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Concordia University

Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies

Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies

Publications

Congratulations to Drs. Luis Candanedo (PhD 2010 BCEE/Concordia) and Liam O'Brien (PhD 2011 BCEE/Concordia) on their first place Best Paper Awards of Energy and Buildings published in the period from 2008 to 2017.

First place of the Best Research Papers of Energy and Buildings for 2008-2017: Candanedo, LM.; Feldheim, V. Accurate occupancy detection of an office room from light, temperature, humidity and CO2 measurements using statistical learning models. Energy and Buildings, Vol. 112, Pages 28-39, 2016.

First place of the Best Review Papers of Energy and Buildings for 2008-2017: Yan, D; O'Brien, W; Hong, T; Feng, X; Gunay, HB; Tahmasebi, F; Mahdavi, A. Occupant behavior modeling for building performance simulation: Current state and future challenges. Energy and Buildings, Vol. 107, Pages 264-278, 2015.

The awards were announced at the Elsevier website, entitled "Best Paper Awards of Energy and Buildings published in the period from 1998 to 2017".

 

Access below some of our research publications, including journal papers, conference papers, theses, and public reports.

Research Project Reports

Public Final Report for ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative (ecoEII), Research and Development Component

Project EEBE-024 Intelligent Net-Zero Energy Buildings, Public Final Report

Rapport public définitif pur Initiative écoÉNERGIE sur l’innovation, Composante de recherche et de développement

Projet EEBE-024 : Bâtiments intelligents à consommation énergétique nette nulle

 

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Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Alrawashdeh, H. and Stathopoulos, T. (2020). "Wind Loads on Solar Panels Mounted on Flat Roofs: Effect of Geometric Scale", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 208, 104339.
  2. Azar, E., O’Brien, W., Carlucci, S., Hong, T., Sonta, A., Kim, J., Andargie, M.S., Abuimara, T., El Asmar, M., Jain, R.K., Ouf, M.M., Tahmasebi, F. and Zhou, J. (2020), “Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: A critical review of tools, methods, and applications”, Energy and Buildings, 224, 110292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110292.
  3. Hosseini, M., Bigtashi, A. and Lee, B. (2020). “A systematic approach in constructing typical meteorological year weather file using machine learning”, Energy and Buildings. (accepted)
  4. Hosseini, M., Bigtashi, A. and Lee, B. (2020). “Generating Future Weather Files under Climate Change Scenarios to Support Building Energy Simulation — A Machine Learning Approach”, Energy and Buildings. (submitted)
  5. Hou, D., Hassan, I.G. and Wang, L. (2020). “Bayesian Inference Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis of Building Energy Models for Hot/Arid Climate”, Energy and Buildings. Submitted.
  6. Hou, D., Lin, C., Katal, A. and Wang, L. (2020), “Dynamic forecast of cooling load and energy saving potential based on Ensemble Kalman Filter for an institutional high-rise building with hybrid ventilation”, Building Simulation. Accepted.
  7. Hou, D., Hassan, I.G. and Wang, L. (2020). “Review on Building Energy Model Calibration by Bayesian Inference”, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. Submitted.
  8. Ioannidis, Z., Athienitis, A.K., Stathopoulos, T. and Buonomano, A. (2020). "Mechanically Ventilated Double Skin Façade with Semi-Transparent Photovoltaics, implementing electrical storage and heat pumps to reduce peak demand", ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 126, pp., Pt. 2.
  9. Ioannidis, Z., Rounis, E.D., Athienitis, A.K. and Stathopoulos, T. (2020). "Double Skin Façade Integrating Semi-Transparent Photovoltaics: Experimental Study on Forced Convection and Heat Recovery", Applied Energy, Vol. 278, 115647, pp. 1-16.
  10. Jie, J., Li, L., Ding, L., Lin, C. and Wang, L. (2020), “Prediction of building fire in the sudden change conditions based on ensemble Kalman filter”, Fire Technology. Submitted.
  11. Mortezazadeh, M. and Wang, L. (2020), “Solving city and building microclimates by fast fluid dynamics with large timesteps and coarse meshes”, Building and Environment. Accepted.
  12. Ouf, M., O'Brien, W. and Gunay, B. (2020). “Optimization of electricity use in office buildings under occupant uncertainty”, Journal of Building Performance Simulation, Vol 13: 13 – 25.
  13. Rahdar, M., Nasiri, F. and Lee B. (2020). “Uncertainty Quantification of Biomass Composition Variability Effect on Moving Grate Bed Combustion: A Comparative Study of Wood Pellets and Bamboo Chips”, Combustion and Flame. (submitted).
  14. Rahdar, M., Nasiri, F. and Lee, B. (2020). “Availability-based Predictive Maintenance Scheduling for Vibratinggrate Biomass Boilers”, Safety and Reliability. (accepted) / role: co‑supervision.
  15. Rahdar, M., Nasiri, F. and Lee, B. (2020). “Effect of Fuel Composition Uncertainty On Grate Firing Biomass Combustor Performance: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, (accepted)
  16. Rounis, E., Athienitis, A.K. and Stathopoulos T. (2020). “Review of air-based PV/T and BIPV/T systems - Performance and modelling”, Renewable Energy, 163: 1729-1753, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.10.085.
  17. Runge, J., Zmeureanu, R. and Le Cam, M. (2020). “Hybrid short-term forecasting of the electric demand of supply fans using machine learning”, Journal of Building Engineering, 29, 101144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.101144
  18. Salim, F., Dong, B., Ouf, M., Wang, Q., Pigliautile, I., Kang, X., Hong, T., et al. (2020). “Modelling urban-scale occupant behaviour, mobility, and energy in buildings: A survey”, Building and Environment (accepted: in press)
  19. Seberi Derakhtenjani A. and Athienitis A.K. (2020). “A frequency domain transfer function methodology for thermal characterization and design for energy flexibility of zones with radiant systems”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 163, pp. 1033-1045. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.131
  20. Shamim, MD A., Zmeureanu, R., Cotrufo, N. and Candanedo, J. (2020). “Gray-box virtual sensor of the supply air temperature of air handling units (AHUs)”, Accepted by Science and Technology in the Built Environment, June 15).
  21. Shu, C., Wang, L. and Mortezazadeh, M. (2020), “Dimensional analysis of Reynolds independence for urban aerodynamics”, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics. Accepted.
  22. Shu, C., Wang, L., Zhang, C. and Qi, D. (2020). “Air curtain effectiveness rating based on aerodynamics”, Building and Environment, Vol. 169, Pages 106582.
  23. Stathopoulos, T. and Alrawashdeh, H. (2020). "Wind Loads on Buildings: A Code of Practice Perspective", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 206, 104338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104338
  24. Tamas, R., Ouf, M. and William O'Brien. (2020). “A field study on the effect of building automation on perceived comfort and control in institutional buildings”, Architectural Science Review, Vol 63: 74 – 86.
  25. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2020). “CFD Simulations Can Be Adequate for the Evaluation of Snow Effects on Structures”, Building Simulation, Vol. 13, pp. 729-737.
  26. Wang, R.L., Ge, H. and Baril, D. (2020). “Moisture-safe attic design in extremely cold climate: hygrothermal simulations. Building and Environment (in press).
  27. Yip, S., Athienitis, A.K. and Lee, B. (2020). “Early Stage Design for an Institutional Net Zero Energy Archetype Building, Part 2: Case Study and Energy Flexibility”, Solar Energy, (submitted)
  28. Yip, S., Athienitis, A.K. and Lee, B. (2020). “Early Stage Design for an Institutional Net Zero Energy Archetype Building, Part 1: Methodology, Form and Sensitivity Analysis”, Solar Energy, (submitted)
  29. Zhang, C., Yang, S. Shu, C., Wang, L. and Stathopoulos, T. (2020). "Wind Pressure Coefficients for Buildings with Air Curtains", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 205, 104265, pp. 1-15.

  1. Bambara, J. and Athienitis, A.K. (2019). “Energy and Economic Analysis for the Design of Greenhouses with Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic Cladding”, Journal of Renewable Energy, 131, 1274-1287.
  2. Bara, A., Hou, D., Hassan, I.G., Wang, L. and Rahman, A. (2020). “Influencing Factors of Cooling Demand in High-Rise Buildings at Arid/desert Hot Climate: A Review”, Building Simulation. Submitted.
  3. Berquist, J., Ouf, M. and O’Brien, W. (2019). “A method to conduct longitudinal studies on Indoor Environmental Quality and Perceived Occupant Comfort”, Building and Environment, 150: 88-98.
  4. Bezian, B. and Zmeureanu, R. (2020), “Machine learning for benchmarking models of heating energy demand of houses in Northern Canada”, Energies, 13(5), 1158. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13051158
  5. Cotrufo, N., Zmeureanu, R. and Athienitis, A.K. (2019). “Virtual measurement of the air properties in AHUs or virtual re-calibration of sensors”, Science and Technology for Built Environment, 25: 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744731.2018.1493309
  6. Ge, H., Straube, J., Wang, L. and Fox, M. (2019). “Field study of hygrothermal performance of highly insulated wood-frame walls under simulated air leakage”, Building and Environment, 160.
  7. Gunay, B., Ouf, M., Newsham, G. and O’Brien, W. (2019). “Sensitivity analysis and optimization of building operations”, Energy and Buildings, 199: 164 – 175.
  8. Katal, A., Mortezazadeh, M. and Wang, L. (2019). “Modeling "building resilience against extreme weather by integrated CityFFD and CityBEM simulations”, Applied Energy, Vol. 250, Pages 1402-1417.
  9. Morovat, N., Athienitis, A.K. and Candanedo, J. (2019). “Simulation and Performance Analysis of Active PCM-air Heat Exchanger to Optimize Building Operation”, Energy and Buildings, 199: 47-61.
  10. Mortezazadeh, M. and Wang, L. (2019). “An adaptive time-stepping semi-Lagrangian method for incompressible flows”, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407790.2019.1591860
  11. Mortezazadeh, M. and Wang, L. (2019). “SLAC – A semi-Lagrangian artificial compressibility solver for steady-state incompressible flows”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 29 No. 6, pp. 1965-1983.
  12. Ouf, M., O’Brien, W. and Gunay, B. (2019). “On quantifying building performance adaptability to variable occupancy”, Building and Environment, Vol 155: 257-267.
  13. Park, J., Ouf, M., Burak, G., O'Brien, W., Peng, Y. and Nagy, Z. (2019). “A critical review of field implementations of occupant-centric building controls”, Building and Environment, Vol 165: 115 – 136.
  14. Qi, D., Cheng, J., Katal, A., Wang, L. and Athienitis, A.K. (2019). “Multizone modeling of a hybrid ventilated high-rise building based on full-scale measurements for predictive control”, Indoor and Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1420326X19856405.
  15. Rahdar, M.H., Nasiri, F. and Lee, B. (2019). “A Review of Numerical Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Combustion in Moving Grate Biomass Combustors”, Energy and Fuels, 33(10): 9367-9402.
  16. Runge, J. and Zmeureanu, R. (2019). “Forecasting energy use in buildings using artificial neural networks: A review”, Energies, 12(17), 3254. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173254
  17. Shao, S., Tian, Y., Yang, Q. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). "Wind-induced Cladding and Structural Loads on Low-rice Buildings with 4:12-sloped hip roofs”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 193, 103948, pp. 1-14.
  18. Sun, D., Athienitis, A.K. and D'Avignon, K. (2019). “Application of semitransparent photovoltaics in transportation infrastructure for energy savings and solar electricity production: Toward novel net‐zero energy tunnel design”, Prog Photovolt Res Appl. 2019;1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3182
  19. Tardy, F. and Lee, B. (2019). “Building related energy poverty in developed countries—past, present, and future from a Canadian perspective”, Energy and Buildings, 194; 46–61.
  20. Wang, L. and Ge, H. (2019). “Effect of rain leakage on hygrothermal performance of highly insulated wood framed walls: a stochastic approach”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. Special Issue: Durability and Climate Change. Vol. 46:979-989.
  21. Wang, L., Zhang, X. and Qi, D. (2019). “Indoor thermal stratification and its statistical distribution”, Indoor Air. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12520
  22. Yang, S., Alrawashdeh, H., Zhang, C., Qi, D., Wang, L. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). "Wind Effects on Air Curtain Performance at Building Entrances", Building and Environment, Vol. 151, pp. 75-87.
  23. Yu, J., Li, M.S. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). “Strategies for Modeling Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence and Investigation of Spatially Correlated Aerodynamic Forces on a Stationary Model”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 90, November, pp. 43-56.

