Publications

2021

Ding, Chao, Carolyn Szum, Han Li, Nan Zhou, and Clay Nesler."Data-Driven Analysis Tool Plays Critical Role in Climate Neutral Buildings."Advances in Applied Energy 2 (2021) 100014. DOI
Demanega, Ingrid, Igor Mujan, Brett C. Singer, Aleksandar S. Andelkovic, Francesco Babich, and Dusan Licina."Performance assessment of low-cost environmental monitors and single sensors under variable indoor air quality and thermal conditions."Building and Environment 187.January 2021 (2021). DOI

2020

Tang, Hao, Yong Ding, and Brett C. Singer."Post-occupancy evaluation of indoor environmental quality in ten nonresidential buildings in Chongqing, China."Journal of Building Engineering 32.November (2020). DOI
Delp, William W., and Brett C. Singer."Wildfire Smoke Adjustment Factors for Low-Cost and Professional PM2.5 Monitors with Optical Sensors."Sensors (2020). DOI
Tang, Xiaochen, Sébastien Houzé de l’Aulnoit, Mark T. Buelow, Jonathan L. Slack, Brett C. Singer, and Hugo Destaillats."Performance of a CO2 sorbent for indoor air cleaning applications: Effects of environmental conditions, sorbent aging, and adsorption of co-occurring formaldehyde."Indoor Air (2020). DOI
Wang, Zhe, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Building thermal load prediction through shallow machine learning and deep learning."Applied Energy 263 (2020) 114683. DOI
Wang, Zhiqiang, William W. Delp, and Brett C. Singer."Performance of low-cost indoor air quality monitors for PM2.5 and PM10 from residential sources."Building and Environment 171 (2020). DOI
Wang, Ran, Wei Feng, Lan Wang, and Shilei Lu."A comprehensive evaluation of zero energy buildings in cold regions: Actual performance and key technologies of cases from China, the US, and the European Union."Energy (2020) 118992. DOI
Tang, Hao, Yong Ding, and Brett C. Singer."Interactions and Comprehensive Effect of Indoor Environmental Quality Factors on Occupant Satisfaction."Building and Environment 167.01 (2020). DOI
Zhang, Shicong, Wei Xu, Ke Wang, Wei Feng, Andreas Athienitis, Ge Hua, Masaya Okumiya, Gyuyoung Yoon, Dong woo Cho, Usha Iyer-Raniga, Edward Mazria, and Yanjie Lyu."Scenarios of energy reduction potential of zero energy building promotion in the Asia-Pacific region to year 2050."Energy 213 (2020) 118792. DOI

2019

Gerber, Daniel L., Richard Liou, and Richard E. Brown."Energy-saving opportunities of direct-DC loads in buildings."Applied Energy 248 (2019) 274 - 287. DOI
Wang, Zhe, Tianzhen Hong, Mary Ann Piette, and Marco Pritoni."Inferring occupant counts from Wi-Fi data in buildings through machine learning."Building and Environment 158 (2019) 281 - 294. DOI
Wang, Zhe, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Predicting plug loads with occupant count data through a deep learning approach."Energy 181 (2019) 29 - 42. DOI
Less, Brennan, Spencer M. Dutton, Iain S. Walker, Max H. Sherman, and Jordan D. Clark."Energy savings with outdoor temperature-based smart ventilation control strategies in advanced California homes."Energy and Buildings 194 (2019) 317 - 327. DOI
Wang, Zhe, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Data fusion in predicting internal heat gains for office buildings through a deep learning approach."Applied Energy 240 (2019) 386 - 398. DOI
Blum, David H., K. Arendt, Lisa Rivalin, Mary Ann Piette, Michael Wetter, and C.T. Veje."Practical factors of envelope model setup and their effects on the performance of model predictive control for building heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems."Applied Energy 236 (2019) 410 - 425. DOI
Walker, Iain S., William W. Delp, and Brett C. Singer."Are low-cost sensors good enough for IAQ controls?."Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations (REHVA) Journal 56.1 (2019).
Feng, Wei, Qianning Zhang, Hui Ji, Ran Wang, Nan Zhou, Qing Ye, Bin Hao, Yutong Li, Duo Luo, and Stephen SiuYu Lau."A review of net zero energy buildings in hot and humid climates: Experience learned from 34 case study buildings."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 114 (2019) 109303. DOI
Li, Han, Carolyn Szum, Clay Nesler, Sara Lisauskas, and Steve Snyder."Targeting Building Energy Efficiency Opportunities: An Open-source Analytical and Benchmarking Tool."2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference (2019).

2018

Gerber, Daniel L., Vagelis Vossos, Richard E. Brown, Wei Feng, and Chris Marnay."Energy and Cost Benefits of DC Power in ZNE Buildings."American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) 2018 Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA (2018).
Wang, Zhe, Tianzhen Hong, and Ruoxi Jia."Buildings.Occupants: a Modelica package for modelling occupant behaviour in buildings."Journal of Building Performance Simulation (2018) 1 - 12. DOI
Vossos, Vagelis, Daniel L. Gerber, Youness Bennani Smires, Richard E. Brown, and Chris Marnay."Techno-economic analysis of DC power distribution in commercial buildings."Applied Energy 230 (2018) 663 - 678. DOI
Szum, Carolyn, Liu Shan, and James Connelly."China’s Roadmap to Nearly Zero Energy Buildings."ACEEE 2018 Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA (2018).
Szum, Carolyn, Brad Liljequis, Zhang Shicong, and Wei Feng."Best Practices from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economies for Scaling Net Zero Energy Building."ACEEE 2018 Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA (2018).
Singer, Brett C., and William W. Delp."Response of consumer and research grade indoor air quality monitors to residential sources of fine particles."Indoor Air 28.4 (2018) 624-639. DOI