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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
An effective and efficient approach for smoke control in underground parking garages	25
Energy efficiency package for rooftop unit replacement: laboratory testing and validation of energy savings	20
Hybrid ANN approach for prediction of lubricant retention in compressor suction lines based on analytical model and parametric study	19
Evaluation of data imputation approaches for multi-stream building systems data ¹	19
Relating air quality and other factors to comfort and health related symptoms reported by passengers and crew on commercial transport aircraft (ASHRAE RP-1262)	17
Data analysis and interpretable machine learning for HVAC predictive control: A case-study based implementation	16
Real-time model predictive control of energy recovery ventilators for a school building	14
A cosine-based correlation information entropy approach for building automatic fault detection baseline construction	14
Heat stress mitigation in urban streets having hot humid climatic conditions: Strategies and performance results from a real scale retrofitting project	13
Automated and comprehensive day-type grouping in building energy baseline models with a series of statistical inferences	12
Dr. Cheng-Xian (Charlie) Lin 1965–2022	12
Determination of defrost efficiency and energy efficiency index value using different defrost methods and refrigerants: An experimental study	11
Unlocking hidden energy efficiency potential in buildings using artificial intelligence algorithms for HVAC systems	11
Utilization of microperforated panel parallel baffle silencers for noise reduction in ducts	10
Simulation and performance assessment of a heat pump coupled to a sub-slab thermal storage system	10
A field study on indoor environmental quality and energy savings of an office building integrated with underfloor air conditioning system in India	9
2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild – Special Issue	9
Mandated temperature levels in the European building stock - how low can you go?	9
ASHRAE URP-1883: Development and Analysis of the ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database	9
The influence of occupant behavior and building characteristics on household dampness in Zhejiang Province, China	8
Unlocking energy savings and emissions reduction: A comparative study of fixed-speed and variable-speed room air conditioners in high ambient temperature environments	8
Influence of outdoor temperature on thermal adaptation: Annual neutral temperature and thermal sensitivity	8
Study of the airflow and vortex distributions in a long-narrow enclosed space	8
Adapted tracer gas test for passive measurement of total air change rates using alternative tracer substance	8
Prof. Reinhard Radermacher, 1952-2025	7

Impact of varying usage profiles for different building envelope types with all-electric HVAC systems	7
Experimental study on the heating performance of transcritical CO ₂ heat pump for electric buses	7
Developing a standardized categorization system for energy efficiency measures (1836-RP)	7
Quantitative analysis of cost savings and occupants’ preferences in grid-interactive smart home operation	7
Influence of refrigerant charge volume on the flammability risk of an R32 rotary compressor	7
Influential variables impacting the reliability of building occupancy sensor systems: A systematic review and expert survey	7
Experimental assessment and modeling of radiant cooling technology using constant and variable water flow rate	7
Code generation for embedded predictive control of gas water heaters	7
Performance study and life-cycle cost analysis of a ground-source heat-pump system in a commercial building in Norway	7
Quantifying leaks from Schrader valves in air conditioning systems	7
IEQ assessment in free-running university classrooms	7
Machine-learning algorithm for room labeling in architectural plans	7
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	7
Assessing the impact of the envelope’s dynamic thermal transmittance on dwelling’s cooling performance with respect to the occupants’ thermal comfort	7
Experimental validation of the dynamic thermal network approach in modeling buried pipes	7
Simulation study on the electro-osmotic characteristic of a dehumidification fin	7
IAQ 2020: Indoor environmental quality performance approaches transitioning from IAQ to IEQ, part 2 May 4–6, 2022 \| Athens, Greece	6
Experimental performance analysis of ejector heat pump water heater under transient conditions	6
User-friendly fault detection method for building chilled water flowmeters: Field data validation	6
A review of experimental studies on contaminant transfer in energy exchangers (rp-1780)	6
Laboratory and field validation of the performance benefits and costs of thin triple-pane windows in residential buildings	6
A comparative study of duct breakout transmission loss: Finite element simulation versus legacy measurements	6
Prediction of pressure drop from multivariate polynomial regression for membrane-based air-to-air energy recovery ventilator cores	6
The design strategy and testing of an efficient floor anti-freezing ventilation system in a large cold store	6
Innovative airspace reflective tool for different building applications, part II: parametric study	6
Examining different placement strategies for indoor environmental quality sensors in office environments	6
Physiological and psychological responses and cognitive performance with a window view	6
Model-free MIMO control tuning of a chiller process using reinforcement learning	6
Research on the thermal comfort of vertical radiant cold plate coupling with a new dual cold source dehumidification air conditioning system	5
Occupancy schedule development and its effect on OpenStudio prototype college building model	5
Measuring moisture content in building insulation materials by a hot film	5
Multi-objective optimization design of energy efficiency for office building window systems based on indoor thermal comfort	5
Open building operating system: a grid-responsive semantics-driven control platform for buildings	5
Biomimetic approach for beams-redirected adaptive facade with emphasis on user position and the clustered synthesis	5
Impact of temperature drifts on thermal sensation: field research and analysis	5
Parametric analysis of a three-stage cascade refrigeration system for ultra-low temperature applications and performance prediction using multilayer perceptron algorithm	5
Large-scale energy cost optimization and performance analysis for dedicated outdoor air system: simulation results from ASHRAE RP-1865	5
Energy-saving method and performance analysis of chiller plants group control based on Kernel Ridge Regression and Genetic Algorithm	5
Numerical investigation of a displacer-type pulse tube refrigerator with He–H ₂ mixtures	5
On the use of drones for vision-based digitalization, diagnostics and energy efficiency assessment of buildings	5
Airflow and contaminant transport in innovative personalized ventilation systems for aircraft cabins: A numerical study	5
Modification of the commercial polyester filter media support with electrospun polyethylene terephthalate fibers and its application for air purification	5
Effect of geometry and operational parameters on the dehumidification performance of a desiccant coated heat exchanger	4
Cooling load comparison of rooms conditioned with radiant cooling panels and all-air HVAC systems (ASHRAE RP 1729)	4
Performance comparison of a mobile air conditioning system using an orifice tube as an expansion device for R1234yf and R134a	4
Outdoor testbeds for studies on performance of building envelopes: review and recommendations	4
Nonlinear optimal control of heat pumps in electric vehicles	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
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	4

Research on noise reduction of rotary compressor valve components based on damping alloy	4
Data-driven model-based flow measurement uncertainty quantification for building central cooling systems using a probabilistic approach	4
An integrated design model for ambient temperature district heating and cooling networks	4
Dynamic model-based feature extraction for fault detection and diagnosis of a supermarket refrigeration system ^†	4
Developing and testing low-cost air cleaners for safer spaces during wildfires	4
Simulation-based assessment on stochastic load scheduling for building cooling systems	4
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	4
Research on the effect of the refrigerant charge in a variable capacity heat pump	4
Development and experimental evaluation of new building air leakage measurement methods: measurement of interior air leaks and comparison to conventional methods	4
Artificial intelligence in smart buildings	4
A rigorous physics-based enhanced parameter estimation (EPE) methodology for calibration of building energy simulations	4
Unsupervised identification of zone-level anomalies in VAV terminal units utilizing autoencoders and PCA	4
Joint window shading and space conditioning controls using data-driven linear predictive control techniques	4