OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Building Performance Simulation is 2. 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
Factors affecting air distribution in air conditioning air supply room based on SUPG finite element and zero equation	103
Developing a statistical electric vehicle charging model and its application in the performance assessment of a sustainable urban charging hub	54
Co-cooling, simulation-based exploration of a new method to measure the heat transfer coefficient of a building envelope in hot climate and summer period	33
Improved calibration of building models using approximate Bayesian calibration and neural networks	30
Modeling and simulation of risk-information processing in decision-making during pedestrian seismic evacuation	24
Inferencing CFD simulation boundary conditions for coughing from experimental spatiotemporal airflow distribution: conception and results from LSTM	23
Advancing building performance simulation education through a crowdsourced campus digital twin	19
Effect of temperature-dependent and hysteretic sorption in computational mould risk analyses of wood fibreboard sheathing	15
Variation in residential occupancy profiles in the United States by household income level and characteristics	15
Enhanced TimesNet algorithm with ConvNext and fusion of time–frequency domain features in fault detection and diagnosis of HVAC systems	15
Research on predicting heat loads based on extracting temporal and spatial features of multiple buildings using data-driven methods	14
Model-predictive space heating control for energy flexibility – a case study using a long short-term memory neural network surrogate model and a genetic optimization algorithm	14
Validation of spectral simulation tools in the context of ipRGC-influenced light responses of building occupants	14
Household energy and comfort impacts under teleworking scenarios via a zoned residential HVAC system	13
COVID-19 dispersion in naturally-ventilated classrooms: a study on inlet-outlet characteristics	13
Monitoring and simulation-based optimization of two multi-apartment NZEBs with heat pump, solar thermal and PV	12
An efficient approach for thermal design of masonry walls using design charts and R-value multipliers	12
Linear regression based indoor daylight illuminance estimation with simple measurements for daylight-linked lighting control	11
Discussing the needs of high resolution data: their impact in evaluating solar potential considering the horizon height	11
Energy modelling and analysis of variable speed series fan-powered terminal units (FPTUs) using energy management system (EMS) in EnergyPlus	11
Comparing the economic performance of ice storage and batteries for buildings with on-site PV through model predictive control and optimal sizing	11
An empirical review of methods to assess overheating in buildings in the context of changes to extreme heat events	10
The imperative for reproducibility in building performance simulation research	10
Climate adaptivity of urban form: an evaluation by the case study of Medina of Fès	10
The trouble with ‘HIM’: new challenges and old misconceptions in human information modelling	10

Dynamic thermal behaviour characterization of integrated insulation clay hollow blocks for buildings energy simulations applications	10
Evaluating the suitability of regression-based emulators of building performance in practice: a test suite	9
Bayesian approach for the assessment of heat transfer coefficients of buildings under occupancy	9
Students’ behaviour analysis based on correlating thermal comfort and spatial simulations; case study of a schoolyard in Shiraz City	8
Online model-based predictive control with smart thermostats: application to an experimental house in Québec	8
Quantifying the nationwide HVAC energy savings in large hotels: the role of occupant-centric controls	8
Approximating model predictive control strategies for heat pump systems applied to the building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST)	8
An open-source framework for simulation-based testing of buildings control strategies	8
Calibration of an analytical model for early-design stage solar heat gain prediction	8
Aerosol transmission in queuing and dining scenarios in canteens and the effectiveness of control measures	8
A data schema for exchanging information between urban building energy models and urban microclimate models in coupled simulations	7
Based on ANN and many-objective optimization to improve the performance and economy of village houses in Chinese cold regions	7
Importance of measuring the temperature of paved surfaces to study the changes in the microclimate of an urban area	7
Exploring multi-domain simulation workflows for ‘Sustainable cities & communities’ (UN SDG11)	7
Enhancing healthcare facility resilience: utilizing machine learning model for airborne disease infection prediction	7
A software interface for coupled underground and facility simulations between OpenGeoSys and Modelica	7
Estimating the value of jointly optimized electric power generation and end use: a study of ISO-scale load shaping applied to the residential building stock	7
Optimising building stock retrofits for urban-scale action planning: improving the feasibility without losing information	7
Performance comparison of quadratic, nonlinear, and mixed integer nonlinear MPC formulations and solvers on an air source heat pump hydronic floor heating system	7
Towards digital twinning for multi-domain simulation workflows in urban design: a case study in Gothenburg	7
Unveiling overlooked aspects of model predictive control for building air conditioning systems	7
Data-driven approach on estimating the minimum required supply temperature for building heating systems: method development, extended application evaluation and sensitivity analysis	6
Thermal resilience in passive buildings: metrics, modeling methods, tool development, and evaluation of passive and mixed mode responses	6
Numerical simulation of a novel VRF-SV hybrid system performance in a large retail facility in the tropics	6
Retraining surrogate models in increasingly restricted design spaces: a novel building energy model calibration method	6
Risk of incorrect choices due to uncertainty in BPS evaluations of conceptual-stage neighbourhood-scale building designs	6
A novel integrated method of fsQCA and digital design for sustainability monitoring and assessment in building energy management systems: a case study	6
Room-level domestic occupancy simulation model using time use survey data	6
In-situ validation of a sizing method for the combined production and distribution of heat for space heating and domestic hot water	5
Adaptation to extreme weather events using pre-conditioning: a model-based testing of novel resilience algorithms on a residential case study	5
Usability and fitness testing for building performance simulation tools	5
Accommodating new calculation approaches in next-generation energy performance assessments	5
Methodology and analytical approach to investigate the impact of building temperature setpoint schedules	5
