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2025 | Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Beyond CFD: explainable machine learning for efficient assessment of urban morphology impacts on pedestrian level wind and thermal environment

Authors:

Xue Cui, Yu Li, Pengyuan Shen

Beyond CFD: explainable machine learning for efficient assessment of urban morphology impacts on pedestrian level wind and thermal environment
2025 | Energy and Buildings

Spatiotemporal mapping of urban air temperature and UHI under TMY condition: A reference station based machine learning approach

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen

Spatiotemporal mapping of urban air temperature and UHI under TMY condition: A reference station based machine learning approach
2025 | Building Simulation

Building and urban simulation under future climate: A novel statistical downscaling method for future hourly weather data generation

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen

Building and urban simulation under future climate: A novel statistical downscaling method for future hourly weather data generation
2025 | Building and Environment

Two-way coupled numerical simulation between outdoor thermal environment and PM2. 5 in urban blocks

Authors:

Meilin Wang, Hang Ma, Xing Zheng, Chun Han, Pengyuan Shen

Two-way coupled numerical simulation between outdoor thermal environment and PM2. 5 in urban blocks
2025 | Nexus

Climate Adaptability of Building Passive Strategies to Changing Future Urban Climate: A Review

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Yu Li, Xiaoni Gao, Shuxing Chen, Xue Cui, Yi Zhang, Xing Zheng, Haida Tang, Meilin Wang

Climate Adaptability of Building Passive Strategies to Changing Future Urban Climate: A Review
2025 | Energy and Buildings

Combined impact of climate change and heat island on building energy use in three megacities in China

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Yuchen Ji, Yu Li, Meilin Wang, Xue Cui, Huan Tong

Combined impact of climate change and heat island on building energy use in three megacities in China
2025 | Building Simulation

On the two-way interactions of urban thermal environment and air pollution: A review of synergies for identifying climate-resilient mitigation strategies

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Meilin Wang, Hang Ma, Nan Ma

On the two-way interactions of urban thermal environment and air pollution: A review of synergies for identifying climate-resilient mitigation strategies
2025 | Energy

A comparative study of radiant floor heating strategies for passive house in severely cold regions: A case study of Harbin

Authors:

Xiaoni Gao, Yuchen Ji, Pengyuan Shen

A comparative study of radiant floor heating strategies for passive house in severely cold regions: A case study of Harbin
2025 | Building and Environment

Combined effects of the visual-thermal environment on restorative benefits in hot outdoor public spaces: A case study in Shenzhen, China

Authors:

DONG Wen, DAI Donghui, LIU Mei, WANG Yaowu, LI Shuang, SHEN Pengyuan

Combined effects of the visual-thermal environment on restorative benefits in hot outdoor public spaces: A case study in Shenzhen, China
2025 | Energy and Buildings

A novel sun-shading design for indoor visual comfort and energy saving in typical office space in Shenzhen

Authors:

Yiqian Zheng, Jinxuan Wu, Hao Zhang, Caifang Lin, Yu Li, Xue Cui, Pengyuan Shen

A novel sun-shading design for indoor visual comfort and energy saving in typical office space in Shenzhen
2025 | Applied Energy

Performance of district energy system under changing climate: A case study of Shenzhen

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Yuchen Ji, Menglei Zhong

Performance of district energy system under changing climate: A case study of Shenzhen
2025 | Applied Energy

Recent progress in building energy retrofit analysis under changing future climate: A review

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Yu Li, Xiaoni Gao, Yiqian Zheng, Peiying Huang, Ang Lu, Wei Gu, Shuxing Chen

Recent progress in building energy retrofit analysis under changing future climate: A review
2025 | iScience

Perspective and analysis of ammonia-based distributed energy system (DES) for achieving low carbon community in China

Authors:

Hui Du, Pengyuan Shen, Wai Siong Chai, Dongxue Nie, Chengcheng Shan, Lei Zhou

Perspective and analysis of ammonia-based distributed energy system (DES) for achieving low carbon community in China
2024 | Building and Environment

