Wangda Zuo holds a joint appointment in the Communities and Urban Science Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). His lab contributes to the development of multiple major open-source tools for building and community energy systems, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Modelica Buildings library and NREL’s URBANopt. He is the associate editor of the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering and treasurer and affiliate director of International Building Performance Simulation Association. He has served as the principal investigator (PI) or Co-PI for more than 30 research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with more than $15 million in funding. He has graduated 10 Ph.D. students and published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers.

View Dr. Zuo's CV

• B. Sc., Automation, Chongqing University, 2000
• M. Eng., Automation, Chongqing University, 2003
• M. Sc, Computational Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2005
• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2010

Journal Articles

Saranya Anbarasu, Kathryn Hinkelman, Jing Wang and Wangda Zuo, 2024, "Exploring the effects of interdependencies on energy systems in smart communities: A multi-domain modeling and quasi-Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis", Energy and Buildings, 319, pp. 114510

U. Ali, S. Bano, M.H. Shamsi, D. Sood, C. Hoare, Wangda Zuo, N. Hewitt and J. O'Donnell, 2024, "Urban residential building stock synthetic datasets for building energy performance analysis", Data in Brief, 53

Yingli Lou, Yunyang Ye, Yizhi Yang, Wangda Zuo and Gang Wang, 2024, "Energy modeling of typical commercial buildings in support of ASHRAE building energy quotient energy rating program (ASHRAE RP-1771)", Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 30, (2)

Kathryn Hinkelman, Saranya Anbarasu and Wangda Zuo, 2024, "Exergy-based ecological network analysis for building and community energy systems", Energy and Buildings, 303

U. Ali, S. Bano, M.H. Shamsi, D. Sood, C. Hoare, Wangda Zuo, N. Hewitt and J. O'Donnell, 2024, "Urban building energy performance prediction and retrofit analysis using data-driven machine learning approach", Energy and Buildings, 303

John E. Castellini, Cary A. Faulkner, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2023, "Quantifying spatiotemporal variability in occupant exposure to an indoor airborne contaminant with an uncertain source location", Building Simulation, 16, (6), pp. 889-913

Cary A. Faulkner, John E. Castellini, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2023, "Comprehensive analysis of model parameter uncertainty influence on evaluation of HVAC operation to mitigate indoor virus: A case study for an office building in a cold and dry climate", Building and Environment, 238, pp. 110314

Yunyang Ye, Cary A. Faulkner, Rong Xu, Sen Huang, Yuan Liu, Draguna L. Vrabie, Jian Zhang and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "System modeling for grid-interactive efficient building applications", Journal of Building Engineering, 69, pp. 106148

Cary A. Faulkner, Robert Lutes, Sen Huang, Wangda Zuo and Draguna Vrabie, 2023, "Simulation-based assessment of ASHRAE Guideline 36, considering energy performance, indoor air quality, and control stability", Building and Environment, pp. 110371

D. Amaripadath, R. Rahif, Wangda Zuo, M. Velickovic, C. Voglaire and S. Attia, 2023, "Climate change sensitive sizing and design for nearly zero-energy office building systems in Brussels", Energy and Buildings, 286, pp. 112971

Kathryn Hinkelman, Yizhi Yang and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "Design methodologies and engineering applications for ecosystem biomimicry: an interdisciplinary review spanning cyber, physical, and cyber-physical systems", Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 18, (2), pp. 021001

Yizhi Yang, Yingli Lou, Chris Payne, Yunyang Ye and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "Long-term carbon intensity reduction potential of K-12 school buildings in the United States", Energy and Buildings, 282, pp. 112802

Sen Huang, Robert Lutes, Cary A. Faulkner, Draguna L. Vrabie, Srinivas Katipamula and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "An open-source framework for simulation-based testing of buildings control strategies", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, pp. 1-13