PSO-guided optimal estimator enabled regularized adaptive extended Kalman filter with unknown inputs for dynamic nonlinear indoor thermal state estimation	5
Dynamic thermal performance of district heating network under typical safety accidents	5
Using Fourier series to obtain cross periodic wall response factors	5
Experimental and numerical investigation of transparent insulation material to enhance the heating performance of an innovative Trombe Wall in Mediterranean climates	5
LiDICS: a light dynamics interface for multi-domain simulation based on the FMI-standard	4
Wax actuator’s empirical model development and application to underfloor heating control with varying complexity of controller modelling detail	4
Surrogate modelling for urban building energy simulation based on the bidirectional long short-term memory model	4
A new approach of optimal appliance scheduling for peak load reduction of an off-grid residential building	4
Exploring the impacts of numerosity reduction on the data-driven building energy analysis for a proposed building	4
Modelling and mitigating lifetime impact of building demand responsive control of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems	4
Design of a model predictive control methodology for integration of retrofitted air‐based PV/T system in school buildings	4
A scalable and practical method for disaggregating heating and cooling electrical usage using smart thermostat and smart metre data	4
Building optimization testing framework (BOPTEST) for simulation-based benchmarking of control strategies in buildings	4
AixLib: an open-source Modelica library for compound building energy systems from component to district level with automated quality management	4
Thermally anisotropic building envelope for thermal management: finite element model calibration using field evaluation data	4
Impact of geometric parameters on the performance of naturally ventilated photovoltaic curtain walls	4
Beyond CFD: explainable machine learning for efficient assessment of urban morphology impacts on pedestrian level wind and thermal environment	4

The challenges of using live-streamed data in a predictive digital twin	4
Characteristic traits of visualizations for decision-making in the early stages of building design	4
Estimating ASHRAE Guideline 36 energy savings for multi-zone variable air volume systems using Spawn of EnergyPlus	4
Documenting occupant models for building performance simulation: a state-of-the-art	4
Experimental validation of a numerical model for a sand-based seasonal thermal energy storage	4
Development of a variable refrigerant flow system emulator to host the second World Championship in Cybernetic Building Optimization	3
Performance assessment of RBFMOpt, NSGA2, and MHACO on the thermal and energy optimization of an office building	3
2D Modelica modelling and experimental validation of a compact cross-flow heat exchanger used in a new desiccant evaporative cooling system	3
Controls of HVAC systems in digital twins – comparative framework and case study on the performance gap	3
Balcony design and surrounding constructions effects on natural ventilation performance and thermal comfort using CFD simulation: a case study	3
Ten questions regarding buildings, occupants and the energy performance gap	3
A review on reduced order models for building and urban energy simulations	3
Development and demonstration of a digital twin platform leveraging ontologies and data-driven simulation models	3
Using an inverse surrogate model for determining building thermal characteristics	3
Hybrid model using Bayesian neural network for variable refrigerant flow system	3
Characterizing spatial variability in the temperature field to support thermal model validation in a naturally ventilated building	3
Impact of the pre-simulation process of occupant behaviour modelling for residential energy demand simulations	3
Development and implementation of a data-driven model predictive controller for hydronic floors: an experimental case study	3
Thermal resilience in a renovated nearly zero-energy dwelling during intense heat waves	3
A novel approach to account for shape-morphing and kinetic shading systems in building energy performance simulations	3
Numerical analysis-based performance prediction in a direct evaporative cooler used for building cooling	3
Control-oriented thermal network models for predictive load management in Canadian houses with on-Site solar electricity generation: application to a research house	3
Occupancy and equipment usage prototype schedules for building energy simulations of office building types in China	3
CityLearn v2: energy-flexible, resilient, occupant-centric, and carbon-aware management of grid-interactive communities	3
Coupling BIM and detailed modelica simulations of HVAC systems in a common data environment	2
Enhanced LSTM-based community energy consumption prediction model leveraging shared building cluster datasets	2
Empirical modelling of variable capacity air-to-air heat pumps intrnsys	2
Towards advanced uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of building energy performance using machine learning techniques	2
Parameter estimation of unknown properties using transfer learning from virtual to existing buildings	2
A deep convolutional neural network based on U-Net to predict annual luminance maps	2
The use of dimensionality reduction techniques for fault detection and diagnosis in a AHU unit: critical assessment of its reliability	2
Why has advanced commercial HVAC control not yet achieved its promise?	2
A hybrid multiple sensor fault detection, diagnosis and reconstruction algorithm for chiller plants	2
Indoor occupancy monitoring using environmental feature fusion and semi-supervised machine learning models	2
Thermal performance prediction of street trees inside isolated open spaces – evaluations from real scale retrofitting project	2
Improving the accuracy of circadian lighting simulation with field measurement	2
Simulating annual autoregulation of daylight by grating smart window with angular-selective transmission	2
Evaluating urban outdoor thermal comfort: a validation of ENVI-met simulation through field measurement	2
Integrating a multi-segment occupant thermal model with building simulation and computational fluid dynamics for detailed analysis of human-building thermal interactions and thermal comfort	2
Development of a Bayesian calibration framework for archetype-based housing stock models of summer indoor temperature	2
Quantifying and simulating the weather forecast uncertainty for advanced building control	2
Electromagnetic energy in buildings: analysis of the effect of roof shape and treated materials	2
Airvox: efficient computational fluid dynamics prediction using 3D convolutional neural networks for building design	2
Integrated urban heat sinks for low-carbon neighbourhoods: dissipating heat to the ground and sky through building structures	2
Regulating window operations using HVAC terminal devices’ control sequences: a simulation-based investigation	2
Model predictive lighting control for a factory building using a deep deterministic policy gradient	2