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 2019 ASHRAE HVAC Applications Handbook

Date: February, 2019  
Occupant-centric sensing and control - a new chapter in 2019 ASHRAE HVAC Applications Handbook

Annex 66 Final Report

Date: May, 2018
International Energy Agency, EBC Annex 66 “Definition and Simulation of Occupant Behavior in Buildings”

Exploring Occupant Behavior in Buildings

Date: January, 2018 
First of its kind to explore the multi-faceted topic of occupant behavior research using perspectives from architectural design, building physics, psychology, and social science

Automated Diagnostics and Analytics for Buildings

Date: September, 2014 
Localized Uncertainty Quantification for Baseline Building Energy Modeling - Chapter

Publication



Publications Year Type Link
A systematic approach to estimating the effectiveness of multi-scale IAQ strategies for reducing the risk of airborne infection of SARS-CoV-2
J Shen, M Kong, B Dong, M J Birnkrant, J Zhang
Building and environment/td>
2021 Journal DOI
Occupant behavior modeling methods for resilient building design, operation and policy at urban scale: A review
B Dong, Y Liu, H Fontenot, M Ouf, M Osman, A Chong, S Qin, ... & S Carlucci
Applied Energy
2021 Journal DOI
How much HVAC energy could be saved from the occupant-centric smart home thermostat: A nationwide simulation study
Z Pang, Y Chen, J Zhang, Z O'Neill, H Cheng, B Dong
Applied Energy
2021 Journal DOI
Nationwide HVAC energy-saving potential quantification for office buildings with occupant-centric controls in various climates
Z Pang, Y Chen, J Zhang, Z O'Neill, H Cheng, B Dong
Applied Energy
2020 Journal DOI
A novel mobility-based approach to derive urban-scale building occupant profiles and analyze impacts on building energy consumption
W Wu, B Dong, Q R Wang, M Kong, D Yan, J An, Y Liu
Applied Energy
2020 Journal DOI
Modelling urban-scale occupant behaviour, mobility, and energy in buildings: A survey
F D Salim, B Dong, M Ouf, Q Wang, I Pigliautile, X Kang, ... & M S Rahaman
Building and Environment
2020 Journal DOI
Nationwide Energy Saving Analysis for Office Buildings with Occupant Centric Building Controls
Z Pang, J Zhang, Y Chen, H Cheng, Z O’Neill, & B Dong
ASHRAE Transactions
2020 Journal DOI
Introducing IEA EBC Annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric building design and operation
W O’Brien, A Wagner, M Schweiker, A Mahdavi, J Day, M B Kjærgaard, S Carlucci, B Dong, ... & T Hong
Building and Environment
2020 Journal DOI
Nationwide Energy Saving Analysis for Office Buildings with Occupant-Based Building Controls (VC-20-C026)
Z Pang, Z O'Neill, Y Chen, J Zhang, H Cheng, & B Dong
2020 ASHRAE Virtual Conference
2020 Journal DOI
Current practices and infrastructure for open data based research on occupant-centric design and operation of buildings
M B Kjærgaard, O Ardakanian, S Carlucci, B Dong, S K Firth, N Gao, ... & F C Sangogboye
Building and Environment
2020 Journal DOI
Building and Building Cluster Energy Management and Optimization System and Method
B Dong
, Z Li, JQ Xu
US Patent App. 16/486,951
2020 Patent DOI
Exploring key factors impacting cooling usage patterns of Chinese urban household based on a large-scale questionnaire survey
S Hu, D Yan, B Dong, J Fu
Energy and Buildings
2020 Journal DOI
A Review of Smart Building Sensing System for Better Indoor Environment Control
B Dong
, V Prakash, F Feng, Z O'Neill
Energy and Buildings
2019 Journal DOI
Household appliance recognition through a Bayes classification model
D Yan, Y Jin, H Sun, B Dong, Z Ye, Z Li, Y Yuan
Sustainable Cities and Society 46, 101393
2019 Journal DOI
Modeling and control of building-integrated microgrids for optimal energy management–A review
H Fontenot, B Dong
Applied Energy 254, 113689
2019 Journal DOI
Systems and methods for optimizing building-to-grid integration
B Dong
, A Taha, N Gatsis, Z Li, A Pipri
US Patent App. 16/003,570
2018 Patent DOI
Systems and methods of managing energy cost of a building
B Dong
, A Mirakhorli, JQ Xu
