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Category Archives: 2021

Electrification of the Building Heating Sector

  2021

Zhang, K. M., and González, J. E. “Electrification of the Building Heating Sector.” Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities, 2(3): 030301, 2021

Uncertainty investigation of plume-chasing method for measuring on-road NOx emission factors of heavy-duty diesel vehicles

  2021

Zheming Tong, Yue Li, Qijie Lin, Hui Wang, Shaojun Zhang, Ye Wu, K. Max Zhang, Uncertainty investigation of plume-chasing method for measuring on-road NOx emission factors of heavy-duty diesel vehicles, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 127372,

Generalized Reinforcement Learning for Building Control using Behavioral Cloning

  2021

Lee, Z. E. and Zhang, K. M. Generalized Reinforcement Learning for Building Control using Behavioral Cloning. Applied Energy, 304: 117602, 2021

Strategic Land Use Analysis for Solar Energy Development in New York State

  2021

Katkar, V. V., Sward, J. A., Worsley, A. and Zhang, K. M. Strategic land use analysis for solar energy development in New York State. Renewable Energy, 173: 861-875, 2021

A Data-Driven Electric Water Heater Scheduling and Control System

  2021

Shen, G., Lee, Z. E., Amadeh, A. and Zhang, K. M. A data-driven electric water heater scheduling and control system, Buildings and Energy, 242: 110924, 2021

Integrating social considerations in multicriteria decision analysis for utility-scale solar photovoltaic siting

  2021

Sward, J. A., Nilson, R. S., Katkar, V. V., Stedman, R. C., Kay, D. L., Ifft, J. E. and Zhang, K. M., Integrating social considerations in multicriteria decision analysis for utility-scale solar photovoltaic siting, Applied Energy, 288: 116543, 2021

Scalable identification and control of residential heat pumps: A minimal hardware approach

  2021

Lee, Z. E. and Zhang, K. M. Scalable identification and control of residential heat pumps: A minimal hardware approach. Applied Energy, 286: 116544, 2021

Heat purchase agreements could lower barriers to heat pump adoption

  2021

Kircher, K. J. and Zhang, K. M. Heat purchase agreements could lower barriers to heat pump adoption, Applied Energy, 286: 116489, 2021

Designing Roadside Green Infrastructure to Mitigate Traffic-Related Pollution Using Machine Learning

  2021

Hashad, K., Gu, J., Yang, B., Rong, M., Chen, E., Ma, X. and Zhang, K. M. Designing Roadside Green Infrastructure to Mitigate Traffic-Related Pollution Using Machine Learning, Science of the Total Environment, 773: 144760, 2021

Enhancing the evaluation and interpretability of data-driven air quality models

  2021

Gu, J., Yang, B., Brauer, M. and Zhang, K. M. Enhancing the evaluation and interpretability of data-driven air quality models.  Atmospheric Environment, 246: 118125, 2021

Thermodynamic and Economic Analysis of a Novel Solar-Assisted Ground Source Absorption Heat Pump System

  2021

Sun, Q., Lee, Z. E., Li, Z., Zhang, K. M., Yang P., Wang, J. Thermodynamic and Economic Analysis of a Novel Solar-Assisted Ground Source Absorption Heat Pump System, Journal of Energy Engineering, 142(2): 04021004, 2021

Novel designs of hybrid thermal energy storage system and operation strategies for concentrated solar power plant

  2021

Ma, Z., Li, M-J., Zhang, K. M. and Yuan, F. Novel designs of hybrid thermal energy storage system and operation strategies for concentrated solar power plant, Energy, 119281

A computationally efficient, high-fidelity testbed for building climate control

  2021

Kircher, K. J., Schaefer, W. and Zhang, K. M. A computationally efficient, high-fidelity testbed for building climate control, Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities, 2:011002-1, 2021

Effects of partly-filled encapsulated phase change material on the performance enhancement of solar thermochemical reactor

  2021

Ma, Z., Li, M-J., He, Y-L. and Zhang, K. M. Effects of partly-filled encapsulated phase change material on the performance enhancement of solar thermochemical reactor. Journal of Cleaner Production, 279: 123169, 2021

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