Publications
Publications By Research Area
2023
Perera, A.T.D., Kenichi Soga, Yujie Xu, Peter Nico, and Tianzhen Hong."Enhancing flexibility for climate change using seasonal energy storage (aquifer thermal energy storage) in distributed energy systems."Applied Energy
340 (2023) 120957. DOI
Lin, Ziqi, Tianzhen Hong, Xiaodong Xu, Jiayu Chen, and Wei Wang."Evaluating energy retrofits of historic buildings in a university campus using an urban building energy model that considers uncertainties."Sustainable Cities and Society
95 (2023) 104602. DOI
Hong, Tianzhen, Sang Hoon Lee, Wanni Zhang, Kaiyu Sun, Barry Hooper, and Janghyun Kim."Nexus of electrification and energy efficiency retrofit of commercial buildings at the district scale."Sustainable Cities and Society
95 (2023) 104608. DOI
O'Brien, William, Farhang Tahmasebi, and Tianzhen Hong."International review of occupant aspects of building energy codes and standards."ASHRAE
65 (2023).
Sheng, Maggie, Michael Reiner, Kaiyu Sun, and Tianzhen Hong."Assessing thermal resilience of an assisted living facility during heat waves and cold snaps with power outages."Building and Environment
230 (2023) 110001. DOI
Perera, A.T.D., Bingyu Zhao, Zhe Wang, Kenichi Soga, and Tianzhen Hong."Optimal design of microgrids to improve wildfire resilience for vulnerable communities at the wildland-urban interface."Applied Energy
335 (2023) 120744. DOI
Coraci, Davide, Silvio Brandi, Tianzhen Hong, and Alfonso Capozzoli."Online transfer learning strategy for enhancing the scalability and deployment of deep reinforcement learning control in smart buildings."Applied Energy
333 (2023) 120598. DOI
Perera, A.T.D., and Tianzhen Hong."Vulnerability and resilience of urban energy ecosystems to extreme climate events: A systematic review and perspectives."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
173 (2023) 113038. DOI
Kim, Donghun, and Sang woo Ham."ActiveBAS: A Low-cost, Scalable Control Solution for Grid-Interactive Small and Medium Sized Commercial Buildings (CRADA Final Report)."
(2023). DOI
Gautier, Antoine, Michael Wetter, Jianjun Hu, and Hubertus Tummescheit."HVAC and Control Templates for the Modelica Buildings Library."15th International Modelica Conference 2023, Aachen, October 9-11Proceedings of the 15th International Modelica Conference 2023, Aachen, October 9-11
204 (2023). DOI
Levinson, Ronnen M., Mansour Alhazmi, Jackson Becce, Andre Desjarlais, Haley E. Gilbert, Greg Kats, Jacob Miller, Emily Morin, David J. Sailor, and Sarah Schneider."United States Cool Surfaces Deployment Plan."
(2023). DOI
2022
Liu, Jingjing, Rongxin Yin, Lili Yu, Mary Ann Piette, Marco Pritoni, Armando Casillas, Jiarong Xie, Tianzhen Hong, Monica Neukomm, and Peter Schwartz."Defining and applying an electricity demand flexibility benchmarking metrics framework for grid-interactive efficient commercial buildings."Advances in Applied Energy
8 (2022) 100107. DOI
Li, Han, and Tianzhen Hong."A semantic ontology for representing and quantifying energy flexibility of buildings."Advances in Applied Energy
8 (2022) 100113. DOI
Luo, Na, Xuan Luo, Mohammad Mortezazadeh, Maher Albettar, Wanni Zhang, Dongxue Zhan, Liangzhu Wang, and Tianzhen Hong."A data schema for exchanging information between urban building energy models and urban microclimate models in coupled simulations."Journal of Building Performance Simulation
(2022) 1 - 18. DOI
Gautier, Antoine, Michael Wetter, and Matthias Sulzer."Resilient cooling through geothermal district energy system."Applied Energy
325 (2022) 119880. DOI
Pinto, Giuseppe, Riccardo Messina, Han Li, Tianzhen Hong, Marco Savino Piscitelli, and Alfonso Capozzoli."Sharing is caring: An extensive analysis of parameter-based transfer learning for the prediction of building thermal dynamics."Energy and Buildings
276 (2022) 112530. DOI
Malik, Jeetika, Ronita Bardhan, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Developing occupant archetypes within urban low-income housing: A case study in Mumbai, India."Building Simulation
15.9 (2022) 1661 - 1683. DOI
Hinkelman, Kathryn, Saranya Anbarasu, Michael Wetter, Antoine Gautier, and Wangda Zuo."A fast and accurate modeling approach for water and steam thermodynamics with practical applications in district heating system simulation."Energy
254 (2022) 124227. DOI
Zanetti, Ettore, Donghun Kim, David Blum, Rossano Scroccia, and Marcello Aprile."Performance comparison of quadratic, nonlinear, and mixed integer nonlinear MPC formulations and solvers on an air source heat pump hydronic floor heating system."Journal of Building Performance Simulation
(2022) 1 - 19. DOI
Kim, Donghun, Zhe Wang, James Brugger, David Blum, Michael Wetter, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Site demonstration and performance evaluation of MPC for a large chiller plant with TES for renewable energy integration and grid decarbonization."Applied Energy
321 (2022) 119343. DOI
Sun, Kaiyu, Tianzhen Hong, Janghyun Kim, and Barry Hooper."Application and evaluation of a pattern-based building energy model calibration method using public building datasets."Building Simulation
15.8 (2022) 1385 - 1400. DOI
Prakash, Anand Krishnan, Marco Pritoni, Margarita Kloss, Mary Ann Piette, Michel Kamel, and Dotty Hage."Cloud-Control of Legacy Building Automation System: A case study."2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2022). DOI
Walker, Iain S., Brennan Less, David M. Lorenzetti, Michael D. Sohn, and Nuria Casquero-Modrego."Compartmentalization and Ventilation System Impacts on Air and Contaminant Transport for a Multifamily Building."Buildings XV Conference
(2022).
Roa, Carlos Duarte, Paul Raftery, Rupam Singla, Marco Pritoni, and Therese Peffer."Detecting Passing Valves at Scale Across Different Buildings and Systems: A Brick Enabled and Mortar Tested Application."2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2022). DOI
Casillas, Armando, Guanjing Lin, Jessica Granderson, Sen Huang, and Yan Chen."Development of a Simulated Air Handling Unit Fault Dataset for FDD Tools: Lessons Learned and Considerations for FDD Developers."2022 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2022). DOI