US Patent App. 15/945,112
2018 Patent DOI
Systems and methods for prediction of occupancy in buildings
B Dong
, Z Li
US Patent App. 15/891,739
2018 Patent DOI
Systems and methods of hierarchical forecasting of solar photovoltaic energy production
B Dong
, Z Li
US Patent App. 15/874,145
2018 Patent DOI
Occupancy Driven Buildings-to-grid Integration Framework for Large Commercial Buildings
Z Li, B Dong, H Fontenot
17th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue
2018 Journal DOI
Approaches for collecting occupant data: Chapter 4
Andreas Wagner, B Dong, Liam O’Brien, Mikkel Kjærgaard, Marilena De Simone, Burak Gunay, Dafni Mora, Jakub Dziedzic, Jie Zhao, Stephanie Gauthier, Julia Day, Chien-Fei Chen, Sara Gilani, Ardeshir Mahdavi, Mahnameh Taheri, Farhang Tahmasebi
2018 Book DOI
Occupant Behavior Driven Buildings-to-grid Integration Framework for Large Commercial Buildings
Z Li, B Dong, H Fontenot
2018 Conference DOI
Concluding Remarks and Future Outlook
W O’Brien, A Wagner, B Dong
Exploring Occupant Behavior in Buildings, 307-310
2018 Book DOI
Validation and Ground Truths
D Yan, C Wang, X Feng, B Dong
Exploring Occupant Behavior in Buildings, 239-260
2018 Book DOI
Impact of Occupancy-Based Buildings-to-Grid Integration on Frequency Regulation in Smart Grids
B Dong
, AF Taha, N Gatsis, Z Li, A Pipri
2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC), 5399-5405
2018 Conference DOI
Data-driven occupant modeling strategies and digital tools enabled by IEA EBC annex 79
MB Kjærgaard, B Dong, S Carlucci, FD Salim, J Yang, CJ Andrews, ...
Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Systems for Built Environments, 188-189
2018 Conference DOI
Prediction of Human Performance Using Electroencephalography under Different Indoor Room Temperatures
T Nayak, T Zhang, Z Mao, X Xu, L Zhang, D Pack, B Dong, Y Huang
Brain sciences 8 (4), 74
2018 Journal DOI
Occupancy-based buildings-to-grid integration framework for smart and connected communities
B Dong
, Z Li, A Taha, N Gatsis
Applied energy 219, 123-137
2018 Journal DOI
Sensing and data acquisition
B Dong
, MB Kjærgaard, M De Simone, HB Gunay, W O’Brien, D Mora, ...
Exploring Occupant Behavior in Buildings, 77-105
2018 Book DOI
Model predictive control for building loads connected with a residential distribution grid
A Mirakhorli, B Dong
Applied Energy
2018 Journal DOI
Coordinating the operations of smart buildings in smart grids
Y Liu, N Yu, W Wang, X Guan, Z Xu, B Dong, T Liu
Applied energy 228, 2510-2525
2018 Journal DOI
Occupancy and occupants’ actions
M Schweiker, S Carlucci, RK Andersen, B Dong, W O’Brien
Exploring Occupant Behavior in Buildings, 7-38
2018 Book DOI
Short Term Predictions of Occupancy in Commercial Buildings—Performance Analysis for Stochastic Models and Machine Learning Approaches
Z Li, B Dong
Energy and Buildings 158, 268-281
2018 Journal DOI
Market and behavior driven predictive energy management for residential buildings
A Mirakhorli, B Dong
Sustainable cities and society 38, 723-735
2018 Journal DOI
Modeling occupancy and behavior for better building design and operation—A critical review
B Dong,
D Yan, Z Li, Y Jin, X Feng, H Fontenot
Building Simulation, 1-23
2018 Journal DOI
Exploring Occupant Behavior in Buildings
A Wagner, W O’Brien, B Dong
Wagner, A., O’Brien, W., B Dong., Eds
2018 Book DOI
Investigation of a Short-term Prediction Method of Occupancy Presence in Residential Buildings
Zhaoxuan Li, B Dong
Proceedings of the 15th IBPSA conference
2017 Conference DOI
Applications incorporating occupant behavior into building simulation
Clinton J Andrews, B Dong
Building Simulation 10 (6), 783-783
2017 Journal DOI
Prediction of temperature induced office worker's performance during typing task using EEG
T Nayak, T Zhang, Z Mao, X Xu, DJ Pack, B Dong, Y Huang
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2017 39th Annual International Conference of IEEE
2017 Conference DOI
Water Use Behavior in Single-Family Homes: A Case Study in Texas
P Xue, T Hong, B Dong
Proceeding of the 15th IBPSA Conference
