Building Simulation

Article	Citations
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	150
Modeling the collapse of the Plasco Building. Part I: Reconstruction of fire	97
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	96
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	93
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	68
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	60
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	49
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	49
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	49
Dust control performance of innovative arc device for metro system construction based on orthogonal experiment	47
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	45
Exposure-based smart ventilation and occupancy control for optimizing ventilation energy consumption and long-range airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school environments	44
Neural ordinary differential equations-based approach for enhanced building energy modeling on small datasets	43
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	41
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	39
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	37
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	36
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	35
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	34
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	32
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	32
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	31
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	26
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	26
An exploratory study on road tunnel with semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy—From energy saving and fire safety perspectives	26

Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation	25
Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	25
Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	25
Modeling and configuration optimization of the rooftop photovoltaic with electric-hydrogen-thermal hybrid storage system for zero-energy buildings: Consider a cumulative seasonal effect	24
Numerical simulations of smoke spread during solar roof fires	23
Fire safety of complex buildings (tall buildings, tunnels, subways, etc.)	22
The mutual impacts of individual building design and local microclimate in high-density cities and the major influential parameters	22
Fast prediction of indoor airflow distribution inspired by synthetic image generation artificial intelligence	22
Potential application of radiant floor cooling systems for residential buildings in different climate zones	22
The noise spectral characteristics and noise reduction schemes of screw air-source heat pump: A case study	22
A review of current research on occupant-centric control for improving comfort and energy efficiency	22
Enhancing the efficiency of cabin heaters in emergency shelters after earthquakes through an optimized fuzzy controller	22
An improved wall-mounted displacement ventilation system in a large-span machining workshop	21
A lightweight adjoint method for gaseous pollution source term estimation in urban environments	21
Multiscale simulation of the urban wind environment under typhoon weather conditions	21
Building geometry data from online maps for accurate thermal simulations of districts	21
Impact of indoor ventilation efficiency on acetone inhalation exposure concentration and tissue dose in respiratory tract	21
Quantifying the contribution of activity patterns to PM2.5 exposure inequity between urban and rural residents by a novel method	20
A subspace based method for modelling building’s thermal dynamic in district heating system and parameter extrapolation verification	20
Vapor intrusion in buildings: Development of semi-empirical models including lateral separation between the building and the pollution source	20
CFD simulation of pumping ventilation in a three-story isolated building with internal partitioning: Effects of partition widths, heights and locations	19
Possible high COVID-19 airborne infection risk in deep and poorly ventilated 2D street canyons	19
Optimizing a thermoelectric window frame for heating and cooling: A cross-validated simulation study	19
Comprehensive evaluation and analysis of a nearly zero-energy building heating system using a multi-source heat pump in severe cold region	19
Characteristics and comfort evaluation of sinusoidal airflows by regulating motor rotating frequency of a floor fan	19
Assessing the energy saving potential of using adaptive setpoint temperatures: The case study of a regional adaptive comfort model for Brazil in both the present and the future	19
Reducing children’s exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in homes and kindergartens in China: Impact on lifetime cancer risks and burden of disease	19
BIM-based automated design for HVAC system of office buildings—An experimental study	18
Comparative study of development scenarios to decipher carbon emissions of new/old campuses in China with urban building energy model: A case study of Southeast University	18
Topology optimization design and performance analysis of the low resistance rectifier for uniform air supply	18
Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data	18
Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook	18
Performance evaluation of physical consistency approach for optimizing residential space heating system in cold snap conditions	18
