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Journal papers

2024

[J42] Reda, I., Ali, E., Berquist, J., Shu, C., Zhang, X., Aram, M., Qi, D.*, Zhou, L.G., Wang, L.L., Stathopoulos, T. and Athienitis, A., 2024. Exploring high-rise preventive ventilation: Experimental investigation of inter-zone air pressurization with tracer gas analysis. Building and Environment, 258, 111566. 

[J41] X Zhang, I Reda, M Aram, D Qi*, LL Wang, H Fellouah. 2024. Wind-driven smoke dispersion in rooftop photovoltaic fires: An experimental investigation with helium smoke. Journal of Building Engineering, 108467. 

2023

[J40] FM Baba, KCT Cheong, H Ge, R Zmeureanu, L Wang, D Qi. 2023. Comparing overheating risk and mitigation strategies for two Canadian schools by using building simulation calibrated with measured data. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 1-19.   

[J39] I Reda, E Ali, D Qi*, LL Wang, T Stathopoulos, A Athienitis. 2023. A modified decay method based on a proposed uniformity index for measuring air change rates in non-uniform air mixed spaces. Building and Environment. 245. 110941. 

[J38] M Aram, X Zhang, I Reda, M Dghim, D Qi*, Y Ko. Similarity assessment of using helium to predict smoke movement through buildings with double skin façades during building integrated photovoltaics fires. Journal of Cleaner Production. 405. 136996 

[J37] M Aram, X Zhang, D Qi*, Y Ko. Scaling Study of Smoke Spread from Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) Double Skin Façade Fire for Achieving Sustainable Buildings and Cities. Sustainable Cities and Society.104648. 

[J36] X Zhang, I Reda, M Aram, D Qi*, LL Wang, Scaling method between sub-scale helium and full-scale smoke tests of smoke spread during solar roof fires. Journal of Building Engineering. 70. 106426. 

[J35] X Zhang, M Dghim, D Qi*, LL Wang, H Fellouah, Similarity analysis between helium and fire smoke in sub-scale wind tunnel test for investigation of smoke spread during photovoltaic roof fires. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.209. 124156 

[J34] Rebecca Yang, Yukun Zang, Jiaqi Yang, Ron Wakefield, Kate Nguyen, Long Shi, Bambang Trigunarsyah, Fabio Parolini, Pierluigi Bonomo, Francesco Frontini, Dahai Qi, Yoon Ko, Xin Deng. Fire safety requirements for Building-integrated photovoltaics: Comparison cross countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (accepted). 

[J33] Y. Ko, M. Aram, Xi. Zhang, D. Qi. 2021. Fire Safety of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems: Critical Review for Codes and Standards. Indoor Built Environment (accepted). 

2022

[J32] H. Sha, Zhang, D. Qi*. 2021. Impact of mechanical ventilation control strategies based on non-steady-state and steady-state Wells-Riley models on airborne disease transmission and energy consumption. Journal of Central South University (accepted). 

[J31] D. Qi, S. Yang, C. Shu, X. Zhang, L. Wang, A. Athienitis. 2021. An Exploratory Study on Road Tunnel with Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic Canopy - From Energy Saving and Fire Safety Perspectives, Building Simulation (accepted). 

[J30] Xin Zhang, Monireh Aram, Dahai Qi*, Leon Wang. 2021. Numerical Simulations of Smoke Spread during Solar Roof Fires. Journal of Building Simulation (accepted). 

[J29] S. Cao, J. Leng, D. Qi, P. Kumar, T. Chen. 2021. Sustainable Underground Spaces: Design, Environmental Control and Energy Conservation. Energy and Buildings, 111779 

2021

[J28] H. Sha, X. Zhang, D. Qi*. 2021. Optimal control of high-rise building mechanical ventilation system for achieving low risk of COVID-19 transmission and ventilative cooling, Sustainable Cities and Society (accepted) 

[J27] Zhang Chen, et al. 2021. Resilient cooling strategies-a critical review and qualitative assessment. Energy and Buildings (accepted). 

