Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed research on building performance, daylighting, intelligent systems, and computational methods.

7 publications · 5 journal articles

2026

2025

Energy-exergy performance and indoor comfort of a radiant ceiling cooling system with air-to-air sensible heat exchanger in hot and humid climate

Journal article Building and Environment 2025

An energy, exergy, and thermal-comfort evaluation of a radiant ceiling cooling system integrated with an air-to-air sensible heat exchanger.

Citation: Wen, S., You, R., & Chen, Q. (2026). Energy-exergy performance and indoor comfort of a radiant ceiling cooling system with air-to-air sensible heat exchanger in hot and humid climate. Building and Environment, 290, 114128.

Energy performance and life-cycle analyses of advanced terminal devices and heat pumps for a medium-sized office building in different climate zones in China

Journal article Energy and Buildings 2025

A multi-climate evaluation of advanced HVAC terminal devices and heat-pump systems using energy and life-cycle analysis.

Citation: Wen, S., Shen, B., Yao, Y., & Chen, Q. (2025). Energy performance and life-cycle analyses of advanced terminal devices and heat pumps for a medium-sized office building in different climate zones in China. Energy and Buildings, 342, 115835.

Implementing building retrofitting strategies to halve campus office building carbon emissions by 2035: A case study in Hong Kong with techno-economic analysis

Journal article Energy and Buildings 2025

A techno-economic assessment of retrofit strategies for halving operational carbon emissions in an existing Hong Kong campus office building.

Citation: Wen, S., You, R., & Chen, Q. (2025). Implementing building retrofitting strategies to halve campus office building carbon emissions by 2035: A case study in Hong Kong with techno-economic analysis. Energy and Buildings, 338, 115705.

2024

2023

A genetic-algorithm-based framework for assessing the performance of shading strategies

Conference paper Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA 2023

A conference study presenting a multi-objective framework for comparing shading strategies using glare and daylight satisfaction indicators.

Citation: Wen, S., Hu, X., Hua, G., Xue, P., & Lai, D. (2023). A genetic-algorithm-based framework for assessing the performance of shading strategies. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023, 1354–1361.

2022

Comparing the performance of four shading strategies based on a multi-objective genetic algorithm: A case study in a university library

Journal article Journal of Building Engineering 2022

A multi-objective genetic-algorithm study comparing four shading strategies for glare control and daylight performance in a university library.

Citation: Wen, S., Hu, X., Hua, G., Xue, P., & Lai, D. (2023). Comparing the performance of four shading strategies based on a multi-objective genetic algorithm: A case study in a university library. Journal of Building Engineering, 63, 105532.