2017 Conference DOI
Evaluation of Frequency Regulation Provision by Commercial Building HVAC Systems
Y Liu, N Yu, J Shi, B Dong, W Ren, X Guan
13th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
2017 Conference DOI
An Open Source Smart Building Energy Management Platform through VOLTTRON
A Mirakhorli, B Dong
Proceeding of 15th IBPSA Conference
2017 Conference DOI
Modelling, Simulation and Control of Smart and Connected Communities
Z Li, A Pipri, B Dong, N Gatsis, AF Taha, N Yu
Proceedings of 15th IBPSA Conference
2017 Conference DOI
Occupant-behavior driven appliance scheduling for residential buildings
A Mirakhorli, B Dong
Building Simulation
2017 Journal DOI
A preliminary investigation of water usage behavior in single-family homes
C Xue, P., Hong, T., B Dong. and Mak
Building Simulation
2017 Journal DOI
Investigating willingness to save energy and communication about energy use in the American workplace with the attitude-behavior-context model.
JK Xu, X., Maki, A., Chen, C.F., B Dong. and Day
Energy Research & Social Science.
2017 Journal DOI
Buildings-to-grid integration framework
AF Taha, N Gatsis, B Dong, A Pipri, Z Li
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 10 (2), 1237-1249
2017 Journal DOI
A new modeling approach for short-term prediction of occupancy in residential buildings
Z Li, B Dong
Building and Environment 121, 277-290
2017 Journal DOI
A survey on energy consumption and energy usage behavior of households and residential building in urban China
B Hu, S., Yan, D., Guo, S., Cui, Y., B Dong
Energy and Buildings
2017 Journal DOI
IEA EBC Annex 66: Definition and simulation of occupant behavior in buildings
D Yan, T Hong, B Dong, A Mahdavi, S D’Oca, I Gaetani, X Feng
Energy and Buildings 156, 258-270
2017 Journal DOI
IEA ANNEX 60 ACTIVITY 2.3: MODEL USE DURING OPERATION, APPROACH AND CASE STUDIES
Raymond Sterling, Alberto Giretti, Marco Bonvini, Zheng O’Neill, Michael Wetter, Mats Vande Cavey, Andrea Costa, Gesa Boehme, Wangda Zuo, Ralf Klein, B Dong, Marcus M Keane
Proceedings of the 3rd IBPSA-England Conference
2016 Conference DOI
A Probabilistic Framework To Diagnose Faults in Air Handling Units.
D Dey, B Dong, Z L
2016 Conference DOI
LiDAR-based solar mapping for distributed solar plant design and grid integration in San Antonio, Texas
T Le, D Kholdi, H Xie, B Dong, R Vega
Remote Sensing 8 (3), 247
2016 Journal DOI
A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO DIAGNOSE FAULTS OF AIR HANDLING UNITS IN BUILDINGS
D Dey, B Dong
Energy and Buildings 130
2016 Journal DOI
A hierarchical approach using machine learning methods in solar photovoltaic energy production forecasting
Z Li, SM Rahman, R Vega, B Dong
Energies 9 (1), 55
2016 Journal DOI
A hybrid model approach for forecasting future residential electricity consumption
B Dong
, Z Li, SMM Rahman, R Vega
Energy and Buildings 117, 341-351
2016 Journal DOI
Occupancy behavior based model predictive control for building indoor climate—A critical review
A Mirakhorli, B Dong
Energy and Buildings 129
2016 Journal DOI
A New Approach for Forecasting Residential Energy Consumption
B Dong
, Zhaoxuan Li
IBPSA 2015
2015 Conference DOI
A Probabilistic Method to Diagnose Air Handling Unit (AHU) Faults
B Dong
, Dey Debashis
IBPSA 2015
2015 Conference DOI
Machine Learning Approach Applied in Electricity Load Forecasting: Within Residential Houses Context
RV S M Mahbobur Rahman, B Dong
ASHRAE Annual Conference
2015 Conference DOI
A Hybrid Model for Electrical Load Forecasting- a New Approach Integrating Data-Mining with Physics-Based Models
RV, Zhaoxuan Li, B Dong
ASHRAE Annual Conference
2015 Conference DOI
An investigation on energy-related occupancy behavior for low-income residential buildings
B Dong,
Z Li, G Mcfadden
Science and Technology for the Built Environment 21 (6), 892-901
2015 Journal DOI
Comparisons of Inverse Modeling Approaches for Predicting Building Energy Performance
GA, Yuna Zhang, Zheng O’Neill, B Dong
Building and Environment
2015 Journal DOI
Development and calibration of an online energy model for campus buildings
