OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Building Simulation is 13. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	167
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	109
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	103
Exposure-based smart ventilation and occupancy control for optimizing ventilation energy consumption and long-range airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school environments	69
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	55
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	53
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	52
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	52
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	49
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	47
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	44
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	42
Occupant-oriented indoor environment: An approach to create high performance indoor environment for all scenarios	40
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	38
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	36
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	34
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	33
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	31
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	31
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	28
Neural ordinary differential equations-based approach for enhanced building energy modeling on small datasets	27
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	26
Dust control performance of innovative arc device for metro system construction based on orthogonal experiment	26
Fire safety of complex buildings (tall buildings, tunnels, subways, etc.)	24
An exploratory study on road tunnel with semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy—From energy saving and fire safety perspectives	24

Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	24
A lightweight adjoint method for gaseous pollution source term estimation in urban environments	24
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
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	24
Enhancing the efficiency of cabin heaters in emergency shelters after earthquakes through an optimized fuzzy controller	24
Practical methods for constant temperature control in tunnel-shaped scientific facilities: Uniform vs. pressure-driven air supply with insights from SHINE	24
Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	24
An improved wall-mounted displacement ventilation system in a large-span machining workshop	23
Potential application of radiant floor cooling systems for residential buildings in different climate zones	23
The mutual impacts of individual building design and local microclimate in high-density cities and the major influential parameters	22
A review of current research on occupant-centric control for improving comfort and energy efficiency	22
A subspace based method for modelling building’s thermal dynamic in district heating system and parameter extrapolation verification	22
Impact of indoor ventilation efficiency on acetone inhalation exposure concentration and tissue dose in respiratory tract	22
The noise spectral characteristics and noise reduction schemes of screw air-source heat pump: A case study	22
Fast prediction of indoor airflow distribution inspired by synthetic image generation artificial intelligence	22
Multiscale simulation of the urban wind environment under typhoon weather conditions	22
Optimizing a thermoelectric window frame for heating and cooling: A cross-validated simulation study	21
Creating non-uniform thermal environment in large space buildings based on column attachment ventilation	21
Quantifying the contribution of activity patterns to PM2.5 exposure inequity between urban and rural residents by a novel method	21
Characteristics and comfort evaluation of sinusoidal airflows by regulating motor rotating frequency of a floor fan	21
Performance evaluation of physical consistency approach for optimizing residential space heating system in cold snap conditions	21
Topology optimization design and performance analysis of the low resistance rectifier for uniform air supply	20
Vapor intrusion in buildings: Development of semi-empirical models including lateral separation between the building and the pollution source	20
Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook	20
Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data	20
BIM-based automated design for HVAC system of office buildings—An experimental study	20
Chinese prototype building models for simulating the energy performance of the nationwide building stock	20
CFD simulation of pumping ventilation in a three-story isolated building with internal partitioning: Effects of partition widths, heights and locations	20
Possible high COVID-19 airborne infection risk in deep and poorly ventilated 2D street canyons	20
Modeling urban scale human mobility through big data analysis and machine learning	20
Reducing children’s exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in homes and kindergartens in China: Impact on lifetime cancer risks and burden of disease	20
Comprehensive evaluation and analysis of a nearly zero-energy building heating system using a multi-source heat pump in severe cold region	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
Building geometry data from online maps for accurate thermal simulations of districts	19
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	19
Development and validation of a transient simulation model of a full-scale PCM embedded radiant chilled ceiling	18
Performance simulation and optimization of new radiant floor heating based on micro heat pipe array	18
Optimization of heat source side technical scheme of combined heat and water system based on a coal-fired power plant	18
The introduction of a probabilistic behavior model to minimize performance gap and improve affordability of ultra low energy housing	18
Thermal performances and invisible thermal barrier formation mechanism of arc-shaped metal-fin-enhanced thermally activated building envelopes with directional heat charging feature	18
Efficient feature selection for enhanced chiller fault diagnosis: A multi-source ranking information-driven ensemble approach	17
Analysis of HVAC sensor characteristics for operation and maintenance of the indoor environment: A case research on public building HVAC	17
The effect of classroom wall color on learning performance: A virtual reality experiment	17
Designerly optimization of devices (as reflectors) to improve daylight and scrutiny of the light-well’s configuration	17
