Building Simulation

Article	Citations
Overcoming fixation: Shaping BPS to fit into design practice	142
ResiDualNet: A novel electric vehicle charging data imputation technique to enhance load forecasting accuracy	90
Investigation of the total thermal resistance of children’s bedding systems at various air temperatures and velocities using CFD analysis	88
Analysing user daylight preferences in heritage buildings using virtual reality	86
Energy saving potential of a fresh air pre-cooling system using radiative sky cooling	67
Optimizing the hyper-parameters of deep reinforcement learning for building control	59
Modeling the collapse of the Plasco Building. Part I: Reconstruction of fire	48
Simulation study of a dual-cavity window with gravity-driven cooling mechanism	46
Multi-objective optimization of thermochromic glazing based on daylight and energy performance evaluation	46
The integration model of objective and subjective data of residential indoor environment quality in Northeast China based on structural equation modeling	46
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	42
The recirculation flow after different cross-section shaped high-rise buildings with applications to ventilation assessment and drag parameterization	41
Numerical simulation of formaldehyde distribution characteristics in the high-speed train cabin	39
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	38
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	34
Impact of climate change on outdoor design conditions and implications to peak loads	34
Indoor evacuation model based on visual-guidance artificial bee colony algorithm	33
Nationwide evaluation of energy and indoor air quality predictive control and impact on infection risk for cooling season	32
Best Paper Award 2022	31
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	31
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	29
Flexible building-integrated solar energy technologies towards carbon neutrality	27
Design optimisation of mean room surface exitance and total corneal illuminance using Monte Carlo simulation	26
Application of statistical analysis of sample size: How many occupant responses are required for an indoor environmental quality (IEQ) field study	26
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	26

A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	24
Probabilistic graphical models in energy systems: A review	23
ROBOD, room-level occupancy and building operation dataset	22
Evaluation of the thermal performance of radiant floor heating system with the influence of unevenly distributed solar radiation based on the theory of discretization	22
Healthy and low-carbon communities: Design, optimization, and new technologies	22
Energy flexible optimal operation of centralized hot water system in university dormitories based on model predictive control	21
Application-driven development of a thermal imaging-based cabin occupant thermal sensation assessment model and its validation	21
From laboratory to on-site operation: Reevaluation of empirically based electric water chiller models	21
Deep learning to develop zero-equation based turbulence model for CFD simulations of the built environment	21
Scaling, optimisation, and application of vegetation canopy radiative transfer model at microclimate scale	20
Interpretable data-driven fault diagnosis method for data centers with composite air conditioning system	20
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	20
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	20
Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom	20
Characterization of time- and size-dependent particle emissions and decay from cooking oil fumes in residence: Impacts of various intervention measures	19
Study on the performance of lightweight roadway wall thermal insulation coating containing EP-GHB mixed ceramsite	19
Large eddy simulation of room fire spread using a medium scale compartment made of medium density fibreboard (MDF) panels	19
A modelling method for large-scale open spaces orientated toward coordinated control of multiple air-terminal units	18
Evaluating different levels of information on the calibration of building energy simulation models	18
Energy-saving and economic analysis of passive radiative sky cooling for telecommunication base station in China	18
A review of validation methods for building energy modeling programs	18
Predominance of inhalation route in short-range transmission of respiratory viruses: Investigation based on computational fluid dynamics	18
Integrated framework for space- and energy-efficient retrofitting in multifunctional buildings: A synergy of agent-based modeling and performance-based modeling	17
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	17
Room thermal load prediction based on analytic hierarchy process and back-propagation neural networks	17
Erratum to: Unsteady RANS simulation of wind flow around a building shape obstacle	17
Impact of radiative cooling on the energy performance of courtyards in Mediterranean climate	17
Erratum to: Study on dynamic variation of dew point temperature at attached air layer of radiant ceiling cooling panels	17
Modeling and management performances of distributed energy resource for demand flexibility in Japanese zero energy house	17
Factors, processes, and models of soundmark identification in urban parks	17