Cary A. Faulkner, Dominik S. Jankowski, John E. Castellini, Wangda Zuo, Philipp Epple, Michael D. Sohn, Ali Taleb Kasgari and Walid Saad, 2023, "Fast prediction of indoor airflow distribution inspired by synthetic image generation artificial intelligence", Building Simulation

Yingli Lou, Yunyang Ye, Yizhi Yang, Wangda Zuo, Gang Wang, Matthew Strong, Satish Upadhyaya and Chris Payne, 2023, "Individualized empirical baselines for evaluating the energy performance of existing buildings", Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 29, (1), pp. 19-33

Saranya Anbarasu, Wangda Zuo, Yangyang Fu, Yash Shukla and Rajan Rawal, 2022, "Validated open-source Modelica model of direct evaporative cooler with minimal inputs", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 15, (6), pp. 757-770

Nasim Ildiri, Heather Bazille, Yingli Lou, Kathryn Hinkelman, Whitney A. Gray and Wangda Zuo, 2022, "Impact of WELL certification on occupant satisfaction and perceived health, well-being, and productivity: A multi-office pre- versus post-occupancy evaluation", Building and Environment, 224, pp. 109539

Kathryn Hinkelman, Saranya Anbarasu, Michael Wetter, Antoine Gautier and Wangda Zuo, 2022, "A fast and accurate modeling approach for water and steam thermodynamics with practical applications in district heating system simulation", Energy, 254, pp. 124227

Yingli Lou, Yizhi Yang, Yunyang Ye, Chuan He and Wangda Zuo, 2022, "The economic impacts of carbon emission trading scheme on building retrofits: A case study with U.S. medium office buildings", Building and Environment, 221, pp. 109311

Cary A. Faulkner, John E. Castellini, Yingli Lou, Wangda Zuo, David M. Lorenzetti and Michael D. Sohn, 2022, "Tradeoffs among indoor air quality, financial costs, and CO2 emissions for HVAC operation strategies to mitigate indoor virus in U.S. office buildings", Building and Environment, 221, pp. 109282

Yunyang Ye, Matthew Strong, Yingli Lou, Cary A. Faulkner, Wangda Zuo and Satish Upadhyaya, 2022, "Evaluating performance of different generative adversarial networks for large-scale building power demand prediction", Energy and Buildings, 269, pp. 112247

Jing Wang, Prateek Munankarmi, Jeff Maguire, Chengnan Shi, Wangda Zuo, David Roberts and Xin Jin, 2022, "Carbon emission responsive building control: A case study with an all-electric residential community in a cold climate", Applied Energy, 314, pp. 118910

Kathryn Hinkelman, Jing Wang, Wangda Zuo, Antoine Gautier, Michael Wetter, Chengliang Fan and Nicholas Long, 2022, "Modelica-based modeling and simulation of district cooling systems: A case study", Applied Energy, 311, pp. 118654

Yingli Lou, Yunyang Ye, Yizhi Yang and Wangda Zuo, 2022, "Long-term carbon emission reduction potential of building retrofits with dynamically changing electricity emission factors", Building and Environment, 210, pp. 108683

John E. Castellini, Cary A. Faulkner, Wangda Zuo, David M. Lorenzetti and Michael D. Sohn, 2022, "Assessing the use of portable air cleaners for reducing exposure to airborne diseases in a conference room with thermal stratification", Building and Environment, 207, pp. 108441

Cary A. Faulkner, John E. Castellini, Wangda Zuo, David M. Lorenzetti and Michael D. Sohn, 2022, "Investigation of HVAC operation strategies for office buildings during COVID-19 pandemic", Building and Environment, 207, pp. 108519

Chenlu Tian, Yunyang Ye, Yingli Lou, Wangda Zuo, Guiqing Zhang and Chengdong Li, 2022, "Daily power demand prediction for buildings at a large scale using a hybrid of physics-based model and generative adversarial network", Building Simulation, 15, pp. 1685-1701