1. Stathopoulos, T., Alrawashdeh, H., Al-Quraan, A., Blocken, B., Dilimulati, A., Paraschivoiu, M. and Pilay, P. (2018) "Urban Wind Energy: Some Views on Potential and Challenges", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 179, August, pp. 146-157.

2. Nguyen, T.S., Stathopoulos, T. and Tirca, L. (2018) "Wind-induced Shear and Torsion in Lowrise and Medium-rise Buildings: Provisions of National Building Code of Canada 2015", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 339-350.

3. Cotrufo, N., Zmeureanu, R., (2018) Virtual outdoor air flow meter for an existing HVAC system in heating mode. Automation in Construction 92:166-172.

4. Rey, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2018) Multi-objective optimization framework for the selection of configuration and equipment sizing of solar thermal combisystems. Energy 145: 182-194.

5. Beattie, C., Fazio, P., Zmeureanu, R., Rao, J., (2018) Experimental study of the air-to-air heat exchangers for use in Arctic housing. Applied Thermal Engineering 129:1281-1291.

6. Ge, H., Chiu, V., Stathopoulos, T. and Souri, F. (2018) "Improved Assessment of Wind-Driven Rain on Building Facade based on ISO Standard with High-resolution On-site Weather Data", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 176, May, pp. 183-196.

7. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2018) "CFD Simulations of Near-field Pollutant Dispersion with Different Plume Buoyancies", Building and Environment, Vol. 107, pp. 128-139.

8. Dilimulati, A., Stathopoulos, T. and Paraschivoiu, M. (2018) "Wind Turbine Designs for Urban Applications: A Case Study of Shrouded Diffuser Casing for Turbines", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 175, April, pp. 179-192.

9. Shao, S., Stathopoulos, T., Yang, Q, and Tian, Y. (2018) "Wind Pressures on 4:12-sloped Hip Roofs of L- and T-shaped Low-rise Buildings" Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 144, No. 7.

10. Wang, L., and H. Ge (2018). Stochastic modelling of hygrothermal performance of highly insulated wood framed walls. Building and Environment. Under revision.

11. Khalilzadeh, A., H. Ge, and H.D. Ng. (2018). Effect of turbulence modeling schemes on winddriven rain deposition on a mid-rise building: CFD modeling and validation. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. Under revision.

12. Ge, H., V. Chiu, T. Stathopoulos, and F. Souri. (2018). Improved assessment of wind-driven rain on building façade based on ISO standard with high-resolution on-site weather data. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 176 (2018) 183–196 13. Ge, H. R.L. Wang, and D. Brail (2018). Field measurements of hygrothermal performance of attics in extreme cold climates. Building and Environment 134C: 114-130.

14. J. Cheng, D. Qi, A. Katal, L. Wang and T. Stathopoulos. 2018. Evaluating wind-driven natural ventilation potential for early building design. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. Minor Revision.

15. D. Qi, S. Goubran, L. Wang and R. Zmeureanu. 2018. Parametric study of air curtain door aerodynamics performance based on experiments and numerical simulations. Building and Environment. Vol. 129, Pages 65-73.

16. Q. Tong, J. Ji, L. Wang, C. Lin. C. Zhang, and Z. Gao. 2018. Application of the EnKF method for real-time forecasting of smoke movement during tunnel fires. Advances in Engineering Software. Vol. 115, Pages 398-412.

17. S. Goubran, D. Qi and L. Wang. 2018. Airflow and energy simulations to assess energy savings from vestibules and air curtains. ASHRAE Transactions - Technical Paper. Accepted. CZEBS ANNUAL REPORT A.K. Athienitis Page 14/18

18. J. Ji, C. Liu, Z. Gao and L. Wang. 2018. Real-time forecasting of fire in a two-story building using Ensemble Kalman Filter method. Fire Safety Journal. 97 (2018), 19-28.

19. L. Wang, X. Zhang and D. Qi. 2018. Thermal stratification in building environment and its statistical distribution. Indoor Air. Under Review.

20. Mortezazadeh, M. and L. Wang. 2018. SLAC – A semi-Lagrangian artificial compressibility solver for steady-state incompressible flows. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow. Major Revision.

21. J. Jie, C. Liu, H. Wan, Z. Gao, S. Lin and L. Wang. 2018. Flame spread characteristics and a multicylinder radiation model for diesel tray fires against a sidewall. Fuel. Under Review.

22. Bambara, J. & Athienitis, A. K. (2018). Energy and Economic Analysis for the Design of Greenhouses with Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic Cladding. Renewable Energy. doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.08.020

23. Papachristou A.C., Vallianos C., Dermardiros V., Athienitis A.K. and Candanedo J.A. (2018): A numerical and experimental study of a simple model-based predictive control strategy in a perimeter zone with phase change material, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, DOI: 10.1080/23744731.2018.1438011.

24. Bastien D. and Athienitis A.K. (2018). “Passive thermal energy storage, part 1: design concepts and metrics”. Renewable Energy, Vol. 115, pp. 1319 - 1327.

25. Yuan, S., Vallianos H., Athienitis A.K. and Rao J. (2018). “A study of hybrid ventilation in an institutional building for predictive control”, Building and Environment, Volume 128, pp. 1- 26. Cotrufo N., Zmeureanu R. and Athienitis A.K. (2018). "Virtual measurements of the air properties in AHUs or virtual re-calibration of sensors." Science and Technology for the Built Environment, DOI: 10.1080/23744731.2018.1493309.

  1. Athienitis A.K., Barone G., Buonomano A. and Palombo A. (2017). "Assessing active and passive effects of façade building integrated photovoltaics/thermal systems: Dynamic modelling and simulation", Applied Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.039.
  2. Kapsis, K. Athienitis, A.K. and Harrison, S. (2017). “Determination of solar heat gain coefficient for semi-transparent photovoltaic windows: an experimental study”. ASHRAE Transactions. Vol. 123(1): 83-94.
  3. Ioannidis, Z., Buonomano, A., Athienitis, A.K. and Stathopoulos, T. (2017). “Modeling of Double Skin Façades Integrating Photovoltaic Panels and automated roller shades: Analysis of the Thermal and Electrical Performance”. Energy and Buildings, 2017,Volume 154: 618-632.
  4. Bigaila, E. and Athienitis, A.K. (2017). “Modeling and simulation of a photovoltaic/thermal air collector assisting a façade integrated small scale heat pump with radiant PCM panel”. Energy and Buildings, Volume 149: 298-309.
  5. Guarino, F., Athienitis, A.K., Cellura, M., Bastien, D. (2017). PCM thermal storage design in buildings: Experimental studies and applications to solaria in cold climates, Applied Energy, Volume 185, 95-106.
  6. Bastien, D. and Athienitis, A.K. (2017). “Passive thermal energy storage, part II: design methodology for solaria and greenhouses”, Renewable Energy, 103: 537–560.
  7. L. Wang and W. Li. 2017. A study of thermal stratification for large warehouse energy savings. Energy and Buildings. Volume 153, Issue 15, Pages 126-135.
  8. S. Goubran, D. Qi, and L. Wang. 2017. Assessing dynamic efficiency of air curtain in reducing whole building annual energy usage. Building Simulation. Volume 10, Issue 4, pp 497–507.
  9. Rey, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2017) Micro-Time Variant Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (micro-TVMOPSO) of solar thermal combisystems. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation 36: 76- 90.
  10. Magnier-Bergeron, L., Zmeureanu, R., Derome, D., (2017) Three-dimensional model of air speed in the secondary zone of displacement ventilation jet. Building and Environment 114: 483-494. CZEBS ANNUAL REPORT A.K. Athienitis Page 15/18
  11. Le Cam, M., Zmeureanu, R., Daoud, A., (2017) Cascade-based short-term forecasting method of the electric demand of HVAC system. Energy 119: 1098-1107.
  12. Mihai, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2017) Bottom-up evidence-based calibration of a building energy model. International Journal of Building Performance Simulation 10(1): 105-123.
  13. Tamasauskas, J., Poirier, M., Zmeureanu, R., Kegel, M., Sunye, R., (2017) Development of an integrated solar heat pump concept using ice slurry as a latent storage material. Procedia Environmental Sciences 38: 44-51.
  14. S. Emmerich, L. Wang and A. Persily. 2017. Measured carbon monoxide concentrations from stock and reduced-emission prototype portable generators operated in an attached garage. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association. 67(8):889-898.
  15. Ge, H., Chiu, V. and Stathopoulos, T. (2017) "Effect of Overhang on Wind-Driven Rain Wetting of Facades on a Mid-rise Building: Field Measurements", Building and Environment, Vol. 118, pp. 234- 250.
  16. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2017) "Steady and Unsteady RANS Simulations of Pollutant Dispersion around Isolated Cubical Buildings: Effect of Large-scale Fluctuations on the Concentration Field", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 165C, June, pp. 23-33.
  17. Ladas, D.I., Stathopoulos, T. and Rounis, D. (2017) "Wind Effects on the Performance of Solar Collectors on Rectangular Flat Roofs: A Wind Tunnel Study", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 161, February, pp. 27-41.
  18. S. Goubran, D. Qi, W. Saleh and L. Wang. 2017. Comparing methods of modelling air infiltration through building entrance and their impact on building energy simulations. Energy and Buildings. 138:579-590.
  19. D. Qi, L. Wang and G. Zhao. 2017. Froude-Stanton modeling of heat and mass transfer in large vertical spaces of high-rise buildings. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Volume 115, Part B, December 2017, Pages 706-716.
  20. D. Qi, L. Wang, J. Ji and M. Li. 2017. Dimensionless analytical solutions for steady-state fire smoke spread through high-rise shaft. Fire Safety Journal. Volume 93, October 2017, Pages 12-20.
  21. Ge, H., Chiu, V. and Stathopoulos, T. (2017) "Effect of Overhang on Wind-Driven Rain Wetting of Facades on a Mid-rise Building: Field Measurements", Building and Environment, Vol. 118, pp. 234- 250.
  22. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2017) "Steady and Unsteady RANS Simulations of Pollutant Dispersion around Isolated Cubical Buildings: Effect of Large-scale Fluctuations on the Concentration Field", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 165C, June, pp. 23-33.
  23. Ladas, D.I., Stathopoulos, T. and Rounis, D. (2017) "Wind Effects on the Performance of Solar Collectors on Rectangular Flat Roofs: A Wind

