Publications: BTUS Modeling and Simulation

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2016

Zhang, Rongpeng, and Tianzhen Hong."Modeling and Simulation of Operational Faults of HVAC Systems Using Energyplus." (2016).

2015

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. DOI
Singh, Reshma, Baptiste Ravache, and Spencer M. Dutton."CLIMATE-SPECIFIC MODELING AND ANALYSIS FOR BEST-PRACTICE INDIAN OFFICE BUILDINGS."BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (2015).
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. DOI
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. DOI
Hong, Tianzhen, Simona D'Oca, William J. N. 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. DOI
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). DOI
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). DOI
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. DOI
Hong, Tianzhen, Simona D'Oca, Sarah C. Taylor-Lange, William J. N. 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. DOI
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). DOI
Ren, Xiaoxin, Da Yan, and Tianzhen Hong."Data Mining of Space Heating System Performance in Affordable Housing."Building and Environment 89 (2015) 1-13. DOI
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. DOI
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).
D'Oca, Simona, and Tianzhen Hong."Occupancy Schedules Learning Process Through a Data Mining Framework."Energy and Buildings 88 (2015) 395-408. DOI
Zhou, Xin, Da Yan, Tianzhen Hong, and Xiaoxin Ren."Data Analysis and Stochastic Modeling of Lighting Energy Use in Large Office Buildings in China."Energy and Buildings 86 (2015) 275-287. DOI
Feng, Xiaohang, Da Yan, and Tianzhen Hong."Simulation of Occupancy in Buildings."Energy and Buildings 87 (2015) 348-359. DOI
D'Oca, Simona, and Tianzhen Hong."A Data-mining Approach to Discover Patterns of Window Opening and Closing Behavior in Offices." (2015).
Lee, Sang Hoon, Tianzhen Hong, Geof Sawaya, Yixing Chen, and Mary Ann Piette."DEEP: A Database of Energy Efficiency Performance to Accelerate Energy Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings." (2015).
Wetter, Michael, Marcus Fuchs, and Thierry Stephane Nouidui."Design choices for thermofluid flow components and systems that are exported as Functional Mockup Units." (2015).
Li, Cheng, Tianzhen Hong, and Da Yan."An Insight into Actual Energy Use and Its Drivers in High-Performance Buildings." (2015).
Wetter, Michael, Wangda Zuo, Thierry Stephane Nouidui, and Xiufeng Pang."Modelica Buildings Library." (2015).
Sun, Kaiyu, Tianzhen Hong, Sarah C. Taylor-Lange, and Mary Ann Piette."A pattern-based automated approach to building energy model calibration." (2015).
Jorissen, Filip, Michael Wetter, and Lieve Helsen."Simulation Speed Analysis and Improvements of Modelica Models for Building Energy Simulation." (2015).
."Testing RAPMOD: Can a portable scanner collect existing building data and create an energy model faster and more accurately than a human."14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (2015).