Yingli Lou, Yizhi Yang, Yunyang Ye, Wangda Zuo and Jing Wang, 2021, "The effect of building retrofit measures on CO2 emission reduction – A case study with U.S. medium office buildings", Energy and Buildings, 253, pp. 111514

Sen Huang, Jing Wang, Yangyang Fu, Wangda Zuo, Kathryn Hinkelman, Raymond M. Kaiser, Dong He and Draguna Vrabie, 2021, "An open-source virtual testbed for a real Net-Zero Energy Community", Sustainable Cities and Society, 75, pp. 103255

Sen Huang, Wangda Zuo, Draguna Vrabie and Rong Xu, 2021, "Modelica-based system modeling for studying control-related faults in chiller plants and boiler plants serving large office buildings", Journal of Building Engineering, 44, pp. 102654

Jing Wang, Sen Huang, Wangda Zuo and Draguna Vrabie, 2021, "Occupant preference-aware load scheduling for resilient communities", Energy and Buildings, 252, pp. 111399

Yunyang Ye, Kathryn Hinkelman, Yingli Lou, Wangda Zuo, Gang Wang and Jian Zhang, 2021, "Evaluating the energy impact potential of energy efficiency measures for retrofit applications: A case study with U.S. medium office buildings", Building Simulation, 14, (5), pp. 1377-1393

Chengliang Fan, Kathryn Hinkelman, Yangyang Fu, Wangda Zuo, Sen Huang, Chengnan Shi, Nasim Mamaghani, Cary Faulkner and Xiaoqing Zhou, 2021, "Open-source Modelica models for the control performance simulation of chiller plants with water-side economizer", Applied Energy, 299, pp. 117337

Sen Huang, Yunyang Ye, Di Wu and Wangda Zuo, 2021, "An assessment of power flexibility from commercial building cooling systems in the United States", Energy, 221, pp. 119571

Xu Han, Wei Tian, Jim VanGilder, Wangda Zuo and Cary Faulkner, 2021, "An open source fast fluid dynamics model for data center thermal management", Energy and Buildings, 230, pp. 110599

Qianqian Zhang, Walid Saad, Mehdi Bennis, Xing Lu, Merouane Debbah and Wangda Zuo, 2021, "Predictive Deployment of UAV Base Stations in Wireless Networks: Machine Learning Meets Contract Theory", IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 20, (1), pp. 637-652

Yangyang Fu, Xu Han, Kyri Baker and Wangda Zuo, 2020, "Assessments of data centers for provision of frequency regulation", Applied Energy, 277, pp. 115621

Yunyang Ye, Yingli Lou, Matthew Strong, Satish Upadhyaya, Wangda Zuo and Gang Wang, 2020, "Development of new baseline models for U.S. medium office buildings based on commercial buildings energy consumption survey data", Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 26, (9), pp. 1321-1336

Yunyang Ye, Yingli Lou, Wangda Zuo, Ellen Franconi and Gang Wang, 2020, "How do electricity pricing programs impact the selection of energy efficiency measures? – A case study with U.S. Medium office buildings", Energy and Buildings, 224, pp. 110267

Guiqing Zhang, Chenlu Tian, Chengdong Li, Jun Jason Zhang and Wangda Zuo, 2020, "Accurate forecasting of building energy consumption via a novel ensembled deep learning method considering the cyclic feature", Energy, 201, pp. 117531

Jing Wang, Kaitlyn Garifi, Kyri Baker, Wangda Zuo, Yingchen Zhang, Sen Huang and Draguna Vrabie, 2020, "Optimal Renewable Resource Allocation and Load Scheduling of Resilient Communities", Energies, 13, (21), pp. 5683

Yangyang Fu, Wangda Zuo, Michael Wetter, James W. VanGilder and Peilin Yang, 2019, "Equation-based object-oriented modeling and simulation of data center cooling systems", Energy and Buildings, 198, pp. 503-519

