climate of central India: A case of Mandla, M.P., India	4
Outdoor testbeds for studies on performance of building envelopes: review and recommendations	4
Developing and testing low-cost air cleaners for safer spaces during wildfires	4

A central chilled water plant model for designing learning-based controllers	4
Artificial intelligence in smart buildings	4
Simulation-based assessment on stochastic load scheduling for building cooling systems	4
The lifecycle environmental impact of industrial ventilation systems and operational energy dominance	4
A fast and accurate semi-analytical method to determine the thermal response of bore fields	4
Performance comparison of a mobile air conditioning system using an orifice tube as an expansion device for R1234yf and R134a	4
Joint window shading and space conditioning controls using data-driven linear predictive control techniques	4
Nonlinear optimal control of heat pumps in electric vehicles	4
An integrated design model for ambient temperature district heating and cooling networks	4
How does indoor environment affect people’s comfort and exercise performance in sports buildings?	4
A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testbed for cyber-physical energy systems in smart commercial buildings	4