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Evaluating the Impact of University-Led Experiential Learning on Rural Development and Sustainable Manufacturing in Louisiana Open

Moushumi Ahmed, Fatemeh Ghafari, Zhihong Pang, Chao Wang, C.C. Hayes , et al. · 2025

This paper seeks to establish the impact of university experiential learning programs on small- to medium-sized enterprises while emphasizing the benefit to rural workforce development and sustainable manufacturing practices. Data were col…

Uncovering energy use patterns of public primary and secondary schools through district-wide benchmarking Open

Armin Khazaei, Fatemeh Ghafari, Zhihong Pang, Chao Wang, Michael Hayes · 2025

A Longitudinal Field Study of Sensor-Driven Occupancy-Centric Hvac Controls in an Office Building Open

Zhihong Pang, Mingyue Guo, Zheng O’Neill, Blake Smith-Cortez, Zhiyao Yang , et al. · 2025

Long-Term field testing of the accuracy and HVAC energy savings potential of occupancy presence sensors in A Single-Family home Open

Zhihong Pang, Mingyue Guo, Zheng O’Neill, Blake Smith-Cortez, Zhiyao Yang , et al. · 2024

Assessing the Influence of Occupancy Factors on Energy Performance in US Small Office Buildings Open

Seddigheh Norouziasl, Sorena Vosoughkhosravi, Amirhosein Jafari, Zhihong Pang · 2024

Office buildings are responsible for about 35% of the total electricity in the US and over 70% of building energy consumption occurs during occupancy periods. Therefore, understanding occupancy behavior is crucial for reducing building ene…

Quantification of HVAC energy savings through occupancy presence sensors in an apartment setting: Field testing and inverse modeling approach Open

Zhihong Pang, Mingyue Guo, Blake Smith-Cortez, Zheng O’Neill, Zhiyao Yang , et al. · 2023

Quantification of HVAC Energy Savings for Occupancy Sensing in Buildings Through an Innovative Testing Methodology (Final Scientific/Technical Report) Open

Zheng O’Neill, Zhihong Pang, Bing Dong, Zixin Jiang · 2023

This report summarizes the major research activities and deliverables of the ARPA-E SENSOR project at Texas A&M University Category D Team under the award number of DE-AR0001316. This project aims to investigate how much heating, ventilati…

Adopting occupancy-based HVAC controls in commercial building energy codes: Analysis of cost-effectiveness and decarbonization potential Open

Zhihong Pang, Zheng O’Neill, Yan Chen, Jian Zhang, Hwakong Cheng , et al. · 2023

Multi-Agent Optimal Control for Central Chiller Plants Using Reinforcement Learning and Game Theory Open

Shunian Qiu, Zhenhai Li, Zhihong Pang, Zhengwei Li, Yinying Tao · 2023

To conserve building energy, optimal operation of a building’s energy systems, especially heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, is important. This study focuses on the optimization of the central chiller plant, which ac…

Quantification of how mechanical ventilation influences the airborne infection risk of COVID-19 and HVAC energy consumption in office buildings Open

Zhihong Pang, Xing Lu, Zheng O’Neill · 2022

Advances in Research and Applications of Co2-Based Demand-Controlled Ventilation in Commercial Buildings: A Critical Review of Control Strategies and Performance Evaluation Open

Lü Xing, Zhihong Pang, Yangyang Fu, Zheng O’Neill · 2022

How Work From Home Has Affected the Occupant's Well-Being in the Residential Built Environment: An International Survey Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic Open

Zhihong Pang, Burçin Becerik-Gerber, Simi Hoque, Zheng O’Neill, Giulia Pedrielli , et al. · 2021

This paper presents the results from an international survey that investigated the impacts of the built environment on occupant well-being during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic when most professionals were forced to work…

Energy-saving potential evaluation for primary schools with occupant-centric controls Open

Yunyang Ye, Yan Chen, Jian Zhang, Zhihong Pang, Zheng O’Neill , et al. · 2021

Investigation of the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Electricity Consumption of a University Dormitory Using Weather Normalization Open

Zhihong Pang, Fan Feng, Zheng O’Neill · 2020

This study investigated the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the electricity consumption of a university dormitory building in the southern U.S. The historical electricity consumption data of this university dormitory building and weath…

Nationwide HVAC energy-saving potential quantification for office buildings with occupant-centric controls in various climates Open

Zhihong Pang, Yan Chen, Jian Zhang, Zheng O’Neill, Hwakong Cheng , et al. · 2020

Assessing Building Energy Performance via Selection of Representative Simulation Days Open

Yan Chen, Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Zhihong Pang, Deepak Sivaraman, Sen Huang , et al. · 2020

Simulation-based evaluation and analysis of building system control performance and associated annual energy estimations can become both resource and timeintensive for advanced optimization-based control algorithms. Here we devise a data-d…

A Comparative Study of Various Sensitivity Analysis Methods in Building Application Open

Zhihong Pang, Zheng O’Neill · 2020

This paper aims to present a comparison study on the performances of different SA methods in building energy simulation. Firstly, a literature review on the principles and applications of several popular SA methods was conducted. Secondly,…

Energy Saving Quantification on Ductless Heat Pump (DHP) in Existing Homes Open

Yan Chen, Karthikeya Devaprasad, Zhihong Pang, Cheryn Metzger · 2020

In residential retrofit applications, ductless mini-split heat pumps (DHP) are often reported to have high-energy savings potential, depending on the system they are supplementing or replacing. However, recently, there have been a number o…

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