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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	164
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	105
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	99
Modeling the collapse of the Plasco Building. Part I: Reconstruction of fire	68
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	62
Smart luminescent solar concentrator as a BICPV window	53
Impact of thermal stratification on airborne transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 in various indoor environments	52
Exposure-based smart ventilation and occupancy control for optimizing ventilation energy consumption and long-range airborne transmission of COVID-19 in school environments	52
Dust control performance of innovative arc device for metro system construction based on orthogonal experiment	51
Predicting building ventilation performance in the era of an indoor air crisis	47
A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	45
Fine-scale estimation of building operation carbon emissions: A case study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration	42
A reinforcement learning approach for thermostat setpoint preference learning	40
Neural ordinary differential equations-based approach for enhanced building energy modeling on small datasets	39
Occupant-oriented indoor environment: An approach to create high performance indoor environment for all scenarios	37
Experimental study on summer operation regulation of PV walls based on multi-channel ventilation and composite phase change energy storage	37
Developing modified k–ε turbulence models for neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow simulation using OpenFOAM	36
A hierarchical multi-purpose roller shade controller to enhance indoor comfort and energy efficiency	33
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	32
Bayesian optimization + XGBoost based life cycle carbon emission prediction for residential buildings—An example from Chengdu, China	31
Energy consumption dynamic prediction for HVAC systems based on feature clustering deconstruction and model training adaptation	30
Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates	28
Potential of contemporary earth-sheltered buildings to achieve Plus Energy status in various European climates during the heating season	28
Occupancy of rooms in urban residential buildings by users in cold areas of China	27
Tracking controller design for air handling units with uncertainties	26

Development of a bioheat model for older people under hot and cold exposures	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
An exploratory study on road tunnel with semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy—From energy saving and fire safety perspectives	24
Review on occupancy detection and prediction in building simulation	24
Effectiveness of air cleaner on mitigating the transmission of respiratory disease in a dental clinic environment	23
Enhancing the efficiency of cabin heaters in emergency shelters after earthquakes through an optimized fuzzy controller	23
Fire safety of complex buildings (tall buildings, tunnels, subways, etc.)	23
The mutual impacts of individual building design and local microclimate in high-density cities and the major influential parameters	22
Impact of indoor ventilation efficiency on acetone inhalation exposure concentration and tissue dose in respiratory tract	22
Fast prediction of indoor airflow distribution inspired by synthetic image generation artificial intelligence	22
The noise spectral characteristics and noise reduction schemes of screw air-source heat pump: A case study	22
A lightweight adjoint method for gaseous pollution source term estimation in urban environments	22
An improved wall-mounted displacement ventilation system in a large-span machining workshop	22
Potential application of radiant floor cooling systems for residential buildings in different climate zones	21
Characteristics and comfort evaluation of sinusoidal airflows by regulating motor rotating frequency of a floor fan	21
Multiscale simulation of the urban wind environment under typhoon weather conditions	21
A subspace based method for modelling building’s thermal dynamic in district heating system and parameter extrapolation verification	21
Quantifying the contribution of activity patterns to PM2.5 exposure inequity between urban and rural residents by a novel method	21
A review of current research on occupant-centric control for improving comfort and energy efficiency	21
Building geometry data from online maps for accurate thermal simulations of districts	21
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	21
Topology optimization design and performance analysis of the low resistance rectifier for uniform air supply	20
Optimizing a thermoelectric window frame for heating and cooling: A cross-validated simulation study	20
Performance evaluation of physical consistency approach for optimizing residential space heating system in cold snap conditions	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
Creating non-uniform thermal environment in large space buildings based on column attachment ventilation	20
Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook	19
Chinese prototype building models for simulating the energy performance of the nationwide building stock	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
BIM-based automated design for HVAC system of office buildings—An experimental study	19
Vapor intrusion in buildings: Development of semi-empirical models including lateral separation between the building and the pollution source	19
Possible high COVID-19 airborne infection risk in deep and poorly ventilated 2D street canyons	19
Comprehensive evaluation and analysis of a nearly zero-energy building heating system using a multi-source heat pump in severe cold region	19
CFD simulation of pumping ventilation in a three-story isolated building with internal partitioning: Effects of partition widths, heights and locations	19
Modeling urban scale human mobility through big data analysis and machine learning	19
The introduction of a probabilistic behavior model to minimize performance gap and improve affordability of ultra low energy housing	19
Performance simulation and optimization of new radiant floor heating based on micro heat pipe array	18
Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data	18
Developing an integrated prediction model for daylighting, thermal comfort, and energy consumption in residential buildings based on the stacking ensemble learning algorithm	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
RETRACTED ARTICLE: IoT based residential energy management system for demand side response through load transfer with various types of domestic appliances	18
Optimization of heat source side technical scheme of combined heat and water system based on a coal-fired power plant	17
Application of a probabilistic LHS-PAWN approach to assess building cooling energy demand uncertainties	17
Designerly optimization of devices (as reflectors) to improve daylight and scrutiny of the light-well’s configuration	17
The effect of classroom wall color on learning performance: A virtual reality experiment	17
Numerical investigation of non-spherical particle deposition characteristics on filter media	16
Energetic, economic, and environmental analysis of solid oxide fuel cell-based combined cooling, heating, and power system for cancer care hospital	16
Factors evaluation of PM2.5 diffusion in street canyons in Dalian based on numerical simulation	16
Numerical investigation on fire-induced indoor and outdoor air pollutant dispersion in an idealized urban street canyon	16
Efficient feature selection for enhanced chiller fault diagnosis: A multi-source ranking information-driven ensemble approach	16

Effects of mask wearing duration and relative humidity on thermal perception in the summer outdoor built environment	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
Energy flexibility and resilience analysis of demand-side energy efficiency measures within existing residential houses during cold wave event	15
Comprehensive evaluations of the bioaerosol filtration performance of high- and medium-efficiency filters under different influencing factors	15
A method of determining typical meteorological year for evaluating overheating performance of passive buildings	15
Machine learning approach for estimating the human-related VOC emissions in a university classroom	15
Assessing stack-induced infiltration loads by predicting neutral pressure levels in high-rise buildings	15
A comprehensive benchmark dataset for the validation of building component heat, air, and moisture (HAM) models	15
Thermal environment investigation of asymmetric radiation coupled with convection heating	15
Energy flexibility characteristics of centralized hot water system in university dormitories	15
Climate change induced heat stress impact on workplace productivity in a net zero-carbon timber building towards the end of the century	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	14
A cloud-based platform to predict wind pressure coefficients on buildings	14
A comprehensive simulation-based assessment of office building performance adaptability to teleworking scenarios in different Canadian climate zones	14
Exploring the renovation design space: A new iterative approach based on scenario distance metrics and resampling strategies	14
Analysing user daylight preferences in heritage buildings using virtual reality	14
Regression tree ensemble learning-based prediction of the heating and cooling loads of residential buildings	14
Fault diagnosis of HVAC system with imbalanced data using multi-scale convolution composite neural network	14
Embedding physical neurons in physics-informed neural networks (EP-PINNs) for enhancing chiller performance prediction	14
Large language models for building energy applications: Opportunities and challenges	14
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
Numerical study on the application of low-turbulence air curtain surrounding laminar airflow distribution in operating rooms	14
Strategic deployment of urban trees to achieve thermal resilience in a Canadian community	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 global typical meteorological year (TMY) database on ERA5 dataset	14
Probabilistic graphical models in energy systems: A review	14
Best Paper Award 2020	13
Simulation study of a dual-cavity window with gravity-driven cooling mechanism	13
Deep learning to develop zero-equation based turbulence model for CFD simulations of the built environment	13
Effects of various information scenarios on layer-wise relevance propagation-based interpretable convolutional neural networks for air handling unit fault diagnosis	13
The use of green infrastructure and irrigation in the mitigation of urban heat in a desert city	13
The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies	13
Influencing factors of long-term thermal comfort in office buildings	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
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
Scaling, optimisation, and application of vegetation canopy radiative transfer model at microclimate scale	13
Assessing impact of intermittent window opening strategies on pathogen-laden droplet dispersion in a coach bus	13
Multiple indicators and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for comprehensive performance evaluation of exhaust hood	13
Interstitial condensation analysis and moisture control for office building walls 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
Design, fabrication and energy-saving evaluation of five-layer structure based transparent heat mirror coatings for windows application	13
A cost-effectiveness assessment of the operational parameters of central HVAC systems during pandemics	13
The integration model of objective and subjective data of residential indoor environment quality in Northeast China based on structural equation modeling	13
Airborne transmission during short-term events: Direct route over indirect route	13
Integrated framework for space- and energy-efficient retrofitting in multifunctional buildings: A synergy of agent-based modeling and performance-based modeling	13
Influence of airflow and the location of infected individuals on occupant exposure in classrooms without mechanical ventilation during the winter	13
Performance of personalized ventilation in mitigating short-range airborne transmission under the influence of multiple factors	13
Erratum to: Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building	13
Effectiveness of internal light shelves to improve daylighting	13