Publications: Modeling & Simulation

2021

Carnieletto, Laura, Martina Ferrando, Lorenzo Teso, Kaiyu Sun, Wanni Zhang, Francesco Causone, Piercarlo Romagnoni, Angelo Zarrella, and Tianzhen Hong. "Italian prototype building models for urban scale building performance simulation." Building and Environment 192 (2021) 107590.

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Wetter, Michael, Paul Ehrlich, Antoine Gautier, Milica Grahovac, Philip Haves, Jianjun Hu, and Kun Zhang. Open Building Control. California Energy Commision, 2021.

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Sun, Kaiyu, Na Luo, Xuan Luo, and Tianzhen Hong. "Prototype energy models for data centers." Energy and Buildings 231 (2021) 110603.

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2020

Chen, Chien-fei, Tianzhen Hong, Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens, Selin Yilmaz, Karol Bandurski, Zsófia Deme Bélafi, Marilena De Simone, Mateus Vinícius Bavaresco, Yu Wang, Pei-ling Liu, Verena M Barthelmes, Jacqueline Adams, Simona D'Oca, and Łukasz Przybylski. "Culture, conformity, and carbon? A multi-country analysis of heating and cooling practices in office buildings." Energy Research & Social Science 61 (2020) 101344.

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Hong, Tianzhen, Yixing Chen, Xuan Luo, Na Luo, and Sang Hoon Lee. "Ten questions on urban building energy modeling." Building and Environment 168 (2020) 106508.

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Hong, Tianzhen, Jared Langevin, Na Luo, and Kaiyu Sun. Energy and Behaviour Developing quantitative insights on building occupant behaviour: Supporting modelling tools and datasets. Elsevier, 2020.

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Ueno, Tsuyoshi, and Alan K Meier. "A method to generate heating and cooling schedules based on data from connected thermostats." Energy and Buildings 228 (2020) 110423.

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Langevin, Jared, Janet L Reyna, S. Ebrahimigharehbaghi, N. Sandberg, P. Fennell, C. Nägeli, J. Laverge, M. Delghust, É. Mata, M. Van Hove, J. Webster, F. Federico, M. Jakob, and C. Camarasa. "Developing a common approach for classifying building stock energy models." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 133 (2020) 110276.

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Fierro, Gabe, Anand Prakash, Cory Mosiman, Marco Pritoni, Paul Raftery, Michael Wetter, and David Culler. "Interactive Metadata Integration with Brick." BuildSys '20: Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation. Japan, 2020.

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Fierro, Gabe, Anand Prakash, Cory Mosiman, Marco Pritoni, Paul Raftery, Michael Wetter, and David Culler. "Shepherding Metadata Through the Building Lifecycle." BuildSys '20: Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation. Japan, 2020.

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Prakash, Anand, Samir Touzani, Mariam Kiran, Shreya Agarwal, Marco Pritoni, and Jessica Granderson. "Deep Reinforcement Learning in Buildings: Implicit Assumptions and their Impact." RLEM'20: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Reinforcement Learning for Energy Management in Buildings & Cities. 2020.

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Picard, Theo, Tianzhen Hong, Na Luo, Sang Hoon Lee, and Kaiyu Sun. "Robustness of energy performance of Zero-Net-Energy (ZNE) homes." Energy and Buildings 224 (2020) 110251.

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Drgoňa, Ján, Javier Arroyo, Iago Cupeiro Figueroa, David Blum, Krzysztof Arendt, Donghun Kim, Enric Perarnau Ollé, Juraj Oravec, Michael Wetter, Draguna L Vrabie, and Lieve Helsen. "All you need to know about model predictive control for buildings." Annual Reviews in Control (2020).
Shan, Xiaofang, Na Luo, Kaiyu Sun, Tianzhen Hong, Yi-Kuen LEE, and Wei-Zhen Lu. "Coupling CFD and building energy modelling to optimize the operation of a large open office space for occupant comfort." Sustainable Cities and Society 60 (2020) 102257.

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Nubbe, Valerie, Kyung Lee, Alejandro Valdez, Ed Barbour, and Jared Langevin. Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Technology Cost, Performance, and Lifetime Characteristics. 2020. 2001375.

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Pritoni, Marco, Anand Prakash, David Blum, Kun Zhang, Rui Tang, and Jessica Granderson. "Advanced control sequences and FDD technology. Just shiny objects, or ready for scale?." ACEEE Summer Study 2020. 2020.

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Liu, Jingjing, Rongxin Yin, Marco Pritoni, Mary Ann Piette, and Monica Neukomm. "Developing and Evaluating Metrics for Demand Flexibility in Buildings: Comparing Simulations and Field Data." ACEEE Summer Study. 2020.

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Yoon, Nari, Leslie K Norford, Ali Malkawi, Holly Samuelson, and Mary Ann Piette. "Dynamic metrics of natural ventilation cooling effectiveness for interactive modeling." Building and Environment 180.106994 (2020).

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Yang, Bin, Xiaojing Li, Yingzhen Hou, Alan K Meier, Xiaogang Cheng, Joon-Ho Choi, Faming Wang, Huan Wang, Andreas Wagner, Da Yan, Angui Li, Thomas Olofsson, and Haibo Li. "Non-invasive (non-contact) measurements of human thermal physiology signals and thermal comfort/discomfort poses -A review." Energy and Buildings 224 (2020) 110261.
Wang, Zhe, and Tianzhen Hong. "Reinforcement learning for building controls: The opportunities and challenges." Applied Energy 269 (2020) 115036.

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Wang, Zhe, Hui Zhang, Yingdong Hi, Maohui Luo, Ziwei Li, Tianzhen Hong, and Borong Lin. "Revisiting individual and group differences in thermal comfort based on ASHRAE database." Energy and Buildings 219 (2020) 110017.

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Gerke, Brian F, Giulia Gallo, Sarah Josephine Smith, Jingjing Liu, Shuba V Raghavan, Peter Schwartz, Mary Ann Piette, Rongxin Yin, and Sofia Stensson. The California Demand Response Potential Study, Phase 3: Final Report on the Shift Resource through 2030. 2020.

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Malik, Jeetika, Ronita Bardhan, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette. "Contextualising adaptive comfort behaviour within low-income housing of Mumbai, India." Building and Environment 177 (2020) 106877.

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Sun, Kaiyu, Michael Specian, and Tianzhen Hong. "Nexus of thermal resilience and energy efficiency in buildings: A case study of a nursing home." Building and Environment 177 (2020) 106842.

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Prakash, Anand, Kun Zhang, Pranav Gupta, David Blum, Marc Marshall, Gabe Fierro, Peter Alstone, James Zoellic, Richard E Brown, and Marco Pritoni. "Solar+ Optimizer: A Model Predictive Control Optimization Platform for Grid Responsive Building Microgrids." Energies 13.12 (2020) 3093.

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