[J26] Wendy Miller, Anaïs Machard, Emanuelle Bozonnet, Nari Yoon, Dahai Qi, Chen Zhang, Aaron Liu, Abantika Sengupta, Jan Akander, Abolfazl Hayati, Mathias Cehlin, Ongun Berk Kazanci, Ronnen Levinson. 2021. Conceptualising a resilience cooling system: a socio-technical approach, City and Environment Interactions  (accepted). 

[J25] Monireh Aram, Xin Zhang, Dahai Qi*, Yoon Ko. 2021. A State-of-the-Art Review of Fire Safety of Photovoltaic Systems in Buildings, Journal of Cleaner Production (accepted). 

[J24] Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi*. 2021. Machine Learning-Based Cooling Load Prediction and Optimal Control for Mechanical Ventilative Cooling in High-Rise Buildings, Energy and Buildings (accepted). 

[J23] S. Attia, N. Eileen, B.W. Olesen, C. Zhang, O.B. Kazanci, P. Holzer, W. Miller, D. Qi, M. Hamdy, P. Heiselberg. 2020. Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves and power outages: Key concepts and definition, Energy and Buildings (accepted). 

2020

[J22] Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi*. Investigation of Mechanical Ventilation for Cooling in High-Rise Buildings. Energy and Buildings. 228.

[J21] Dahai Qi, Jun Cheng, Ali Katal, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Andreas Athienitis. 2020. Multizone Modeling of a Hybrid Ventilated High-rise Building based on Full-scale Measurements for Predictive Control, Indoor and Built Environment, 29 (4), 496-507, 

 2019

[J20] Chang Shu, Liangzhu Wang, Cheng Zhang, Dahai Qi. Air Curtain Effectiveness Rating Based on Aerodynamics.  Building and Environment (Accepted). 

[J19] Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi*. 2019. A Review of High-Rise Ventilation for Energy Efficiency and Safety,  Sustainable Cities and Society (Accepted).

[J18] Senwen Yang, Hatem Alrawashdeh, Cheng Zhang, Dahai Qi, Leon Wang, Ted Stathopoulos. 2019. Wind Effects on Air Curtain Performance at Building Entrances, Building and Environment, 151, 75-87. 

2018

[J17] Jun Cheng, Dahai Qi, Ali Katal, Ted Stathopoulos and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. 2018. Evaluating Wind-driven Natural Ventilation Potential for Early Building Designs, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 182, 160-169.

[J16] Liangzhu Wang, Xin Zhang, Dahai Qi. 2018. Thermal Stratification in Built Environment and Its Statistical Distribution, Indoor Air.

[J15] Dahai Qi, Sherif Goubran, Liangzhu Wang, and Radu Zmeureanu. 2018. Parametric Study of Air Curtain Performance based on Experiments and Numerical Simulation, Building and Environment,129, 65-73. 

[J14] Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi and Liangzhu Wang. 2018. Using Airflow and Energy Simulations to Assess the Energy Saving Impact of Vestibules and Air Curtains. ASHRAE Transactions, 124 (2).

Before 2018

[J13] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Guanchao Zhao. 2017. Froude-Stanton Modeling of Steady-state Fire Smoke Spread in Large Vertical Spaces of High-rise Buildings. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 115, 706-716.

[J12] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang, Jie Ji, Man Li. 2017. Dimensionless Analytical Solutions for Steady-state Fire Smoke Spread through High-rise Shafts during Fires. Fire Safety Journal, 93, 12-20.

[J11] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu, 2017, The Effects of Non-uniform Temperature Distribution on Neutral Plane Level in Non-adiabatic High-rise Shafts during Fires, Fire Technology, 53, 153-172. 

[J10] Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, Wael F. Saleh, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. 2017. Comparing Methods of Modeling Air Infiltration Through Building Entrances and Their Impact on Building Energy Simulations. Energy and Buildings, 138, 579-590.