Wei Tian, Xu Han, Wangda Zuo, Qiujian Wang, Yangyang Fu and Mingang Jin, 2019, "An optimization platform based on coupled indoor environment and HVAC simulation and its application in optimal thermostat placement", Energy and Buildings, 199, pp. 342-351

Shifang Huang, Xing Lu, Wangda Zuo, Xiaosong Zhang and Caihua Liang, 2019, "Model-based optimal operation of heating tower heat pump systems", Building and Environment, 160, pp. 106199

Yunyang Ye, Kathryn Hinkelman, Jian Zhang, Wangda Zuo and Gang Wang, 2019, "A methodology to create prototypical building energy models for existing buildings: A case study on U.S. religious worship buildings", Energy and Buildings, 194, pp. 351-365

Shifang Huang, Yunyang Ye, Xu Han, Wangda Zuo, Xiaosong Zhang and Li Jiang, 2019, "Performance evaluation of heating tower heat pump systems over the world", Energy Conversion and Management, 186, pp. 500-515

Qiujian Wang, Yiqun Pan, Yangyang Fu, Zhizhong Huang, Wangda Zuo and Peng Xu, 2019, "A simulation-based method for air loop balancing and fan sizing using uncertainty and sensitivity analysis", Building Simulation, 12, (2), pp. 247-258

Jing Wang, Wangda Zuo, Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, Xing Lu, Jianhui Wang and Yanling Lin, 2019, "Literature review on modeling and simulation of energy infrastructures from a resilience perspective", Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 183, pp. 360-373

Yangyang Fu, Wangda Zuo, Michael Wetter, Jim W. VanGilder, Xu Han and David Plamondon, 2019, "Equation-based object-oriented modeling and simulation for data center cooling: A case study", Energy and Buildings, 186, pp. 108-125

Yunyang Ye, Wangda Zuo and Gang Wang, 2019, "A comprehensive review of energy-related data for U.S. commercial buildings", Energy and Buildings, 186, pp. 126-137

Lisa Singh, Amol Deshpande, Wenchao Zhou, Arindam Banerjee, Alex Bowers, Sorelle Friedler, H.V. Jagadish, George Karypis, Zoran Obradovic, Anil Vullikanti and Wangda Zuo, 2019, "NSF BIGDATA PI Meeting - Domain-Specific Research Directions and Data Sets", ACM SIGMOD Record, 47, (3), pp. 32-35

Shifang Huang, Wangda Zuo, Huixia Lu, Caihua Liang and Xiaosong Zhang, 2019, "Performance comparison of a heating tower heat pump and an air-source heat pump: A comprehensive modeling and simulation study", Energy Conversion and Management, 180, pp. 1039-1054

Xing Lu, Kathryn Hinkelman, Yangyang Fu, Jing Wang, Wangda Zuo, Qianqian Zhang and Walid Saad, 2019, "An Open Source Modeling Framework for Interdependent Energy-Transportation-Communication Infrastructure in Smart and Connected Communities", IEEE Access, 7, pp. 55458-55476

Yunyang Ye, Kathryn Hinkelman, Wangda Zuo and Gang Wang, 2019, "Methodology to Evaluate Sensitive Levels of Inputs for US Commercial Building Models.", ASHRAE Transactions, 125, (2)

G. Zhou, Y. Ye, Wangda Zuo, X. Zhou and X. Wu, 2018, "Fast and efficient prediction of finned-tube heat exchanger performance using wet-dry transformation method with nominal data", Applied Thermal Engineering, 145, pp. 133-146

Sen Huang, Weimin Wang, Michael R. Brambley, Siddharth Goyal and Wangda Zuo, 2018, "An agent-based hardware-in-the-loop simulation framework for building controls", Energy and Buildings, 181, pp. 26-37

