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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
An effective and efficient approach for smoke control in underground parking garages	25
Evaluation of data imputation approaches for multi-stream building systems data ¹	16
Real-time model predictive control of energy recovery ventilators for a school building	14
Energy efficiency package for rooftop unit replacement: laboratory testing and validation of energy savings	14
A cosine-based correlation information entropy approach for building automatic fault detection baseline construction	14
Data analysis and interpretable machine learning for HVAC predictive control: A case-study based implementation	14
Hybrid ANN approach for prediction of lubricant retention in compressor suction lines based on analytical model and parametric study	12
Relating air quality and other factors to comfort and health related symptoms reported by passengers and crew on commercial transport aircraft (ASHRAE RP-1262)	12
Dr. Cheng-Xian (Charlie) Lin 1965–2022	11
Determination of defrost efficiency and energy efficiency index value using different defrost methods and refrigerants: An experimental study	11
Automated and comprehensive day-type grouping in building energy baseline models with a series of statistical inferences	11
Simulation and performance assessment of a heat pump coupled to a sub-slab thermal storage system	11
2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild – Special Issue	10
Utilization of microperforated panel parallel baffle silencers for noise reduction in ducts	10
Unlocking energy savings and emissions reduction: A comparative study of fixed-speed and variable-speed room air conditioners in high ambient temperature environments	10
Unlocking hidden energy efficiency potential in buildings using artificial intelligence algorithms for HVAC systems	10
The influence of occupant behavior and building characteristics on household dampness in Zhejiang Province, China	10
ASHRAE URP-1883: Development and Analysis of the ASHRAE Global Occupant Behavior Database	10
A field study on indoor environmental quality and energy savings of an office building integrated with underfloor air conditioning system in India	9
Impact of varying usage profiles for different building envelope types with all-electric HVAC systems	9
Assessing the impact of the envelope’s dynamic thermal transmittance on dwelling’s cooling performance with respect to the occupants’ thermal comfort	9
Influence of outdoor temperature on thermal adaptation: Annual neutral temperature and thermal sensitivity	9
Mandated temperature levels in the European building stock - how low can you go?	9
Developing a standardized categorization system for energy efficiency measures (1836-RP)	9
Cross-climate analysis of energy flexibility in high thermal mass radiant systems	9

Code generation for embedded predictive control of gas water heaters	9
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	9
Time-inhomogeneous Markov models for residential load synthesis	8
Experimental assessment and modeling of radiant cooling technology using constant and variable water flow rate	8
Numerical simulation and geometric optimization on active chilled beam to improve airflow uniformity	8
Performance study and life-cycle cost analysis of a ground-source heat-pump system in a commercial building in Norway	8
Experimental study on applying standardized frost load to evaporators in a secondary test chamber (ASHRAE RP-1831)	7
Influence of refrigerant charge volume on the flammability risk of an R32 rotary compressor	7
Experimental study on the heating performance of transcritical CO ₂ heat pump for electric buses	7
Experimental validation of the dynamic thermal network approach in modeling buried pipes	7
Quantifying leaks from Schrader valves in air conditioning systems	7
Quantitative analysis of cost savings and occupants’ preferences in grid-interactive smart home operation	7
IAQ 2020: Indoor environmental quality performance approaches transitioning from IAQ to IEQ, part 2 May 4–6, 2022 \| Athens, Greece	6
Innovative airspace reflective tool for different building applications, part II: parametric study	6
Simulation study on the electro-osmotic characteristic of a dehumidification fin	6
Laboratory and field validation of the performance benefits and costs of thin triple-pane windows in residential buildings	6
Deployment of adaptive automated demand response on in-situ building automation systems: challenges and lessons learned	6
Machine-learning algorithm for room labeling in architectural plans	6
A comparative study of duct breakout transmission loss: Finite element simulation versus legacy measurements	6
Experimental performance analysis of ejector heat pump water heater under transient conditions	6
