OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science and Technology for the Built Environment is 3. 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
Open building operating system: a grid-responsive semantics-driven control platform for buildings	53
Experimental study of two-phase pressure-drop in 180° horizontal return bend and contiguous straight tubes with ammonia (RP-1683)	27
Airflow and contaminant transport in innovative personalized ventilation systems for aircraft cabins: A numerical study	26
Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environments: A comprehensive review	21
Hybrid ANN approach for prediction of lubricant retention in compressor suction lines based on analytical model and parametric study	19
Heat stress mitigation in urban streets having hot humid climatic conditions: Strategies and performance results from a real scale retrofitting project	18
Evaluation of nonlinear control performance of air handling units under variable operation conditions using root distribution approach	18
Model prediction of the purification time when PM _2.5 is removed unevenly by an air purifier	15
Editorial	13
Relating air quality and other factors to comfort and health related symptoms reported by passengers and crew on commercial transport aircraft (ASHRAE RP-1262)	13
Passive survivability under extreme heat events: The case of AlDarb Al Ahmar, Cairo	13
Historical trends in climatic design conditions based on observations and atmospheric reanalysis	13
Fast simulation of dynamic heat transfer through building envelopes via parareal algorithms	12
Diverse occupancy simulation and presence sensing viability for residential thermal energy regulation: Review and false positive modeling initial findings	12
Examination and optimization of classroom indoor environments in China’s hot summer and cold winter regions	12
Numerical investigation of a displacer-type pulse tube refrigerator with work recovery	12
Field tests to examine energy saving effects of occupants’ thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) regulating behavior in district heating systems	11
A review of the structure and application of active chilled beams (ACBs) for central air conditioning systems	11
Evaluation of data imputation approaches for multi-stream building systems data ¹	11
On-policy learning-based deep reinforcement learning assessment for building control efficiency and stability	10
Validity of questionnaire survey in evaluating residence’s characteristics and dampness in contemporary human dwellings in Tianjin, China	10
Variable refrigerant flow heat pump model with estimated parameters and emulated controller based on manufacturer data	9
The autonomous robotic environmental sensor (ARES)	9
Large-scale energy cost optimization and performance analysis for dedicated outdoor air system: simulation results from ASHRAE RP-1865	9
Comparisons of load-based and AHRI 210/240 testing and rating for residential heat pumps	8

Experimental and numerical analysis on the influence of glazed balconies on energy consumption and indoor environment of communist-era flats in Romania	8
A feature importance ranking based fault diagnosis method for variable-speed screw chiller	8
Using adaptive strategies of natural ventilation with tolerances applied to the upper limit to improve social dwellings’ thermal comfort in current and future scenarios	7
Modification of the commercial polyester filter media support with electrospun polyethylene terephthalate fibers and its application for air purification	7
Energy efficiency package for rooftop unit replacement: laboratory testing and validation of energy savings	7
Assessment of the impact of interior insulation on exterior walls in three Swedish buildings – based on validated models	7
AHU fault diagnosis strategy using transfer learning based on similarity measurement	7
Development and performance evaluation of empirical models compatible with building energy modeling engines for unitary equipment	7
Measuring moisture content in building insulation materials by a hot film	7
Driving rain tightness and defects of prefabricated concrete sandwich walls with joints, windows and balconies	7
An effective and efficient approach for smoke control in underground parking garages	7
Optimizing single-stage double-effect LiBr-H ₂ O absorption chiller in micro-trigeneration system using an atom search optimization algorithm	6
What we talk about when we talk about EEMs: using text mining and topic modeling to understand building energy efficiency measures (1836-RP)	6
Environmental and energy performance assessment of hybrid ground source heat pump coupled with TABS emission system in the EU non-residential building typologies	6
Impact of thermal zone modeling on a small office building with all-electric HVAC systems in hot-humid and cold-humid climates	6
Ventilation increase using radiative cooling and phase change material at no additional energy cost in high ambient temperature countries	6
Indoor environmental conditions in vernacular dwellings in Alentejo, Portugal	6
Evaluation of infection risk for SARS-CoV-2 transmission on university campuses	6
User-friendly fault detection method for building chilled water flowmeters: Field data validation	6
Effects of window opening on the bedroom environment and resulting sleep quality	6
Design, fabrication and computational simulation of a bio-kinetic façade inspired by the mechanism of the Lupinus Succulentus plant for daylight and energy efficiency	6
Heat recovery in ventilation systems in different climates: energy and economic comparison in old and new schools in COVID-19 pandemic conditions	6
A cosine-based correlation information entropy approach for building automatic fault detection baseline construction	6
Surveying occupant behavior in old residential buildings and identifying factors affecting indoor comfort	6
Energy recovery ventilators to combat indoor airborne disease transmission: A sustainable approach	6
Modeling of transient conduction in building envelope assemblies: A review	6
The design strategy and testing of an efficient floor anti-freezing ventilation system in a large cold store	6
Heat sink temperature modeling for reservoir source heat pumps with experimental validation	5
Perceptions of thermal conditions in contemporary high-rise apartment buildings under different temperature control strategies	5
Improving the predictive capability of building simulations using uncertainty quantification	5