G. Zhou, Y. Ye, J. Wang, Wangda Zuo, Y. Fu and X. Zhou, 2018, "Modeling air-to-air plate-fin heat exchanger without dehumidification", Applied Thermal Engineering, 143, pp. 137-148

Wei Tian, Xu Han, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2018, "Building energy simulation coupled with CFD for indoor environment: A critical review and recent applications", Energy and Buildings, 165, pp. 184-199

Sen Huang, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2018, "A Bayesian Network model for predicting cooling load of commercial buildings", Building Simulation, 11, (1), pp. 87-101

Sen Huang, Ana Carolina Malara, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2018, "A Bayesian network model for the optimization of a chiller plant’s condenser water set point", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 11, (1), pp. 36-47

Qiujian Wang, Yiqun Pan, Mingya Zhu, Zhizhong Huang, Wei Tian, Wangda Zuo, Xu Han and Peng Xu, 2017, "A state-space method for real-time transient simulation of indoor airflow", Building and Environment, 126, pp. 184-194

Wei Tian, Thomas Alonso Sevilla, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2017, "Coupling fast fluid dynamics and multizone airflow models in Modelica Buildings library to simulate the dynamics of HVAC systems", Building and Environment, 122, pp. 269-286

Wei Tian, Thomas Alonso Sevilla and Wangda Zuo, 2017, "A systematic evaluation of accelerating indoor airflow simulations using cross-platform parallel computing", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 10, (3), pp. 243-255

Sen Huang, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2017, "Improved cooling tower control of legacy chiller plants by optimizing the condenser water set point", Building and Environment, 111, pp. 33-46

Wangda Zuo, Michael Wetter, Wei Tian, Dan Li, Mingang Jin and Qingyan Chen, 2016, "Coupling indoor airflow, HVAC, control and building envelope heat transfer in the ModelicaBuildingslibrary", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 9, (4), pp. 366-381

Sen Huang, Wangda Zuo and Michael D. Sohn, 2016, "Amelioration of the cooling load based chiller sequencing control", Applied Energy, 168, pp. 204-215

Guifang Shao, Tiejun Li, Wangda Zuo, Shunxiang Wu and Tundong Liu, 2015, "A Combinational Clustering Based Method for cDNA Microarray Image Segmentation", PLOS ONE, 10, (8), pp. e0133025

Michael Wetter, Wangda Zuo, Thierry S. Nouidui and Xiufeng Pang, 2014, "Modelica Buildings library", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 7, (4), pp. 253-270

Thierry Nouidui, Michael Wetter and Wangda Zuo, 2014, "Functional mock-up unit for co-simulation import in EnergyPlus", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 7, (3), pp. 192-202

Wangda Zuo, Andrew McNeil, Michael Wetter and Eleanor S. Lee, 2014, "Acceleration of the matrix multiplication of Radiance three phase daylighting simulations with parallel computing on heterogeneous hardware of personal computer", Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 7, (2), pp. 152-163

Mingang Jin, Wangda Zuo and Qingyan Chen, 2013, "Simulating Natural Ventilation in and Around Buildings by Fast Fluid Dynamics", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 64, (4), pp. 273-289

Mingang Jin, Wangda Zuo and Qingyan Chen, 2012, "Improvements of Fast Fluid Dynamics for Simulating Air Flow in Buildings", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 62, (6), pp. 419-438

Wangda Zuo, Mingang Jin and Qingyan Chen, 2012, "Reduction of Numerical Diffusion in FFD Model", Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 6, (2), pp. 234-247

Wangda Zuo and Qingyan Chen, 2010, "Simulations of Air Distributions in Buildings by FFD on GPU", HVAC&R Research, 16, (6), pp. 785-798

Wangda Zuo, Jianjun Hu and Qingyan Chen, 2010, "Improvements in FFD Modeling by Using Different Numerical Schemes", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 58, (1), pp. 1-16