  1. Al-Quraan, A., Stathopoulos, T. and Pillay, P. (2016) "Comparison of Wind Tunnel and on Site Measurements for Urban Wind Energy Estimation of Potential Yield", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 158, November, pp. 1-10.
  2. Baba, F. and H. Ge. (2016). Dynamic effect of balcony thermal bridges on the energy performance of a high-rise residential building in Canada. Energy and Buildings. 116: 78-88.
  3. Bastien, D. and Athienitis, A.K. (2016). "Passive thermal energy storage, part 1: design concepts and metrics". Renewable Energy, (in press, http://10.1016/j.renene.2016.04.011).
  4. Bastien, D. and Athienitis, A.K. (2016). "Passive thermal energy storage, part 1: Design methodology for solaria and greenhouses". Renewable Energy, (in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.11.041)
  5. Blocken, B., Stathopoulos, T. and van Beeck, J.P.A.J. (2016) "Pedestrian-level Wind Conditions around Buildings: Review of Wind-tunnel and CFD Techniques and their Accuracy for Wind Comfort Assessment", Building and Environment, Vol. 100, pp. 50-81.
  6. Chen, Yuxiang, Galal, K. E. and Athienitis, A.K. (2016). "Integrating hollow-core masonry walls and precast concrete slabs into building space heating and cooling. Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 5: 277-288.
  7. Cotrufo, N., Zmeureanu, R., (2016) PCA-base method of soft fault detection and identification for the ongoing commissioning of chillers. Energy and Buildings 130: 443–452, DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.(2016).08.083.
  8. Date, J. Athienitis, A.K. Chen, Y. and Fournier, M. (2016). "Impact of thermal model resolution on peak heating demand calculation under different set point profiles, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 122(1): 278-288.
  9. Dermardiros, V. Chen, Y. Daoud, A. and Athienitis, A.K. (2016). "Development of reduced order thermal models of building integrated active PCM-TES". ASHRAE Transactions, 122(1): 267-277.
  10. Dorostkar, M and Wang, L, (2016). A high-order backward forward sweep interpolation algorithm for semi-Lagrangian method. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. Volume 84, Issue 10, 584–597.
  11. Goubran, S, Qi, D, Saleh, W, Wang, L and Zmeureanu, R, (2016). Experimental study on the flow characteristics of air curtains at building entrances. Building and Environment. 105: 225-235.
  12. Goubran, S., Qi, D., Saleh W. F., Wang, L., Zmeureanu, R., (2016) Experimental Study on the Flow Characteristics of Air Curtains at Building Entrances. Building and Environment 105: 225-235.
  13. Goubran, S., Qi, D., Saleh, W. F., Wang, L. and Zmeureanu, R. (2016). Experimental Study on the Flow Characteristics of Air Curtain at Building Entrances. Building and Environment. Vol. 105: 225-235.
  14. Goubran, S., Qi, D., Wael Saleh and Wang, L. (2016). Comparing Methods of Modeling Air Infiltration through Building Entrances and Their Impact on Building Energy Simulations. Energy and Buildings (Under Review).
  15. He, J, Kokgil, E, Wang, L and H. Ng, D, (2016). Assessment of similarity relations using helium for prediction of hydrogen dispersion and safety in an enclosure. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41: 15388-15398.
  16. Jiaqing He, Erdem Kokgil, Wang, L. and Hoi Dick Ng. (2016). Assessment of Similarity Relations Using Helium for Prediction of Hydrogen Dispersion and Safety in an Enclosure. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Vol. 41, Issue 34, 15388-15398.
  17. Lam, A., H. Ge and P. Fazio. (2016). Identifying plus-energy curtain wall configurations using variance-based approach (ANOVA). Building Simulation: an International Journal. 9: 297-310.
  18. Le Cam, M., Daoud, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2016) Forecasting electric demand of supply fan using data mining techniques. Energy 101: 541-557.
  19. Le Cam, M., Zmeureanu, R., Daoud, A., (2016) Cascade-based short-term forecasting method of the electric demand of HVAC system. Energy, in press.
  20. Lee, B, Pourmousavian, N and Hensen, JLM (2016). Full-factorial design space exploration approach for multi-criteria decision making of the design of industrial halls.  Energy and Buildings, 2016, 352–361
  21. Lin, C and Wang, L, (2016). Real-time forecasting of building fire growth and smoke transport via Ensemble Kalman Filter. Journal of Fire Technology - Official Journal of Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). DOI: 10.1007/s10694-016-0619-x.
  22. Lin, C. and Wang, L. (2016). Real-time Forecasting of Building Fire Growth and Smoke Transport via Ensemble Kalman Filter. Fire Technology. DOI:10.1007/s10694-016-0619-x.
  23. Mihai, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2016) Bottom-up evidence-based calibration of a building energy model. International Journal of Building Performance Simulation, dx.doi.org/10.1080/19401493.2016.1152302.
  24. Qi, D, Wang, L, Zmeureanu, R, (2016). The effects of non-uniform temperature distribution on neutral plane level in non-adiabatic high-rise shafts during Fires. Journal of Fire Technology - Official Journal of Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). DOI: 10.1007/ s10694-015-0554-2.
  25. Qi, D. and Wang, L. (2016). Scale Modeling of Steady-state Smoke Spread in Large Vertical Spaces of Slender High-rise Buildings. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Under Review).
  26. Qi, D., Wang, L., Ji, L and Li, M. (2016). Dimensionless Analytical Solutions for Steady-state Fire Smoke Spread through High-rise Shaft. Fire Safety Journal (Under Review).
  27. Qi, D., Wang, L., Zmeureanu, R., (2016) The Effects of Non-uniform Temperature Distribution on Neutral Plane Level in Non-adiabatic High-rise Shafts during Fires. Fire Technology, DOI: 10.1007/s10694-015-0554-2.
  28. Rey, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2016) Multi-objective optimization of a residential solar thermal combisystem. Solar Energy 139: 622-632, DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.(2016).10.008
  29. Rounis, E.D. Athienitis A.K. and Stathopoulos, T. (2016). "Multiple-inlet building integrated photovoltaic/thermal system modelling under varying wind and temperature conditions". Solar Energy, Vol. 139, pp. 157-170.
  30. Sehizaheh, A. and H. Ge. (2016). “Impact of future climates on the durability of typical Canadian residential wall assemblies retrofitted to the PassiveHaus”. Building and Environment. 97:111-125.
  31. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2016) "Ten questions Concerning Modeling of Near-Field Pollutant Dispersion in the Built Environment", Building and Environment, Vol. 105, pp. 390-402.
  32. Yang, T. and Athienitis, A.K. (2016). "A Review of Research and Developments of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (BIPV/T) Systems". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 66: 886-912.
  33. Zibin, N., Zmeureanu, R., Love, J.A., (2016) Automatic assisted calibration tool for coupling building automation system trend data with commissioning. Automation in Construction 61: 124–133.

Bucking, Athienitis and Zmeureanu received the best paper award from ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers) for their 2014 publication - “Multi-objective optimal design of a near net-zero energy solar house” in ASHRAE Transactions, 120(1): 224-235 - at the Society’s 2015 Annual Conference held here June 27th-July 1st, 2015.

  1. Candanedo, J.A., Dehkordi, V.R., Saberi A.D. and Athienitis, A.K., (2015). "Near-optimal transition between temperature setpoints for peak load reduction in small buildings", Energy and Buildings, Vol. 87: 123-133.
  2. Elsharawy, M., Galal, K. and Stathopoulos, T., (2015). “Torsional and Shear Wind Loads on Flat-Roofed Buildings”, Engineering Structures, 84(February): 313-324.
  3. Ge, H. and Baba, F., (2015). “Dynamic effect of thermal bridges on the energy performance of a low-rise residential building”, Energy and Buildings, under revision. 
  4. Ge, H., (2015). “Influence of time resolution and averaging techniques of meteorological data on the estimation of wind-driven rain load on building façades for Canadian climates”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 143: 50-61. 
  5. Gousseau, P., Blocken, B., Stathopoulos, T. and van Heijst, G.J.F., (2015). “Near-field pollutant dispersion in an actual urban area: analysis of the mass transport mechanism by high-resolution large eddy simulation”, Computers & Fluids, 114(2): 151-162.
  6. Lee, B., Pourmousavian, N. and Hensen, J.L.M. (2015). “Full-factorial design space exploration approach for multi-criteria decision making of the design of industrial halls”, Energy and Buildings (accepted).
  7. Liu, X. W., Chen, Y. M., Ge, H., Fazio, P. and Chen, G. J., (2015). “Numerical investigation for thermal performance of exterior walls of residential buildings with moisture transfer in hot summer and cold winter zone of China”, Energy and Buildings, 93: 259-268. 
  8. McDonald, E., Zmeureanu, R., (2015). “Virtual Flow Meter for chilled and condenser water for chillers: estimates versus measurements”, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, July 25, 2015, STBE-00048-2015.
  9. Qi, D., Wang, L. and Zmeureanu, R., (2015). “Modeling smoke movement in shafts during high-rise fires by a multizone airflow and energy network program”, ASHRAE Transactions, 121(2). 
  10. Tamasauskas, J., Poirier, M., Zmeureanu, R., Kegel, M., Sunye, R., (2015). “Development and Validation of a Solar Assisted Heat Pump Using Ice Slurry as a Latent Storage Material”, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 21(6): 837-846.
  11. Zhao, G., Wang, L. and Black, W., (2015). “Use of Vertical Shafts as Routes of Smoke Extraction and Safe Egress during High-Rise Fires”, ASHRAE Transactions, 2015.
  12. Bucking, S., Athienitis, A.K. and Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “Multi-objective optimal design of a near net-zero energy solar house”, ASHRAE Transactions, 120(1): 224-235., (Best paper award).
  13. Bucking, S., Zmeureanu, R., Athienitis. A.K., (2014). “A methodology for identifying the influence of design variations on building energy performance”, Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 7(6): 1-16. 
  14. Candelario, J.D., Stathopoulos, T., Zisis, I., (2014). “Wind loading on attached canopies: A codification study. Journal of Structural Engineering”, ASCE, 140(5), 04014007. 
  15. Chen, Y., Athienitis, A.K. and Galal, K., (2014). "A charging control strategy for active building-integrated thermal energy storage systems using frequency domain modeling", Energy and Buildings, 84: 651-661.
  16. Chen, Y., Galal, K. and Athienitis, A.K., (2014). "Design and operation methodology for active building-integrated thermal energy storage systems", Energy and Buildings, 84: 575-585.
  17. Cortes, M., Fazio, P., Rao, J., Bustamante, W. and Vera, S., (2014). “Evaluation of two eddy-viscosity turbulence models to predict indoor air conditions and interzonal mass airflows through a stairwell opening for natural and mixed convection”, Revista de Ingeniería de Construcción, vol. 29, issue 21. 
  18. Dols, W., L. Wang, S. Emmerich and B. Polidoro., (2014). “Development and application of an updated whole-building coupled thermal, airflow, and contaminant transport simulation program (TRNSYS/CONTAM)”, Journal of Building Performance Simulation. Doi: 10.1080/19401493.2014.938699. 
  19. Du, L., Zmeureanu, R., Stathopoulos, T., (2014). “Air Infiltration through Revolving Doors”, Energy and Buildings, 70: 127-134. 
  20. Elsharawy, M., Galal, K., and Stathopoulos, T., (2014). “Comparison of Wind Tunnel Measurements with NBCC 2010 Wind-Induced Torsion Provisions for Low- and Medium-Rise Buildings”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 41(5): 409-420.
  21. Elsharawy, M., Stathopoulos, T., and Galal, K., (2014). “Design Wind Loads Including Torsion for Rectangular Buildings with Horizontal Aspect Ratio of 1.6”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Note, 140(4): 1-5.
  22. Ge, H., Yang, X. J., Fazio, P. and Rao, J., (2014). “Influence of moisture load profiles on moisture buffering potential and moisture residuals of three groups of hygroscopic materials”, Building and Environment, 81: 162-171. 
  23. Hachem, C., Athienitis, A.K and Fazio, P., (2014). “Energy performance enhancement in multistory residential buildings”, Journal of Applied Energy, 116: 9-19.
  24. Hajra, B., Stathopoulos, T, Bahloul, A., (2014). “Performance of ASHRAE models in assessing pollutant dispersion from rooftop emissions”, HVAC & R Research, 20: 72-79. 
  25. Hamelin, M.-C., Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “Optimum envelope of a single-family house based on life cycle analysis”, Buildings, 4(2): 95-112. 
  26. Lateb, M., Masson, C., Stathopoulos, T. and Bedard, C., (2014). “Simulation of Near-field Dispersion of Pollutants Using Detached-Eddy Simulation”, Computers and Fluids, 100(5): 308-320.
  27. Lin, C. and L. Wang., (2014). “Forecasting smoke transport in a compartment fire using a Data Assimilation Model”, Journal of Fire Sciences”, 33(1): 3-21.
  28. McDonald, E., Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “Virtual Flow Meter to Estimate the Water Flow Rates in Chillers”, ASHRAE Transactions, 120, Part 1. 
  29. Mohaddes, S., Ge, H., Naylor, D., (2014). “Effects of roof overhangs on the wind-driven rain wetting of a low-rise cubic wetting: a numerical study”, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 125: 138-151. 
  30. Molina, G., Bustamante, W., Rao, J., Fazio, P., Vera, S., (2014). “Evaluation of Radiance's genBSDF capability to assess solar bidirectional properties of complex fenestration systems”, Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 8(4): 216-225. 
  31. Ng Cheng Hin, J. and Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “Optimization of a residential solar combisystem for minimum life cycle cost, energy use and exergy destroyed”, Solar Energy, 100: 102-113. 
  32. O’Brien, W., Kesik, T., Athienitis, A.K., (2014). “Use of solar design days to support passive solar house design”, ASHRAE Trans., 120 (1): 101-113.
  33. Oasass, R.M.G. and Ge, H.  (2014). “Timber framing factor in Toronto housing construction”, Journal of Architectural Science Review, 57(53):159-168. 
  34. Qi, D., Wang, L. and Zmeureanu, R., (2014), “An analytical model of heat and mass transfer through non-adiabatic high-rise shafts during fires”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 72: 585-594.
  35. Stathopoulos, T. and Chavez, M., (2014) “Les Toits Durables dans le Vent, Quelques Exemples d’Integration”, Architecture-Quebec, 170(February): 22-26.
  36. Stathopoulos, T., Zissis, I. and Xypnitou, E., (2014) “Local and Overall Wind Pressure and Force Coefficients for Solar Panels”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 125(February): 195-206.
  37. Tremblay, V. and Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “Benchmarking models for the ongoing commissioning of heat recovery process in a central heating and cooling plant”, Energy, The International Journal, 70: 194-203. 
  38. Vasan, N. and Stathopoulos, T., (2014). “Experimental study of wind effects on unglazed transpired collectors”. Solar Energy, 101(March): 138-149. 
  39. Wang, L. and Zhong, Z., (2014). “An approach to determine infiltration characteristics of building entrance equipped with air curtains. Energy and Buildings. 75(June): 312–320.
  40. Yang, T. and Athienitis, A.K., (2014). "A study of design options for a building integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system with glazed air collector and multiple inlets", Solar Energy, 104: 82-92.
  41. Yang, X. J., Ge, H., Fazio, P. and Rao, J., (2014). “Evaluation of parameters influencing the moisture buffering potential of hygroscopic materials with BSim simulations”, Buildings, 4(3): 375-393.
  42. Zhao, G. and Wang, L., (2014). “Using helium smoke as a surrogate of fire smoke for the study of atrium smoke filling”, Journal of Fire Sciences. Vol.32 no. 5, pp. 431-447.

