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2026

Huayu Jiang, Yunqin Liu, Xiaochen Liu, Gang Tan, Zhe Wang, "Development of switching-aware model predictive control solutions for fixed-frequency residential air conditioners," Applied Energy, vol. 424, art. no. 128491, Dec 2026.

Si Wu, Zhe Wang, "Predictive maintenance of large-scale building cooling plants under operational constraints: A review," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 366, art. no. 121874, Oct 2026.

Jiatao Liu, Zhe Wang, Si Wu, "Operational-stage replacement planning for an aging chiller in a multi-chiller plant under demand growth," Energy and Buildings, vol. 370, Part B, art. no. 118135, Nov 2026.

Yanjie Li, Lige Zhao, Zhe Wang, Dengbo He, Yongxin Xie, "FiLM-conditioned convolutional neural networks for indoor CFD surrogate modeling," Building and Environment, vol. 304, Part B, art. no. 115139, Oct 2026.

Hang Fan, Yuying Yang, Weican Liu, Ying Lu, Dunnan Liu, Tongtao Ma, Zhe Wang, "EP-Net: End-to-end probabilistic day-ahead electricity price forecasting with multi-channel fusion," Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, vol. 47, art. no. 102463, Sep 2026.

Ziqi Hu, Mingchen Li, Xu Han, Lunlong Li, Zhe Wang, "AutoControl-MPC: An automated model predictive control development framework based on large language models for HVAC systems," Energy and Buildings, vol. 369, Part B, art. no. 118025, Oct 2026.

Lige Zhao, Zhenyu Wang, Xiang Zhang, Dengbo He, Zhe Wang, "Thermal comfort and air quality in vehicle cabins: Assessment, implications, and impact on driving performance-a critical review," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 303, Part 3, art. no. 132418, Aug 2026.

Qiqi Huang, Shihong Zhang, Liutao Chen, Xinyu Wang, Zhe Wang, Chu Zhang, "Structural Constraints on Building Decarbonization in Electricity-dominant Cities," Nexus, vol. 3, issue 3, art. no. 100161, Jul 2026.

Bingxu Zhao, Liping Pang, Xiaodong Cao, Bin Cao, Zhe Wang, Peng Xue, Dadi Zhang, "Toward sustainable student living: A systematic review of dormitory multi-domain environmental quality and energy performance," Building and Environment, vol. 303, art. no. 114960, Sep 2026.

Siqi Li, Shuhao Li, Yumeng Liu, Bin Li, Chunyuan Zheng, Zhe Wang, "Model predictive control of variable refrigerant flow systems for demand response: balancing the trade-off between model accuracy and optimization complexity: a case study of indoor system," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 357, art. no. 121400, Jun 2026.

Yike Hu, Kunhan Lu, Zeyu Duan, Hao Chen, Zhe Wang, "Cross-modal object detection for UAV-based multispectral delamination assessment of building envelopes," Automation in Construction, vol. 184, art. no. 106857, Apr 2026.

Xiaoke Chen, Yuxuan Xue, Rongbing Wan, Tianyu Cai, Zhe Wang, Zhenqian Pang, Tengyao Jiang, Gang Tan, "High performance colored passive daytime radiative cooling device based on a CNC film/cellulose aerogel bilayer structure," Renewable Energy, vol. 266, art. no. 125673, Jun 2026.

Liutao Chen, Shihong Zhang, Ting Fong May Chui, Jiachuan Yang, Wei Wang, Tianzhen Hong, Zhe Wang, "Mitigating urban climate-energy feedback with citywide building-integrated photovoltaics implementation," Nexus, vol.3, issue 1, 100114, Mar 2026.

Lunlong Li, Yang Pu, Yi Ju, Ziqi Hu, Zhe Wang, "Coordinating multiple UPS batteries in datacenter for load flexibility and cost reduction, "Coordinating multiple UPS batteries in datacenter for load flexibility and cost reduction," Energy and Buildings, vol. 359, art. no. 117282, May 2026.

Haoran Chang, Peixin Dong, Xin Wei, Liutao Chen, Hui Tang, Zhe Wang, Su Guo, Mengying Li, "Effects of photovoltaic module on wind dynamics over water surface for aquavoltaic applications," Renewable Energy, vol. 264, art. no. 125508, May 2026.

Hailin Yu, Liutao Chen, Jiayu Wang, Chunxiong Bao, Yang Liu, Yuanhao Li, Yating Mo, Yingyue Hu, Nakul Jain, Xi He, Yinghan Wang, Qichao Ran, Cenqi Yan, Zhe Wang, Borong Lin, Yinhua Zhou, Feng Gao, Pei Cheng, "Energy-generating smart windows based on reversible metal electrodeposition," Materials Horizons, vol. 13, issue 4, pp. 2052-2059, Feb 2026.

