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Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Shaoning Zeng
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
2
Le Duong Hung Anh
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
3
Haidar Hosamo
OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
4
David Blum
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
5
Wei‐Han Chen
Cornell University
6
Dongyang Miao
Nanjing Forestry University
7
Jia-Ning Song
Institute of High Energy Physics
8
Giuseppe Aruta
University of Naples Federico II
9
Yan Zhang
Southwest Jiaotong University
10
Javier Arroyo
Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá

Rising Stars Papers

1
Multi-objective optimization for energy-efficient building design considering urban heat island effects
Applied Energy|2024
60 cit.
2
Data-driven optimization for mitigating energy consumption and GHG emissions in buildings
Environmental Impact Assessment Review|2024
24 cit.
3
Building performance optimization through sensitivity Analysis, and economic insights using AI
Energy and Buildings|2024
24 cit.
4
Sustainable energy management and control for Decarbonization of complex multi-zone buildings with renewable solar and geothermal energies using machine learning, robust optimization, and predictive control
Applied Energy|2024
23 cit.
5
Decarbonization through smart energy management: Climate control in building-integrated rooftop greenhouses for urban agriculture across various climate conditions
Journal of Cleaner Production|2024
20 cit.
6
Thermal resilience to climate change of energy retrofit technologies for building envelope
Energy|2025
18 cit.
7
Review of advanced emergency evacuation procedures in hospital buildings: comprehensive analysis and insights
Frontiers in Built Environment|2024
15 cit.
8
Energy classification of urban districts to map buildings and prioritize energy retrofit interventions: A novel fast tool
Applied Energy|2024
14 cit.
9
Phenylboronic acid-functionalized photothermal nanofibers for enhanced suspension cell adhesion and intracellular delivery
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science|2025
14 cit.
10
Incentive policies for building energy retrofit: A new multi-objective optimization framework to trade-off private and public interests
Journal of Cleaner Production|2025
13 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Shuaiming He
Central South University of Forestry and Technology
2
Theodoros Theodosiou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
3
Zhaosong Fang
Tongji University
4
Sijie Pian
Zhejiang University
5
Wenjie Gang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
6
Sungmin Yoon
Sungkyunkwan University
7
Clayton Miller
National University of Singapore
8
Aritra Ghosh
University of Exeter
9
Francesco Goia
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
10
Minda Ma
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The ASHRAE Great Energy Predictor III competition: Overview and results
Singapore Management University Institutional Knowledge (InK) (Singapore Management University)|2022
91 cit.
2
Challenges and opportunities in the global net-zero building sector
Cell Reports Sustainability|2024
91 cit.
3
Heterogeneity or illusion? Track the carbon Kuznets curve of global residential building operations
Applied Energy|2023
84 cit.
4
Building digital twinning: Data, information, and models
Journal of Building Engineering|2023
82 cit.
5
Operational carbon transition in the megalopolises’ commercial buildings
Building and Environment|2022
81 cit.
6
Decarbonizing residential buildings in the developing world: Historical cases from China
The Science of The Total Environment|2022
78 cit.
7
Virtual sensing in intelligent buildings and digitalization
Automation in Construction|2022
76 cit.
8
Building energy analysis using EC and PDLC based smart switchable window in Oman
Solar Energy|2022
72 cit.
9
Investigation of vacuum-integrated switchable polymer dispersed liquid crystal glazing for smart window application for less energy-hungry building
Energy|2022
71 cit.
10
Ten questions concerning data-driven modelling and forecasting of operational energy demand at building and urban scale
Building and Environment|2023
66 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Tianzhen Hong
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2
Shengwei Wang
Hainan University
3
M. Santamouris
UNSW Sydney
4
Luisa F. Cabeza
Universitat de Lleida
5
Jlm Jan Hensen
Eindhoven University of Technology
6
Qingyan Chen
Sichuan University
7
Richard de Dear
The University of Sydney
8
Gail Brager
Berkeley College
9
Fariborz Haghighat
Concordia University
10
Zhiwei Lian
Northwest Institute For Non-Ferrous Metal Research

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Developing an adaptive model of thermal comfort and preference
eScholarship (California Digital Library)|1998
1.9k cit.
2
State of the art on high temperature thermal energy storage for power generation. Part 1—Concepts, materials and modellization
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews|2009
1.7k cit.
3
Thermal comfort in naturally ventilated buildings: revisions to ASHRAE Standard 55
Energy and Buildings|2002
1.4k cit.
4
Review on phase change materials (PCMs) for cold thermal energy storage applications
Applied Energy|2012
1.1k cit.
5
On the impact of urban heat island and global warming on the power demand and electricity consumption of buildings—A review
Energy and Buildings|2014
1k cit.
6
Using advanced cool materials in the urban built environment to mitigate heat islands and improve thermal comfort conditions
Solar Energy|2011
948 cit.
7
Ventilation performance prediction for buildings: A method overview and recent applications
Building and Environment|2008
930 cit.
8
On the impact of urban climate on the energy consumption of buildings
Solar Energy|2001
895 cit.
9
Use of microencapsulated PCM in concrete walls for energy savings
Energy and Buildings|2006
880 cit.
10
Using cool pavements as a mitigation strategy to fight urban heat island—A review of the actual developments
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews|2013
867 cit.

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