OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Building Simulation is 11. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

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
The integration model of objective and subjective data of residential indoor environment quality in Northeast China based on structural equation modeling	46
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
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
Impact of climate change on outdoor design conditions and implications to peak loads	34
Mechanistic modeling of copper corrosions in data center environments	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
A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules	31
Best Paper Award 2022	31
Pedestrian wind flow prediction using spatial-frequency generative adversarial network	29
Flexible building-integrated solar energy technologies towards carbon neutrality	27
Influences of spherical tree canopy on thermal radiation disturbance to exterior wall under the condition of no shade cast on the wall	26
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

A review and prospect on research progress of adjustable transparent envelope	24
Probabilistic graphical models in energy systems: A review	23
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
ROBOD, room-level occupancy and building operation dataset	22
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
Energy flexible optimal operation of centralized hot water system in university dormitories based on model predictive control	21
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
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
Large eddy simulation of room fire spread using a medium scale compartment made of medium density fibreboard (MDF) panels	19
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
Predominance of inhalation route in short-range transmission of respiratory viruses: Investigation based on computational fluid dynamics	18
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach	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
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
Evaluation of the relative differences in building energy simulation results	13
Intelligent windows for electricity generation: A technologies review	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
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
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
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
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