The CZEBS members published extensively in refereed journals and in conferences. Two of their papers at eSim received best paper awards (see list below) - presented by graduate students Hachem and Vasan. The group is supervising/cosupervising nearly 30 graduate students, many of whom have received prestigious scholarships such as NSERC, FQRNT and ASHRAE as well as best paper and other awards (ACFAS, ASHRAE etc).

During the last year approximately 10 students graduated (4 PhD, 6 MASc); they obtained positions in Universities (e.g. Liam O’Brien – Assistant Prof. Carleton), as researchers at NRCan (e.g. Jose Candanedo) or industry.  Dr. Athienitis became a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and also received the ADRIQ-NSERC “Celebrate Partnerships” award for the impact of the work of the SBRN.

  1. Blocken, B., Stathopoulos, T. (2013). Editorial to virtual special issue: CFD simulation of pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings: past achievements and prospects. Journal of Wind Engineering, Industrial Aerodynamics, 121: 138-145.
  2. Blocken, B., Tominaga, Y., Stathopoulos, T. (2013). CFD simulation of micro-scale pollutant dispersion in the built environment. Building, Environment, 64:225-230.
  3. Bucking, S., A. Athienitis, R. Zmeureanu. (2013). An information driven hybrid evolutionary algorithm for optimal design of a Net Zero Energy House. Solar Energy, 96: 128-139.
  4. Chen, Y., A. Athienitis, K. Galal. (2013a). Frequency domain and finite difference modeling of ventilated concrete slabs and comparison with field measurements: Part 2, application.International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 66: 957-966.
  5. Chen, Y., A. Athienitis, K. Galal. (2013b). Frequency domain and finite difference modeling of ventilated concrete slabs and comparison with field measurements: Part 1, modeling methodology. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 66: 948-956.
  6. El shenawy, A., Zmeureanu, R. (2013). Exergy-based index for assessing the building sustainability. Building and Environment Journal, 60, 202-210.
  7. Ge, H., R. McClung, S. Zhang. (2013). Effect of balcony thermal bridges on the energy performance of Multi-Unit Residential Buildings. Energy and Buildings, Vol. 60, pp.163-173.
  8. Hachem, C., Athienitis, A. (2013). Effect of Residential Building Design on Energy Performance.ASHRAE Journal, 55(51): 72-74.
  9. Hachem, C., Athienitis, A., Fazio, P. (2013). Solar Optimized Residential Neighborhoods: Evaluation and Design Methodology. Solar Energy, 95:42-64.
  10. Hajra, B., Stathopoulos, T, Bahloul, A,. (2013). A wind tunnel study of the effects of adjacent buildings on near-field pollutant dispersion from rooftop emissions in an urban environment.Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, vol. 119, 133-145.
  11. Leung, C., & Ge, H. (2013). An Infrared Sphere Method to Measure Mean Radiant Temperature.ASHRAE Transactions, 119, 75-86.
  12. McClung, R., H. Ge, J. Straube, J.Y. Wang. (2013). Hygrothermal performance of cross-laminated timber wall assemblies with built-in moisture: field measurements and simulations.Building and Environment, 71: 95-110.
  13. Teyssedou, G., Zmeureanu, R., Giguère, D. (2013). Benchmarking model for the ongoing commissioning of the refrigeration system of an indoor ice rink. Automation in Construction, 35, 229-237.
  14. Tominaga, Y., Stathopoulos, T. (2013). CFD simulation of near-field pollutant dispersion in the urban environment: A review of current modeling techniques. Atmospheric Environment, 11/2013; 2079:2716-2730.
  15. Chavez, M., Hajra, B., Stathopoulos, T. and Bahloul, A. (2012) Assessment of Near-field Pollutant Dispersion: Effect of Upstream Buildings, Journal of Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, Vol. 104-106, May-July, pp. 509-515.
  16. Elsharawy, M., Stathopoulos, T. and Galal, K. (2012) Wind-induced Torsional Loads on Low Buildings, Journal of Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, Vol. 104-106, May-July, pp. 40-48.
  17. Giannoulis, A., Stathopoulos, T., Briassoulis, D. and Mistriotis, A. (2012) Wind Loading on Vertical Panels with Different Permeabilities, Journal of Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, Vol. 107-108, August – September, pp. 1-16.
  18. Gupta, A., Stathopoulos, T. and Saathoff, P. (2012) Evaluation of ASHRAE Dilution Models to Estimate Dilution from Rooftop Exhausts, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 118, pp. 1021-1038, Pt. 1.
  19. Gupta, A., Stathopoulos, T. and Saathoff, P. (2012) Wind Tunnel Investigation of the Downwash Effect of a Rooftop Structure on Plume Dispersion, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 496-507.
  20. Hachem C., A. Athienitis, P. Fazio, (2012). Design of roofs for increased solar potential of BIPV/T systems and their applications to housing units, ASHRAE Transactions (accepted).
  21. Hachem C., A. Athienitis, P. Fazio, (2012). Evaluation of energy supply and demand in solar neighbourhoods, accepted for publication in Journal of Energy and Buildings.
  22. Hajra, B. and Stathopoulos, T. (2012) A Wind Tunnel Study of the Effect of Downstream Buildings on Near-field Pollutant Dispersion, Building and Environment, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 19-31.
  23. Karava, P. and Stathopoulos, T. (2012) Wind-induced Internal Pressures in Buildings with Large Façade Openings, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 138, No. 4, pp. 358-370.
  24. Karava, P., Athienitis, A., Stathopoulos, T. and Mouriki, E. (2012) Experimental Study of the Thermal Performance of a Large Institutional Building with Mixed-mode Cooling and Hybrid Ventilation, Building and Environment, accepted for publication on June 6, 2012.
  25. Magnier, L., Zmeureanu, R., Derome, D., (2012) Experimental assessment of the velocity and temperature distributions in an indoor displacement ventilation jet, Building and Environment Journal, Vol.47, pp. 150-160.
  26. Monfet, D., and Zmeureanu, R., (2012) Calibration of a central cooling plant model using identified parameters, Journal of Building Performance Simulation, June 2012
  27. Monfet, D., and Zmeureanu, R., (2012) Ongoing commissioning of water-cooled electric chillers using benchmarking models, Applied Energy Journal, Vol. 92, pp. 99-108.
  28. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2012) CFD Modeling of Pollutant Dispersion in Building Array: Evaluation of Turbulent Scalar Flux Modeling in RANS Model Using LES Results, Journal of Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, Vol. 104-106, May-July, pp. 484-491.
  29. Zisis, I. and Stathopoulos, T. (2012) Wind Load Transfer Mechanisms on a Low Wood Building Using Full-scale Data, Journal of Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, Vol. 104-106, May-July, pp. 65-75.
  30. Athienitis, A. K., Bambara, J., O'Neill, B. & Faille, J. (2011). A prototype photovoltaic/thermal system integrated with transpired collector, Solar Energy, 85(1), pp. 139-153.
  31. Blocken, B., Stathopoulos, T., Carmeliet, J. and Hensen, J.L.M. (2011) Application of CFD in Building Performance Simulation for the Outdoor Environment: an Overview", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp.157-184.
  32. Candanedo, J.A. & Athienitis, A.K. (2011), Predictive control of radiant floor heating and solar-source heat pump operation in a solar house, HVAC & R Research, 17(3), pp. 235-256.
  33. Candanedo, J.A., Allard, A. & Athienitis, A.K. (2011). Predictive control of radiant floor heating and transmitted irradiance in a room with high solar gains, ASHRAE Trans., 117(2), 14 pages.
  34. Candanedo, L.M., Athienitis, A.K. & Park, K.W. (2011). Convective heat transfer coefficients in a building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal system, ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 133(2), 021002-1-021002-14.
  35. Chavez, M., Hajra, B., Stathopoulos, T. and Bahloul, A. (2011) Near-field Pollutant Dispersion in the Built Environment by CFD and Wind Tunnel Simulations, Journal of Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, Vol. 99, No. 4, April, pp. 330-339.
  36. Doiron, M., O'Brien, W. & Athienitis, A.K. (2011). Energy performance, thermal comfort, and lessons learned from a near net-zero energy house, ASHRAE Trans., 117(2), 12 pages.
  37. Gousseau, P., Blocken, B., Stathopoulos, T. and Heijst, G.J.F. van (2011) CFD Simulation of Near-Field Pollutant Dispersion on a High-Resolution Grid: A Case Study by LES and RANS for a Building Group in Downtown Montreal, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 428-438.
  38. Hachem C., A. Athienitis, P. Fazio, (2011), Investigation of Solar Potential of Housing Units in Different Neighborhood Designs, Journal of Energy and Buildings, Volume 43, Issue 9,  pp.  2262-2273.
  39. Hachem C., A. Athienitis, P. Fazio, (2011), Parametric investigation of geometric form effects on solar potential of housing units, Journal of Solar Energy, Volume 85, Issue 9, pp. 1864-1877.
  40. Hachem, C., Athienitis A.K. & Fazio P. (2011). Investigation of solar potential of housing units in different neighborhood designs, Energy and Buildings, 43(9), pp. 2262–2273.
  41. Hachem, C., Athienitis A.K. & Fazio P. (2011). Parametric investigation of geometric form effects on solar potential of housing units, Solar Energy, 85(9), pp. 1864–1877.
  42. Hajra, B., Stathopoulos, T. and Bahloul, A. (2011) The Effect of Upstream Buildings on Near-field Pollutant Dispersion in the Built Environment, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 45, No. 28, pp. 4930-4940.
  43. Karava P., Stathopoulos T. & Athienitis A.K. (2011). Airflow assessment in cross-ventilated buildings with operable façade elements, Building and Environment, 46, pp. 266-279.
  44. Karava, P., Stathopoulos, T. and Athienitis, A. (2011) Airflow Assessment in Cross-ventilated Buildings with Operable Façade Elements, Building and Environment, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 266-279.
  45. Lateb, M., Masson, C., Stathopoulos, T. and Bedard, C. (2011) Effect of Stack Height and Exhaust Velocity on Pollutant Dispersion in the Wake of a Building, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 45, No. 29, pp. 5150-5163.
  46. Leckner, M. and Zmeureanu, R., (2011) Life Cycle Cost and Energy Analysis of a Net Zero Energy House with Solar Combisystem, Applied Energy Journal, Vol. 88, pp. 232-241.
  47. Li Y, Fazio P, Rao J (2011), Numerical investigation of the influence of room factors on HAM transport in a full-scale experimental room, Building and Environment, doi: 10.1016/ j.buildenv.2011.10.021
  48. Li, Yang; Fazio, Paul; Rao, Jiwu (2011) An investigation of moisture buffering performance of wood paneling at room level and its buffering effect on a test room, Building and Environment, 47(1):205-216. (doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.07.021)
  49. Monfet, D., Zmeureanu, R. (2011) Ongoing Commissioning Approach for a Central Cooling and Heating Plant, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol 117, Part 1.
  50. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2011) CFD Modeling of Pollution Dispersion in a Street Canyon: Comparison between LES and RANS, Journal of Wind Engineering and Ind. Aerodynamics, Vol. 99, No. 4, April, pp. 340-348.
  51. Yang ,X., Fazio, P., Ge, H., Rao, J. (2011) Evaluation of moisture buffering capacity of interior surface materials and furniture in a full scale experimental investigation, Building and Environment, 47(1):188-196. [doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.07.025]
  52. Zisis, I., Stathopoulos, T., Smith, I. and Doudak, G. (2011) Cladding Pressures and Primary Structural System Forces of a Wood Building Exposed to Strong Winds, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 38, pp. 974-983.