A data-driven model on human thermophysiological and psychological responses under dynamic solar radiation

Authors:

Yuchen Ji, Jusheng Song, Pengyuan Shen

A data-driven model on human thermophysiological and psychological responses under dynamic solar radiation
2024 | Indoor and Built Environment

An occupant-centric approach for spatio-temporal visual comfort assessment and optimization in daylit sports spaces

Authors:

Yu Li, Lingling Li, Pengyuan Shen, Chao Yuan

An occupant-centric approach for spatio-temporal visual comfort assessment and optimization in daylit sports spaces
2024 | Land

How Public Urban Space Enhance Restoration Benefits Through Combined Multisensory Effects: A Systematic Review

Authors:

Wen Dong, Donghui Dai, Pengyuan Shen, Rui Zhang, Mei Liu

How Public Urban Space Enhance Restoration Benefits Through Combined Multisensory Effects: A Systematic Review
2024 | Journal of Building Engineering

Coupled building simulation and CFD for real-time window and HVAC control in sports space

Authors:

Yu Li, Lingling Li, Xue Cui, Pengyuan Shen

Coupled building simulation and CFD for real-time window and HVAC control in sports space
2024 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Archetype building energy modeling approaches and applications: A review

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Huilong Wang

Archetype building energy modeling approaches and applications: A review
2024 | Journal of Building Engineering

Building retrofit optimization considering future climate and decision-making under various mindsets

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen

 Building retrofit optimization considering future climate and decision-making under various mindsets
2023 | Energy and Buildings

Hourly air temperature projection in future urban area by coupling climate change and urban heat island effect

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Meilin Wang, Junhuan Liu, Yuchen Ji

Hourly air temperature projection in future urban area by coupling climate change and urban heat island effect
2023 | Building and Environment

Probability-based visual comfort assessment and optimization in national fitness halls under sports behavior uncertainty

Authors:

Yu Li, Lingling Li, Pengyuan Shen

Probability-based visual comfort assessment and optimization in national fitness halls under sports behavior uncertainty
2022 | Buildings

Investigation of Indoor Asymmetric Thermal Radiation in Tibet Plateau: Case Study of a Typical Office Building

Authors:

Meilin Wang, Pengyuan Shen

Investigation of Indoor Asymmetric Thermal Radiation in Tibet Plateau: Case Study of a Typical Office Building
2022 | Building and Environment

A review of studies and modelling of solar radiation on human thermal comfort in outdoor environment

Authors:

Yuchen Ji, Jusheng Song, Pengyuan Shen

A review of studies and modelling of solar radiation on human thermal comfort in outdoor environment
2022 | Energy Reports

Analysis of DC distribution efficiency based on metered data in a typical Hong Kong office building

Authors:

Qingye Yu, Sinan Li, Pengyuan Shen, Yuchen Ji, Kwok-shing Wong, Yiting Zhang

Analysis of DC distribution efficiency based on metered data in a typical Hong Kong office building
2022 | Building and Environment

Climate adaptive optimization of green roofs and natural night ventilation for lifespan energy performance improvement in office buildings

Authors:

Dachuan Shi, Yafeng Gao, Peng Zeng, Baizhan Li, Pengyuan Shen, Chaoqun Zhuang

Climate adaptive optimization of green roofs and natural night ventilation for lifespan energy performance improvement in office buildings
2022 | Buildings

Energy saving and thermal comfort performance of passive retrofitting measures for traditional rammed earth house in Lingnan, China

Authors:

Shihao Li, Meilin Wang, Pengyuan Shen, Xue Cui, Linqian Bu, Ruji Wei, Longzhu Zhang, Chengjia Wu

Energy saving and thermal comfort performance of passive retrofitting measures for traditional rammed earth house in Lingnan, China
2021 | Sustainable Cities and Society

Fast generation of microclimate weather data for building simulation under heat island using map capturing and clustering technique

