Publications

X Author: Tianzhen Hong

2022

Pinto, Giuseppe, Zhe Wang, Abhishek Roy, Tianzhen Hong, and Alfonso Capozzoli."Transfer learning for smart buildings: A critical review of algorithms, applications, and future perspectives."Advances in Applied Energy 5 (2022) 100084. DOI
Li, Haoran, Juan Hou, Zhiyong Tian, Tianzhen Hong, Natasa Nord, and Daniel Rohde."Optimize heat prosumers' economic performance under current heating price models by using water tank thermal energy storage."Energy 239 (2022) 122103. DOI

2021

Li, Han, Zhe Wang, and Tianzhen Hong."A synthetic building operation dataset."Scientific Data 8.1 (2021). DOI
Saeidi, Sanaz, Girish Rentala, Tracey Rizzuto, Tianzhen Hong, Neil Johannsen, and Yimin Zhu."Exploring thermal state in mixed immersive virtual environments."Journal of Building Engineering 44 (2021) 102918. DOI
Sun, Kaiyu, Wanni Zhang, Zhaoyun Zeng, Ronnen M Levinson, Max Wei, and Tianzhen Hong."Passive cooling designs to improve heat resilience of homes in underserved and vulnerable communities."Energy and Buildings 252 (2021) 111383. DOI
Wang, Zhe, Bingqing Chen, Han Li, and Tianzhen Hong."AlphaBuilding ResCommunity: A multi-agent virtual testbed for community-level load coordination."Advances in Applied Energy 4 (2021) 100061. DOI
Putra, Handi Chandra, Clinton Andrews, and Tianzhen Hong."Generating synthetic occupants for use in building performance simulation."Journal of Building Performance Simulation 14.6 (2021) 712 - 729. DOI
Chen, Chien-fei, Marilena De Simone, Selin Yilmaz, Xiaojing Xu, Zhe Wang, Tianzhen Hong, and Yiqun Pan."Intersecting heuristic adaptive strategies, building design and energy saving intentions when facing discomfort environment: A cross-country analysis."Building and Environment 204 (2021) 108129. DOI
Luo, Na, Marco Pritoni, and Tianzhen Hong."An overview of data tools for representing and managing building information and performance data."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 147 (2021) 111224. DOI
Putra, Handi Chandra, and Tianzhen Hong."Application of the DNAS framework expansion to occupant population synthesis."IBPSA Building Simulation Conference 2021 (2021).
Li, Han, Zhe Wang, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Energy flexibility of residential buildings: A systematic review of characterization and quantification methods and applications."Advances in Applied Energy 3 (2021) 100054. DOI
Perera, A.T.D, Kavan Javanroodi, Y Wang, and Tianzhen Hong."Urban cells: Extending the energy hub concept to facilitate sector and spatial coupling."Advances in Applied Energy 3 (2021) 100046. DOI
Hong, Tianzhen, Yujie Xu, Kaiyu Sun, Wanni Zhang, Xuan Luo, and Barry Hooper."Urban microclimate and its impact on building performance: A case study of San Francisco."Urban Climate 38 (2021) 100871. DOI
Li, Han, Zhe Wang, Tianzhen Hong, Andrew Parker, and Monica Neukomm."Characterizing patterns and variability of building electric load profiles in time and frequency domains."Applied Energy 291 (2021) 116721. DOI
Ahn, Hyeunguk, Jingjing Liu, Donghun Kim, Rongxin Yin, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."How Can Floor Covering Influence Buildings’ Demand Flexibility?."Energies 14.12 (2021) 3658. DOI
Wang, Zhe, Tianzhen Hong, and Han Li."Informing the planning of rotating power outages in heat waves through data analytics of connected smart thermostats for residential buildings."Environmental Research Letters 16.7 (2021) 074003. DOI
Ferrando, Martina, Tianzhen Hong, and Francesco Causone."A simulation-based assessment of technologies to reduce heat emissions from buildings."Building and Environment 195 (2021) 107772. DOI
Putra, Handi Chandra, Tianzhen Hong, and Clinton Andrews."An ontology to represent synthetic building occupant characteristics and behavior."Automation in Construction 125 (2021) 103621. DOI
Wei, Max, Sang Hoon Lee, Tianzhen Hong, Brian Conlon, Lucy McKenzie, Bob Hendron, and Alea German."Approaches to cost-effective near-net zero energy new homes with time-of-use value of energy and battery storage."Advances in Applied Energy 2 (2021) 100018. DOI
Wang, Zhe, Tianzhen Hong, Han Li, and Mary Ann Piette."Predicting city-scale daily electricity consumption using data-driven models."Advances in Applied Energy 2 (2021) 100025. DOI
He, zhiyuan, Tianzhen Hong, and Siaw K Chou."A framework for estimating the energy-saving potential of occupant behaviour improvement."Applied Energy 287 (2021) 116591. DOI
Xu, Yujie, Tianzhen Hong, Wanni Zhang, Zhaoyun Zeng, and Max Wei."Heat Vulnerability Index Development and Mapping."SimAUD 2021 (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. DOI
Li, Haoran, Juan Hou, Tianzhen Hong, Yuemin Ding, and Natasa Nord."Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of integration of thermal energy storage into district heating systems using waste heat from data centres."Energy 219 (2021) 119582. DOI
Li, Han, Zhe Wang, and Tianzhen Hong."Occupant-Centric key performance indicators to inform building design and operations."Journal of Building Performance Simulation (2021) 1 - 29. DOI