Wangda Zuo and Qingyan Chen, 2010, "Fast and informative flow simulations in a building by using fast fluid dynamics model on graphics processing unit", Building and Environment, 45, (3), pp. 747-757

Conference Proceedings

David Milner, Kathryn Hinkelman and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "Sand-based Thermal Storage for Building Heating Applications: A District Energy Case Study", The 7th International Energy Conference (ASTECHNOVA 2023)

Kathryn Hinkelman, David Milner and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "Open-Source Models for Sand-Based Thermal Energy Storage in Heating Applications", The 15th International Modelica Conference

Kathryn Hinkelman, Saranya Anbasaru and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "Ecological Network Analysis of Integrated Energy Systems with Modelica: A Novel Biomimetic Approach for Building Design and Operation", The 18th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2023)

Yizhi Yang, Yingli Lou, Yungyan Ye and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "Regional Carbon Emission Reduction Prediction via Retrofits of Commercial Buildings with a Case Study of US School Buildings in Hot Climates", The 18th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2023)

Yingli Lou, Yizhi Ye, Yunyang Ye and Wangda Zuo, 2023, "Pathways To Decarbonize the U.S. Medium-Sized Office Buildings in Cold Climates", 2023 HVAC Cold Climate Conference

Fernando Fachini, Marcelo De Castro, Mingzhe Liu, Tetiana Bogodorova, Luigi Vanfretti and Wangda Zuo, 2022, "Multi-Domain Power and Thermo-Fluid System Stability Modeling using Modelica and OpenIPSL", 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), IEEE

Kathryn Hinkelman, Saranya Anbarasu, Michael Wetter, Antoine Gautier, Baptiste Ravache and Wangda Zuo, 2022, "Towards Open-Source Modelica Models for Steam-Based District Heating Systems", 2022 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES), IEEE

Kathryn Hinkelman, Wangda Zuo, Jing Wang, Sen Huang and Mihcael Wetter, 2022, "Ecosystem-Level Biomimicry for the Built Environment: Adopting Systems Ecology Principles for the Control of Heterogeneous Energy Systems", The 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). July 25-29, Montreal, Canada.

Yingli Lou, Yunyang Ye, Wangda Zuo and Yizhi Yang, 2022, "Realistic Estimation of CO2 Emission Reductions Due to Building Retrofit", 2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild. September 14-16, Chicago, IL.

Saranya Anbarasu, Kathryn Hinkelman and Wangda Zuo, 2022, "Tracing the Dependency of Water and Energy in Smart and Connected Communities through a Multi-Domain Modeling Framework", The 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE 2022). July 25-29, Montreal, Canada.

Cary Faulkner, John Castellini, Yingli Lou, Wangda Zuo, David Lorenzetti and Michael Sohn, 2022, "Tradeoffs Between Indoor Air Quality and Sustainability for Indoor Virus Mitigation Strategies in Office Buildings", American Modelica Conference 2022. October 26-28, Dallas, TX.

Kathryn Hinkelman, Jing Wang, Chengliang Fan, Wangda Zuo, Antoine Gautier, Michael Wetter and Nicholas Long, 2021, "A Case Study on Condenser Water Supply Temperature Optimization with a District Cooling Plant", Modelica Conferences, pp. 587--595

Cary A Faulkner, Dominik S Jankowski, Wangda Zuo, Phillip Epple and Michael D Sohn, 2021, "A Novel Physics-informed Algorithm for Training AI Models to Predict Indoor Airflow", The 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference).

Cary A Faulkner, John E Castellini, Jr, Wangda Zuo, David M Lorenzetti and Michael D Sohn, 2021, "MERV 13 Filtration for Office Buildings During COVID-19 Pandemic", The 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference).

Yingli Lou, Yunyang Ye, Wangda Zuo and Jian Zhang, 2021, "Energy Prediction Impact of the Space Level Occupancy Schedule for a Primary School", The 17th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2021).