[J9] Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, and Liangzhu (Leon) Wang. 2017. Assessing Dynamic Efficiency of Air Curtain in Reducing Whole Building Annual Energy Usage. International Journal of Building Simulation, 10 (4): 497-507.

[J8] Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, Wael F. Saleh, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang and Radu Zmeureanu. 2016. Experimental Study on the Flow Characteristics of Air Curtains at Building Entrances. Building and Environment, 105, 225-235.

[J7] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu, 2015, Modeling Smoke Movement in Shafts during High-rise Fires by a Multizone Airflow and Energy Network Program, ASHRAE Transactions-Technical Paper, 121 (2), 242-251.

[J6] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu, 2014, An Analytical Model of Heat and Mass Transfer through Non-adiabatic High-rise Shafts during Fires, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 72, 585-594.

[J5] Dahai Qi, Beihong Zhang, 2011, Natural Ventilation Study of a Public Exhibition Room in Shanghai by CFD Simulation, Building Energy & Environment, 30(6), 41-44 (in Chinese). 

[J4] Zhiwei Lian, Dahai Qi，Weiwei Liu, 2010, Influence of Indoor Partition on Air Distribution of Ceiling-mounted Cassette Type Indoor Unit, Journal of Central South University, 41(1), 363-369 (in Chinese). 

[J3] Dahai Qi, Jiajun Du, 2009, Energy Conservation Optimization of Air Distribution for a Public Exhibition Room in Shanghai, Building Energy & Environment, 29(4), 70-73 (in Chinese). 

[J2] Zhiwei Lian, Dahai Qi, 2009, Modification for Evaluation Indexes of Air Distribution, Journal of Chongqing University, 32(8), 937-942 (in Chinese). 

[J1] Jinliang Song, Zhiwei Lian,  Shigang Li, Dahai Qi, 2009, Research of Collecting the Energy from Lamplight for Refrigeration, Journal of Donghua University (Natural Science Edition). 35(4), 478-482 (in Chinese). 

Conference papers

2021

[C24] H. Sha, D. Qi. 2021. Comparison of Control Strategies for High-rise Mechanical Ventilation Using steady-state and Non-Steady-State Wells-Riley Model for COVID-19. 2nd International conference for global Chinese academia on energy and built environment. 

[C23] H. Sha, D. Qi*. 2021. Impacts of climate change on mechanical ventilative cooling in high-rise buildings. Building Simulation 2021 Conference.

[C22]M. Aram, X. Zhang, D. Qi*, Y. Ko. 2021. Fire Smoke Control for Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV). 2021 ASHRAE Annual Conference.

2020

[C21] Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi*. 2020. A Novel Ventilation Approach of Large Vertical Space for Achieving Fire Safety and Energy Efficiency. 2020 ASHRAE Annual Conference. Aastin, TX, 27 June - 1 July 2020. (Submitted) 

[C20] Xin Zhang, Dahai Qi*. 2020. Fire Smoke Spread of Solar Roof Fires based on CFD Simulations. Roomvent 2020 Conference. Torino, 14-17 June 2020. (Abstract submitted)

2019

[C19] Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi*. 2019. Energy And Fire Safety Performance Of Atrium Ventilation In High-rise Buildings. Building Simulation 2019 Conference, Rome, Italy, 2-4, September, 2019.  

[C18] Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi*. 2019. Impact of fire protection design on ventilative cooling in atrium. Symposium on energy efficiency - CANCAM 2019, Sherbrooke, Canada, 27-30, May, 2019. 

[C17] Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi*. 2019. Control of Mechanical Ventilation System for Ventilative Cooling in  High-rise Buildings. The 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC)  2019, Harbin, China, 12-15, July, 2019. 

2018

[C16] Chang Shu, Cheng Zhang, Dahai Qi, and Liangzhu Wang. (2018). Novel Method Relating Air Curtain Aerodynamics Performance to Its Effectiveness. 4th Asia Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association - ASim2018, Hong Kong.