Mitigation of long-term heat extraction attenuation of U-type medium-deep borehole heat exchanger by climate change	17
Research on the natural circulation characteristic of deep borehole heat exchanger and the influences on the water circulation resistance	17
Inequalities in urban thermal and greenspace exposures: A case study for China’s Greater Bay Area from 2010 to 2020	17
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	16
Numerical study on the application of low-turbulence air curtain surrounding laminar airflow distribution in operating rooms	16
Integration of moisture effects into urban building energy modeling	16
Stochastic energy-demand analyses with random input parameters for the single-family house	16
Developing surrogate models for the early-stage design of residential blocks using graph neural networks	16
The impact of human-induced turbulence on indoor thermal environment and pollutant diffusion	15
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	15
Impact of different human walking patterns on flow and contaminant dispersion in residential kitchens: Dynamic simulation study	15
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	15
Development of acoustic computer simulation for performance spaces: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Investigating the use cases of a novel heat battery in Dutch residential buildings	15
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	15
A theoretical study on gaseous pollutant flushing of natural ventilation driven by buoyancy forces in industrial buildings	15
A statistical-based online cross-system fault detection method for building chillers	15
Airborne transmission during short-term events: Direct route over indirect route	15
A global typical meteorological year (TMY) database on ERA5 dataset	14
Data-driven model predictive control for power demand management and fast demand response of commercial buildings using support vector regression	14

Optimized design of a reinforced exhaust at low velocity (RELV) system for efficient viral aerosol removal in elevators	14
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	14
The effect of noise exposure on sleep quality of urban residents: A comparative study in Shanghai, China	14
Large language models for building energy applications: Opportunities and challenges	14
Dynamic thermal performance and energy-saving potential analysis of a modular pipe-embedded building envelope integrated with thermal diffusive materials	14
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	14
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	14
A comprehensive simulation-based assessment of office building performance adaptability to teleworking scenarios in different Canadian climate zones	14
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	13
Optimisation design and verification of the acoustic environment for multimedia classrooms in universities based on simulation	13
AutoBPS-BIM: A toolkit to transfer BIM to BEM for load calculation and chiller design optimization	13
Simulation of a novel curved photovoltaic (PV) window improving the annual daylighting and building energy performance simultaneously	13
Design and performance testing of a novel building integrated photovoltaic thermal roofing panel	13
Room zonal location and activity intensity recognition model for residential occupant using passive-infrared sensors and machine learning	13
Quantitative distribution of human exhaled particles in a ventilation room	13
Evaluation of model fidelity for solar analysis in the context of distributed PV integration at urban scale	13
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	13
Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach	13
Evaluation of the relative differences in building energy simulation results	13
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	12
Environmental parameters assessment of a new diffuser for air cooling/heating system: Measurements and numerical validation	12
The impact of the three-dimensional greening index on pedestrian thermal comfort in summer street canyons	12
Quantification and influence factor analysis on total inward leakage of N95 respirators by simulating healthcare professional’s procedures	12
A CAD-BEM geometry transformation method for face-based primary geometric input based on closed contour recognition	12
An adjacent-effects resistant damper integrating control and measurement functions for duct systems	12
Best Paper Award 2020	12
Effects of various information scenarios on layer-wise relevance propagation-based interpretable convolutional neural networks for air handling unit fault diagnosis	12
Analysis of synergistic influence of multi-scale design parameters on nearly-zero energy office blocks performance based on architectural morphological classification and parametric modeling	12
Evaluation of the performance of demand control ventilation system for school buildings located in the hot climate of Saudi Arabia	12
Parameter estimation for building energy models using GRcGAN	12
Double-skin façade simulation with computational fluid dynamics: A review of simulation trends, validation methods and research gaps	12
Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	12
Study on the modified three-temperature model for spatial extrapolation of evapotranspiration based on individual urban vegetation evapotranspiration data	12