RETRACTED ARTICLE: IoT based residential energy management system for demand side response through load transfer with various types of domestic appliances	18
Chinese prototype building models for simulating the energy performance of the nationwide building stock	18
Natural ventilation driven by a restricted heat source elevated to different levels	18
Modeling urban scale human mobility through big data analysis and machine learning	18
Designerly optimization of devices (as reflectors) to improve daylight and scrutiny of the light-well’s configuration	17
Energetic, economic, and environmental analysis of solid oxide fuel cell-based combined cooling, heating, and power system for cancer care hospital	17
Thermal performances and invisible thermal barrier formation mechanism of arc-shaped metal-fin-enhanced thermally activated building envelopes with directional heat charging feature	17
Optimization of heat source side technical scheme of combined heat and water system based on a coal-fired power plant	17
Developing an integrated prediction model for daylighting, thermal comfort, and energy consumption in residential buildings based on the stacking ensemble learning algorithm	17
Numerical study on the ceiling gas temperature in a subway train with different fire locations	17
Application of a probabilistic LHS-PAWN approach to assess building cooling energy demand uncertainties	17
Performance simulation and optimization of new radiant floor heating based on micro heat pipe array	16
Comprehensive evaluations of the bioaerosol filtration performance of high- and medium-efficiency filters under different influencing factors	16
The effect of classroom wall color on learning performance: A virtual reality experiment	16
Efficient feature selection for enhanced chiller fault diagnosis: A multi-source ranking information-driven ensemble approach	16
Climate change induced heat stress impact on workplace productivity in a net zero-carbon timber building towards the end of the century	16
Analysis of HVAC sensor characteristics for operation and maintenance of the indoor environment: A case research on public building HVAC	16

Development and validation of a transient simulation model of a full-scale PCM embedded radiant chilled ceiling	16
Numerical investigation on fire-induced indoor and outdoor air pollutant dispersion in an idealized urban street canyon	16
Machine learning approach for estimating the human-related VOC emissions in a university classroom	15
Numerical investigation of non-spherical particle deposition characteristics on filter media	15
Strategic deployment of urban trees to achieve thermal resilience in a Canadian community	15
Thermal environment investigation of asymmetric radiation coupled with convection heating	14
Evaluation of transmission risk of respiratory particles under different ventilation strategies in an elevator	14
A method of determining typical meteorological year for evaluating overheating performance of passive buildings	14
Regression tree ensemble learning-based prediction of the heating and cooling loads of residential buildings	14
Numerical study on the application of low-turbulence air curtain surrounding laminar airflow distribution in operating rooms	14
Energy flexibility and resilience analysis of demand-side energy efficiency measures within existing residential houses during cold wave event	14
Effects of mask wearing duration and relative humidity on thermal perception in the summer outdoor built environment	14
A comprehensive benchmark dataset for the validation of building component heat, air, and moisture (HAM) models	14
Assessing stack-induced infiltration loads by predicting neutral pressure levels in high-rise buildings	14
Fault diagnosis of HVAC system with imbalanced data using multi-scale convolution composite neural network	14
The integration model of objective and subjective data of residential indoor environment quality in Northeast China based on structural equation modeling	14
Factors evaluation of PM2.5 diffusion in street canyons in Dalian based on numerical simulation	14
A cloud-based platform to predict wind pressure coefficients on buildings	14
Energy flexibility characteristics of centralized hot water system in university dormitories	14
Informing electrification strategies of residential neighborhoods with urban building energy modeling	14
Characterization of time- and size-dependent particle emissions and decay from cooking oil fumes in residence: Impacts of various intervention measures	14
Impact of radiative cooling on the energy performance of courtyards in Mediterranean climate	14
A comprehensive simulation-based assessment of office building performance adaptability to teleworking scenarios in different Canadian climate zones	13
Exploring the renovation design space: A new iterative approach based on scenario distance metrics and resampling strategies	13
Probabilistic graphical models in energy systems: A review	13
Airborne transmission during short-term events: Direct route over indirect route	13
Analysing user daylight preferences in heritage buildings using virtual reality	13
Simulation study of a dual-cavity window with gravity-driven cooling mechanism	13
Integrated framework for space- and energy-efficient retrofitting in multifunctional buildings: A synergy of agent-based modeling and performance-based modeling	13
A global typical meteorological year (TMY) database on ERA5 dataset	13