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. Aggarwal, C., Defo, M., Moore, T., Lacasse, M., Sahyoun, S. and Ge, H. (2020). Long term historical and future moisture performance of wall systems for validating the selection of moisture reference years. 15th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC 2020). June 3- to July 3, Barcelona, Spain.
  2. Aldabibi, M.M., Nokken, M.R. and Ge, H. (2020). Improving frost durability prediction based on relationship between pore structure and water absorption. 15th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC 2020). June 3- to July 3. Barcelona, Spain.
  3. Athienitis, A.K., Wang, L., Ge, H. and Bambara, J. (2020). Design and Operation of Resilient and Flexible Buildings, Roadmap to Resilient Ultra-Low Energy Built Environment with Deep Integration of Renewables in 2050: Proceedings, Montreal Symposium, October 16, ISBN 978-0-9690101-1-1.
  4. Baba, F. and Ge, H. (2020). Overheating risk of a single detached house built at different ages under current and future climate in Canada. Nordic Symposium on Building Physics Conference. Tallinn, Estonia. June 14-17.
  5. Eicker, U., Schumacher, J., Dabirian, S., Shirzadi, N., Abolhassani, S.S., Hosseinihaghighi, R., Javadian, S. and Panchabikesan, K. (2020). Planning and Simulation of Net-Zero, Carbon Neutral and Resilient Communities, Roadmap to Resilient Ultra-Low Energy Built Environment with Deep Integration of Renewables in 2050: Proceedings, Montreal Symposium, October 16, ISBN 978-0-9690101-1-1.
  6. Hou, D., Baril, D., Hassan, I. and Wang, L. (2020). Bayesian inference calibration of building energy modeling based on indoor environmental measurements. eSim 2020. June 15~17. Vancouver, BC.
  7. Ji, L., Laouadi, A., Shu, C., Gaur, A., Lacasse, M. and Wang, L. (2020). A systematic evaluation of indoor overheating interactions with outdoor heat conditions. Indoor Air 2020. July 20~25, Seoul, South Korea.
  8. Ji, L., Shu, C., Wang, L., Ge, H. and Wang, L. (2020). Dynamic modeling of thermal responses and overheating risks of a hospital building by EnergyPlus aided by indoor and outdoor in situ monitoring. The 2020 Building Performance Analysis Conference. August 12~14, 2020, Chicago, Illinois.
  9. Katal, A., Mortezazadeh, M., Wang, L., Leroyer, L., Belair, S. and Albettar, M. (2020). Multi-scale urban and building energy simulations under extreme weather events as a result of climate change. Indoor Air 2020. July 20~25, Seoul, South Korea.
  10. Mortezazadeh, M., Baba, F., Wang, L., Wang, L. and Ge, H. (2020). Impact of microclimate conditions on indoor temperature of a high-rise building: co-simulation of EnergyPlus and CityFFD. 2nd International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering. April 29-May 01, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
  11. Nibandhe, A., Bonyadi, N. and Lee, B. (2020). Multi-objective Optimization of a Solar Assisted Desiccant Cooling System for a Warm and Humid Climate. eSim – IBPSA-Canada’s biennial conference (submitted)
  12. Reich, B.Z., Ge, H. and Wang, J. (2020). Effect of vapour diffusion port on dyring of wood-frame walls. 15th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC 2020). June 3- to July 3, Barcelona, Spain.
  13. Sahyoun, S., Ge, H., Aggarwal, C., Defo, M. and Moore, T. (2020). Effect of selected moisture reference year on the durability assessment of wall assemblies under future climates. 15th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC 2020). June 3- to July 3, Barcelona, Spain.
  14. Shu, C., Gaur, C., Ji, L., Laouadi, A., Lacasse, M., Ge, H., Zmeureanu, R. and Wang, L. (2020). Building energy consumption and its climate adaptions to future urban extreme heat conditions. Indoor Air 2020. July 20~25, Seoul, South Korea.
  15. Shu, C., Ji, L., Wang, L., Bai, X., Lacasse, M., Ge, H. and Wang, L. (2020). Field Survey on Indoor Overheating Problems in School, Hospital and Residential Buildings in Montréal. 2nd International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering. April 29-May 01, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
  16. Stathopoulos, T. and Alrawashdeh, H. (2020). Wind Resilience: Proceeding from Wind Codes and Standards of Building Design Practice, Roadmap to Resilient Ultra-Low Energy Built Environment with Deep Integration of Renewables in 2050: Proceedings, Montreal Symposium, October 16, ISBN 978-0-9690101-1-1.
  17. Wang, L. and Ge, H. (2020). A neural network meta-model for predicting hygrothermal performance of wood framed envelopes under future climatic loads. 2nd International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering. April 29-May 01, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
  18. Wang, L., Ge, H. and Wang, L. (2020). Metamodel development for predicting hygrothermal performance of wood-frame wall under rain leakage. The 15th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components 2020. June 30~July3, Barcelona, Spain.
  19. Wang, L., Ge, H. and Wang, L. (2020). Wetting and drying performance of Cross-laminated Timbers with on-site moisture protections: field measurements and hygrothermal simulations. Nordic Symposium on Building Physics Conference. Tallinn, Estonia. June 14-17.
  20. Wang, L., Shu, C., Ge, H., Zmeureanu, R., Lacasse, M., Leroyer, L., Belair, S., Ji, L., Bai, X., Wang, L., Mortezazadeh, M. and Katal, A. (2020). Assessment of summertime overheating conditions in vulnerable buildings in Montreal. The 2nd International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE-02). April 29~May 1, Victoria, BC.
  21. Wang, L., Shu, C., Zhang, C., Yang, S., Zhang, X. and Qi, D. (2020). Similarity and scaling applications in indoor airflow research. Indoor Air 2020. July 20~25, Seoul, South Korea.

  1. Aldoum, M. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). Wind Loads on Large Buildings, 27th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM 2019, May 27 - 30, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  2. Alrawashdeh, H. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). Reliable Evaluation of Wind Loads on Roof-mounted Solar Panels using Wind Tunnel Models, 27th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM 2019, May 27 - 30, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  3. Alrawashdeh, H. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). Wind Loads on Solar Panels Mounted on Flat Roofs: Effects of Geometric Scale", 15th International Conference on Wind Engineering (ICWE15), September 1-6, Beijing, China.
  4. Athanasiou A., Tirca, L. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). Wind and Earthquake Load Assessment of Mid-rise Buildings, 27th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM 2019, May 27 - 30, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  5. Athanasiou, A., Tirca, L. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). Wind and Earthquake Effects on the Nonlinear Response of Steel-braced Frame Buildings, 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, June 17-20, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, QC, Canada.
  6. Baba, F. and Ge, H. (2019). Effect of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events on the Thermal Conditions of Canadian Multi-unit Residential Buildings. ASHRAE Annual Conference. Kansas City, USA, June 23-25.
  7. Baba, F. and Ge, H. (2019). Effect of Climate Change on the Energy Performance and Thermal Conditions of a Single-family Detached House in Canada. Buildings XIV International Conference. Dec. 9-12. Clearwater, Florida, USA.
  8. Baba, F. and Ge, H. (2019). Effect of climate change on the energy performance and thermal comfort of High-Rise Residential Buildings in British Columbia. Central European Symposium on Building Physics. Sept. 2-5, Prague, Czech Republic.
  9. Ge, H. and Wang, L. (2019). Hygrothermal performance of a wood-frame wall assembly for a high-rise wood building. Forum Wood Building Baltic 2019. Tallin, Estonia, Feb. 27-Mar. 1 2019.
  10. Higgins, S. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). Design Strategies for Optimizing Wind Energy Production in Urban Environment, 27th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM 2019, May 27 - 30, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  11. Higgins, S. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). "Design Strategies for Optimizing Wind Energy Production in Urban Environment", 27th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM 2019, May 27 - 30, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  12. Li, M., Ge, H., Thirunavukarasu, A. and Athienitis, A.K. (2019). Solar Strategies for Net-zero Energy Housing in Canadian North. The 10th Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings. Sept. 5-7, Bari, Italy.
  13. Li, Y. and Lee, B. (2019). Simulation-based building performance comparison between CLT-concrete hybrid, CLT, and reinforced concrete structures in Canada. CSCE 2019 Annual Conference, (accepted), Montreal, Canada, June 2019
  14. Lopes, F.S.D., Ge, H., Zmeureanu, R., Labaki, LC. (2019). Optimization of an energy efficient office building in subtropical Brazil. XI ELACAC Encontro Lationo-Americano de Conforto no Ambiente Costruido, Joao Pessaa, September.
  15. Morovat, N., Candanedo, C.A. and Athienitis, A.K. (2019). Performance Analysis and Control Strategies to Enhance Free Cooling with an Active PCM-Heat Exchanger. Accepted by 16th IBPSA International Conference & Exhibition Building Simulation (IBPSA 2019). Rome, Italy, Sep. 2-4.
  16. Nibandhe, A., Rounis, S., Bonyadi, N., Lee, B., Athienitis, A.K. and Bagchi, A. (2019). Design of a coupled BIPV/T – solid desiccant cooling system for a warm and humid climate. 9th edition of the International Conference on Solar Air Conditioning, November 5, 2019, Santiago, Chile.
  17. Rahdar, M., Nasiri, F. and Lee B. (2019). Optimal maintenance plan for a vibrating-grate biomass boiler: availability and cost saving approach. CSCE 2019, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference, June 12-15, 2019, Montreal, Canada / role: co supervision
  18. Rey, A., Zmeureanu, R. (2019). A Methodology for Optimizing Solar Thermal Combisystems: From Data Collection to Multi-Objective Optimization. Proceedings of BS2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA, Rome, September. ISBN: 978-1-7750520-1-2.
  19. Rey, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2019). A Methodology for Optimizing Solar Thermal Combisystems: From Data Collection to Multi-Objective Optimization. Building Simulation 2019. Rome, September.
  20. Saberi, D.A., Athienitis, A.K. and D’Avignon, K. (2019). Analysis of thermal dynamics of hydronic de-icing system designs by means of control-oriented thermal models, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress, October 21-25
  21. Saberi, D.A., Athienitis, A.K., Candanedo, J.A. and D’Avignon K. (2019). “Application of frequency domain to design and control of radiant floor heating system”, Building Simulation 2019 Conference, Rome, Italy, September 2-4.
  22. Sahyoun, S., Ge, H., Defo, M. and Lacasse, M. (2019). Evaluating the potential of freeze-thaw damage in internally insulated masonry under climate change using different models. Central European Symposium on Building Physics. Sept. 2-5, Prague, Czech Republic.
  23. Sakib, F.A., Zannatul, M.D., Stathopoulos, T., Bhowmick, A.K. and Alrawashdeh, H. (2019). "Wind Loads on Canopies Attached to Walls of Low Buildings", Annual Conference, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), June 12-15, Laval, Quebec, Canada.
  24. Wang, J., Wang, L. and Ge, H. (2019). Hygrothermal performance of post-retrofit wood-frame building envelopes with added rigid exterior insulation: field measurements and simulations. 2019 Buildings XIV International Conference. Dec. 9-12. Clearwater, Florida, USA.
  25. Wang, R., Ge, H. and Mustafa, G. (2019). Hygrothermal modeling of multi-functional wood composite panel (MFP): comparison of simulation results with field measurements. 2019 Buildings XIV International Conference. Dec. 9-12. Clearwater, Florida, USA.
  26. Yu, J. and Stathopoulos, T. (2019). Estimating Exposure Roughness Based on Google Earth, 27th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM 2019, May 27 - 30, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  27. Yu, J., Stathopoulos, T and Li, M. (2019). Estimating Exposure Roughness based on Google Earth, 15th International Conference on Wind Engineering (ICWE15), September 1-6, Beijing, China.
  28. Zmeureanu, R. (2019). Use of eQuest in the teaching of design and analysis of HVAC systems: lessons from Building Engineering courses. Proceedings of BS2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA, Rome, September. ISBN: 978-1-7750520-1-2.
  29. Zmeureanu, R. (2019). Virtual Measurements of the Air Properties in AHUs or Virtual Re-Calibration of Sensors. ASHRAE Conference, Kansas City, June (Invited speaker).