Design, fabrication and energy-saving evaluation of five-layer structure based transparent heat mirror coatings for windows application	12
A cost-effectiveness assessment of the operational parameters of central HVAC systems during pandemics	11
Tracing the origin of large respiratory droplets by their deposition characteristics inside the respiratory tract during speech	11
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	11
Can the ASHRAE Standard 169 zoning method be applied to country-level energy-efficient building design in China?	11
Comparison study of thermal comfort and energy saving under eight different ventilation modes for space heating	11
Developing biophilic intermediate spaces for Arctic housing: Optimizing the thermal, visual, and energy performance	11
The use of green infrastructure and irrigation in the mitigation of urban heat in a desert city	11
Developing occupant archetypes within urban low-income housing: A case study in Mumbai, India	11
An exploratory study on road tunnel with semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy—From energy saving and fire safety perspectives	11
Assessing impact of intermittent window opening strategies on pathogen-laden droplet dispersion in a coach bus	11
Characteristics of the recirculation zone in a cylindrical confined space and its suppression by an annular orifice plate	11
Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation	11
Multi-objective optimization of mechanical ventilation with the aid of purifiers in two scenarios: Regular operation and mitigating the spread of respiratory infectious diseases	11
Building energy efficiency and COVID-19 infection risk: Lessons from office room management	11
Effectiveness of internal light shelves to improve daylighting	10
A modified universal pedestrian motion model: Revisiting pedestrian simulation with bottlenecks	10
Normalized urban heat island (UHI) indicators: Classifying the temporal variation of UHI for building energy simulation (BES) applications	10
Characteristic studies of heat sources and performance analysis of free-cooling assisted air conditioning and ventilation systems for working faces of mineral mines	10
Comparative analysis of sol-air temperature in typical open and semi-closed courtyard spaces	10
Future trends in intelligent lighting control systems: Integrated technologies, multi-system linkage and AI integration	10
Design and performance of a novel miniaturized electrostatic sampler for efficient airborne particulate matter sampling	10
The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies	10
A sleep staging model for the sleep environment control based on machine learning	10
Influence of airflow and the location of infected individuals on occupant exposure in classrooms without mechanical ventilation during the winter	10
Preliminary data on effects of different street vegetation on stress recovery	10
A novel deep generative modeling-based data augmentation strategy for improving short-term building energy predictions	10
Influence of input uncertainty on the 1-D hygrothermal simulation of composite walls in China	10
Identification of rural courtyards’ utilization status using deep learning and machine learning methods on unmanned aerial vehicle images in north China	10
Direct capture efficiency of range hoods in the confined kitchen space	10
Generic load regulation strategy for enhancing energy efficiency of chiller plants	10
Fast flow simulation study of pulsating ventilation performance on air contaminant removal	10
Model-based investigation on building thermal mass utilization and flexibility enhancement of air conditioning loads	10
Influencing factors of long-term thermal comfort in office buildings	10
Biofuel-driven trigeneration systems for non-residential building applications: A holistic assessment from the energy, environmental and economic perspectives	10
Impacts of uneven surface heating of an ideal street canyon on airflows and indoor ventilation: Numerical study using OpenFOAM coupled with EnergyPlus	10
Archetype identification and urban building energy modeling for city-scale buildings based on GIS datasets	9
Physics-based, data-driven approach for predicting natural ventilation of residential high-rise buildings	9
Study on the challenge and influence of the built thermal environment on elderly health in rural areas: Evidence from Shandong, China	9
Simulating nanoparticle concentration using stochastic models to improve indoor air quality in the industry	9
Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	9
An improved transfer learning strategy for short-term cross-building energy prediction using data incremental	9
Validation of virtual sensor-assisted Bayesian inference-based in-situ sensor calibration strategy for building HVAC systems	9
Influence of urban morphological factors on building energy consumption combined with photovoltaic potential: A case study of residential blocks in central China	9
Evaluation of model predictive control (MPC) of solar thermal heating system with thermal energy storage for buildings with highly variable occupancy levels	9
Accelerating urban street canyon wind flow predictions with deep learning method	9
Impact of window and air-conditioner operation behaviour on cooling load in high-rise residential buildings	9

CFD modeling of dynamic airflow and particle transmission in an aircraft lavatory	9