Shanshuo Xing, Zhiwei Li, Zhe Wang, Jili Zhang, "Predictive optimal dispatch for heterogeneous all-parallel chiller plant systems considering convex surrogate models and real-time operation constraints," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 292, Part 2, art. no. 130344, Apr 2026.

Shuhao Li, Wanfu Zheng, Mingcheng Li, Shanshuo Xing, Zhe Wang, "AutoLFM: A multi-agent LLM framework for automated building load forecasting," Building Simulation, vol. 19, issue 2, pp. 545-568, Feb 2026.

Mingchen Li, Ziqi Hu, Parastoo Mohebi, Shuhao Li, Zhe Wang, "Enhancing LLM-based building data query with chain-of-thought, retrieval-augmented generation, and fine-tuning," Automation in Construction, vol. 182, art. no. 106738, Feb 2026.

Zhenyu Wang, Hongling Sheng, Feiqi Gu, Lige Zhao, Zhe Wang, Dengbo He, "The influence of cabin environment on takeover performance in conditional automated driving," Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, vol. 117, art. no. 103478, Feb 2026.

Parastoo Mohebi, Ziqi Hu, Lunlong Li, Farzin Golzar, Zhe Wang, "Optimal battery sizing using stochastic programming to consider building load variation and peak demand charge," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 348, Part C, art. no. 120794, Jan 2026.

Wanfu Zheng, Liu Liu, Shuhao Li, Zhong Zhang, Peilin Zhao, Tianyang Li, Xiao Zhang, Zhe Wang, "Smart predict-then-optimize-based model predictive control for Virtual Power Plants with battery storage," Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 142, art. no. 119606, Jan 2026.

Qiqi Huang, Zhe Wang, "Towards energy-positive and eco-profitable future: A perspective on building-to-vehicle-to-building ecosystems," Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 85, art. no. 104760, Jan 2026.

2025

Zhenyu Wang, Hongling Sheng, Feiqi Gu, Yujie Zhou, Lige Zhao, Zhe Wang, Dengbo He, "Investigating effects of temperature and CO2 on driver drowsiness in the context of conditional automated driving," Ergonomics, pp.1-18, Dec 2025.

Shuhao Li, Mingchen Li, Ziqi Hu, Zhe Wang, "Applying semantic model for easy and fast deployment of chiller sequencing algorithm," Energy and Buildings, vol. 352, art.no. 116830, Feb 2026.

Di Zhang, Mingchen Li, Zhe Wang, "PV-GPT: query the PV data using natural language," Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 115, art. no. 114535, Dec 2025.

Mingchen Li, Zhe Wang, "BuildingGPT: Query building semantic data using large language models and vector-graph retrieval-augmented generation," Building and Environment, vol 287, Part B, art. no. 113855, Jan 2026.

Zeyu Duan, Kunhan Lu, Mingchen Li, Shihong Zhang, Borong Lin, Zhe Wang, "Automating exterior BIM for existing buildings using GIS data and UAV-based 3D modeling," Automation in Construction, vol. 178, art. no. 106422, Oct 2025.

Shuhao Li, Siqi Li, Parastoo Mohebi, Dan Wang, Martin NH Ma, Gang Liu, Zhe Wang, "Field demonstration of model predictive control for chiller sequencing in large-scale commercial buildings," Energy and Buildings, vol. 344, art. no. 116021, Oct 2025.

Lige Zhao, Parastoo Mohebi, Zhe Wang, "A model-based EV driving range assessment with genetic-algorithm-optimized motor waste heat recovery strategies," Energy Use, vol. 1, issue 1, 100005, Sep 2025.

Ziqi Hu, Mingchen Li, Hao Tang, Zhe Wang, "Autocontrol: an end-to-end fully automated workflow for control design of building energy systems," Energy, vol 336, art. no. 138329, Nov 2025.

Wanfu Zheng, Ziqi Hu, Dan Wang, Zhe Wang, "Optimizing building energy systems for grid-interactivity, comfort and resilience," Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 340, art. no. 119927, Sep 2025.

Xuan Liao, Man Sing Wong, Rui Zhu, Zhe Wang, "A temporal fusion transformer augmented GeoAI framework for estimating hourly land surface solar irradiation," Energy and AI, vol. 21, art. no. 100529, Sep 2025.

Liutao Chen, Shihong Zhang, Ip Cheng, Haoran Chang, Fei Chen, Mengying Li, Zhe Wang, "The resilience paradox of rooftop PV: Building cooling penalties and heat risks," Building and Environment, vol 282, art. no. 113233, Aug 2025.