B Dong, Z O’Neill, D Luo, T Bailey
Energy and Buildings 76, 316-327
2014 Journal DOI
The Impact of Occupancy Behavior On Energy Consumption in Low Income Residential Buildings
YD, B Dong
High Performance Building Conference
2014 Conference DOI
The contribution of occupancy behavior to energy consumption in low income residential buildings
Y Duan, B Dong
2014 Conference DOI
The Impact of Occupancy Behavior On Energy Consumption in Low Income Residential Buildings
B Dong
, Gaelen Macffad
ASHRAE/SImBuild 2014
2014 Conference DOI
IEA EBC Annex 66
D Yan, T Hong
2014 Report DOI
A BIM-enabled information infrastructure for building energy Fault Detection and Diagnostics
B Dong,
Z O'Neill, Z Li
Automation in Construction 44, 197-211
2014 Journal DOI
A real-time model predictive control for building heating and cooling systems based on the occupancy behavior pattern detection and local weather forecasting
B Dong,
KP Lam
Building Simulation 7 (1), 89-106
2014 Journal DOI
Diffractive imaging analysis of large-aperture segmented telescope based on partial Fourier transform
B Dong
, S Qin, X Hu
International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: Laser Sensing and Imaging and Aplication
2013 Conference DOI
Scalable deployment of advanced building energy management systems
V Adetola, S Ahuja, T Bailey, B Dong, T Khawaja, D Luo, Z O Neill, ...
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER EAST HARTFORD CT
2013 Report DOI
Development and calibration of a reduced-order energy performance model for a mixed-use building
B Dong
, Z O'Neill, D Luo, B Trevor
Proceedings of Building Simulation
2013 Journal DOI
Advanced building energy management system demonstration for Department of Defense buildings
Z O'Neill, T Bailey, B Dong, M Shashanka, D Luo
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1295 (1), 44-53
2013 Journal DOI
Development of web-based information technology infrastructures and regulatory repositories for green building codes in China (iCodes)
KP Lam, R Zhang, H Wang, B Dong, R Zhang
Building Simulation 6 (2), 195-205
2013 Journal DOI
Integrated energy performance modeling for a retail store building
B Dong
, M Gorbounov, S Yuan, T Wu, A Srivastav, T Bailey, Z O’Neill
Building simulation 6 (3), 283-295
2013 Journal DOI
Baseline building energy modeling and localized uncertainty quantification using Gaussian mixture models
A Srivastav, A Tewari, B Dong
Energy and Buildings 65, 438-447
2013 Journal DOI
Improved phase retrieval algorithm for optical imaging systems
S Qin, X Hu, B Dong, H Zhao, H Du, H Yu
International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: Laser Sensing and Imaging and Applications
2013 Conference DOI
The simulation of turbulence effect based on the technology of optical wavefront control
H Zhao, J Fei, H Du, H Yu, J Du, X Hu, B Dong
International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2013: Infrared Imaging and Applications
2013 Conference DOI
Gaussian mixture regression for building energy modeling and verification
A Srivastav, A Tewari, B Dong
ASHRAE Transactions 119 (2)
2013 Journal DOI
ESTCP Project EW-201015
Veronica Adetola, Sunil Ahuja, Trevor Bailey, B Dong, Taimoor Khawaja, Dong Luo, Zheng O’Neill, Madhusudana Shashanka
2013 Report DOI
AN INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR REAL-TIME BUILDING ENERGY MODELING AND FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTICS
B Dong
, TB Z. O’Neil, Z.W. Li, D. Luo, M. Shashanka, S. Ahuja
SimBuild 2012
2012 Journal DOI
Information-theoretic environment features selection for occupancy detection in open office spaces
R Zhang, KP Lam, YS Chiou, B Dong
Building Simulation 5 (2), 179-188
2012 Journal DOI
Stochastic parallel gradient descent based adaptive optics used for a high contrast imaging coronagraph
B Dong
, DQ Ren, X Zhang
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 (8), 997
2011 Journal DOI
Integrated building control based on occupant behavior pattern detection and local weather forecasting