Prof. Reinhard Radermacher, 1952-2025	6
Model-free MIMO control tuning of a chiller process using reinforcement learning	5
Examining different placement strategies for indoor environmental quality sensors in office environments	5
Parametric analysis of a three-stage cascade refrigeration system for ultra-low temperature applications and performance prediction using multilayer perceptron algorithm	5
Open building operating system: a grid-responsive semantics-driven control platform for buildings	5
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	5
Large-scale energy cost optimization and performance analysis for dedicated outdoor air system: simulation results from ASHRAE RP-1865	5
Prediction of pressure drop from multivariate polynomial regression for membrane-based air-to-air energy recovery ventilator cores	5
A review of experimental studies on contaminant transfer in energy exchangers (rp-1780)	5
Proposed IEQ parameters weighting scheme for naturally ventilated school classrooms in a warm-humid climate	5
Multi-objective optimization design of energy efficiency for office building window systems based on indoor thermal comfort	5
Occupancy schedule development and its effect on OpenStudio prototype college building model	5
Modification of the commercial polyester filter media support with electrospun polyethylene terephthalate fibers and its application for air purification	5
Steady-state and transient thermal response of a field-scale geothermal thermosyphon with active condenser	5
The design strategy and testing of an efficient floor anti-freezing ventilation system in a large cold store	5
On the use of drones for vision-based digitalization, diagnostics and energy efficiency assessment of buildings	5
Research on the thermal comfort of vertical radiant cold plate coupling with a new dual cold source dehumidification air conditioning system	5
Research on the effect of the refrigerant charge in a variable capacity heat pump	5
A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testbed for cyber-physical energy systems in smart commercial buildings	4
Determination of thermal comfort in traditional and contemporary shelters of composite climate of central India: A case of Mandla, M.P., India	4
Nonlinear optimal control of heat pumps in electric vehicles	4
An integrated design model for ambient temperature district heating and cooling networks	4
Energy-saving method and performance analysis of chiller plants group control based on Kernel Ridge Regression and Genetic Algorithm	4
Impact of temperature drifts on thermal sensation: field research and analysis	4
Simulation-based assessment on stochastic load scheduling for building cooling systems	4
Cooling load comparison of rooms conditioned with radiant cooling panels and all-air HVAC systems (ASHRAE RP 1729)	4
Dynamic model-based feature extraction for fault detection and diagnosis of a supermarket refrigeration system ^†	4
Effect of geometry and operational parameters on the dehumidification performance of a desiccant coated heat exchanger	4
Developing and testing low-cost air cleaners for safer spaces during wildfires	4
How does indoor environment affect people’s comfort and exercise performance in sports buildings?	4

Development and experimental evaluation of new building air leakage measurement methods: measurement of interior air leaks and comparison to conventional methods	4
Numerical investigation of a displacer-type pulse tube refrigerator with He–H ₂ mixtures	4
Integration of a thermal aerosol generator into a full-scale HVAC filter test rig for aging filters with representative urban aerosol size distributions (RP-1734)	4
Biomimetic approach for beams-redirected adaptive facade with emphasis on user position and the clustered synthesis	4
Artificial intelligence in smart buildings	4
Influence of self-shading building form on indoor solar gains and energy performance in different climates of China	4
Origins of whole-building energy simulations for high-performance commercial buildings: Contributions of the 1968 and 1971 ASHRAE algorithms for weighting factor-based hourly heating and cooling load	4
Outdoor testbeds for studies on performance of building envelopes: review and recommendations	4
Performance comparison of a mobile air conditioning system using an orifice tube as an expansion device for R1234yf and R134a	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
Data-driven model-based flow measurement uncertainty quantification for building central cooling systems using a probabilistic approach	4
Experimental energy and exergy analysis of an air-cooled commercial condenser using R32 as refrigerant	4
Joint window shading and space conditioning controls using data-driven linear predictive control techniques	4