| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Thermochromic smart window technologies for building application: A review | Applied Energy | 2019 | 230 |
| 2 | A bibliometric review of green building research 2000–2016 | Architectural Science Review | 2019 | 196 |
| 3 | Status quo and future directions of construction and demolition waste research: A critical review | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2019 | 190 |
| 4 | Evaluating the cooling effects of green infrastructure: A systematic review of methods, indicators and data sources | Solar Energy | 2018 | 179 |
| 5 | Ten questions concerning thermal comfort and ageing | Building and Environment | 2017 | 166 |
| 6 | Combining life cycle assessment and Building Information Modelling to account for carbon emission of building demolition waste: A case study | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2018 | 151 |
| 7 | Evolving theories of sustainability and firms: History, future directions and implications for renewable energy research | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2017 | 140 |
| 8 | Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough? | Architectural Science Review | 2018 | 135 |
| 9 | Facilitating the transition to sustainable construction: China's policies | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2016 | 124 |
| 10 | Improving waste management in construction projects: An Australian study | Resources, Conservation and Recycling | 2015 | 122 |
| 11 | Housing Disadvantage and Poor Mental Health: A Systematic Review | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2019 | 117 |
| 12 | Considering life-cycle environmental impacts and society's willingness for optimizing construction and demolition waste management fee: An empirical study of China | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2019 | 117 |
| 13 | A comparative life-cycle assessment of hydro-, nuclear and wind power: A China study | Applied Energy | 2019 | 106 |
| 14 | How to stimulate renewable energy power generation effectively? – China's incentive approaches and lessons | Renewable Energy | 2016 | 105 |
| 15 | Environmental assessment of large-scale 3D printing in construction: A comparative study between cob and concrete | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2020 | 104 |
| 16 | Microalgae biodiesel production in China: A preliminary economic analysis | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2019 | 103 |
| 17 | Transformation of water resource management: a case study of the South-to-North Water Diversion project | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2017 | 102 |
| 18 | A review of performance assessment methods for construction and demolition waste management | Resources, Conservation and Recycling | 2019 | 95 |
| 19 | How affordable housing becomes more sustainable? A stakeholder study | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2017 | 94 |
| 20 | Sustainability attitude and performance of construction enterprises: A China study | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2018 | 93 |
| 21 | Soft skills of construction project management professionals and project success factors | Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management | 2018 | 92 |
| 22 | Environmental impact analysis and process optimization of batteries based on life cycle assessment | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2018 | 90 |
| 23 | Heating energy saving potential from building envelope design and operation optimization in residential buildings: A case study in northern China | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2018 | 89 |
| 24 | Photovoltaic-green roofs: A review of benefits, limitations, and trends | Solar Energy | 2020 | 88 |
| 25 | The impacts of the thermal radiation field on thermal comfort, energy consumption and control—A critical overview | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2014 | 85 |
| 26 | What hinder the further development of wind power in China?—A socio-technical barrier study | Energy Policy | 2016 | 84 |
| 27 | The impact of persistent poor housing conditions on mental health: A longitudinal population-based study | Preventive Medicine | 2017 | 79 |
| 28 | Poor housing quality: Prevalence and health effects | Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community | 2016 | 78 |
| 29 | Effects of contractual flexibility on conflict and project success in megaprojects | International Journal of Conflict Management | 2018 | 78 |
| 30 | Housing affordability and residential mobility as drivers of locational inequality | Applied Geography | 2016 | 75 |
| 31 | A thermal comfort environmental chamber study of older and younger people | Building and Environment | 2019 | 75 |
| 32 | Construction and demolition waste research: a bibliometric analysis | Architectural Science Review | 2019 | 70 |
| 33 | Who drives green innovations? Characteristics and policy implications for green building collaborative innovation networks in China | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2021 | 69 |
| 34 | Thermal comfort and occupant responses during summer in a low to middle income housing development in South Australia | Building and Environment | 2014 | 68 |
| 35 | How national policies facilitate low carbon city development: A China study | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2019 | 68 |
| 36 | Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe? | Energy and Buildings | 2020 | 68 |
| 37 | Cross-regional mobility of construction and demolition waste in Australia: An exploratory study | Resources, Conservation and Recycling | 2020 | 68 |
| 38 | A systematic review of personal thermal comfort models | Building and Environment | 2022 | 67 |
| 39 | Attitudinal and behavioural approaches to improving waste management on construction projects in Australia: benefits and limitations | International Journal of Construction Management | 2015 | 65 |
| 40 | Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Public Rental Housing Community Based on a Hybrid Method of AHP-Entropy Weight and Cloud Model | Sustainability | 2017 | 62 |
| 41 | Integrated assessment of the environmental and economic effects of an ultra-clean flue gas treatment process in coal-fired power plant | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2018 | 61 |
| 42 | Mobile Internet based construction supply chain management: A critical review | Automation in Construction | 2016 | 59 |
| 43 | Transforming Urban Dichotomies and Challenges of South Asian Megacities: Rethinking Sustainable Growth of Dhaka, Bangladesh | Urban Science | 2017 | 59 |
| 44 | Environmental and economic impacts assessment of concrete pavement brick and permeable brick production process - A case study in China | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2018 | 56 |
| 45 | Key policies to the development of construction and demolition waste recycling industry in China | Waste Management | 2020 | 55 |
| 46 | Competitiveness assessment of the biomass power generation industry in China: A five forces model study | Renewable Energy | 2016 | 53 |
| 47 | To be green or not to be: How environmental regulations shape contractor greenwashing behaviors in construction projects | Sustainable Cities and Society | 2020 | 53 |
| 48 | Anaerobic digestion based waste-to-energy technologies can halve the climate impact of China’s fast-growing food waste by 2040 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2020 | 53 |
| 49 | Research on the performance of radiative cooling and solar heating coupling module to direct control indoor temperature | Energy Conversion and Management | 2020 | 51 |
| 50 | A comprehensive review on green buildings research: bibliometric analysis during 1998–2018 | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2021 | 50 |
