William O'Brien

Overview

Best Publications

• Occupant behavior modeling for building performance simulation: Current state and future challenges:

  Da Yan;William O’Brien;Tianzhen Hong;Xiaohang Feng

  1019
  Citations

• Assessing gaps and needs for integrating building performance optimization tools in net zero energy buildings design

  Shady Galal Mohamed Attia;Mohamed Hamdy;William O'Brien;Salvatore Carlucci

  551
  Citations

• The contextual factors contributing to occupants' adaptive comfort behaviors in offices – A review and proposed modeling framework

  William O'Brien;H. Burak Gunay

  342
  Citations

• A critical review of observation studies, modeling, and simulation of adaptive occupant behaviors in offices

  H. Burak Gunay;William O'Brien;Ian Beausoleil-Morrison

  341
  Citations

• Manually-operated window shade patterns in office buildings: A critical review

  William O'Brien;Konstantinos Kapsis;Andreas K. Athienitis

  309
  Citations

• Introducing IEA EBC annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric building design and operation

  William O'Brien;Andreas Wagner;Marcel Schweiker;Marcel Schweiker;Ardeshir Mahdavi

  282
  Citations

• A critical review of field implementations of occupant-centric building controls

  June Young Park;Mohamed M. Ouf;Burak Gunay;Yuzhen Peng

  248
  Citations

• Development and implementation of an adaptive lighting and blinds control algorithm

  H. Burak Gunay;William O'Brien;Ian Beausoleil-Morrison;Sara Gilani

  205
  Citations

• Modelling, Design, and Optimization of Net-Zero Energy Buildings

  Andreas Athienitis;William O'Brien

  169
  Citations

• A review of factors affecting occupant comfort in multi-unit residential buildings

  Maedot S. Andargie;Marianne Touchie;William O'Brien

  158
  Citations

• Does telecommuting save energy? A critical review of quantitative studies and their research methods

  William O'Brien;Fereshteh Yazdani Aliabadi

  150
  Citations

• Implementation and comparison of existing occupant behaviour models in EnergyPlus

  H. Burak Gunay;William O'Brien;Ian Beausoleil-Morrison

  150
  Citations

• A review of select human-building interfaces and their relationship to human behavior, energy use and occupant comfort

  Julia K. Day;Claire McIlvennie;Connor Brackley;Mariantonietta Tarantini

  150
  Citations

• On occupant-centric building performance metrics

  William Thomas O'Brien;Isabella Gaetani;Salvatore Carlucci;Pieter-Jan Hoes

  133
  Citations

• Development and implementation of automated fault detection and diagnostics for building systems: A review

  Zixiao Shi;William O'Brien

  130
  Citations

• An international review of occupant-related aspects of building energy codes and standards

  William O'Brien;Farhang Tahmasebi;Rune Korsholm Andersen;Elie Azar

  121
  Citations

• Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: a critical review of tools, methods, and applications

  Elie Azar;William O'Brien;Salvatore Carlucci;Salvatore Carlucci;Tianzhen Hong

  117
  Citations

• A preliminary study of representing the inter-occupant diversity in occupant modelling

  William O’Brien;H. Burak Gunay;Farhang Tahmasebi;Ardeshir Mahdavi

  113
  Citations

• A Global Building Occupant Behavior Database

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  108
  Citations

• On adaptive occupant-learning window blind and lighting controls

  H. Burak Gunay;William O'Brien;Ian Beausoleil-Morrison;Brent Huchuk

  99
  Citations

• Modeling plug-in equipment load patterns in private office spaces

  H. Burak Gunay;William O’Brien;Ian Beausoleil-Morrison;Sara Gilani

  98
  Citations

• Comparison of machine learning models for occupancy prediction in residential buildings using connected thermostat data

  Brent Huchuk;Scott Sanner;William O'Brien

  91
  Citations

• Oh behave! Survey stories and lessons learned from building occupants in high-performance buildings

  Julia K. Day;William O'Brien

  88
  Citations