B Dong
, KP Lam, C Neuman
Twelfth International IBPSA Conference. Sydney: IBPSA Australia, 14-17
2011 Journal DOI
Building energy and comfort management through occupant behaviour pattern detection based on a large-scale environmental sensor network
B Dong, KP Lam
Journal of Building Performance Simulation 4 (4), 359-369
2011 Journal DOI
Temporal maximum margin Markov network
X Jiang, B Dong, L Sweeney
Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases 
2010 Conference DOI
Application of system identification and numerical optimization to a floor radiant heating control in a Solar House
Y Yu, B Dong, D Yu, O Karaguzel
Proceedings of CLIMA 2010
2010 Journal DOI
Non-linear optimal controller design for building HVAC systems
B Dong
2010 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, 210-215
2010 Conference DOI
Adaptive Gaussian Process for Short-Term Wind Speed Forecasting.
X Jiang, B Dong, L Xie, L Sweeney
ECAI, 661-666
2010 Conference DOI
Integrated building heating, cooling and ventilation control
B Dong
2010 Thesis DOI
An information technology enabled sustainability test-bed (ITEST) for occupancy detection through an environmental sensing network
B Dong,
B Andrews, KP Lam, M Höynck, R Zhang, YS Chiou, D Benitez
Energy and Buildings 42(7), 10381046
2010 Journal DOI
From Sensor Network To Social Network–A Study On The Energy Impact In Buildings
X Jiang, B Dong, L Sweeney
NIPS Workshop on Analyzing Networks and Learning with Graphs, 2009
2010 Article DOI
Simulation-based Hybrid Ventilation System Design and Evaluation
B Dong, Y Yu, Y Hu
2010 Conference DOI
Information-theoretic environmental features selection for occupancy detection in open offices
KP Lam, M Hoynck, R Zhang, B Andrews, YS Chiou, B Dong, D Benitez
Eleventh International IBPSA Conference, 27-30
2009 Journal DOI
Sensor-based occupancy behavioral pattern recognition for energy and comfort management in intelligent buildings
B Dong,
B Andrews
Proceedings of building simulation, 1444-1451
2009 Journal DOI
Occupancy detection through an extensive environmental sensor network in an open-plan office building
KP Lam, M Höynck, B Dong, B Andrews, YS Chiou, R Zhang, D Benitez, J Choi
IBPSA Building Simulation 145, 1452-1459
2009 Journal DOI
SHORT-TERM WIND FORCASTING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MIX-MODE OPERATED BUILDINGS
B Dong
, X Jiang
Proceedings of 2011 IBPSA conference
2009 Conference DOI
An applied artificial intelligence approach towards assessing building performance simulation tools
A Yezioro, B Dong, F Leite
Energy and Buildings 40 (4), 612-620
2008 Journal DOI
A comparative study of the IFC and gbXML informational infrastructures for data exchange in computational design support environments
B Dong, K Lam, Y Huang, G Dobbs
Tenth International IBPSA Conference
2007 Journal DOI
Applying support vector machines to predict building energy consumption in tropical region
B Dong,
C Cao, SE Lee
Energy and Buildings 37(5), 545553
2005 Journal DOI
A holistic utility bill analysis method for baselining whole commercial building energy consumption in Singapore
B Dong
, SE Lee, MH Sapar
Energy and buildings 37 (2), 167-174
2005 Journal DOI
Baseline model development for commercial buildings in the tropics
B Dong
2005 Thesis DOI
An overview of utility bills analysis methods for predicting building energy consumption in the tropical region
B Dong
, SE Lee, MH Sapar
World Sustainable Building Conference, 27-29
2005 Conference DOI
Applying Neural Networks to Model Monthly Energy Consumption of Commercial Buildings in Singapore (ICCAS2004)
B Dong
, SE Lee, MH Sapar, HS Sun
제어로봇시스템학회: 학술대회논문집, 1330-1333
2004 Journal DOI
Evaluating utility bill analysis method for baselining whole building energy consumption in Singapore
B Dong

Proceedings of International conference on energy efficiency buildings
2004 Conference DOI
IEA EBC Annex 66: Definition and Simulation of Building Occupant Behavior
D Yan, T Hong, B Dong, A Mahdavi, S D’Oca, I Gaetani, X Feng
Energy and Buildings
2017 Journal DOI