Publications
Publications by Research Area
2020
Purohit, Pallav, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, John Dulac, Nihar Shah, Max Wei, Peter Rafaj, and Wolfgang Schöpp."Electricity savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions from global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons."Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
20.19 (2020) 11305 - 11327. DOI
2019
Shah, Nihar, Max Wei, Virginie E Letschert, and Amol A Phadke."Benefits of Energy Efficient and Low-Global Warming Potential Refrigerant Cooling Equipment."
(2019) 59.
Zhou, Nan, Lynn K Price, Dai Yande, Jon Creyts, Nina Khanna, David Fridley, Hongyou Lu, Wei Feng, Xu Liu, Ali Hasanbeigi, Zhiyu Tian, Hongwei Yang, Quan Bai, Yuezhong Zhu, Huawen Xiong, Jianguo Zhang, Kate Chrisman, Josh Agenbroad, Yi Ke, Robert McIntosh, David Mullaney, Clay Stranger, Eric Wanless, Daniel Wetzel, Cyril Yee, and Ellen Franconi."A roadmap for China to peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve a 20% share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy by 2030."Applied Energy
239 (2019) 793 - 819. DOI
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
2017
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).
Khanna, Nina, David Fridley, Nan Zhou, Nihan Karali, Jingjing Zhang, and Wei Feng."China’s Trajectories beyond Efficiency: CO2 Implications of Maximizing Electrification and Renewable Resources through 2050."ECEEE Summer Study 2017. Presqu'ile Giens, Hyeres France, 2017
(2017).
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
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. 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
Shah, Nihar, Max Wei, Virginie E Letschert, and Amol A Phadke."Benefits of Leapfrogging to Superefficiency and Low Global Warming Potential Refrigerants in Room Air Conditioning."
(2015).
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
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
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
2014
Xia, Jianjun, Tianzhen Hong, Qi Shen, Wei Feng, Le Yang, Piljae Im, Alison Lu, and Mahabir Bhandari."Comparison of Building Energy Use Data Between the United States and China."Energy and Buildings
78 (2014) 165-175. DOI
Hong, Tianzhen, Le Yang, David Hill, and Wei Feng."Data and Analytics to Inform Energy Retrofit of High Performance Buildings."Applied Energy
126 (2014) 90-106. DOI
Li, Cheng, and Tianzhen Hong."Revisit of Energy Use and Technologies of High Performance Buildings."2014 ASHRAE Annual Conference
(2014).
2013
Hong, Tianzhen, Wen-Kuei Chang, and Hung-Wen Lin."A Fresh Look at Weather Impact on Peak Electricity Demand and Energy Use of Buildings Using 30-Year Actual Weather Data."Applied Energy
111 (2013) 333-350. DOI
Hong, Tianzhen, Wei Feng, Alison Lu, Jianjun Xia, Le Yang, Qi Shen, Piljae Im, and Mahabir Bhandari."Building Energy Monitoring and Analysis."
(2013).
Chang, Wen-Kuei, and Tianzhen Hong."Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Occupancy Patterns in Open-Plan Offices using Measured Lighting-Switch Data."Building Simulation
6.1 (2013) 23–32. DOI
Zhou, Xin, Da Yan, Xiaoxin Ren, and Tianzhen Hong."Data Analysis and Modeling of Lighting Energy Use in Large Office Buildings."
(2013).
2012
Levine, Mark D, Wei Feng, Jing Ke, Tianzhen Hong, and Nan Zhou."A Retrofit Tool for Improving Energy Efficiency of Commercial Buildings."ACEEE 2012 Summer Study
(2012).