William O’Brien
Impact in
- Building and Construction top 0.02%
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Speech and Hearing top 0.1%
- Noise Effects and Management
Papers in
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- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization 149
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment 31
- BIM and Construction Integration 13
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- Wind and Air Flow Studies 32
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation 26
- Co-authors
- Burak Gunay (66 shared papers)Ian Beausoleil-Morrison (18 shared papers)Sara Gilani (16 shared papers)Salvatore Carlucci (7 shared papers)Farhang Tahmasebi (8 shared papers)Tianzhen Hong (6 shared papers)Ardeshir Mahdavi (4 shared papers)Brent Huchuk (11 shared papers)
- Journals
- Building and Environment (37 papers)Energy and Buildings (28 papers)Science and Technology for the Built Environment (19 papers)Journal of Building Performance Simulation (15 papers)Building Research & Information (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- CanadaUnited StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
William O’Brien
203 papers receiving 6.6k citations
William O’Brien's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 139
- Building and Construction 5.5k
- Speech and Hearing 994
- Environmental Engineering 2.1k
- Social Psychology 1.5k
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 865
Countries citing papers authored by William O’Brien
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Fields of papers citing papers by William O’Brien
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside William O’Brien, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occupant behavior modeling for building performance simulation: Current state and future challenges Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 738 |
| 2 | Assessing gaps and needs for integrating building performance optimization tools in net zero energy buildings design Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 373 |
| 3 | Introducing IEA EBC annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric building design and operation Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 253 |
| 4 | 2014 | 235 | |
| 5 | 2013 | 233 | |
| 6 | 2012 | 219 | |
| 7 | 2019 | 214 | |
| 8 | 2016 | 157 | |
| 9 | 2019 | 133 | |
| 10 | 2020 | 131 | |
| 11 | 2020 | 128 | |
| 12 | 2019 | 124 | |
| 13 | 2017 | 117 | |
| 14 | 2020 | 109 | |
| 15 | 2020 | 100 | |
| 16 | 2015 | 99 | |
| 17 | 2023 | 97 | |
| 18 | 2019 | 93 | |
| 19 | 2017 | 92 | |
| 20 | 2016 | 76 |
About William O’Brien
William O’Brien is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering, Social Psychology, Speech and Hearing and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 213 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (149 papers), Facilities and Workplace Management (55 papers), Noise Effects and Management (32 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (32 papers), Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (31 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (26 papers), Energy Efficiency and Management (21 papers) and BIM and Construction Integration (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Building and Construction (5.5k citations), Speech and Hearing (994 citations), Environmental Engineering (2.1k citations), Social Psychology (1.5k citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (865 citations). William O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Burak Gunay, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Sara Gilani, Salvatore Carlucci, Farhang Tahmasebi, Tianzhen Hong, Ardeshir Mahdavi, Brent Huchuk, Da Yan and Zixiao Shi. Their work appears in journals such as Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, Journal of Building Performance Simulation and Building Research & Information.
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