Jingting Huang, Huili Wang, Zhaoyin Liu, Li Zhang, Hanyu Gao, Zhe Wang, Yixuan Zheng, Xiaojun Chen, Lin Zhao, Shangmin Guo, Bofeng Cai, Linyan Li, "Environmental, health and economic impact assessment of clean heating renovation: evidence from 88 cities in northern China," Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 115, art. no. 108023, Aug 2025.

WU Si, YANG Pu, LI Dingqian, CHEN Guanghao, WANG Zhe, "Towards predictive maintenance: A performance evaluation framework for cooling towers in HVAC systems," Building and Environment, vol. 284, art. no. 113443, Oct 2025.

Wanfu Zheng, Laura Zabala, Jesus Febres, David Blum, Zhe Wang, "Quantifying and simulating the weather forecast uncertainty for advanced building control," Journal of Building Performance Simulation, vol. 18, issue 4, pp.530-545, Jul 2025.

Liutao Chen, Zinan Lin, Qi Zhou, Shihong Zhang, Mengying Li, Zhe Wang, "Impacts of photovoltaics and integrated green roofs on urban climate: Experimental insights for urban land surface modelling," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 217, art. no. 115709, Jul 2025.

Qi Zhou, Mingzhe Liu, Zhe Wang, Yangyang Fu, Yuan Gao, "Accelerating Reinforcement Learning controller training for building energy management: A hybrid co-simulation approach," Science and Technology for the Built Environment, vol. 31, issue 5, pp. 515-532, May 2025.

Hao Tang, Juan Yu, Yang Geng, Xue Liu, Zujian Huang, Yuren Yang, Zhe Wang, Ying Chen, Borong Lin, "Enhancing occupant-centric ventilation control in airport terminals: A predictive optimization framework integrating agent-based simulation," Building and Environment, vol. 276, art. no. 112829, May 2025.

Zhaoji Wu, Wenli Liu, Jack CP Cheng, Zhe Wang, Helen HL Kwok, Cong Huang, Fangli Hou, "Agile and creative: A sustainability-oriented generative framework for residential site layout design," Energy and Buildings, vol. 334, art. no. 115499, May 2025.

Parastoo Mohebi, Shuhao Li, Zhe Wang, "Chance-constrained stochastic framework for building thermal control under forecast uncertainties," Energy and Buildings, vol. 331, art. no. 115385, Mar 2025.

Zhaoji Wu, Mingkai Li, Wenli Liu, Jack CP Cheng, Zhe Wang, Helen HL Kwok, Cong Huang, Fangli Hou, "Developing surrogate models for the early-stage design of residential blocks using graph neural networks," Building Simulation, vol. 18, issue 3, pp. 679-698, Mar 2025.

Shihong Zhang, Liutao Chen, Lingming Xu, Zhe Wang, "GeoBEM: A geospatial computing empowered framework for urban-scale building energy modeling," Sustainable Cities and Society, vol. 121, art. no. 106203, Mar 2025.

Si Wu, Wanfu Zheng, Zhe Wang, Guanghao Chen, Pu Yang, Shang Yue, Dingqian Li, Yue Wu, "AlphaDataCenterCooling: A virtual testbed for evaluating operational strategies in data center cooling plants," Applied Energy, vol. 380, art. no. 125100, Feb 2025.

Dan Wang, Wanfu Zheng, Siqi Li, Yixing Chen, Xiaorui Lin, Zhe Wang, "Impact analysis of uncertainty in thermal resistor-capacitor models on model predictive control performance," Energy and Buildings, vol. 328, art. no. 115112, Feb 2025.

Shihong Zhang, Ya Zhou, Liutao Chen, Yixin Huang, Zhe Wang, "Inferring building type using textual data and Natural Language Processing for urban building energy modelling," Building and Environment, vol. 269, art. no. 112428, Feb 2025.

Zinan Lin, Qi Zhou, Zhe Wang, Ce Wang, Davis Boyd Bookhart, Marcus Leung-Shea, "A high-resolution three-year dataset supporting rooftop photovoltaics (PV) generation analytics," Scientific Data, vol. 12, issue 1, art. no. 63, Jan 2025.

Dan Wang, Wanfu Zheng, Zhe Wang, Yannan Huang, Shen Li, Dongdong Li, Bin Li, Rui Yan, "Coordinating variable refrigerant flow system for effective demand response in commercial buildings," Energy and Buildings, vol. 326, art. no. 115066, Jan 2025.

Nan Deng, Peixin Dong, Zhe Wang, Mengying Li, "Quantifying the effects of spectral and directional distribution of radiation on its propagation in saline water," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 258, Part A, art. no. 124536, Jan 2025.

Si Wu, Pu Yang, Guanghao Chen, Zhe Wang, "Evaluating seasonal chiller performance using operational data," Applied Energy, vol. 377, Part A, art.no. 124377, Jan 2025.

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