Developing an integrated prediction model for daylighting, thermal comfort, and energy consumption in residential buildings based on the stacking ensemble learning algorithm	17
Energetic, economic, and environmental analysis of solid oxide fuel cell-based combined cooling, heating, and power system for cancer care hospital	17
Factors evaluation of PM2.5 diffusion in street canyons in Dalian based on numerical simulation	16
Climate change induced heat stress impact on workplace productivity in a net zero-carbon timber building towards the end of the century	16
Energy flexibility characteristics of centralized hot water system in university dormitories	16
Energy flexibility and resilience analysis of demand-side energy efficiency measures within existing residential houses during cold wave event	16

Machine learning approach for estimating the human-related VOC emissions in a university classroom	16
A comprehensive benchmark dataset for the validation of building component heat, air, and moisture (HAM) models	16
Strategic deployment of urban trees to achieve thermal resilience in a Canadian community	16
A method of determining typical meteorological year for evaluating overheating performance of passive buildings	16
Assessing stack-induced infiltration loads by predicting neutral pressure levels in high-rise buildings	16
Numerical investigation of non-spherical particle deposition characteristics on filter media	15
Informing electrification strategies of residential neighborhoods with urban building energy modeling	15
Evaluation of transmission risk of respiratory particles under different ventilation strategies in an elevator	15
Exploring the renovation design space: A new iterative approach based on scenario distance metrics and resampling strategies	15
Scaling, optimisation, and application of vegetation canopy radiative transfer model at microclimate scale	15
A comprehensive simulation-based assessment of office building performance adaptability to teleworking scenarios in different Canadian climate zones	15
A cloud-based platform to predict wind pressure coefficients on buildings	15
Fault diagnosis of HVAC system with imbalanced data using multi-scale convolution composite neural network	15
Numerical study on the application of low-turbulence air curtain surrounding laminar airflow distribution in operating rooms	15
Airborne transmission during short-term events: Direct route over indirect route	15
Deep learning to develop zero-equation based turbulence model for CFD simulations of the built environment	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
Effects of mask wearing duration and relative humidity on thermal perception in the summer outdoor built environment	15
Thermal environment investigation of asymmetric radiation coupled with convection heating	15
Regression tree ensemble learning-based prediction of the heating and cooling loads of residential buildings	15
Comprehensive evaluations of the bioaerosol filtration performance of high- and medium-efficiency filters under different influencing factors	15
Simulation study of a dual-cavity window with gravity-driven cooling mechanism	15
Analysing user daylight preferences in heritage buildings using virtual reality	15
Evaluation of the thermal performance of radiant floor heating system with the influence of unevenly distributed solar radiation based on the theory of discretization	14
A global typical meteorological year (TMY) database on ERA5 dataset	14
Assessing impact of intermittent window opening strategies on pathogen-laden droplet dispersion in a coach bus	14
Influence of airflow and the location of infected individuals on occupant exposure in classrooms without mechanical ventilation during the winter	14
Effects of various information scenarios on layer-wise relevance propagation-based interpretable convolutional neural networks for air handling unit fault diagnosis	14
Large language models for building energy applications: Opportunities and challenges	14
Characterization of time- and size-dependent particle emissions and decay from cooking oil fumes in residence: Impacts of various intervention measures	14
Embedding physical neurons in physics-informed neural networks (EP-PINNs) for enhancing chiller performance prediction	14
Best Paper Award 2020	14
Integrated framework for space- and energy-efficient retrofitting in multifunctional buildings: A synergy of agent-based modeling and performance-based modeling	14
Impact of radiative cooling on the energy performance of courtyards in Mediterranean climate	14
Probabilistic graphical models in energy systems: A review	14
The integration model of objective and subjective data of residential indoor environment quality in Northeast China based on structural equation modeling	14
Effectiveness of internal light shelves to improve daylighting	14
The use of green infrastructure and irrigation in the mitigation of urban heat in a desert city	14
A cost-effectiveness assessment of the operational parameters of central HVAC systems during pandemics	13
Interstitial condensation analysis and moisture control for office building walls in China	13
Design, fabrication and energy-saving evaluation of five-layer structure based transparent heat mirror coatings for windows application	13
Graph convolutional networks-based method for uncertainty quantification of building design loads	13
Indoor and outdoor airflow modeling in built and urban environments by water tank and channel experiments: A review	13
Erratum to: Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	13
The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies	13
Performance of personalized ventilation in mitigating short-range airborne transmission under the influence of multiple factors	13
Influencing factors of long-term thermal comfort in office buildings	13
Infrared-transparent bubble wrap assisted high-intensity radiant cooling	13
Spatio-temporal distribution of gaseous pollutants from multiple sources in industrial buildings with different flow patterns	13
Building energy efficiency and COVID-19 infection risk: Lessons from office room management	13
Can the ASHRAE Standard 169 zoning method be applied to country-level energy-efficient building design in China?	13
Multi-objective optimization of mechanical ventilation with the aid of purifiers in two scenarios: Regular operation and mitigating the spread of respiratory infectious diseases	13
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	13
Effect of solar radiation on human thermal sensation and physiological parameters in a convection–radiation air conditioning environment	13