Jing Wang, Wangda Zuo, Sen Huang and Draguna Vrabie, 2020, "Data-driven Prediction of Occupant Presence and Lighting Power: A Case Study for Small Commercial Buildings", American Modelica Conference

Yunyang Ye, Kathryn Hinkelman, Jian Zhang, Yulong Xie and Wangda Zuo, 2019, "A Methodology to Quantify the Impact of Building Energy Code Upgrades on Building Energy Savings: A Case Study on Small Offices", The 16th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2019)

Yangyang Fu, Sen Huang, Yuan Liu, TE McDermott, Draguna Vrabie and Wangda Zuo, 2019, "A Multidisciplinary Model to Couple Power System Dynamics and Building Dynamics to Enable Building-to-Grid Integration", The 16th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2019)

Michael Condor, Xu Han, Wangda Zuo, Wei Tian and Jim VanGilder, 2019, "An accurate fast fluid dynamics model for data center applications", The 18th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm), pp. 1275--1281

Yangyang Fu, Sen Huang, Draguna Vrabie and Wangda Zuo, 2019, "Coupling power system dynamics and building dynamics to enabling building-to-grid integration", The 13th International Modelica Conference, 157

Kathryn Hinkelman, Sen Huang, Jing Wang, Jianming Lian and Wangda Zuo, 2019, "Enhancing the Implementation of a First-order Equivalent Thermal Parameter Model to Enable Accurate and Robust Building Thermal Response Prediction", The 16th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2019)

Yangyang Fu, Xing Lu and Wangda Zuo, 2019, "Modelica models for the control evaluations of chilled water system with waterside economizer", The 13th International Modelica Conference, Regensburg, Germany., (157)

Xu Han, Wei Tian, Wangda Zuo and James W VanGilder, 2019, "Optimization of Workload Distribution of Data Centers Based on a Self-Learning In Situ Adaptive Tabulation Model", The 16th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (Building Simulation 2019), Rome, Italy

Other

Wangda Zuo, Michael Wetter, James VanGilder, Xu Han, Yangyang Fu, Cary Faulkner, Jianjun Hu, Wei Tian and Michael Condor, 2021, "Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency Through End-to-End Cooling Modeling and Optimization", U.S. Department of Energy

• August 2021 - July 2026, "IUCRC Proposal Phase I: University of Colorado Boulder: Center for Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST)," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• January 2022 - August 2025, "U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership: Intelligent Data Harvesting for Multi-Scale Building Stock Classification and Energy Performance Prediction," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• October 2020 - September 2024, "Optimal Co-Design of Integrated Thermal-Electrical Networks and Control Systems for Grid-interactive Efficient District (GED) Energy Systems," (Sponsor: University of Colorado at Boulder).

• September 2022 - August 2024, "The Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative IFL," (Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy).

• October 2022 - December 2024, "EAGER: Collaborative Research: Modernizing Cities via Smart Garden Alleys with Application in Makassar City," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• April 2016 - March 2022, "Energy Modeling of Typical Commercial Buildings in Support of ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient Energy Rating Program," (Sponsor: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers).

• August 2017 - April 2022, "Development of Near-Optimal Control Sequence for Chiller Plants with Water Side Economizer Using Dynamic Models," (Sponsor: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers).

• September 2016 - August 2022, "BIGDATA: Collaborative Research: IA: Big Data Analytics for Optimized Planning of Smart, Sustainable, and Connected Communities," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• August 2021 - August 2022, "Improving the Models and Understanding of the Indoor Contaminant Transportation," (Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency via Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

• June 2019 - June 2022, "Support for District Simulation with Modelica," (Sponsor: Department of Energy via National Renewable Energy Laboratory).

• November 2020 - August 2021, "OpenStudio Software Testing Methodologies Through Building Science Modeling and Analysis," (Sponsor: Department of Energy via National Renewable Energy Laboratory).