[C15] Dahai Qi, Xin Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Andreas Athienitis, and Liangzhu Wang. (2018). Scale Modelling of Ventilative Buildings. eSim 2018 Conference. eSim 2018 – Building Simulation Conference, Montreal, Canada.

[C14] Dahai Qi, Weigang Li, Jun Cheng, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Scale Modeling of Thermal Airflows in Buildings, COBEE2018 4th International Conference on Building Energy & Environment. 

Before 2018

[C13] Jun Cheng, Dahai Qi, Ali Katal, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang Evaluating natural ventilation cooling potentials during early building designs, 2017, 38th AIVC - 6th TightVent & 4th venticool Conference, Nottingham, UK.

[C12] Jun Cheng, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Andreas Athienitis, Whole-Building Simulation of Hybrid Ventilation based on Full-scale Measurements in an Institutional High-rise Building for Predictive Control, Building Simulation 2017 Conference, 2017, San Francisco, CA.

[C11] Dahai Qi, Malek Soubra, Shamim Mashayekh, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, CFD Modeling of Full-size High-rise Fire Smoke Spread and Smoke Control. ASHRAE 2017 Annual Conference – Conference paper, 2017, Long Beach, CA. (Accepted).

[C10] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Guanchao Zhao and Radu Zmeureanu, 2017, Scale Modeling of Smoke Spread in High-Rise Shafts during Fires, 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

[C9] Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, Wael Fairouz EzzEldin Saleh, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Radu Zmeureanu, 2016, Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling of Airflow Infiltration through Building Entrance Doors. eSim 2016 Conference, Hamilton, ON.

[C8] Dahai Qi, Sherif Goubran, Radu Zmeureanu and Liangzhu Wang, 2015, Effect of People on Infiltration of Building Entrance with Air Curtains, ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference, Tianjing, China. 

[C7] Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi and Liangzhu Wang, 2015, Annual Energy Saving Impact of Air Curtains in Commercial Reference Buildings, ISHVAC-COBEE 2015 Conference, Tianjing, China. 

[C6] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu, 2014, A Hand Calculation Method of Smoke Movement through High-rise Airtight Single Shaft, ASHRAE 2014 Annual Conference – Conference paper, Seattle, WA. 

[C5] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu, 2014, Verification of a Multizone Airflow and Energy Network Model by Analytical Solutions to Stack-driven Flows in Buildings. eSim 2014 Conference, Ottawa, Canada.

[C4] Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang and Radu Zmeureanu, 2013, Large Eddy Simulation of Thermal Comfort and Energy Utilization Indices for Indoor Airflows, ASHRAE 2013 Annual Conference –Denver, CO.

[C3] Qiang Xu, Zhi Zhuang, Beihong Zhang, Dahai Qi, Hongwei Tan, 2011, Energy Consumption Baseline of Large-scale Public Buildings in Shanghai. The Seventh International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building. Beijing, China, 2011, 331-334. 

[C2] Dahai Qi, Zhiwei Lian, Yuemei Wang, 2009, Comparisons of Air Distributions among Three Widely Used Indoor Units, ISHVAC09 International Conference, Nanjing, China, Nov.6～9, 2009 (ISTP).

[C1] Yuemei Wang, Zhiwei Lian, Jiuwu Liu, Dahai Qi, 2009, Energy Efficiency Analysis of Mixing Ventilation in a Ventilated Chamber–comparison among Four Types of Diffusers, ISHVAC09 International Conference, Nanjing, China, Nov.6～9, 2009 (ISTP).

Standards

[S2] Main drafter. Rational Use of Building Energy Guide for Star-rated Hotels. Local standard of Shanghai, China, 2012.

[S1] Participation drafter. Rational Use of Energy Guide for Large-scale Commercial Buildings. Local standard of Shanghai, China, 2012.