Publications: Modeling & Simulation

2017

Granderson, Jessica, Guanjing Lin, David Blum, Shankar Earni, Janie Page, and Mary Ann Piette. Optimizing Operational Efficiency: Integrating Energy Information Systems and Model-Based Diagnostics. 2017.

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Parker, Andrew, Philip Haves, Subhash Jegi, Vishal Garg, and Baptiste Ravache. "Development of Automated Procedures to Generate Reference Building Models for ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and India’s Building Energy Code and Implementation in OpenStudio." Building Simulation 2017. San Francisco, CA, 2017. LBNL-2001052.

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Piette, Mary Ann, Tianzhen Hong, William J Fisk, Norman Bourassa, Wanyu R Chan, Yixing Chen, H.Y. Iris Cheung, Toshifumi Hotchi, Margarita Kloss, Sang Hoon Lee, Phillip N Price, Oren Schetrit, Kaiyu Sun, Sarah C Taylor-Lange, and Rongpeng Zhang. Small and Medium Building Efficiency Toolkit and Community Demonstration Program. 2017. LBNL-2001054.

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Maccarini, Alessandro, Michael Wetter, Alireza Afshari, Goran Hultmark, Niels Bergsoe, and Anders Vorre. "Energy saving potential of a two-pipe system for simultaneous heating and cooling of office buildings." Energy and Buildings 134 (2017) 234 - 247.

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Sun, Kaiyu, and Tianzhen Hong. A Framework for Quantifying the Impact of Occupant Behavior on Energy Savings of Energy Conservation Measures. 2017.

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An, Jingjing, Da Yan, Tianzhen Hong, and Kaiyu Sun. A Novel Stochastic Modeling Method to Simulate Cooling Loads in Residential Districts. 2017.

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Chen, Yixing, Tianzhen Hong, and Xuan Luo. An Agent-Based Stochastic Occupancy Simulator. 2017.

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D'Oca, Simona, Chien-Fen Chen, Tianzhen Hong, and Zsofia Belafi. Synthesizing building physics with social psychology: An interdisciplinary framework for context and occupant behavior in office buildings. 2017.

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D'Oca, Simona, Tianzhen Hong, and Jared Langevin. The Human Dimensions of Energy Use in Buildings: A Review. 2017.

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2016

Chen, Yixing, Xuan Luo, and Tianzhen Hong. "An Agent-Based Occupancy Simulator for Building Performance Simulation." 2016. LBNL-1004492.

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D'Oca, Simona, Stefano P Corgnati, Anna Laura Pisello, and Tianzhen Hong. "Introduction to an occupant behavior motivation survey framework." (2016). LBNL-1004496.

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Zhang, Rongpeng, and Tianzhen Hong. "Modeling and Simulation of Operational Faults of HVAC Systems Using Energyplus." 2016. LBNL-1004498.

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2015

Hong, Tianzhen, Mary Ann Piette, Yixing Chen, Sang Hoon Lee, Sarah C Taylor-Lange, Rongpeng Zhang, Kaiyu Sun, and Phillip N Price. "Commercial Building Energy Saver: An energy retrofit analysis toolkit." Applied Energy 159 (2015). LBNL-1004502.

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Hong, Tianzhen, Kaiyu Sun, Rongpeng Zhang, Ryohei Hinokuma, Shinichi Kasahara, and Yoshinori Yura. "Development and validation of a new variable refrigerant flow systemmodel in EnergyPlus." Energy and Buildings 117 (2015). LBNL-1004499.

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Hong, Tianzhen, Cheng Li, and Da Yan. "Updates to the China Design Standard for Energy Efficiency in public buildings." Energy Policy 87 (2015) 187-198. LBNL-1004493.

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Hong, Tianzhen, Sarah C Taylor-Lange, Simona D'Oca, Da Yan, and Stefano P Corgnati. "Advances in research and applications of energy-related occupant behavior in buildings." Energy and Buildings 116 (2015). LBNL-1004497.

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Yan, Da, William O'Brien, Tianzhen Hong, Xiaohang Feng, H. Burak Gunay, Farhang Tahmasebi, and Ardeshir Mahdavi. "Occupant Behavior Modeling for Building Performance Simulation: Current State and Future Challenges." Energy and Buildings 107 (2015) 264-278. LBNL-1004504.

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Hong, Tianzhen, Simona D'Oca, William JN Turner, and Sarah C Taylor-Lange. "An Ontology to Represent Energy-related Occupant Behavior in Buildings Part I: Introduction to the DNAs Framework." Building and Environment 92 (2015) 764-777. LBNL-180349.

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Lee, Sang Hoon, Tianzhen Hong, Mary Ann Piette, and Sarah C Taylor-Lange. "Energy retrofit analysis toolkit for commercial buildings: A review." 89 (2015) 1087-1100. LBNL-1004503.
Hong, Tianzhen, Simona D'Oca, Sarah C Taylor-Lange, William JN Turner, Yixing Chen, and Stefano P Corgnati. "An Ontology to Represent Energy-Related Occupant Behavior in Buildings. Part II: Implementation of the DNAS framework using an XML schema." Building and Environment 94.1 (2015) 196-205. LBNL-1004501.

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Lee, Sang Hoon, Tianzhen Hong, Mary Ann Piette, Geof Sawaya, Yixing Chen, and Sarah C Taylor-Lange. "Accelerating the energy retrofit of commercial buildings using a database of energy efficiency performance." Energy (2015). LBNL-1004494.

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Ren, Xiaoxin, Da Yan, and Tianzhen Hong. "Data Mining of Space Heating System Performance in Affordable Housing." Building and Environment 89 (2015) 1-13. LBNL-180239.

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Lee, Eleanor S, Xiufeng Pang, Andrew McNeil, Sabine Hoffmann, Anothai Thanachareonkit, Zhengrong Li, and Yong Ding. "Assessment of the Potential to Achieve Very Low Energy Use in Public Buildings in China with Advanced Window and Shading Systems." Buildings 5.2 (2015) 668-699. LBNL-187100.

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Mills, Evan, Jessica Granderson, Wanyu R Chan, Richard C Diamond, Philip Haves, Bruce Nordman, Paul A Mathew, Mary Ann Piette, Gerald Robinson, and Stephen E Selkowitz. "Green, Clean, & Mean: Pushing the Energy Envelope in Tech Industry Buildings." 2015. LBNL-1005070E.

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Wetter, Michael, Marco Bonvini, and Thierry Stephane Nouidui. "Equation-based languages – A new paradigm for building energy modeling, simulation and optimization." Energy and Buildings 117 (2015) 290-300. LBNL-1003383.

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