Publications: BTUS Modeling and Simulation

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2019

Xu, , Xiaodong, Chenhuan Yin, Wei Wang, Ning Xu, Tianzhen Hong, and Qi Li."Revealing Urban Morphology and Outdoor Comfort through Genetic Algorithm-Driven Urban Block Design in Dry and Hot Regions of China."Sustainability 11.13 (2019) 3683. DOI
Lee, , Sang Hoon, and Tianzhen Hong."Validation of an inverse model of zone air heat balance."Building and Environment 161 (2019) 106232. DOI
Chen, Yixing, Tianzhen Hong, Xuan Luo, and Barry Hooper."Development of city buildings dataset for urban building energy modeling."Energy and Buildings 183 (2019) 252 - 265. DOI
Blum, David, Filip Jorissen, Sen Huang, Yan Chen, Javier Arroyo, Kyle Benne, Yanfei Li, Valentin Gavan, Lisa Rivalin, Lieve Helsen, Draguna Vrabie, Michael Wetter, and Marina Sofos."Prototyping the BOPTEST Framework for Simulation-Based Testing of Advanced Control Strategies in Buildings."IBPSA Building Simulation 2019 (2019).

2018

Jain, Rajeev, Xuan Luo, Gökhan Sever, Tianzhen Hong, and Charlie Catlett."Representation and evolution of urban weather boundary conditions in downtown Chicago."Journal of Building Performance Simulation (2018) 1 - 14. DOI
Wang, Wei, Jiayu Chen, and Tianzhen Hong."Occupancy prediction through machine learning and data fusion of environmental sensing and Wi-Fi sensing in buildings."Automation in Construction 94 (2018) 233 - 243. DOI
Xu, Xiaodong, Fenlan Luo, Wei Wang, Tianzhen Hong, and Xiuzhang Fu."Performance-Based Evaluation of Courtyard Design in China’s Cold-Winter Hot-Summer Climate Regions."Sustainability 10.11 (2018) 3950. DOI
An, Jingjing, Da Yan, and Tianzhen Hong."Clustering and statistical analyses of air-conditioning intensity and use patterns in residential buildings."Energy and Buildings 174 (2018) 214 - 227. DOI
Wang, Taoning, Gregory J. Ward, and Eleanor S. Lee."Efficient modeling of optically-complex, non-coplanar exterior shading: Validation of matrix algebraic methods."Energy and Buildings 174 (2018) 464 - 483. DOI
Zhang, Lei, Rongpeng Zhang, Tianzhen Hong, Yu Zhang, and Qinglin Meng."Impact of post-rainfall evaporation from porous roof tiles on building cooling load in subtropical China."Applied Thermal Engineering 142 (2018) 391 - 400. DOI
Tarroja, Brian, Felicia Chiang, Amir AghaKouchak, Scott Samuelsen, Shuba V. Raghavan, Max Wei, Kaiyu Sun, and Tianzhen Hong."Translating climate change and heating system electrification impacts on building energy use to future greenhouse gas emissions and electric grid capacity requirements in California."Applied Energy 225 (2018) 522 - 534. DOI
Langevin, Jared."Modeling the adoption of building efficiency technologies: A review of methods and datasets."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).
Pang, Xiufeng, Carlos Duarte, Philip Haves, and Frank Chuang."Testing and demonstration of model predictive control applied to a radiant slab cooling system in a building test facility."Energy and Buildings 172 (2018) 432 - 441. DOI
Blum, David, Guanjing Lin, Michael Spears, Janie Page, and Jessica Granderson."When Data Analytics Meet Site Operation: Benefits and Challenges."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2018).
Belafi, Zsofia, Tianzhen Hong, and Andras Reith."A critical review on questionnaire surveys in the field of energy-related occupant behaviour."Energy Efficiency (2018) 1-21. DOI
Jia, Hongyuan, Xiufeng Pang, and Philip Haves."Experimentally-determined characteristics of radiant systems for office buildings."Applied Energy 221 (2018) 41 - 54. DOI
Wang, Wei, Jiayu Chen, Tianzhen Hong, and Na Zhu."Occupancy prediction through Markov based feedback recurrent neural network (M-FRNN) algorithm with WiFi probe technology."Building and Environment 138 (2018) 160 - 170. DOI
Pass, Rebecca Zarin, Michael Wetter, and Mary Ann Piette."A thermodynamic analysis of a novel bidirectional district heating and cooling network."Energy 144 (2018) 20 - 30. DOI
Wang, Wei, Jiayu Chen, and Tianzhen Hong."Modeling occupancy distribution in large spaces with multi-feature classification algorithm."Building and Environment 137 (2018). DOI

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). DOI
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 (2017).
Blum, David, and Michael Wetter."MPCPy: An Open-Source Software Platform for Model Predictive Control in Buildings."Proceedings of the 15th IBPSA Conference: Building Simulation 2017 (2017).
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). DOI
Haves, Philip, Xiufeng Pang, and Hongyuan Jia."Experimentally-Determined Characteristics of Radiant Systems for Commercial Buildings." (2017).
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. DOI