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Wangda Zuo

Pennsylvania State University · US
Area of research
Building and Construction · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Modeling and Simulation Systems, Wind and Air Flow Studies, and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization.
h-index
37
citations
4,450
works
200
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Leveraging online housing data for large-scale building energy modeling
Building and Environment 2025cited by 7position: lastdoi
Evaluating the energy impact potential of energy efficiency measures for retrofit applications: A case study with U.S. medium office buildings
Building Simulation 2021cited by 40position: middledoi
How do electricity pricing programs impact the selection of energy efficiency measures? – A case study with U.S. Medium office buildings
Energy and Buildings 2020cited by 19position: middledoi
A comprehensive review of energy-related data for U.S. commercial buildings
Energy and Buildings 2019cited by 57position: middledoi
A methodology to create prototypical building energy models for existing buildings: A case study on U.S. religious worship buildings
Energy and Buildings 2019cited by 47position: middledoi
An optimization platform based on coupled indoor environment and HVAC simulation and its application in optimal thermostat placement
Energy and Buildings 2019cited by 35position: middledoi
Literature review on modeling and simulation of energy infrastructures from a resilience perspective
Reliability Engineering & System Safety 2018cited by 155position: middledoi
Building energy simulation coupled with CFD for indoor environment: A critical review and recent applications
Energy and Buildings 2018cited by 146position: middledoi
Coupling fast fluid dynamics and multizone airflow models in Modelica Buildings library to simulate the dynamics of HVAC systems
Building and Environment 2017cited by 47position: middledoi
Genetic Algorithm for Building Optimization
2017cited by 44position: middledoi
A Bayesian Network model for predicting cooling load of commercial buildings
Building Simulation 2017cited by 29position: middledoi
A state-space method for real-time transient simulation of indoor airflow
Building and Environment 2017cited by 17position: middledoi
Amelioration of the cooling load based chiller sequencing control
Applied Energy 2016cited by 132position: middledoi
Improved cooling tower control of legacy chiller plants by optimizing the condenser water set point
Building and Environment 2016cited by 86position: middledoi
A systematic evaluation of accelerating indoor airflow simulations using cross-platform parallel computing
Journal of Building Performance Simulation 2016cited by 25position: lastdoi
A Bayesian network model for the optimization of a chiller plant’s condenser water set point
Journal of Building Performance Simulation 2016cited by 16position: middledoi
Coupling indoor airflow, HVAC, control and building envelope heat transfer in the Modelica<i>Buildings</i>library
Journal of Building Performance Simulation 2015cited by 50position: firstdoi
Modelica Buildings Library 2.0
Building Simulation Conference proceedings 2015cited by 45position: middledoi
A New Method for the Optimal Chiller Sequencing Control
Building Simulation Conference proceedings 2015cited by 19position: middledoi
OPTIMIZATION OF THE WATER-COOLED CHILLER PLANT SYSTEM OPERATION
2014cited by 17position: last
Functional mock-up unit for co-simulation import in EnergyPlus
Journal of Building Performance Simulation 2013cited by 127position: lastdoi
Simulating Natural Ventilation in and Around Buildings by Fast Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Heat Transfer Part A Applications 2013cited by 64position: middledoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: CPS: Medium: Honeybee-Inspired Coordination & Control of Distributed Energy Resources for Resilient Electric Grids at the Distribution Level
NSF2433426$401,5892025–2028PIRePORTER
I-Corps: Translation Potential of an Innovative Cooling Software for Efficient Data Centers
NSF2437906$50,0002024–2026PIRePORTER
U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Intelligent Data Harvesting for Multi-Scale Building Stock Classification and Energy Performance Prediction
NSF2217410$470,6132022–2025PIRePORTER
EAGER: Collaborative Research: Modernizing Cities via Smart Garden Alleys with Application in Makassar City
NSF2241361$200,2142022–2025PIRePORTER
U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Intelligent Data Harvesting for Multi-Scale Building Stock Classification and Energy Performance Prediction
NSF2110171$388,6232021–2022PIRePORTER
EAGER: Collaborative Research: Modernizing Cities via Smart Garden Alleys with Application in Makassar City
NSF2025459$209,9982020–2022PIRePORTER
BIGDATA: Collaborative Research: IA: Big Data Analytics for Optimized Planning of Smart, Sustainable, and Connected Communities
NSF1802017$427,4142017–2022PIRePORTER
BIGDATA: Collaborative Research: IA: Big Data Analytics for Optimized Planning of Smart, Sustainable, and Connected Communities
NSF1633338$443,8672016–2018PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Sen Huang · Tongji University7 papers (2014–2017)Wei Tian · Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics7 papers (2015–2019)Michael D. Sohn · California Institute for Regenerative Medicine7 papers (2015–2018)Yunyang Ye · University of Colorado Boulder5 papers (2019–2025)Xu Han · University of Colorado Boulder3 papers (2017–2019)Michael Wetter · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory3 papers (2013–2015)Mingang Jin · Purdue University West Lafayette3 papers (2013–2019)Thomas Alonso Sevilla · University of Miami2 papers (2016–2017)Qingyan Chen · Hebei Medical University2 papers (2013–2015)Gang Wang · Sinopec (China)2 papers (2019–2021)Jian Zhang · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory2 papers (2019–2021)Kathryn Hinkelman · Pennsylvania State University2 papers (2019–2021) · 2 papers (2017–2019)Thierry Stephane Nouidui · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory2 papers (2013–2015)Jianhui Wang · Georgia Institute of Technology1 papers (2018–2018)Wang Gang · Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology1 papers (2020–2020)Dan Li · Japan International Cooperation Agency1 papers (2015–2015)Gang Wang · University of Miami1 papers (2019–2019)Yizhi Yang · University of Colorado Boulder1 papers (2025–2025)Yiqun Pan · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications1 papers (2017–2017)