OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Energy and Buildings is 70. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Individual differences in acceptance of direct load control	282
Editorial Board	279
Editorial Board	227
Boundary conditions for non-residential buildings from the user’s perspective: Literature review	192
Advancing industrial building energy measurement and verification (M&V) with deep learning: Evaluating data size and feature selection impact	187
Improving indoor air quality and cooling efficiency: Indirect dew-point evaporative cooling in South China summers	166
Corrigendum to “ALDI++: Automatic and parameter-less discord and outlier detection for building energy load profiles” [Energy Build. 265 (2022) 112096]	155
Corrigendum to “Structure optimization of radiant cooling panel: A literature review and assessment” [Energy Build. 310 (2024) 114097]	154
Life cycle assessment of campuses: A systematic review	143
Dynamic modelling and control strategy of a temperature-driven metal hydride cooling system for buildings	140
A baseline model combining physics and data-driven approach for operation evaluation of district heating substation	137
Representative cycle for heat pump energy flexibility evaluations – A comparative simulation study of existing day selection procedures to a new consecutive day procedure	133
Intelligent data systems for building energy workflow: Data pipelines, LSTM efficiency prediction and more	132
Dual-layer optimization design method for collaborative benefits of renewable energy systems in building clusters: Case study of campus buildings	132
An experimental investigation on the effect of use of nanofluids in radiant floor heating systems	128
Agent-based modeling framework for predicting regional electricity consumption considering occupant behavior shift and exogenous policy impact	124
Transfer of building retrofitting evaluations for data-scarce conditions: An empirical study for Sweden to China	113
Designers’ expectations of buildings physics performances related to green timber buildings	111
Analytical study on daylight harvesting potential for manufacturing facilities: Techno-economic-environmental perspective	111
Sensor impact evaluation in commercial buildings: The case of occupancy-centric controls	110
Gift giving results in energy-poverty suffering: A new explanation of the nonincome poor traps in hidden energy poverty in China	109
Access to affordable and clean domestic heating: A critical review on rural clean heating transformation in China’s Jing-Jin-Ji and its surrounding areas	108
Comparative analysis of the performance and energy consumption of air-conditioning systems in a plant factory during a cooling season	105
Practical deployment of reinforcement learning for building controls using an imitation learning approach	103
Non-destructive evaluation of thermal conductivity of wood and insulation materials using permittivity measurements with ground penetrating radar	103

A comparative life cycle assessment between green walls and green facades in the Mediterranean continental climate	102
Impacts of barometric pressure on metabolic rate: A plateau experimental study	101
Building performance optimization through sensitivity Analysis, and economic insights using AI	100
Seasonal adaptation of VRF HVAC model calibration process to a mediterranean climate	100
Evaluation on the thermal and optical performance of a double skin facade with a semi-transparent phase change material blind system	100
Research on systematic analysis and optimization method for ice storage cooling system based on model predictive control: A case study	99
A systems dynamics approach to the bottom-up simulation of residential appliance load	96
A convolutional neural network to control sound level for air conditioning units in four different classroom conditions	96
A review of thermal comfort of 4- to 14-year-old children via field experiments: Experimental designs and methods	95
Proposal and experimental study on a CO2-based multi-mode integrated HVAC system	94
Energetical effect of electrochromic glazing on the double-skin façade of the building in different climates	94
Impact of occupancy patterns on energy performance of kindergarten buildings–A case study of Serbia	94
A benchmarking analysis of sunlight and daylight availability in a highly dense urban area in southern China	94
A novel dual-wheel air-conditioning system operating strategy in different seasons	93
Dwelling conversion and energy retrofit modify building anthropogenic heat emission under past and future climates: A case study of London terraced houses	92
Cost-effective CO2 abatement in residential heating: A district-level analysis of heat pump deployment	92
Dynamic fuzzy temperature control with quasi-Newtonian particle swarm optimization for precise air conditioning	91
Influence of air inlet/outlet arrangement of displacement ventilation on local environment control for unearthed relics within site museum	91
Multi-objective optimization of ventilation in pharmaceutical cleanrooms based on response surface methodology and AHP-entropy weight method	90
Ground characterization of building energy models	88
Research on the coupling relationship between energy consumption and architectural form design of university dormitory buildings under the target of low energy consumption	87
Bayesian uncertainty analysis of inversion models applied to the inference of thermal properties of walls	87
Measurement and Verification for multiple buildings: An innovative baseline model selection framework applied to real energy performance contracts	87
Experimental study on hot liquid subcooling defrosting of an air source heat pump with multi-connected outdoor units	84
Analysis of photovoltaic self-consumption as a function of the demand profile in detached houses	82
The role of above-code labeling programs in reducing CO2e emissions in residential buildings	82
Experimental investigation on improving defrosting performance of air source heat pump through vapor injection	82
Modeling for vehicle cabin temperature prediction based on graph spatial-temporal neural network in air conditioning system	81
An examination of factors affecting residential energy consumption using a multiple discrete continuous approach	80
An environment-adaptive wall: concept, implementation and effects on the energy performance of a residential building	78
Life cycle assessment of a climate-friendly data center cooling device	78
Investigating the impact of borehole field data’s input parameters on the forecasting accuracy of multivariate hybrid deep learning models for heating and cooling	77
Design and practice of prefabricated zero energy building in cold plateau area	76
Life cycle assessment of steel-glued laminated bamboo (GluBam) hybrid truss in China	76
The impact of corporate environmental responsibility on green technology innovation: An empirical analysis of listed companies in China's construction industry	76
Optimizing energy flexibility through electricity price-responsiveness and thermal load management in buildings with convective and radiant heating systems	76
Design criteria for the integration of active solar technologies in the historic built environment: Taxonomy of international recommendations	75
Exploring flexibility in building energy systems: Agent-based quantification and electricity tariff impacts	75
Air-stable low-emissive AlN-Ag based coatings for energy-efficient retrofitting of existing windows	74
Simulating long-term energy consumption prediction in campus buildings through enhanced data augmentation and metaheuristic-optimized artificial intelligence	73
Challenges to energy retrofitting of existing office buildings in high-rise high-density cities: The case of Hong Kong	72
Numerical study on the forced convection enhancement of flat-roof integrated photovoltaic by passive components	71
Experimental and numerical study of PCM storage integrated with HVAC system for energy flexibility	71
Optimal load scheduling strategy for isolated building-integrated DC microgrid using binary PSO to maximize user comfort and minimize peak-to-average ratio	71
Recent energy simulation model enhancements for radiant systems	70