Scaling, optimisation, and application of vegetation canopy radiative transfer model at microclimate scale	13
A backpropagation neural network improved by a genetic algorithm for predicting the mean radiant temperature around buildings within the long-term period of the near future	13
Large language models for building energy applications: Opportunities and challenges	13
Deep learning to develop zero-equation based turbulence model for CFD simulations of the built environment	13
Building energy efficiency and COVID-19 infection risk: Lessons from office room management	12
Multi-objective optimization of mechanical ventilation with the aid of purifiers in two scenarios: Regular operation and mitigating the spread of respiratory infectious diseases	12
Influence of airflow and the location of infected individuals on occupant exposure in classrooms without mechanical ventilation during the winter	12
The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies	12
The use of green infrastructure and irrigation in the mitigation of urban heat in a desert city	12
Evaluation of the thermal performance of radiant floor heating system with the influence of unevenly distributed solar radiation based on the theory of discretization	12
Effects of various information scenarios on layer-wise relevance propagation-based interpretable convolutional neural networks for air handling unit fault diagnosis	12
Influencing factors of long-term thermal comfort in office buildings	12
Performance of personalized ventilation in mitigating short-range airborne transmission under the influence of multiple factors	12
Design, fabrication and energy-saving evaluation of five-layer structure based transparent heat mirror coatings for windows application	12
Best Paper Award 2020	12
Effectiveness of internal light shelves to improve daylighting	12
Assessing impact of intermittent window opening strategies on pathogen-laden droplet dispersion in a coach bus	12
A cost-effectiveness assessment of the operational parameters of central HVAC systems during pandemics	12
Can the ASHRAE Standard 169 zoning method be applied to country-level energy-efficient building design in China?	12
Effect of solar radiation on human thermal sensation and physiological parameters in a convection–radiation air conditioning environment	11
Erratum to: Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	11
Transient particle transport prediction based on lattice Boltzmann method-based large eddy simulation and Markov chain model	11
An identification and analysis method on the abnormal electricity usage behavior of urban/building energy systems based on statistical method and domain knowledge	11
A novel coordinated control for NZEB clusters to minimize their connected grid overvoltage risks	11
Numerical study of the influence of the atmospheric pressure on the thermal environment in the passenger cabin	11
Indoor and outdoor airflow modeling in built and urban environments by water tank and channel experiments: A review	11
Graph convolutional networks-based method for uncertainty quantification of building design loads	11
Infrared-transparent bubble wrap assisted high-intensity radiant cooling	11
Utilizing interpretable stacking ensemble learning and NSGA-III for the prediction and optimisation of building photo-thermal environment and energy consumption	11
Investigation on occupant presence and appliance operation schedules for university campus in south China sub-tropical area	11
Comparison and evaluation of machine learning models for predicting indoor PM2.5 concentrations on a large spatiotemporal scale	11
Simulation of roof snow loads based on a multi-layer snowmelt model: Impact of building heat transfer	11
Numerical evaluation of the use of vegetation as a shelterbelt for enhancing the wind and thermal comfort in peripheral and lateral-type skygardens in highrise buildings	11
Energy analysis of a wood or pellet stove in a single-family house equipped with gas boiler and radiators	11
Multiple indicators and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for comprehensive performance evaluation of exhaust hood	11
Spatio-temporal distribution of gaseous pollutants from multiple sources in industrial buildings with different flow patterns	11
Ensemble machine learning framework for daylight modelling of various building layouts	11
Modelling method of inter-building movement for campus-scale occupancy simulation: A case study	11
Optimal regulation of flexible loads in rural residential buildings considering mobile batteries: A case study in Shaanxi Province	11
DeepRadiation: An intelligent augmented reality platform for predicting urban energy performance just through 360 panoramic streetscape images utilizing various deep learning models	11
On the effects of urban-like intersections on ventilation and pollutant dispersion	11
Economic analysis of rooftop photovoltaics system under different shadowing conditions for 20 cities in China	11
Development of a short duration method to assess the envelope thermal performance of multi-family housings	10
Modelling occupant behaviour for urban scale simulation: Review of available approaches and tools	10
Day-ahead energy management of a smart building energy system aggregated with electrical vehicles based on distributionally robust optimization	10
From occupants to occupants: A review of the occupant information understanding for building HVAC occupant-centric control	10
AlphaMobileSensing: A virtual testbed for mobile environmental monitoring	10
