Publications

Year Title (+DOI link)PublicationAuthorsTypeCode
2026Urban forms across continents: A data-driven comparison of Lausanne and PhiladelphiaTransportation Research Interdisciplinary PerspectivesArthur Carmès, Léo Catteau, Andrew Sonta, Arash TavakoliJournalGithub
2025OccuEMBED: Occupancy Extraction Merged with Building Energy Disaggregation for occupant-responsive operation at scaleEnergy and BuildingsYufei Zhang, Andrew SontaJournalGithub
2025Data-driven insights on urban walkability: Modeling the relationships between urban form and pedestrian activityPreprintKanaha Shoji, Benjamin Tarver, Andrew SontaJournal
2025Development of a blind control occupant behaviour model (BC-OBM) based on contextual and time-related factors through supervised machine learning approachesBuilding and EnvironmentTarun Verma,
Padmanaban Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Sonta
Journal
2025Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS): Systematic review of benefits for thermal comfort, air quality, health, and human performanceBuilding and EnvironmentDolaana Khovalyg, …, Matteo Favero, …, Andrew Sonta et al.Journal
2025Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS): A systematic review of performance evaluation methods for thermal comfort, air quality and energyBuilding and EnvironmentDouaa Al-Assad, …, Matteo Favero, …, Andrew Sonta et al.Journal
2025Human-centric buildings for a changing climate: Introducing a new International Energy Agency research networkEnergy and BuildingsJulia Day, …, Andrew Sonta et al.Journal
2025Stop adjusting for anything: How the backdoor and adjustment criteria empower causal occupant-centric researchBuilding and EnvironmentJian Pan, Matteo Favero, Andrew Sonta, Ruiji Sun, Julia Damrath, Marcel SchweikerJournalGithub
2025Multi-modal prediction of building energy efficiency using apartment listing dataEG-ICEAndrew Sonta, Gilles de Waha, Matthew Morvan, Silvia Romanato, Helena Hauser, Sebastien Houde, Harald MayrConference
2025Non-intrusive energy state monitoring for occupancy driven load management of residential unitsCISBATVasantha Ramani, Yufei Zhang, Andrew SontaConference
2025Data-driven modeling for occupant-centric and energy-flexible buildings: Integrating occupancy inference and ventilation modelingCISBATYufei Zhang, Bowen Du, Wei Jia, Dusan Licina, Andrew SontaConference
2025Predicting sex-based thermal sensation differences: a multilevel ordinal regression approachBuilding Simulation (IBPSA)Matteo Favero, Marika Vellei, Andrew SontaConference
2024Ten questions concerning statistical data analysis in human-centric buildings research: A focus on thermal comfort investigationsBuilding and EnvironmentMatteo Favero, Salvatore Carlucci, Giorgia Chinazzo, Jan Kloppenborg Møller, Marcel Schweiker, Marika Vellei, Andrew SontaJournalQuarto
2024A multi-task deep reinforcement learning-based recommender system for co-optimizing energy, comfort, and air quality in commercial buildings with humans-in-the-loopData-Centric EngineeringStephen Xia, Peter Wei, Yanchen Liu, Andrew Sonta, Xiaofan JiangJournal
2024Mind the hazard: Modeling and interpreting comfort with personalized sensingBuildSysYufei Zhang, Matteo Favero, Patrick Chwalek, Sailin Zhong, Denis Lalanne, Joseph A Paradiso, Clayton Miller, Andrew SontaConference
2024A data-driven framework for occupant-centric demand flexibility potential evaluation at scaleBuildSysYufei Zhang, Yang Deng, Rui Liang, Yaohui Liu, Dan Wang, Andrew SontaConference
2024Toward data-driven urban walkability: Developing an empirical understanding of walking behavior and urban formInternational Conference on Computing in Civil EngineeringKanaha Shoji, Andrew SontaConference
2024Synthetic data simulation to assess the effects of modeling assumptions in thermal comfort data analysis and inferenceInternational Conference on Computing in Civil EngineeringMatteo Favero, Andrew SontaConference
2024Understanding mobility behaviour in large housing estates: A critical application of the 15-minute city conceptAESOP Annual Conference ProceedingsSandra Treija, Alisa Koroļova, Uģis Bratuškins, Andrew Sonta, Stefanie Rößler, Robert Hecht, Melinda Benkő, Thomas Verbeek, Elena DimitrovaConference
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