OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Science and Technology for the Built Environment is 4. 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
A cosine-based correlation information entropy approach for building automatic fault detection baseline construction	59
An effective and efficient approach for smoke control in underground parking garages	24
Hybrid ANN approach for prediction of lubricant retention in compressor suction lines based on analytical model and parametric study	19
Energy efficiency package for rooftop unit replacement: laboratory testing and validation of energy savings	18
Relating air quality and other factors to comfort and health related symptoms reported by passengers and crew on commercial transport aircraft (ASHRAE RP-1262)	17
Heat stress mitigation in urban streets having hot humid climatic conditions: Strategies and performance results from a real scale retrofitting project	17
Evaluation of data imputation approaches for multi-stream building systems data ¹	15
Real-time model predictive control of energy recovery ventilators for a school building	13
Data analysis and interpretable machine learning for HVAC predictive control: A case-study based implementation	13
Automated and comprehensive day-type grouping in building energy baseline models with a series of statistical inferences	12
Dr. Cheng-Xian (Charlie) Lin 1965–2022	12
Simulation and performance assessment of a heat pump coupled to a sub-slab thermal storage system	11
Determination of defrost efficiency and energy efficiency index value using different defrost methods and refrigerants: An experimental study	11
ASHRAE URP-1883: Development and Analysis of the ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database	11
2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild – Special Issue	10
Unlocking hidden energy efficiency potential in buildings using artificial intelligence algorithms for HVAC systems	10
Unlocking energy savings and emissions reduction: A comparative study of fixed-speed and variable-speed room air conditioners in high ambient temperature environments	9
A field study on indoor environmental quality and energy savings of an office building integrated with underfloor air conditioning system in India	8
The influence of occupant behavior and building characteristics on household dampness in Zhejiang Province, China	8
Influence of outdoor temperature on thermal adaptation: Annual neutral temperature and thermal sensitivity	8
Adapted tracer gas test for passive measurement of total air change rates using alternative tracer substance	8
Mandated temperature levels in the European building stock - how low can you go?	8
Study of the airflow and vortex distributions in a long-narrow enclosed space	8
Experimental assessment and modeling of radiant cooling technology using constant and variable water flow rate	7
Experimental validation of the dynamic thermal network approach in modeling buried pipes	7

Quantitative analysis of cost savings and occupants’ preferences in grid-interactive smart home operation	7
Simulation study on the electro-osmotic characteristic of a dehumidification fin	7
Developing a standardized categorization system for energy efficiency measures (1836-RP)	7
Performance study and life-cycle cost analysis of a ground-source heat-pump system in a commercial building in Norway	7
Assessing the impact of the envelope’s dynamic thermal transmittance on dwelling’s cooling performance with respect to the occupants’ thermal comfort	7
Experimental study on the heating performance of transcritical CO ₂ heat pump for electric buses	7
Code generation for embedded predictive control of gas water heaters	7
Impact of varying usage profiles for different building envelope types with all-electric HVAC systems	7
Quantifying leaks from Schrader valves in air conditioning systems	7
A simulation analysis on the internal and external application of new silica-aerogel-based (Quartzene) coatings effects on energy use in a typical building in two different climates	7
Influence of refrigerant charge volume on the flammability risk of an R32 rotary compressor	7
Physiological and psychological responses and cognitive performance with a window view	6
Prediction of pressure drop from multivariate polynomial regression for membrane-based air-to-air energy recovery ventilator cores	6
A review of experimental studies on contaminant transfer in energy exchangers (rp-1780)	6
Exploring the adequacy of mechanical ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality in office buildings	6
Influential variables impacting the reliability of building occupancy sensor systems: A systematic review and expert survey	6
Innovative airspace reflective tool for different building applications, part II: parametric study	6
A comparative study of duct breakout transmission loss: Finite element simulation versus legacy measurements	6
Model-free MIMO control tuning of a chiller process using reinforcement learning	6
IEQ assessment in free-running university classrooms	6
Prof. Reinhard Radermacher, 1952-2025	6
Laboratory and field validation of the performance benefits and costs of thin triple-pane windows in residential buildings	6
Examining different placement strategies for indoor environmental quality sensors in office environments	6
IAQ 2020: Indoor environmental quality performance approaches transitioning from IAQ to IEQ, part 2 May 4–6, 2022 \| Athens, Greece	6
Experimental performance analysis of ejector heat pump water heater under transient conditions	6
Machine-learning algorithm for room labeling in architectural plans	6
Parametric analysis of a three-stage cascade refrigeration system for ultra-low temperature applications and performance prediction using multilayer perceptron algorithm	5
Measuring moisture content in building insulation materials by a hot film	5
Modification of the commercial polyester filter media support with electrospun polyethylene terephthalate fibers and its application for air purification	5
Research on the thermal comfort of vertical radiant cold plate coupling with a new dual cold source dehumidification air conditioning system	5
User-friendly fault detection method for building chilled water flowmeters: Field data validation	5
Multi-objective optimization design of energy efficiency for office building window systems based on indoor thermal comfort	5
Open building operating system: a grid-responsive semantics-driven control platform for buildings	5
Research on noise reduction of rotary compressor valve components based on damping alloy	5
Large-scale energy cost optimization and performance analysis for dedicated outdoor air system: simulation results from ASHRAE RP-1865	5
The design strategy and testing of an efficient floor anti-freezing ventilation system in a large cold store	5
The autonomous robotic environmental sensor (ARES)	5
Energy-saving method and performance analysis of chiller plants group control based on Kernel Ridge Regression and Genetic Algorithm	5
Airflow and contaminant transport in innovative personalized ventilation systems for aircraft cabins: A numerical study	5
Impact of temperature drifts on thermal sensation: field research and analysis	4
On the use of drones for vision-based digitalization, diagnostics and energy efficiency assessment of buildings	4
Artificial intelligence in smart buildings	4
How does indoor environment affect people’s comfort and exercise performance in sports buildings?	4
Cooling load comparison of rooms conditioned with radiant cooling panels and all-air HVAC systems (ASHRAE RP 1729)	4
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	4
Performance comparison of a mobile air conditioning system using an orifice tube as an expansion device for R1234yf and R134a	4
A rigorous physics-based enhanced parameter estimation (EPE) methodology for calibration of building energy simulations	4
Outdoor testbeds for studies on performance of building envelopes: review and recommendations	4
Developing and testing low-cost air cleaners for safer spaces during wildfires	4
Nonlinear optimal control of heat pumps in electric vehicles	4

Quantifying the tradeoff between energy consumption and the risk of airborne disease transmission for building HVAC systems	4
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	4
Research on the effect of the refrigerant charge in a variable capacity heat pump	4
Data-driven model-based flow measurement uncertainty quantification for building central cooling systems using a probabilistic approach	4
Joint window shading and space conditioning controls using data-driven linear predictive control techniques	4
Simulation-based assessment on stochastic load scheduling for building cooling systems	4
Development and experimental evaluation of new building air leakage measurement methods: measurement of interior air leaks and comparison to conventional methods	4
Occupancy schedule development and its effect on OpenStudio prototype college building model	4
Numerical investigation of a displacer-type pulse tube refrigerator with He–H ₂ mixtures	4
Biomimetic approach for beams-redirected adaptive facade with emphasis on user position and the clustered synthesis	4