Experimental study on the CO2 concentration and age of air distribution inside tiny sleeping spaces	10
Temporal-spatial risk assessment of COVID-19 under the influence of urban spatial environmental parameters: The case of Shenyang city	10
Seasonal thermal energy storage using natural structures: GIS-based potential assessment for northern China	10

A simplified model for unsteady airflow analysis in ultra-long tunnels based on the resistance compensation method	10
Wind impacts on buildings in Hong Kong during super Typhoon Mangkhut	10
Forced convection effects on desiccant evaporation and energy consumption assessment in liquid desiccant dehumidification systems	10
Enhancing heavy gas capture in confined spaces through ventilation control technology	10
A building energy models calibration methodology based on inverse modelling approach	10
Numerical modeling of all-day albedo variation for bifacial PV systems on rooftops and annual yield prediction in Beijing	10
Simulation-aided development of a compact local ventilation unit with the use of CFD analysis	10
Erratum to: Optimized design of a reinforced exhaust at low velocity (RELV) system for efficient viral aerosol removal in elevators	10
An improved window opening behavior model involving the division of the dummy variable’s interval level: Case study of an office building in Xi’an during summer	10
An interpretable graph convolutional neural network based fault diagnosis method for building energy systems	10
A human comfort prediction method for indoor personnel based on time-series analysis	10
Precise quantification of microclimate heterogeneity and canopy group effects in actively heated solar greenhouses	10
Experimental validation of adsorption filter model under dynamic VOC concentrations: Prediction of long-term efficiency	10
Comprehensive energy, economic, environmental assessment of a building integrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric system with battery storage for net zero energy building	9
Building Simulation to be published monthly from 2022	9
Exploring GPU acceleration framework for climate based daylight modeling	9
Robustness of ventilation systems in the control of walking-induced indoor fluctuations: Method development and case study	9
Advancing and demonstrating the Impact Indices method to screen the sensitivity of building energy use to occupant behaviour	9
Hot spot temperature prediction and operating parameter estimation of racks in data center using machine learning algorithms based on simulation data	9
Simulation study of the purification system for indoor oil mist control in machining factories	9
A Fourier neural operator-based method for rapid prediction of 3D indoor airflow dynamics	9
Differential pressure reset strategy based on reinforcement learning for chilled water systems	9
Research on non-uniform heat transfer testing of prefabricated walls based on infrared images	9
Assessing the impact of heat mitigation measures on thermal performance and energy demand at the community level: A pathway toward designing net-zero energy communities	9
Efficiency enhancement of building multi-layer solar collector with SiO2–TiO2 hybrid nanofluids	9
Semantic obstruction detection for improved solar energy potential modeling in urban areas	9
Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom	8
CFD simulation of wind and thermal-induced ventilation flow of a roof cavity	8
The recirculation flow after different cross-section shaped high-rise buildings with applications to ventilation assessment and drag parameterization	8
Erratum to: Unsteady RANS simulation of wind flow around a building shape obstacle	8
Evaluation of model fidelity for solar analysis in the context of distributed PV integration at urban scale	8
Energy-saving and economic analysis of passive radiative sky cooling for telecommunication base station in China	8
Heating load reduction characteristics of passive solar buildings in Tibet, China	8
Residential building performance analysis at near extreme weather conditions in Hong Kong through a thermal-comfort-based strategy	8
Parametric study on the sleep thermal environment	8
Indoor evacuation model based on visual-guidance artificial bee colony algorithm	8
Evaluating different levels of information on the calibration of building energy simulation models	8
Predominance of inhalation route in short-range transmission of respiratory viruses: Investigation based on computational fluid dynamics	8
Best Paper Award 2022	8
Physio-chemical modeling of the NOx-O3 photochemical cycle and the air pollutants’ reactive dispersion around an isolated building	8
Energy modeling and optimization of building condenser water systems with all-variable speed pumps and tower fans: A case study	8
Design optimisation of mean room surface exitance and total corneal illuminance using Monte Carlo simulation	8
Developing surrogate models for the early-stage design of residential blocks using graph neural networks	8
Impact of different human walking patterns on flow and contaminant dispersion in residential kitchens: Dynamic simulation study	8
Energy saving potential of a fresh air pre-cooling system using radiative sky cooling	8
Comparative evaluation of data mining methods in predicting the water vapor permeability of cement-based materials	7
Enhancing source domain availability through data and feature transfer learning for building power load forecasting	7
Impact of interior material selection on the concentration levels of formaldehyde in vehicle cabin environment	7
