Peer-Reviewed Journals

• AutoBEE: A hierarchical multi-agent approach for energy and environmental parameter analysis Q1, IF=7.1
  Y. Quan, T. Xiao, J. Gu, P. Xu
  Energy and Buildings, 2025
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• Review of optimization control methods for HVAC systems in Demand Response (DR)... Q1, IF=7.1
  R. Jin, P. Xu, J. Gu, T. Xiao, C. Li, H. Wang
  Building and Environment, 2025
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• Exploring automated energy optimization with unstructured building data: A multi-agent based framework leveraging large language models Q1, IF=6.6
  T. Xiao, P. Xu
  Energy and Buildings, 2024
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• A rule-based data preprocessing framework for chiller rooms inspired by the analysis of engineering big data Q1, IF=6.7
  R. He, T. Xiao, S. Qiu, J. Gu, M. Wei, P. Xu
  Energy and Buildings, 2022
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• Automatic fault diagnosis algorithm for hot water pipes based on infrared thermal images Q1, IF=7.4
  H. Guan, T. Xiao, W. Luo, J. Gu, R. He, P. Xu
  Building and Environment, 2022
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• BIM-based automated design for HVAC system of office buildings—An experimental study Q1, IF=5.5
  H. Wang, P. Xu, H. Sha, J. Gu, T. Xiao, Y. Yang, D. Zhang
  Building Simulation, 2022
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• An interpretable method for identifying mislabeled commercial building based on temporal feature extraction and ensemble classifier Q1, IF=11.7
  T. Xiao, P. Xu, R. Ding, Z. Chen
  Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022
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• Status quo and opportunities for building energy prediction in limited data Context—Overview from a competition Q1, IF=11.2
  T. Xiao, P. Xu, R. He, H. Sha
  Applied Energy, 2022
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• A novel short-term load forecasting framework based on time-series clustering and early classification algorithm Q1, IF=6.7
  Z. Chen, Y. Chen, T. Xiao, H. Wang, P. Hou
  Energy and Buildings, 2021
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• Review and comparison of HVAC operation guidelines in different countries during the COVID-19 pandemic Q1, IF=7.4
  M. Guo, P. Xu, T. Xiao, R. He, M. Dai, S.L. Miller
  Building and Environment, 2021
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Conferences

• Automatic Design for Subway Station HVAC System Control Flow Chart Based on BIM or 2D Drawings
  J. Gu, W. Wang, T. Xiao, P. Xu, R. Jin, Z. Xiong
  Asia Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association 2024 (ASim 2024)
• How does different collected data influence data-driven chiller model – Analysis of collected data distribution using causal discovery method
  T. Xiao, P. Xu, S. Qiu
  The 18th IBPSA International Conference Building Simulation (BS2023) [Oral]
• An indoor temperature shift prediction model during demand response period based on operational data transfer learning
  T. Xiao, P. Xu, H. Sha
  The 21st China HVAC Simulation Conference, 2023 [Oral]

Workshops, Posters and Others

• CoolShift: Lightweight modeling of building cooling demand with causal machine learning
  T. Xiao, P. Xu
  UrbanAI: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Smart Cities (NeurlPS 2025 Workshop)
• Probing data selection risks in data-driven building energy models: An investigation based on causal analysis
  T. Xiao, P. Xu
  The 18th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate (IndoorAir 2024) [Abstract/Oral]
• Deep Fake Synthetic Building —— The potential use of fake data synthesis technology in building area
  P. Xu, T. Xiao, H. Sha
  The 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021) [Abstract]

Patents

• An automatic diagram forming method for air-conditioning water system schematic based on topological hierarchical abstraction
  P. Xu, T. Xiao, Z. Chen, Z. Chen, M. Guo, H. Sha
  CN Patent 111797485B. Issued Apr. 7, 2023
• An automatic obstacle-based graph line exploration algorithm
  P. Xu, T. Xiao, J. Gu, H. Li, Z. Chen, M. Dai
  CN Patent 112241575B. Issued Nov. 11, 2022
• A path optimization algorithm for water systems in air conditioning systems
  P. Xu, R. He, Z. Chen, Y. Chen, T. Xiao, Z. Chen
  CN Patent 112241564B. Issued Sept. 13, 2022