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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	LES over RANS in building simulation for outdoor and indoor applications: A foregone conclusion?	Building Simulation	2018	297
2	Association of the infection probability of COVID-19 with ventilation rates in confined spaces	Building Simulation	2020	256
3	DeST — An integrated building simulation toolkit Part I: Fundamentals	Building Simulation	2008	229
4	A novel approach for building occupancy simulation	Building Simulation	2011	196
5	A real-time model predictive control for building heating and cooling systems based on the occupancy behavior pattern detection and local weather forecasting	Building Simulation	2014	181
6	Computational intelligence techniques for HVAC systems: A review	Building Simulation	2016	167
7	Integrating building information modelling with sustainability to design building projects at the conceptual stage	Building Simulation	2013	154
8	Tools for performance simulation of heat, air and moisture conditions of whole buildings	Building Simulation	2008	138
9	Modeling occupancy and behavior for better building design and operation—A critical review	Building Simulation	2018	131
10	Effect of thermostat and window opening occupant behavior models on energy use in homes	Building Simulation	2014	121
11	Emissions of air pollutants from Chinese cooking: A literature review	Building Simulation	2018	118
12	A performance comparison of sensitivity analysis methods for building energy models	Building Simulation	2015	117
13	Advanced data analytics for enhancing building performances: From data-driven to big data-driven approaches	Building Simulation	2021	116
14	Building simulation: Ten challenges	Building Simulation	2018	112
15	A methodology for modelling energy-related human behaviour: Application to window opening behaviour in residential buildings	Building Simulation	2013	103
16	Tracer gas is a suitable surrogate of exhaled droplet nuclei for studying airborne transmission in the built environment	Building Simulation	2020	103
17	Occupant behavior models: A critical review of implementation and representation approaches in building performance simulation programs	Building Simulation	2018	99
18	Statistical analysis and modeling of occupancy patterns in open-plan offices using measured lighting-switch data	Building Simulation	2013	93
19	Quantitative description and simulation of human behavior in residential buildings	Building Simulation	2012	92
20	Role of air changes per hour (ACH) in possible transmission of airborne infections	Building Simulation	2012	92
21	Occupants’ interactions with windows in 8 residential apartments in Beijing and Nanjing, China	Building Simulation	2016	91
22	A critical review of fault modeling of HVAC systems in buildings	Building Simulation	2018	90
23	ThermalOpt: A methodology for automated BIM-based multidisciplinary thermal simulation for use in optimization environments	Building Simulation	2011	89
24	DeST—An integrated building simulation toolkit Part II: Applications	Building Simulation	2008	88
25	Application of global sensitivity analysis of model output to building thermal simulations	Building Simulation	2008	82
26	Review on stochastic modeling methods for building stock energy prediction	Building Simulation	2017	80
27	An agent-based stochastic Occupancy Simulator	Building Simulation	2018	79
28	Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data	Building Simulation	2022	79
29	Distribution of respiratory droplets in enclosed environments under different air distribution methods	Building Simulation	2008	78
30	Identification of key factors for uncertainty in the prediction of the thermal performance of an office building under climate change	Building Simulation	2009	76
31	An ANN-based fast building energy consumption prediction method for complex architectural form at the early design stage	Building Simulation	2019	74
32	A detailed loads comparison of three building energy modeling programs: EnergyPlus, DeST and DOE-2.1E	Building Simulation	2013	68
33	Study of the effect of green quantity and structure on thermal comfort and air quality in an urban-like residential district by ENVI-met modelling	Building Simulation	2019	67
34	Coupling the multizone airflow and contaminant transport software CONTAM with EnergyPlus using co-simulation	Building Simulation	2016	66
35	Extracting knowledge from building-related data — A data mining framework	Building Simulation	2013	65
36	Web application for thermal comfort visualization and calculation according to ASHRAE Standard 55	Building Simulation	2014	64
37	Daylighting and visual comfort of oriental sun responsive skins: A parametric analysis	Building Simulation	2018	63
38	Modelling total evacuation strategies for high-rise buildings	Building Simulation	2014	60
39	Leveraging the analysis of parametric uncertainty for building energy model calibration	Building Simulation	2013	59
40	CFD analysis of thermal stratification in domestic hot water storage tank during dynamic mode	Building Simulation	2015	59
41	Simulation and visualization of energy-related occupant behavior in office buildings	Building Simulation	2017	59
42	Investigating a safe ventilation rate for the prevention of indoor SARS transmission: An attempt based on a simulation approach	Building Simulation	2009	58
43	CFD study of the effects of furniture layout on indoor air quality under typical office ventilation schemes	Building Simulation	2014	58
44	DeST 3.0: A new-generation building performance simulation platform	Building Simulation	2022	58
45	Development of an ANN-based building energy model for information-poor buildings using transfer learning	Building Simulation	2021	57
46	Fundamentals of performance-based building design	Building Simulation	2008	55
47	Influence of household air-conditioning use modes on the energy performance of residential district cooling systems	Building Simulation	2016	54
48	Optimization approaches and climates investigations in NZEB—A review	Building Simulation	2018	53
49	A numerical study of ventilation strategies for infection risk mitigation in general inpatient wards	Building Simulation	2020	53
50	Cluster analysis for occupant-behavior based electricity load patterns in buildings: A case study in Shanghai residences	Building Simulation	2017	52

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