Deployment of real-time building automation system-integrated inverse-model-based fault detection and diagnostics algorithms	5
A new analytical method for modeling network hydraulics in district systems with bidirectional mass and energy flows	5
Evaluating test method of air cleaning devices for ozone removal (ASHRAE RP-1579)	5
Data analysis and interpretable machine learning for HVAC predictive control: A case-study based implementation	5
Multi-objective optimization design of energy efficiency for office building window systems based on indoor thermal comfort	5
Development of metric models to predict annoyance due to tonal office noise	5
Automated and comprehensive day-type grouping in building energy baseline models with a series of statistical inferences	5
Calibrated dynamic zonal model DOMA ⁺ using the SCE-UA method – application to atrium temperature distribution prediction	4
Data-driven model-based flow measurement uncertainty quantification for building central cooling systems using a probabilistic approach	4
Carbon emissions of electric-resistance water heaters, gas-fired boilers, and heat pumps for multi-unit residential buildings under real-world hot-water demands	4
Numerical investigation of a displacer-type pulse tube refrigerator with He–H ₂ mixtures	4
Impact of measured data frequency on commercial building energy model calibration for retrofit analysis	4
On the use of drones for vision-based digitalization, diagnostics and energy efficiency assessment of buildings	4
Dr. Cheng-Xian (Charlie) Lin 1965–2022	4
Thermodynamic analysis and experimental investigation of the heat pump photovoltaic/thermal integrated system	4
Spatio-temporal electrical grid emission factors effects on calculated GHG emissions of buildings in mixed-grid environments	4
Building simulation 2019: 16 ^th IBPSA international conference and exhibition	4
Long-term savings persistence from existing building commissioning and retrofits	4
Performance analysis of desiccant cooling system using polyacrylic acid sodium salt desiccant wheel	4
Analysis of demisting strategies for electric vehicles	4

Measuring the effective thermal resistance of ventilated air-spaces behind common wall assemblies: Theoretical uncertainty analysis and recommendations for the hot box method modifications (ASHRAE 175	4
Experimental investigation of a door opening pattern-based intelligent controller on a freezer unit	4
Research on the effect of the refrigerant charge in a variable capacity heat pump	4
Indoor air quality and energy-saving potential improvement of a range-hood-integrated air cleaner	3
Sensitivity analysis of sensor placement in energy-efficient, grid-interactive ready small office buildings with dynamic shading and lighting control	3
ASHRAE URP-1883: Development and Analysis of the ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database	3
Transmission of micron-size droplets inside an air-conditioned sports-utility-vehicle: a numerical study	3
Exploitation of dynamic simulation to investigate the effectiveness of the Smart Readiness Indicator: application to the Energy Center building of Turin	3
Algorithm for searching optimal set values of absorption chiller system using Bayesian optimization	3
Numerical study on condensation heat transfer of R1234ze(E)/R152a in a horizontal smooth tube	3
Research on the thermal comfort of vertical radiant cold plate coupling with a new dual cold source dehumidification air conditioning system	3
Impact of soil model complexity on the long-term thermal performance prediction of a new shallow bore ground heat exchanger	3
Cooling load comparison of rooms conditioned with radiant cooling panels and all-air HVAC systems (ASHRAE RP 1729)	3
Energy-saving method and performance analysis of chiller plants group control based on Kernel Ridge Regression and Genetic Algorithm	3
Review of enhanced heat and mass transfer by additives	3
Unlocking hidden energy efficiency potential in buildings using artificial intelligence algorithms for HVAC systems	3
Feedforward decoupling control of indoor temperature and humidity using a single direct expansion air conditioning unit	3
VOCs concentrations and emission rates in hospital environment and the impact of sampling locations	3
Quantifying the tradeoff between energy consumption and the risk of airborne disease transmission for building HVAC systems	3
Ground-source heat pump systems – 2022 IGSHPA conference	3
Evaluation analysis of prediction methods for pressure drop of refrigerant-lubricant two-phase flow in compressor suction lines	3
A numerical and experimental study of hydronic heating for road deicing and its energy flexibility	3
Bridging the gap between theory and adoption: A critical review of socio-technical and human-computer interaction studies of fault detection and diagnosis in commercial buildings	3
Performance comparison of a mobile air conditioning system using an orifice tube as an expansion device for R1234yf and R134a	3
Determination of defrost efficiency and energy efficiency index value using different defrost methods and refrigerants: An experimental study	3
Occupancy schedule development and its effect on OpenStudio prototype college building model	3
Study of flow and heat transfer characteristics around a flat plate located between two symmetrical cylinders	3
Research on noise reduction of rotary compressor valve components based on damping alloy	3
Impacts of the 4.5 and 8.5 RCP global climate scenarios on nearly zero energy building performance: Sensitivity analysis about operative conditions of insulation materials and PV system degradation	3
Simulation and performance assessment of a heat pump coupled to a sub-slab thermal storage system	3
Accelerating Reinforcement Learning controller training for building energy management: A hybrid co-simulation approach	3
Limitations of machine learning for building energy prediction: ASHRAE Great Energy Predictor III Kaggle competition error analysis	3
A novel stochastic model for hourly electricity load profile analysis of rural districts in Fujian, China	3
In-situ empirical validation of common indoor climate parameters in an inhabited multizone dwelling	3
Experimental and numerical analysis of a novel air-to-air heat recovery unit based on flat micro-heat pipe array technology for a laboratory animal house	3
Toward a standardized framework for thermal resilience modelling and its practical application to futureproofing	3