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2023

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

Li, Han, and Tianzhen Hong."A semantic ontology for representing and quantifying energy flexibility of buildings."Advances in Applied Energy 8 (2022) 100113. DOI

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

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

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

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

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, 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

Helmns, Dre, Armando Casillas, Anand Prakash, David Blum, Marco Pritoni, Spencer M Dutton, Jonathan Woolley, and Subhrajit Chakraborty."Heat Pumps with Phase Change Thermal Storage: Flexible, Efficient, and Electrification Friendly."2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2022). DOI

Crothers, Andrew R, Ahmet Kusoglu, Clayton J Radke, and Adam Z Weber."Influence of Mesoscale Interactions on Proton, Water, and Electrokinetic Transport in Solvent-Filled Membranes: Theory and Simulation."Langmuir 38.34 (2022) 10362 - 10374. DOI

Teso, Lorenzo, Laura Carnieletto, Kaiyu Sun, Wanni Zhang, Andrea Gasparella, Piercarlo Romagnoni, Angelo Zarrella, and Tianzhen Hong."Large scale energy analysis and renovation strategies for social housing in the historic city of Venice."Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 52 (2022) 102041. DOI

Teso, Lorenzo, Laura Carnieletto, Kaiyu Sun, Wanni Zhang, Andrea Gasparella, Piercarlo Romagnoni, Angelo Zarrella, and Tianzhen Hong."Large scale energy analysis and renovation strategies for social housing in the historic city of Venice."Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 52 (2022) 102041. DOI

Gerke, Brian F, Sarah Josephine Smith, Samanvitha Murthy, Aditya Khandekar, Cong Zhang, Sunhee Baik, Shreya Agarwal, Jingjing Liu, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Peter Alstone."Overview of Phase 4 of the California Demand Response Potential Study." (2022).