Publications

Year Title (+DOI link)PublicationAuthorsTypeCode
2023Rethinking walkability: Exploring the relationship between urban form and neighborhood social cohesionSustainable Cities and SocietyAndrew Sonta, Xiaofan JiangJournalGithub
2023OccuVAE: Integrating unsupervised occupancy inference in data-driven energy modeling for human-centric operationBuildSysYufei Zhang, Andrew SontaConference
2023RECA: A multi-task deep reinforcement learning-based recommender system for co-optimizing energy, comfort and air quality in commercial buildingsBuildSysStephen Xia, Peter Wei, Yanchen Liu, Andrew Sonta, Xiaofan JiangConference
2023Detailed case studiesOccupant-Centric Simulation-Aided Building DesignTareq Abuimara, Attila Kopányi, Jean Rouleau, Ye Kang, Andrew Sonta, et al.Book Chapter
2022A global building occupant behavior databaseScientific DataBing Dong, …, Andrew Sonta, et al.Journal
2021Magic wallsJouleAndrew SontaJournal
2021Data-driven optimization of building layouts for energy efficiencyEnergy and BuildingsAndrew Sonta, Thomas Dougherty, Rishee JainJournal
2021Data-driven simulation of room-level building energy consumptionInternational Conference on Computing in Civil EngineeringAndrew Sonta, Peter Wei, Yanchen Liu, Xiaofan JiangConference
2021Intelligent network topology based post-pandemic reintroduction policies for officesBuildSysThomas Dougherty, Andrew Sonta, Rishee JainConference
2020Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: A critical review of tools, methods, and applicationsEnergy and BuildingsElie Azar, …, Andrew Sonta, et al.Journal
2020Integrating social and environmental perspectives in building design and operationStanford UniversityAndrew SontaDoctoral Dissertation
2020Learning socio-organizational network structure in buildings with ambient sensing dataData-Centric EngineeringAndrew Sonta, Rishee JainJournalDOI
2019Building relationships: Using embedded plug load sensors for occupant network inferenceIEEE Embedded Systems LettersAndrew Sonta, Rishee JainJournal
2019Optimizing neighborhood-scale walkabilityASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil EngineeringAndrew Sonta, Rishee JainConference
2019Data-driven building layout optimization for energy efficiencyInternational Conference on Applied EnergyAndrew Sonta, Rishee JainConference
2018Inferring occupant ties: Automated inference of occupant network structure in commercial buildingsBuildSysAndrew Sonta, Rishee JainConference
2018Understanding building occupant activities at scale: An integrated knowledge-based and data-driven approachAdvanced Engineering InformaticsAndrew Sonta, Perry Simmons, Rishee JainJournalGithub
2017OESPG: Computational framework for multidimensional analysis of occupant energy use data in commercial buildingsJournal of Computing in Civil EngineeringAndrew Sonta, Rishee Jain, Rimas Gulbinas, Jose Moura, John TaylorJournal
2017Towards automated inference of occupant behavioral dynamics using plug-load energy dataASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil EngineeringAndrew Sonta, Perry Simmons, Rishee JainConference