  1. Baba, F. and Ge, H., (2015). “Dynamic effect of thermal bridges on the energy performance of a low-rise residential building”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  2. Beattie, C., Fazio, P., Zmeureanu, R. and Rao, J., (2015). “A preliminary study of the performance of sensible and latent heat exchanger cores at the frosting limit for use in Arctic housing”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  3. Bigaila, E., Rounis, E., Luk, P. and Athienitis, A.K., (2015). “A study of a BIPV/T Collector prototype for Building Façade Applications”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  4. Bossche, N. V. D., Goethem, V., Ge, S. and Janssens, A. (2015). “Runoff simulations from heterogeneous building facades during extreme weather events with a 2D numerical model”, Proceedings of 1st International Symposium on Building Pathology. Porto, Portugal. March 24-27.
  5. Carbonez, K., Bossche, N. V. D., Ge, H., Lobelle, G. and Janssens, A. (2015). “Simulating rainwater leakage in wood frame constructions with commercial HAM-models”, Proceedings of 1st International Symposium on Building Pathology. Porto, Portugal. March 24-27.
  6. Carbonez, K., Bossche, N. V. D., Ge, H., Lobelle, G. and Janssens, A. (2015). “The spell definition in ISO-15927 and its impact on the rain deposition on the building façade”, Proceedings of the 6th International Building Physics Conference: Building Physics for a Sustainable Built Environment. Turin, Italy, June 14-17.
  7. Chavez, M., Stathopoulos, T. and Bahloul, A., (2015). “CFD Simulations for Placement of Air Intakes on Buildings and Pollutant Re-ingestion in the Urban Environment”, 14th International Conference on Wind Engineering, June 21-26, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  8. Chiu, V., Ge, H. and Stathopoulos, T. (2015). “Overhang effect on reducing wind-driven rain for a mid-rise building”, Proceedings of the 6th International Building Physics Conference: Building Physics for a Sustainable Built Environment. Turin, Italy, June 14-17.
  9. Cotrufo, N., Zmeureanu, R., (2015). “A Principal Component Analysis-based Approach for the Ongoing Commissioning of Centrifugal Chillers”. CISBAT 2015 conference, September, Lausanne, Switzerland (accepted).
  10. Date, J., Athienitis, A.K. and Fournier, M., (2015). “A study of temperature set point strategies for peak power reduction in residential buildings”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  11. Deb Nath, U.K., Chiu, V. and Ge, H., (2015). “Measurements of wind-driven rain on mid- and high-rise buildings in three Canadian regions”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  12. Dermardiros, V., Chen, Y. and Athienitis, A.K., (2015). “Modelling of an active PCM thermal energy storage for control applications”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  13. Elsharawy, M., Stathopoulos, T. and Zhang, Z., (2015). “Effect of Low-Rise Building Shape on Wind-induced Torsion and Shear Forces”, 14th International Conference on Wind Engineering, June 21-26, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  14. Goubran, S., Qi, D. and Wang, L., (2015), “Annual Energy Saving Impact of Air Curtains in Commercial Reference Buildings”, ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference, Tianjing, China.
  15. Hajra, B. and Stathopoulos, T., (2015). “Pollutant Re-ingestion in an Urban Environment: Does the ASRAE Approach Work for Building Clusters?” 14th International Conference on Wind Engineering, June 21-26, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  16. Kapsis, K., Dermardiros, V. and Athienitis, A.K., (2015). “Daylight performance of perimeter office façades utilizing semi-transparent photovoltaic windows: a simulation study”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  17. Lam, A., H. Ge and P. Fazio (2015). “Impact of curtain wall configurations on building energy performance in the perimeter zone for a cold climate”, Proceedings of the 6th International Building Physics Conference: Building Physics for a Sustainable Built Environment. Turin, Italy, June 14-17.
  18. Lam, C., Ge, H. and Fazio, P., (2015). “Impact of curtain wall configurations on building energy performance in the perimeter zone for a cold climate”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  19. Lee, B. and Hensen, J., (2015). “Developing a risk indicator to quantify robust building design”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  20. Lin, C. and L. Wang., (2015). “Real-time Forecasting of Building Fires Using Data Assimilation. The 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST 2015)”. Tsukuba, Japan, October 5-7, 2015.
  21. Lin, C., Zhao, G. and L. Wang., (2015). “Using Real-time Sensing Data for Predicting Future State of Building Fires”. The eleventh annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2015), Gothenburg, Sweden, August 24 - 28, 2015.
  22. Liu, X.W., Y.M. Chen, H. Ge, P. Fazio, and G.J. Chen (2015). “Optimum Wall Insulation Thickness with Moisture Transfer in Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone of China”, Proceedings of ISHAVC-COBEE 2015 (the 9th International Symposium on Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning/the 3th International Conference on Building. Tianjin, China. July 13-15.
  23. Mcdonald, E. and Zmeureanu, R., (2015). “Development and Testing of a Virtual Flow Meter Tool to Monitor the Performance of Cooling Plants”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  24. Qi, D., Zhao, G., Wang, L. and R. Zmeureanu., (2015). “Analytical and Experimental Study of Smoke Transport in Vertical Shafts during High-rise Fires”. The 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST 2015). Tsukuba, Japan, October 5-7, 2015.
  25. Qi, D., Goubran, S., Zmeureanu, R. and Wang, L., (2015), “Effect of People on Infiltration of Building Entrance with Air Curtains”, ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference, Tianjing, China.
  26. Qi, D., Wang, L., Zmeureanu, R., (2015). “Modeling Smoke Movement in Shafts during High-rise Fires by a Multizone Airflow and Energy Network Program”. ASHRAE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, June, TRNS-00020-2015.
  27. Roeleveld, D., Hailu, G., Fung, A.S., Naylor, D., Yang, T. and Athienitis, A.K., (2015). “Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Model of a Building Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (BIPV/T) System”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  28. Rounis, E., Bigaila, P.L., Athienitis, and Stathopoulos, T., (2015). “Multiple-inlet BIPV/T modeling: wind effects and fan induced suction”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  29. Stathopoulos, T. and Zhang, Z., (2015). “Wind Loads on Solar Panels: Recent Progress and Limitations”, SEI-ASCE Structures Congress, April 23-25, Portland, OR, USA.
  30. Thirunavukarasu, A., Fazio, P., Ge, H. and Athienitis, A.K., (2015). “Performance Assessment Protocol for Pre-Engineered Manufactured Self-Sustaining (PEMaSS) Housing to Remote Regions”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  31. Zmeureanu, R. and Vandenbroucke, H., (2015). “Use of trend data from BEMS for the ongoing commissioning of HVAC systems”, 6th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2015), 14–17 June, Torino, Italy.
  32. Al-Quraan, A., Pillay, P. and Stathopoulos, T., (2014) “Use of a Wind Tunnel for Urban Wind Power Estimation”, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, July 27-31, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
  33. Al-Quraan, A., Stathopoulos, T. and Pillay, P., (2014) “Estimation of Urban Wind Energy in Montreal”, International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience CESARE’14, April 24-27, Amman, Jordan.
  34. Alrawashdeh, H., Elsharawy, M., and Stathopoulos, T., (2014) “Wind Pressures on Large Flat Roof Edges and Corners”, Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI 2014), August 5-8, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (accepted abstract for oral presentation).
  35. Belleudy, C., A. Kayello, M. Woloszyn, P. Fazio and H. Ge., (2014). “A heat-airflow model for simulating the effects of air leakage on the temperature field in porous insulation”, Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Symposium in Building Physics, Lund, Sweden. June 15-19.
  36. Bossche, V.D.N., H. Ge, T. De Vogelaere, M. Pacco and A. Janssens (2014). “Development of a 2D numerical model for rainwater runoff on vertical planes”, Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components. Sept. 02-05, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  37. Chavez, M., Stathopoulos, T. and Bahloul, A., (2014) “CFD Flow and Dispersion Modelling: Unsteady RANS, DES and LES Performance Comparison”, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2014), June 8-12, Hamburg, Germany.
  38. Chen, Y., Yip, S. and Athienitis A.K., (2014). “A case study on the daylighting and thermal effects of fixed and motorized light louvers”. Proceedings of eSim 2014, May 7-10. Ottawa, Canada.
  39. Chen, Y., Yip, S. and Athienitis A.K., (2014). “Effects of fixed and motorized window louvers on the daylighting and thermal performance of open-plan office buildings”. Proceedings of: 3rd Purdue International High Performance Buildings Conference, July 14-17. West Lafayette, USA.
  40. Elsharawy, M., Alrawashdeh, H., and Stathopoulos, T., (2014) “Wind Loading Zones for Low-rise Buildings with Flat Roofs”, 4th International Structural Specialty Conference, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), May 28-31, Halifax, NS, Canada.
  41. Fox, M., H. Ge, J. Straube and T. Trainor (2014). “Field test of hygrothermal performance of highly insulated wall assemblies”, Proceedings of the 14th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology. Toronto, Oct. 28-30 2014.
  42. Krpan, R., and Ge, H., (2014). “Wind-driven rain on the walls of buildings in Metro Vancouver: parameters for rain penetration testing”. Proceeding of 14th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology, Oct., Toronto, Oct. 28-30.
  43. Ladas, D. and Stathopoulos, T., (2014) “Wind Effects on the Performance of Solar Collectors on Roofs”, ICBEST 2014, June 9-12, Aachen, Germany.
  44. Ladas, D. and Stathopoulos, T., (2014) “Wind Effects on the Performance of Solar Collectors on Roofs”, eSim 2014 conference, May 8-9, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  45. Lam, A., Ge, H., Fazio, P., (2014). “Different glazing modelling approaches in assessing energy performance of curtain wall systems using Energyplus”. Proceedings of eSim2014 conference.
  46. Le Cam, M., Zmeureanu, R., Daoud, A., (2014). “Application of data mining techniques for energy modeling of HVAC sub-systems”, eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  47. Lin, C. and L. Wang., (2014). “Applications of Data Assimilation to Forecasting Indoor Environment”. The tenth annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2014), Taiwan, August 18 - 22, 2014.
  48. McDonald, E., Zmeureanu, R., Giguère, D., (2014). “Virtual Flow Meter for Chilled Water Loops in Existing Buildings”. eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  49. Mihai, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “Impact of the Representation of Interior Loads on the Calibration of an eQuest Energy Model for a Case Study”. eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  50. Morildge, M., Ge, H., Mukhopadhyaya, P., (2014). “A critical review on long-term performance of vacuum insulation panel in building envelope construction”. 14th Canadian Conference on Building Science and Technology.
  51. Qi, D., Wang, L. and Zmeureanu, R., (2014), “Verification of a multizone airflow and energy network model by analytical solutions to stack-driven flows in buildings”. eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  52. Qi, D., Wang, L., Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “A Hand Calculation Method of Smoke Movement through High-Rise Building Shaft”. ASHRAE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 28-July 2.
  53. Ravanfar, A., Z.Y. Liao and H. Ge (2014). “Simulation study of solar chimney assisted solarium”, Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Symposium in Building Physics, Lund, Sweden. June 15-19.
  54. Sehizadeh, A., and H. Ge (2014). “Impact of future climate on the thermal comfort of a typical Canadian house retrofitted to Passivehaus standard”, Proceedings of Indoor Air 2014. Hong Kong, July 7-12.
  55. Sehizadeh, A., Ge, H., (2014). “Impact of future climate on the energy consumption and overheating of a typical Canadian house retrofitted to Passivehaus standard”. Proceedings of eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  56. Tamasauskas, J., Poirier, M., Zmeureanu, R., Kegel, M., Sunye, R., (2014). “Annual Performance of a Solar Assisted Heat Pump Using Ice Slurry as a Latent Storage Material”. 3rd International High Performance Buildings Conference.
  57. Térache, C., Zmeureanu, R., Laurencelle, F., (2014). “Modélisation sur TRNSYS d'un réservoir d'eau chaude sanitaire et comparaison avec des mesures expérimentales”. eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  58. Wang, L., and H. Ge (2014). “Stochastic modeling of hygrothermal performance of wood-frame wall assemblies: the influence of cladding ventilation”, Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Symposium in Building Physics, Lund, Sweden. June 15-19.
  59. Wen, X.-N., Zmeureanu, R., (2014). “Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Solar Combisystem using Engineering Equation Solver (EES)”. Paper presented at the eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  60. Zhang, Z. and Stathopoulos, T., (2014). “Wind Loads on Solar Panels Mounted on Flar Rooftops: Progress and Limitations”, The 2014 World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, & Materials Research (ACEM14), August 24-28 at BEXCO in Busan, Korea.
  61. Zhang, Z., Elsharawy, M., and Stathopoulos, T., (2014). “Aerodynamic Torsional Loads on L-Shaped Low-rise Buildings”, The 2014 World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, & Materials Research (ACEM14), August 24-28 at BEXCO in Busan, Korea.
  62. Zibin, N., Zmeureanu, R., Love, J., (2014). “Bottom-up simulation calibration of zone and system level models using building automation system (BAS) trend data”. Paper presented at the eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 8 – 9.
  63. Zissis, I. and Stathopoulos, T., (2014) “Wind Loads on Solar Panels: A Review of the state-of-the-Art”, SEI-ASCE Structures Congress, April 3-5, Boston, MA, USA.

