OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Building Performance Simulation is 5. 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
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
Effect of temperature-dependent and hysteretic sorption in computational mould risk analyses of wood fibreboard sheathing	15
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
Research on predicting heat loads based on extracting temporal and spatial features of multiple buildings using data-driven methods	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
An efficient approach for thermal design of masonry walls using design charts and R-value multipliers	12
Monitoring and simulation-based optimization of two multi-apartment NZEBs with heat pump, solar thermal and PV	12
Comparing the economic performance of ice storage and batteries for buildings with on-site PV through model predictive control and optimal sizing	11
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
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

An empirical review of methods to assess overheating in buildings in the context of changes to extreme heat events	10
Bayesian approach for the assessment of heat transfer coefficients of buildings under occupancy	9
Evaluating the suitability of regression-based emulators of building performance in practice: a test suite	9
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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