OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Energy and Buildings is 72. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	324
Editorial Board	310
Corrigendum to “ALDI++: Automatic and parameter-less discord and outlier detection for building energy load profiles” [Energy Build. 265 (2022) 112096]	265
Corrigendum to “Structure optimization of radiant cooling panel: A literature review and assessment” [Energy Build. 310 (2024) 114097]	211
Dwelling conversion and energy retrofit modify building anthropogenic heat emission under past and future climates: A case study of London terraced houses	209
Evaluation on the thermal and optical performance of a double skin facade with a semi-transparent phase change material blind system	179
Dynamic modelling and control strategy of a temperature-driven metal hydride cooling system for buildings	179
Advancing industrial building energy measurement and verification (M&V) with deep learning: Evaluating data size and feature selection impact	160
Exploring flexibility in building energy systems: Agent-based quantification and electricity tariff impacts	158
An experimental investigation on the effect of use of nanofluids in radiant floor heating systems	154
A baseline model combining physics and data-driven approach for operation evaluation of district heating substation	154
Transfer of building retrofitting evaluations for data-scarce conditions: An empirical study for Sweden to China	146
Designers’ expectations of buildings physics performances related to green timber buildings	145
Transfer learning with unsupervised domain adaptation for personal thermal comfort prediction	136
Research on the evaluation of the renovation effect of existing energy-inefficient residential buildings in a severe cold region of China	124
Analytical study on daylight harvesting potential for manufacturing facilities: Techno-economic-environmental perspective	120
Modeling for vehicle cabin temperature prediction based on graph spatial-temporal neural network in air conditioning system	118
Ground characterization of building energy models	116
Useful daylight illuminance for ornamental plants in buildings – The method to design the green interior	116
A comparative life cycle assessment between green walls and green facades in the Mediterranean continental climate	115
Impacts of barometric pressure on metabolic rate: A plateau experimental study	115
A systems dynamics approach to the bottom-up simulation of residential appliance load	114
Proposal and experimental study on a CO2-based multi-mode integrated HVAC system	113
Cost-effective CO2 abatement in residential heating: A district-level analysis of heat pump deployment	111
Bayesian uncertainty analysis of inversion models applied to the inference of thermal properties of walls	110

Boundary conditions for non-residential buildings from the user’s perspective: Literature review	108
Life cycle assessment of a climate-friendly data center cooling device	107
Research on the coupling relationship between energy consumption and architectural form design of university dormitory buildings under the target of low energy consumption	105
An optimal scheduling method for building energy system integrating solar energy based on adaptive hybrid mechanism model and learning-based model predictive control	105
Representative cycle for heat pump energy flexibility evaluations – A comparative simulation study of existing day selection procedures to a new consecutive day procedure	104
Emissions of F-gases from room air conditioners in China and scenarios to 2060	103
A numerical analysis of occupancy profile databases impact on dynamic energy simulation of buildings	102
Dynamic fuzzy temperature control with quasi-Newtonian particle swarm optimization for precise air conditioning	102
Smart switchable glazing systems in Saudi Arabia: A review	102
Developing a comprehensive method for integrating the thermal, optical and electrical properties of a complex fenestration system into building simulation software for building performance characteris	102
An environment-adaptive wall: concept, implementation and effects on the energy performance of a residential building	101
Dual-layer optimization design method for collaborative benefits of renewable energy systems in building clusters: Case study of campus buildings	100
Parametric design and multi-objective optimization of daylight performance in gallery skylight systems: A case study on the high museum expansion	100
Air-stable low-emissive AlN-Ag based coatings for energy-efficient retrofitting of existing windows	97
The role of above-code labeling programs in reducing CO2e emissions in residential buildings	92
Design and practice of prefabricated zero energy building in cold plateau area	89
Numerical study on the forced convection enhancement of flat-roof integrated photovoltaic by passive components	88
A benchmarking analysis of sunlight and daylight availability in a highly dense urban area in southern China	87
A systematic review on thermal environment and thermal comfort studies in Chinese residential buildings	85
Practical deployment of reinforcement learning for building controls using an imitation learning approach	85
Experimental investigation on improving defrosting performance of air source heat pump through vapor injection	84
Forecasting building occupancy: A temporal-sequential analysis and machine learning integrated approach	82
Measurement and Verification for multiple buildings: An innovative baseline model selection framework applied to real energy performance contracts	82
Life cycle assessment of campuses: A systematic review	81
Identifying the optimal heterogeneous ensemble learning model for building energy prediction using the exhaustive search method	81
Investigating the impact of borehole field data’s input parameters on the forecasting accuracy of multivariate hybrid deep learning models for heating and cooling	80
Assessing heat transfer characteristics of building envelope deployed BIPV and resultant building energy consumption in a tropical climate	80
Effects of dynamic airflows on convective cooling of human bodies − Advances in thermal comfort assessment and engineering design	80
Thermal comfort of students in naturally ventilated secondary schools in countryside of hot summer cold winter zone, China	79
Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Spanish office stock through cool roofs	79
An empirical comparison of a calibrated white-box versus multiple LSTM black-box building energy models	79
Analysis of photovoltaic self-consumption as a function of the demand profile in detached houses	79
Optimal load scheduling strategy for isolated building-integrated DC microgrid using binary PSO to maximize user comfort and minimize peak-to-average ratio	77
Building envelope anomaly characterization and simulation using drone time-lapse thermography	77
Influence of air inlet/outlet arrangement of displacement ventilation on local environment control for unearthed relics within site museum	77
Multi-objective optimization of ventilation in pharmaceutical cleanrooms based on response surface methodology and AHP-entropy weight method	76
Synergistic carbon sequestration and emission reduction of green facades: climate-specific analysis for office buildings	76
Temporospatial techno-economic analysis of heat pumps for decarbonising heating in Great Britain	75
Model predictive control under weather forecast uncertainty for HVAC systems in university buildings	75
Improving building occupant comfort through a digital twin approach: A Bayesian network model and predictive maintenance method	74
Energy consumption prediction of industrial HVAC systems using Bayesian Networks	74
Commercial building indoor environmental quality models: A critical review	73
Deep reinforcement learning control for non-stationary building energy management	73
Digital twins for decoding human-building interaction in multi-domain test-rooms for environmental comfort and energy saving via graph representation	73
A convolutional neural network to control sound level for air conditioning units in four different classroom conditions	73
Recent energy simulation model enhancements for radiant systems	73
Experimental study on hot liquid subcooling defrosting of an air source heat pump with multi-connected outdoor units	72
Seasonal adaptation of VRF HVAC model calibration process to a mediterranean climate	72
Seasonal thermal comfort and adaptive behaviours for the occupants of residential buildings: Shaoxing as a case study	72