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Junhuan Liu, Meilin Wang

Fast generation of microclimate weather data for building simulation under heat island using map capturing and clustering technique
2021 | Sustainable Cities and Society

Exploring potential for residential energy saving in New York using developed lightweight prototypical building models based on survey data in the past decades

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Zheng Wang, Ying Ji

Exploring potential for residential energy saving in New York using developed lightweight prototypical building models based on survey data in the past decades
2020 | Journal of Cleaner Production

How neighborhood form influences building energy use in winter design condition: Case study of Chicago using CFD coupled simulation

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Zheng Wang

How neighborhood form influences building energy use in winter design condition: Case study of Chicago using CFD coupled simulation
2020 | Energy

Projecting Texas energy use for residential sector under future climate and urbanization scenarios: A bottom-up method based on twenty-year regional energy use data

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Biao Yang

Projecting Texas energy use for residential sector under future climate and urbanization scenarios: A bottom-up method based on twenty-year regional energy use data
2019 | Energy

Building heating and cooling load under different neighbourhood forms: Assessing the effect of external convective heat transfer

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Mingkun Dai, Peng Xu, Wei Dong

Building heating and cooling load under different neighbourhood forms: Assessing the effect of external convective heat transfer
2019 | Journal of Building Engineering

Rapid multi-objective optimization with multi-year future weather condition and decision-making support for building retrofit

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, William Braham, Yunkyu Yi, Eric Eaton

 Rapid multi-objective optimization with multi-year future weather condition and decision-making support for building retrofit
2019 | Applied Energy

The feasibility and importance of considering climate change impacts in building retrofit analysis

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, William Braham, Yunkyu Yi

The feasibility and importance of considering climate change impacts in building retrofit analysis
2018 | Applied Energy

Development of a lightweight building simulation tool using simplified zone thermal coupling for fast parametric study

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, William Braham, Yunkyu Yi

 Development of a lightweight building simulation tool using simplified zone thermal coupling for fast parametric study
2017 | Energy and Buildings

Impacts of climate change on US building energy use by using downscaled hourly future weather data

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen

Impacts of climate change on US building energy use by using downscaled hourly future weather data
2016 | Energy

Vulnerability to climate change impacts of present renewable energy systems designed for achieving net-zero energy buildings

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Noam Lior

Vulnerability to climate change impacts of present renewable energy systems designed for achieving net-zero energy buildings
2015 | Energy Conversion and Management

Impact of global warming on performance of ground source heat pumps in US climate zones

Authors:

Pengyuan Shen, Jennifer R Lukes

Impact of global warming on performance of ground source heat pumps in US climate zones
2013 | Energy Policy

Energy and behavioral impacts of integrative retrofits for residential buildings: What is at stake for building energy policy reforms in northern China?

Authors:

Peng Xu, Tengfang Xu, Pengyuan Shen

Energy and behavioral impacts of integrative retrofits for residential buildings: What is at stake for building energy policy reforms in northern China?
2013 | Energy Policy

Commercial building energy use in six cities in Southern China

Authors:

Peng Xu, Joe Huang, Pengyuan Shen, Xiaowen Ma, Xuefei Gao, Qiaolin Xu, Han Jiang, Yong Xiang

Commercial building energy use in six cities in Southern China
2012 | Applied thermal engineering

Advancing evaporative rooftop packaged air conditioning: A new design and performance model development

Authors:

Peng Xu, Tengfang Xu, Pengyuan Shen

Advancing evaporative rooftop packaged air conditioning: A new design and performance model development
2012 | Energy and Buildings

Case study: Energy savings from solar window film in two commercial buildings in Shanghai

Authors:

Rongxin Yin, Peng Xu, Pengyuan Shen

Case study: Energy savings from solar window film in two commercial buildings in Shanghai
2012 | Energy

Impacts of climate change on building heating and cooling energy patterns in California

Authors:

Peng Xu, Yu Joe Huang, Norman Miller, Nicole Schlegel, Pengyuan Shen

Impacts of climate change on building heating and cooling energy patterns in California

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