The CZEBS members published extensively in refereed journals and in conferences. Two of their papers at eSim received best paper awards (see list below) - presented by graduate students Hachem and Vasan. The group is supervising/cosupervising nearly 30 graduate students, many of whom have received prestigious scholarships such as NSERC, FQRNT and ASHRAE as well as best paper and other awards (ACFAS, ASHRAE etc).

During the last year approximately 10 students graduated (4 PhD, 6 MASc); they obtained positions in Universities (e.g. Liam O’Brien – Assistant Prof. Carleton), as researchers at NRCan (e.g. Jose Candanedo) or industry.  Dr. Athienitis became a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and also received the ADRIQ-NSERC “Celebrate Partnerships” award for the impact of the work of the SBRN.

  1. Baril, D., Fazio, P., Rao, J. (2013). Field Study of hygrothermal performance of Housing in the Canadian North. Paper presented at the 3rd Climate Change Technology Conference (CCTC 2013).
  2. Bastien, D., Athienitis, A.K. (2013). Evaluation of the Potential of Attached Solariums and Rooftop Greenhouses in Quebec. Paper presented at the EIC Climate Change Technology Conference.
  3. Bastien, D., Leclerc, J., Soares,   A. . (2013). Use of net zero energy solution sets for the redesign of the New Zealand Meridian net ZEB building. Paper presented at the Building Simulation Conference.
  4. Berthold, F., Bouquain, D.,  Blunier, B., Williamson, S. S., Miraoui, A. . (2013). Household cost optimization (grid, battery, vehicle-to-home and home-to-vehicle). Paper presented at the Climate Change Technology Conference (CCTC).
  5. Bucking, S., Athienitis, A., Zmeureanu, R. (2013a). Effect of a time-of-use feed-in tariff on optimal net-zero energy home design. Paper presented at the NextGenerationSolar Photovoltaics Canada: National Scientific Conference.
  6. Bucking, S., Athienitis, A., Zmeureanu, R. (2013b). Optimization of net-zero energy solar communities: effect of uncertainty due to occupant factors. Paper presented at the Proceedings of ISES World Conference.
  7. Bucking, S., Athienitis, A., Zmeureanu, R. (2013c). An optimization methodology to evaluate the effect size of incentives on energy-cost optimal curves. Paper presented at the Building Simulation 2013 conference.
  8. Chen, Y., A. K. Athienitis, K. E. Galal. (2013). Design of predictive control strategies for active BITES systems using frequency domain models. Paper presented at the In proceedings of: International Conference of Enhanced Building Operation.
  9. Chen, Y., Athienitis, A. K. (2013). Predictive operations of active BITES systems using frequency domain models. Paper presented at the Intelligent Buildings Operation Workshop.
  10. Elsharawy, M., Galal, K, Stathopoulos, T. (2013). Comparison of wind tunnel results with Canadian provisions for wind-induced torsion on low- and medium-rise buildings. Paper presented at the Annual General Meeting and Conference, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE).
  11. Elsharawy, M., Stathopoulos, T., Galal, K. (2013a). Wind tunnel study on load combinations including torsion for design of medium-rise buildings. Paper presented at the The Eighth Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCWE).
  12. Elsharawy, M., Stathopoulos, T., Galal, K. (2013b). Wind load combinations including torsion for medium-rise buildings. Paper presented at the European-African Conference on Wind Engineering, (EACWE 2013), July 9-1.
  13. Foroushani, M. S., Ge, H., Nalyor,  D. (2013). Effects of overhangs on the wind-driven rain wetting of a low-rise building. Paper presented at the Proceeding of the Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings XII International Conference.
  14. Hamelin, M.-C., Zmeureanu, R. (2013). Life cycle cost and energy use analysis of eight residential space conditioning and domestic hot water systems in Quebec. Paper presented at the CLIMA 2013 conference.
  15. Kayello, A., Fazio, P., Rao, J. (2013). Investigation of the Hygrothermal Performance of a SIP Test Hut with an Unventilated and Ventilated Attic for the Canadian North. Paper presented at the 3rd Climate Change Technology Conference (CCTC 2013).
  16. Le Cam, M., Zmeureanu, R., Daoud, A. (2013). Comparison of inverse models used for the forecast of the electric demand of central cooling plant. Paper presented at the Building Simulation 2013 conference.
  17. Mihai, A., Zmeureanu, R. (2013a). Calibration of an energy model of a new research center building. Paper presented at the Building Simulation 2013 conference.
  18. Mihai, A., Zmeureanu, R. (2013b). Calibration of a building energy model with hourly measured data using eQuest. Paper presented at the ICEBO 2013 conference.
  19. Monfet, D., Zmeureanu, R. (2013). Calibration of an EnergyPlus central cooling plant model with measurements and inter-program comparison. Paper presented at the Building Simulation 2013 conference.
  20. Ng Cheng Hin, J., Zmeureanu, R., Rosen, M.A. (2013). Exergy Analysis of a Residential Thermal Storage System. Paper presented at the EIC Climate Change Technology Conference.
  21. Qi, D., Wang, L., Zmeureanu, R. (2013). Large Eddy Simulation of Thermal Comfort and Energy Utilization Indices for Indoor Airflows. Paper presented at the ASHRAE Annual Conference.
  22. Rao, S., Pandurangavittal, K., Berthold, F., Blunier, B., Bouquain, D.,  Williamson, S. S., Miraoui, A. (2013). Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle energy system using home-vehcile and vehicle-to-home: optimization of power converter operation. Paper presented at the Proc. IEEE Transportation Electrification Conf. and Expo.
  23. Siassi, S., H. Ge, M. Hovart. (2013). Validating a wind-driven rain module in HAM-Tools. Paper presented at the Proceeding of the Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings XII International Conference.
  24. Stathopoulos, T., Hajra, B. (2013). Wind engineering education: Current state and outlook for the future. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the The 6th International symposium on Wind Effects on Building and Urban Environment.
  25. Stathopoulos, T., Xypnitou, E., Zisis, I. (2013). Wind-induced Loads on Rooftop and Ground Photovoltaic Panel Systems. Paper presented at the 12th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering (12ACWE).
  26. Tingting Y., A., A. K. (2013). Experimental, CFD study of a building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada. Sherbrooke.
  27. Tremblay, V., Zmeureanu, R. (2013). Ongoing commissioning of heat exchangers in a central cooling and heating plant of a university campus. Paper presented at the CLIMA 2013 conference.
  28. Vasan, N., Stathopoulos, T. (2013). The Effect of Wind Velocity Distribution on Unglazed Transpired Collectors. Paper presented at the Building Simulation 2013 conference.
  29. Yang, T., Athienitis, A.K. (2013). Experimental and CFD study of a building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal (BIPV/T) system. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada.
  30. Zibin, N., Zmeureanu, R., Love, J.A. (2013). Use of building automation system trend data for parameter identification in bottom-up simulation calibration. Paper presented at the ICEBO 2013 conference.
  31. Bahloul, A., Chavez, M., Hajra, B. and Stathopoulos, T. (2011) “Near field Pollutant Dispersion around Buildings in the Urban Environment”, 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, June 5-10, Austin, Texas, USA               
  32. Bucking, S., Athienitis, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2011) “Optimization of Net-zero Energy Solar Communities: Effect of Uncertainty due to Occupant Factors”, August, ISES Conference, Germany.        
  33. Candanedo, J.A., Allard, A. and Athienitis, A.K. (2011). “Solar-assisted radiant floor heating in a net-zero energy residential building”, January, ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Las Vegas.         
  34. Chavez, M., Hajra, B., Stathopoulos, T. and Bahloul, A. (2011) “Assessment of Near-field Pollutant Dispersion: Effect of Upstream Buildings”, 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, July 10-15, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.    
  35. Chen, Yichao, Athienitis, A.K., Fazio, P., 2012, “Modelling of high-performance envelope and façade integrated photovoltaic/solar thermal system for high-latitude applications”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada.               
  36. Chen, Yuxiang, Athienitis, A. K., Galal, K. E., 2012, “Thermal modeling for ventilated structural components using frequency response and finite difference methods and comparison with experimental data”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada.          
  37. El-Shenawy, A., Zmeureanu, R., (2011) “Exergy-based index of building sustainability: definition and case studies”, World Sustainable Building Conference, Helsinki, Finland.            
  38. Elsharawy, M., Galal, K. and Stathopoulos, T. (2011) “Wind-Induced Torsional Loads on Low-Rise Buildings: Effect of Geometrical Design Variables”, CSCE 2011 General Conference, June 14-17, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.   
  39. Elsharawy, M., Stathopoulos, T. and Galal, K. (2011) “Evaluation of Wind-Induced Torsional Loads on Buildings by North American and European Codes and Standards”, SEI-ASCE Structures Congress, April 14-16, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.     
  40. Elsharawy, M., Galal, K. and Stathopoulos, T. (2011) “Wind-Induced Torsional Loads on Low-Rise Buildings”, SEI-ASCE Structures Congress, April 14-16, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.          
  41. Elsharawy, M., Stathopoulos, T. and Galal, K. (2011) “Wind-Induced Torsional Loads on Low Buildings”, 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, July 10-15, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.           
  42. Hachem C., Athienitis, A., and Fazio, F., “Design of Roof Morphology for Increased Solar Potential of BIPV/T Systems”, ISES Conference, August 2011, Kassel, Germany.        
  43. Hachem C., Athienitis, A., and Fazio, F., “Evaluation of Alternative Neighborhood Patterns for BIPV Potential and Energy Performance”, CISBAT, September 2011, Lauzanne, Switzerland,              
  44. Hachem C., Athienitis, A., and Fazio, F., “Design of Solar Optimized Neighbourhood”, ASHRAE conference, June 2011, Montreal, Canada.         
  45. Hachem C., Fazio, P., and Athienitis, “Solar Optimized Neighborhood Patterns: Evaluation and Guidelines”, eSim 2012, 7th Biennal Building Simulation Conference of IBPSA-Halifax, May 2 - 3, 2012, Halifax, Canada. (Best paper award).
  46. Hachem C., Fazio, P., and Athienitis, “A. Energy Implications and Solar Energy Potential of Housing Units ‘Shapes”, The 5th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC5), May 2012, Kyoto, Japan.       
  47. Hachem, C., Athienitis, A.K., Fazio, P., 2012, “Solar Optimized Neighbourhood Patterns: Evaluation and Guidelines”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada.            
  48. Hajra, B., Chavez, M., Stathopoulos, T. and Bahloul, A. (2011) “Modeling of Near-field Pollutant Dispersion in the Built Environment: Models and Challenges”, PHYSMOD2011, August 22-24, Hamburg, Germany.        
  49. Hamelin, M.C., Zmeureanu, R., 2012, “Multi-objective optimization for the life cycle of a single-family house envelope”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada.    
  50. Magnier, L., Zmeureanu, R. and Derome, D., (2011) “Experimental study of the temperature and velocity fields produced by a displacement ventilation diffuser”, ASHRAE Conference, June, Montreal, Canada.            
  51. Magnier, L., Zmeureanu, R. and Derome, D., (2011) “Étude expérimentale du jet d’air provenant d’un diffuseur de ventilation par déplacement”,  Xe Colloque Interuniversitaire Franco-Québécois, June, Chicoutimi, Canada.       
  52. Monfet, D., Zmeureanu, R., (2011) “Identification of the electric chiller model for the EnergyPlus program using monitored data in an existing cooling plant”, Building Simulation 2011, November, Syndey, Australia.     
  53. Ng Cheng Hin, J., Zmeureanu, R., 2012, “Optimization of a residential solar combisystem for minimum life cycle energy and cost”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada.       
  54. Stathopoulos, T., Chavez, M. and Bahloul, A. (2011) “CFD Approaches to Predicting Dilution from Exhaust Stacks in Urban Areas”, ASHRAE Annual Conference, June 25-29, Montreal, Canada.         
  55. Stathopoulos, T., Saathoff, P. and Zisis, I. (2012) “Windbreaks for the Comfort of Workers in Loading Zones of Commercial Buildings”, 5th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC), May 28-31, Kyoto, Japan. 
  56. Stathopoulos, T., Zisis, I. and Xypnitou, E. (2012) “Wind Loads on Solar Collectors: A Review”, SEI-ASCE Structures Congress, March 29-31, Chicago, Illinois, USA.    
  57. Tamasauskas, J., Poirier, M., Zmeureanu, R. and Sunyé, R., (2011) “Concept and performance of a solar assisted heat pump using ice slurry as a storage medium”, Climamed Conference, June, Madrid, Spain.            
  58. Tamasauskas, J., Poirier, M., Zmeureanu, R., Sunyé, R., 2012, “Development of a mathematical model for the simulation of a non-agitated ice slurry storage tank”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada. 
  59. Tominaga, Y. and Stathopoulos, T. (2011) “CFD Modeling of Pollution Dispersion in Street Canyons: Evaluation of Turbulent Scalar Flux Modeling in RANS Model using LES Results”, 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, July 10-15, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 
  60. Vasan N., Stathopoulos, T., 2012, “Wind tunnel assessment of the wind velocity distribution on vertical façades”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada. (Best paper award)    
  61. Wu, X.Y., Zmeureanu, R., (2011) “Exergy analysis of residential heating systems: perfromance of whole system vs perfromance of major equipment”,  Building Simulation 2011, November, Syndey, Australia.     
  62. Yang Tingting, Athienitis, A. K., 2012, “Investigation of performance enhancement of a building integrated photovoltaic thermal system”, eSim conference, May 1-4, 2012, Halifax, Canada.             
  63. Zisis, I., Stathopoulos, T. and Suarez, J. (2011) “Codification of Wind Loads on a Patio Cover based on a Parametric Wind Tunnel Study”, 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, July 10-15, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.               
  64. Zisis, I. and Stathopoulos, T. (2011) “Wind Load Transfer Mechanism on a Low Wood Building using Full-Scale Load Data”, 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering, July 10-15, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.   
  65. Zisis, I., Stathopoulos, T., Smith, I. and Dudak, G. (2011) “Wind Loading of a Wood Light-Frame Building”, CSCE 2011 General Conference, June 14-17, Ottawa, Canada.          
  66. Zisis, I. and Stathopoulos, T. (2012) “Field Data Stationarity for a Full-scale Wind Monitoring Study”, 2012 Joint Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute and the 11th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, June 17-20, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.       
  67. Zmeureanu, R., Menhert, J., Julien, C., Renaud, G., (2011) “Energy performance of solar domestic hot water systems in a changing climate: 2050 vs 2007”, Climamed Conference, June, Madrid, Spain.             
Master and PhD theses are listed below for students within CZEBS.