• July 2020 - April 2021, "Integrated Urban Outdoor and Indoor Hazard Prediction," (Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency via Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

• November 2019 - November 2021, "Assessing Human Health and Well-being with the WELL Building Standard," (Sponsor: Delos Living LLC).

• March 2019 - September 2020, "Building Energy Modeling - OpenStudio SDK Development and Management," (Sponsor: Department of Energy via Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).

• January 2019 - September 2020, "Comprehensive Pliant Permissive Priority Optimization," (Sponsor: Department of Energy via Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).

• October 2016 - May 2020, "Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency through End-To-End Cooling Modeling and Optimization," (Sponsor: Department of Energy).

• April 2019 - September 2019, "Model Development for Virtual Electric Power Board," (Sponsor: Department of Energy via Oak Ridge National Laboratory).

• January 2017 - December 2019, "CRISP Type 1: Collaborative Research: A Human-Centered Computational Framework for Urban and Community Design of Resilient Coastal Cities," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• October 2018 - March 2019, "Statistical Analysis of Pre-Occupancy and Post-Occupancy Survey for a WELL Certified Building," (Sponsor: Delos Living LLC).

• September 2018 - August 2019, "Planning IUCRC at University of Colorado Boulder: Center for Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST)," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

• September 2018 - August 2019, "An Innovative Computational Platform for Robust and Optimal Operation of Renewable Energy Cities," (Sponsor: Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory).

• July 2016 - August 2017, "Fast Simulation of Dense Gas Transportation in Buildings Using Cross-Platform Parallel Computing," (Sponsor: Department of Homeland Security via Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

• January 2013 - September 2016, "Implementation and Validation of Modelica Based Models for a Large Chiller Plant System," (Sponsor: Department of Defense via Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

• February 2015 - December 2015, "Development of a Fast Model for Predicting Dense Gas Transportation in Buildings," (Sponsor: Department of Homeland Security via Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

• January 2013 - September 2013, "Coupling Fast Fluid Dynamics and Modelica Buildings Library for Integrated Simulation of Indoor Environment and HVAC Systems," (Sponsor: Department of Energy via Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).

• February 2012 - January 2013, "Demonstration of a Modelica-Based Tool Chain for Rapid Prototyping and Evaluation of Integrated Building Controls," (Sponsor: Department of Energy through Consortium for Building Energy Innovation).

• Outstanding Researcher Award, International Building Performance Simulation Association - USA Chapter, 2024

• Exceptional Service Award, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2024

• Best Poster Award, SimBuild 2024 Conference, 2024

• Best Post Award, AEI Conference, 2023

• Lewis-Worcester Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2017 - 2021

• Best Paper Award, The 12th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2021), Seoul, South Korea (Virtual Conference), 2021

• Fellow, International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2021

• 2020 Reviewers of the Year, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering – Including Wind Energy and Building Energy Conversation, 2021

• Research Development Award, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2020

• ExCEEd Teaching Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019

• Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2017

• Best Paper Award, Chinese National Conference on HVAC Modeling, 2017

• Emerging Professional Award, International Building Performance Simulation Association-USA Chapter, 2016

• Eliahu I. Jury Early Career Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Miami, 2016

• Provost Research Award, University of Miami, 2014

Service to Penn State:

• Committee Work, Committee Member, Awards Committee, 2023

• Committee Work, Committee Member, Graduate Committee, 2023

• Participation in Development/Fundraising Activities, Administrator, Associate Director for Research, Global Building Network, 2022

• Committee Work, Committee Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2022

Service to External Organizations:

• Chair, ASHRAE Technical Committee 4.10 Indoor Environment Modeling, 2019 - 2021

• Chair, ASHRAE Technical Committee 7.4 Exergy Analysis for Sustainable Buildings, 2017 - 2019

• Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Treasurer, Affiliate Director, International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2016 - 2024

• Research Committee Chair, International Building Performance Simulation Association – USA Chapter, 2014 - 2018