Numerical evaluation of enhanced green infrastructures for mitigating urban heat in a desert urban setting	9
A novel point source oxygen supply method for sleeping environment improvement at high altitudes	9
Energy and comfort performance of occupant-centric air conditioning strategy in office buildings with personal comfort devices	9
Integrating quantum computing into building-to-grid control framework: Application of benders decomposition in mixed-integer nonlinear programming	9
Quantitative method and influencing factors analysis of demand response performance of air conditioning load with rebound effect	9
Modeling and configuration optimization of the rooftop photovoltaic with electric-hydrogen-thermal hybrid storage system for zero-energy buildings: Consider a cumulative seasonal effect	9
DeST 3.0: A new-generation building performance simulation platform	8
Performance of personalized ventilation in mitigating short-range airborne transmission under the influence of multiple factors	8
Timetabling optimization of classrooms and self-study rooms in university teaching buildings based on the building controls virtual test bed platform considering energy efficiency	8
Impact of interior material selection on the concentration levels of formaldehyde in vehicle cabin environment	8
Effective improvement of a local thermal environment using multi-vent module-based adaptive ventilation	8
The noise spectral characteristics and noise reduction schemes of screw air-source heat pump: A case study	8
Optimal retrofitting scenarios of multi-objective energy-efficient historic building under different national goals integrating energy simulation, reduced order modelling and NSGA-II algorithm	8
Development of a Bayesian inference model for assessing ventilation condition based on CO2 meters in primary schools	8
Investigation of ventilation performance in the multi-story building with various envelope features: Scaled outdoor experiments	8
Optimization design method for components parameter in space station ventilation system based on Flowmaster simulation	8
PATH-U: A data-driven agent-based wayfinding model incorporating perceived path uncertainty and cognitive strategies in unfamiliar indoor environments	8
Fire safety of complex buildings (tall buildings, tunnels, subways, etc.)	8
Performance analysis and optimization of phase change material photovoltaic/thermoelectric hybrid system based on dual thermal channel	8
Predicting roof-surface wind pressure induced by conical vortex using a BP neural network combined with POD	8
Inverse design of indoor radiant terminal distribution using a parametric level set and K-means clustering	8
Enhancing the efficiency of cabin heaters in emergency shelters after earthquakes through an optimized fuzzy controller	7
Association between the infection probability of COVID-19 and ventilation rates: An update for SARS-CoV-2 variants	7
Diagnosis of building energy consumption in the 2012 CBECS data using heterogeneous effect of energy variables: A recursive partitioning approach	7
Collision behaviors of binary charged oil droplets in agglomeration pretreatment for purification	7
Infrared-transparent bubble wrap assisted high-intensity radiant cooling	7
On the effects of urban-like intersections on ventilation and pollutant dispersion	7
Characterization of housing stock for energy retrofitting purposes in Spain	7
Frost prediction based on a 3D CFD model of heat and mass transfer in a counter-cross-flow parallel-plate liquid-to-air membrane energy exchanger	7
The effects of cool materials, façade orientation, and morphological parameters on energy consumption at the residential neighborhood scale	7
An improved wall-mounted displacement ventilation system in a large-span machining workshop	7
Bridging performance gap for existing buildings: The role of calibration and the cascading effect	7
Optimization control method for dedicated outdoor air system in multi-zone office buildings based on deep reinforcement learning	7
A fuzzy cognitive map-based algorithm for predicting water consumption in Spanish healthcare centres	7
Exhaust hood performance and its improvement technologies in industrial buildings: A literature review	7
Multiple indicators and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for comprehensive performance evaluation of exhaust hood	7
Potential application of radiant floor cooling systems for residential buildings in different climate zones	7
The mutual impacts of individual building design and local microclimate in high-density cities and the major influential parameters	7
Thermal performance and evaluation of a novel stratified and mixed flexible transformation solar heat storage unit	7
Energy analysis of a wood or pellet stove in a single-family house equipped with gas boiler and radiators	7
A real-time abnormal operation pattern detection method for building energy systems based on association rule bases	6
Fast prediction of indoor airflow distribution inspired by synthetic image generation artificial intelligence	6
Improving outdoor thermal environmental quality through kinetic canopy empowered by machine learning and control algorithms	6
Towards zero-emission urban mobility: Leveraging AI and LCA for targeted interventions	6
Indoor and outdoor airflow modeling in built and urban environments by water tank and channel experiments: A review	6