Based on theses updated to Spectrum. We encourage students to upload electronic copies of theses to Spectrum, to prompt your work and CZEBS achievements.

  1. Rey, Anthony (2017) Multi-Objective Optimization of Solar Thermal Combisystems. PhD thesis, Concordia University.
  2. Al-Quraan, Ayman (2016) Contribution to Wind Energy Conversion Systems in Urban and Remote Areas. 
  3. Kapsis, Konstantinos (2016) Modelling, Design and Experimental Study of Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic Windows for Commercial Building Applications. 
  4. Le Cam, Mathieu (2016) Short-term forecasting of the electric demand of HVAC systems. 
  5. Qi, Dahai (2016) Analytical Modeling of Fire Smoke Spread in High-rise Buildings. 
  6. Bastien, Diane (2015) Methodology for Enhancing Solar Energy Utilization in Solaria and Greenhouses. 
  7. Magnier, Laurent ((2015) ) Measurement, Analysis, and Modeling of Non-Isothermal Low-Velocity Displacement Ventilation Jets. PhD thesis, Concordia University.
  8. Yang, T. (2015) A Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Enhanced Open-Loop Air-Based Building-integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (BIPV/T) Systems. 
  9. Chavez Yanez, Mauricio (2014) A Comprehensive Numerical Study of the Effects of Adjacent Buildings on Near-Field Pollutant Dispersion. 
  10. Elsharawy, Mohamed Ragab (2014) Wind-Induced Torsional Loads on Low- and Medium-Rise Buildings. 
  11. Lin, Cheng-Chun (2014) Forecasting Indoor Environment using Ensemble-based Data Assimilation Algorithms. 
  12. Chen, Yuxiang (2013) Methodology for Design and Operation of Active Building-Integrated Thermal Energy Storage Systems. 
  13. El shenawy, Ahmed (2013) Exergy-based Index for the assessment of building sustainability. 
  14. Hachem, Caroline (2012) Investigation of Design Parameters for Increased Solar Potential of Dwellings and Neighborhoods. 
  15. Hajra, Bodhisatta (2012) A Comprehensive Experimental Study of the Effects of Adjacent Buildings on Near-Field Pollutant Dispersion. 
  16. Candanedo Ibarra, José / A. (2011) A Study of Predictive Control Strategies for Optimally Designed Solar Homes. 
  17. Monfet, Danielle (2011) New ongoing commissioning approach of central plants: methodology and case study. 
  18. Zisis, Ioannis (2011) Wind Load Paths on Wood Buildings. 

  1. Aldoum, Murad (2018) Wind Loads on Low-slope Roofs of Low-rise and Mid-rise Buildings with Large Plan Dimensions. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  2. Bezyan, Behrad  (2018) Energy performance analysis through the ongoing commissioning of houses in northern Canada. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  3. Souri, Firouzeh (2018) Effectiveness of roof overhang on mid-rise buildings: field measurements and improved assessment based on ISO standard. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  4. Yang, Senwen (2018) Wind Effects on Air Curtain Aerodynamics Performance. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  5. Beattie, Colin J. (2017) Experimental study of air-to-air heat/energy exchangers for use in Arctic housing. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  6. Dilimulati, Aierken (2017) Augmenting Urban Wind Energy: Shrouded Diffuser Casing for Roof-mounted Wind Turbines. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  7. Habibi, Rana (2017) A BIM-based workflow concurrently generating quantitative and qualitative output — Master a focus on energy performance and architectural representation. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  8. He, Jiaqing (2017) Safety Study Related to Hydrogen Leakage from Fuel Cell Systems. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  9. Jun, Cheng (2017) An Experimental and Computational Study of Natural and Hybrid Ventilation in Buildings. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  10. Khalilzadeh, Ali (2017) Numerical Parametric Study of Wind-Driven Rain and Overhang Effectiveness on a Mid-Rise Building. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  11. Nguyen, Thai Son (2017) Wind-induced Shear and Torsion on Low- and Medium-Rise Earthquake Resistant Steel Braced Frame Buildings. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  12. Si Tu, Sui Jiang (2017) Evaluation of Energy and Airflow Performance of Data Centers with Centralized Thermosiphon. Masters thesis, Concordia University. Item availability may be restricted.
  13. Vallianos, Charalampos  (2017) A study of hybrid ventilation in an institutional building: Modeling and predictive control. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  14. Habibi, Rana (2017) A BIM-based workflow concurrently generating quantitative and qualitative output — a focus on energy performance and architectural representation. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  15. He, Jiaqing (2017) Safety Study Related to Hydrogen Leakage from Fuel Cell Systems. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  16. Jun, Cheng (2017) An Experimental and Computational Study of Natural and Hybrid Ventilation in Buildings. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  17. Khalilzadeh, Ali (2017) Numerical Parametric Study of Wind-Driven Rain and Overhang Effectiveness on a Mid-Rise Building. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  18. Nguyen, Thai Son (2017) Wind-induced Shear and Torsion on Low- and Medium-Rise Earthquake Resistant Steel Braced Frame Buildings. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  19. Si Tu, Sui Jiang (2017) Evaluation of Energy and Airflow Performance of Data Centers with Centralized Thermosiphon. Masters thesis, Concordia University. Item availability may be restricted.
  20. Chiu, Vincent (2016) The Effect of Overhang on Wind-Driven Rain Wetting for a Mid-Rise Building. 
  21. Goubran, Sherif (2016) Energy Saving Impact of Air Curtains in Commercial Buildings. 
  22. Hossain, Shahriar 2016A Generalized Radiosity Simulation Model and Full-Scale Experimental Verification of a Corner Office having Three Section Façade with Motorized Shading. 
  23. Ioannidis, Zissis (2016) Double Skin Facades Integrating Photovoltaic Panels, Motorized Shades and Controlled Air Flow. 
  24. Li, Weigang (2016) Numerical and Experimental Study of Thermal Stratification in Large Warehouses. 
  25. Thirunavukarasu, Asok (2016) Protocol for Low Energy Houses for Northern Canadian Regions. 
  26. Yuan, Sophie (2016) A study of hybrid ventilation in an institutional building for predictive control. 
  27. Alrawashdeh, Hatem (2015) Wind pressures on flat roof edges and corners of large low buildings. 
  28. Baba, Fuad (2015) Dynamic Effect of Thermal Bridges on the Energy Performance of Residential Buildings. 
  29. Date, Jennifer Anne ((2015) ) A Study of Impact of Thermal Model Resolution and Zone Set Point Profiles on Peak Heating Load and its Calculation. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
  30. Deb Nath, Uzzwal Kumar (2015) Field Measurements of Wind-Driven Rain on Mid - and High - Rise Buildings in Two Canadian Regions. 
  31. Dermardiros, Vasken (2015) Modelling and Experimental Evaluation of an Active Thermal Energy Storage System with Phase-Change Materials for Model-Based Control. 
  32. Kokgil, Erdem (2015) Using Helium as Hydrogen Surrogate for Safety Analysis Related to Hydrogen Leaks from Residential Fuel Cell. 
  33. Lam, Tze Chun Angel (2015) IDENTIFYING CONFIGURATIONS OF PLUS-ENERGY CURTAIN WALLS FOR THE PERIMETER ZONE USING THE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA) APPROACH. 
  34. Rounis, Efstratios Dimitrios (2015) Multiple-inlet Building Integrated Photovoltaics: Modeling and Design including Wind Effects. 
  35. Sehizadeh, Ali (2015) Impact of future climate change on the building performance of a typical Canadian single-family house retrofitted to the PassiveHaus. 
  36. Yip, Samson (2015) A Comparative Analysis of Passive and Active Daylight Redirecting Blinds in Support of the Schematic Design Process. 
  37. Ladas, Dimitrios (2014) Wind Effects on the Performance of Solar Collectors on Roofs. 
  38. Mihai, Andreea (2014) Calibration of a Building Energy Model Using Measured Data for a Research Center. 
  39. Saberi Derakhtenjani, Ali (2014) A study of different modeling approaches for model-based building thermal control. 
  40. Zibin, Nicholas (2014) A Bottom-Up Method to Calibrate Building Energy Models Using Building Automation System (BAS) Trend Data. 
  41. Allard, Amélie (2013) A Linear Data-Driven System Identification Methodology for an Active/Passive Solar Thermal Storage System and Application to a Solar House. 
  42. Krpan, Ronald (2013) Wind-driven Rain on Buildings in Metro Vancouver: Parameters for Rain Penetration Testing of Window Assemblies. 
  43. Ng Cheng Hin, Jason (2013) Life Cycle Optimization of a Residential Solar Combisystem for Minimum Cost, Energy Use and Exergy Destroyed. 
  44. Tremblay, Véronique (2013) Ongoing commissioning of heat recovery process in a central heating and cooling plant. 
  45. Wen, Xiao-Nan (2013) Computer Simulation of Solar Combisystem Based on the Second Law Analysis. 
  46. Bambara, James (2012) Experimental Study of a Façade-integrated Photovoltaic/thermal System with Unglazed Transpired Collector. 
  47. Candelario Suarez, Jose Daniel (2012) Wind-induced pressures on canopies attached to the walls of low-rise buildings. 
  48. Chen, Yichao (2012) Design and Evaluation of Façade-Integrated Solar Technologies Suitable for High-Latitude Applications. 
  49. Hamelin, Marie-Claude (2012) Life cycle optimization of envelope and mechanical systems for a single-family house in Quebec. 
  50. Vasan, Neetha (2012) Experimental Study of Wind Effects on Unglazed Transpired Collectors. 
  51. Xypnitou, Eleni (2012) Wind Loads on Solar Panel Systems Attached to Building Roofs. 
  52. Zhao, Guanchao (2012) Study of Fire Smoke Filling in Building by Helium Smoke Tests. 
  53. Doiron, Matthew Anthony (2011) Whole-Building Energy Analysis and Lessons Learned for a Near Net-Zero Energy Solar House. 
  54. Nirvan, Golzar (2011) The Impact of Garage – House Interface Leakage on Contaminant Transport. 
  55. Tamasauskas, Justin (2011) Modeling and Optimization of a Solar Assisted Heat Pump Using Ice Slurry as a Latent Storage Material. 
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