Using urban building energy modeling to quantify the energy performance of residential buildings under climate change	7
Quantitative method and influencing factors analysis of demand response performance of air conditioning load with rebound effect	7
Design and performance testing of a novel building integrated photovoltaic thermal roofing panel	7
DeST 3.0: A new-generation building performance simulation platform	7
Comparison of models to predict air infiltration rate of buildings with different surrounding environments	7
Bridging performance gap for existing buildings: The role of calibration and the cascading effect	7
Timetabling optimization of classrooms and self-study rooms in university teaching buildings based on the building controls virtual test bed platform considering energy efficiency	7
Investigation of ventilation performance in the multi-story building with various envelope features: Scaled outdoor experiments	7
Model-based investigation on building thermal mass utilization and flexibility enhancement of air conditioning loads	7
CFD modeling of dynamic airflow and particle transmission in an aircraft lavatory	7
Fast flow simulation study of pulsating ventilation performance on air contaminant removal	7
Accelerating urban street canyon wind flow predictions with deep learning method	7
Exercise and resting periods: Thermal comfort dynamics in gym environments	7
Evaluate the impact of sensor accuracy on model performance in data-driven building fault detection and diagnostics using Monte Carlo simulation	7
Seasonal variation of the photovoltaic driven air conditioner with and without temperature range control	7
A novel deep generative modeling-based data augmentation strategy for improving short-term building energy predictions	7
An improved transfer learning strategy for short-term cross-building energy prediction using data incremental	7
Generic load regulation strategy for enhancing energy efficiency of chiller plants	7
An unsupervised non-intrusive load monitoring method for HVAC systems of office buildings based on MSTL	6
Diffusion characteristics of oxygenic–thermal coupled airflow in high-altitude sleeping environment	6
Enhanced reinforcement learning-model predictive control for distributed energy systems: Overcoming local and global optimization limitations	6
Exploring the effects of mask wearing on outdoor thermal comfort at different walking speeds—A thermal manikin-based experiment	6
Anti-condensation regulation strategy of the novel radiant cooling terminal based on moisture buffering effect	6
On-site solar PV generation and use: Self-consumption and self-sufficiency	6
Extraction method of typical IEQ spatial distributions based on low-rank sparse representation and multi-step clustering	6
Risk assessment of exhaled infectious aerosols transmission driven by natural ventilation in four nursing homes	6
Characteristics of outdoor pollutants intrusion and ventilation control in sentry buildings with normal openings	6
The targeted removal effect and mechanism analysis of two-way active chilled beam induced purification on virus in wards	6
Example-based dynamic façade design using the facade daylighting performance improvement (FDPI) indicator	6
Improvement of building energy flexibility with PV battery system based on prediction and load management	6
Comparison of detached eddy simulation and standard k—ε RANS model for rack-level airflow analysis inside a data center	6
BTEX pollution and health effects in a metro system	6
Building and urban simulation under future climate: A novel statistical downscaling method for future hourly weather data generation	6
A new database of building-space-specific internal loads and load schedules for performance based code compliance modeling of commercial buildings	6
An integrated framework utilizing machine learning to accelerate the optimization of energy-efficient urban block forms	6
Erratum to: Heating load reduction characteristics of passive solar buildings in Tibet, China	6
Predicting the clothing insulation through machine learning algorithms: A comparative analysis and a practical approach	6
Accelerating long-term building energy performance simulation with a reference day method	6
An innovative heterogeneous transfer learning framework to enhance the scalability of deep reinforcement learning controllers in buildings with integrated energy systems	6
Uncertainty and parameter ranking analysis on summer thermal characteristics of the hydronic thermal barrier for low-energy buildings	5
Cooling load characteristics of indoor spaces conditioned by decoupled radiant cooling unit with low radiant temperature	5
Dynamic performance and energy efficiency of reflective and insulative composite coating on building exterior wall	5
Determination of the sensible heat effectiveness and pressure loss of a rotary regenerative heat exchanger using CFD	5
CBE Clima Tool: A free and open-source web application for climate analysis tailored to sustainable building design	5
An enhanced method for design and simulation of building integrated photovoltaic plants incorporating photovoltaic resource assessment	5
Low-carbon building heating system coupled with semiconductor radiation heating and distributed PV: A simulation analysis in two Chinese climate zones	5
Multi-objective optimal energy-efficient retrofit determination using hybrid urban building energy model: Considering uncertainties between models	5