Effect of solar radiation on human thermal sensation and physiological parameters in a convection–radiation air conditioning environment	6
Exercise and resting periods: Thermal comfort dynamics in gym environments	6
Clustering compression-based computation-efficient calibration method for digital twin modeling of HVAC system	6
Enhancing source domain availability through data and feature transfer learning for building power load forecasting	6
Using urban building energy modeling to quantify the energy performance of residential buildings under climate change	6
Comparison of models to predict air infiltration rate of buildings with different surrounding environments	6
Application and evaluation of a pattern-based building energy model calibration method using public building datasets	6
An integrated framework utilizing machine learning to accelerate the optimization of energy-efficient urban block forms	6
A review of current research on occupant-centric control for improving comfort and energy efficiency	6
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	6
Numerical simulations of smoke spread during solar roof fires	6
Numerical analysis on phase change progress and thermal performance of different roofs integrated with phase change material (PCM) in Moroccan semi-arid and Mediterranean climates	6
Ensemble machine learning framework for daylight modelling of various building layouts	6
Erratum to: Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	6
Heat and mass transfer model optimization and annual energy efficiency analysis for energy recovery indirect evaporative cooling	6
Economic analysis of rooftop photovoltaics system under different shadowing conditions for 20 cities in China	6
A lightweight adjoint method for gaseous pollution source term estimation in urban environments	6
Graph convolutional networks-based method for uncertainty quantification of building design loads	6
Utilizing interpretable stacking ensemble learning and NSGA-III for the prediction and optimisation of building photo-thermal environment and energy consumption	6
Energy consumption simulations of rural residential buildings considering differences in energy use behavior among family members	6
Comparative evaluation of data mining methods in predicting the water vapor permeability of cement-based materials	6
An effective method to determine bedding system insulation based on measured data	6
Spatio-temporal distribution of gaseous pollutants from multiple sources in industrial buildings with different flow patterns	6
The energy performance and passive survivability of high thermal insulation buildings in future climate scenarios	6
Numerical simulation study on the hygrothermal performance of building exterior walls under dynamic wind-driven rain condition	5
Ranking parameters in urban energy models for various building forms and climates using sensitivity analysis	5
Influence of indoor airflow on airborne disease transmission in a classroom	5
Research on the influence of building convex exit on crowd evacuation and its design optimization	5
A novel non-intrusive load monitoring technique using semi-supervised deep learning framework for smart grid	5
Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	5
Numerical study of the influence of the atmospheric pressure on the thermal environment in the passenger cabin	5
Leveraging graph convolutional networks for semi-supervised fault diagnosis of HVAC systems in data-scarce contexts	5
Simulation analysis for controlling temperature stability of a radiant-board system served for thermodynamic temperature measurement laboratory	5
Impact of indoor ventilation efficiency on acetone inhalation exposure concentration and tissue dose in respiratory tract	5
Development of a key-variable-based parallel HVAC energy predictive model	5
Multiscale simulation of the urban wind environment under typhoon weather conditions	5
Evaluate the impact of sensor accuracy on model performance in data-driven building fault detection and diagnostics using Monte Carlo simulation	5
In search of optimal building behavior models for model predictive control in the context of flexibility	5
Impact of weather conditions and building design on contaminant infiltration from crawl spaces in Swedish schools—Numerical modeling using Monte Carlo method	4
Optimal regulation of flexible loads in rural residential buildings considering mobile batteries: A case study in Shaanxi Province	4
Unsupervised learning of load signatures to estimate energy-related building features using surrogate modelling techniques	4
A low-resistance elbow with a bionic sawtooth guide vane in ventilation and air conditioning systems	4
A novel AC turning on behavior model based on survival analysis	4
An identification and analysis method on the abnormal electricity usage behavior of urban/building energy systems based on statistical method and domain knowledge	4
Daylight and thermal performance of a switchable ethylene tetra-fluoro-ethylene cushion with dynamic control in different climates	4
Predicting indoor particle dispersion under dynamic ventilation modes with high-order Markov chain model	4
Best Paper Award 2023	4
Multi-objective optimal dispatch of household flexible loads based on their real-life operating characteristics and energy-related occupant behavior	4
Numerical study on the optimal power distribution of server racks in a data center	4