Dayi Lai

4.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
82 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dayi Lai is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Dayi Lai has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Environmental Engineering, 63 papers in Building and Construction and 25 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Dayi Lai's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (62 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (51 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers). Dayi Lai is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (62 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (51 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers). Dayi Lai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Dayi Lai's co-authors include Qingyan Chen, Kuixing Liu, Zhiwei Lian, Wenyu Liu, Xiaojie Zhou, Wei Liu, Junjie Liu, Weiwei Liu, Yue Qi and Chaoran Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Dayi Lai

80 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A review of mitigating strategies to improve the thermal environment and thermal comfort in urban outdoor spaces

2019 618 citations Dayi Lai, Wenyu Liu et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Studies of outdoor thermal comfort in northern China

2014 413 citations Dayi Lai, Qingyan Chen et al. Building and Environment profile →
A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces

2020 255 citations Dayi Lai, Zhiwei Lian et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Thermal comfort models and their developments: A review

2020 244 citations Zhiwei Lian, Dayi Lai et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Analysis of occupant thermal comfort and energy-saving potential based on cooling behaviors in residential buildings: A case study of Shanghai 2025 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Yuxin Yang, Dayi Lai, Li Lan, (unknown), Heng Du, Zhiwei Lian	4
2	Prediction and optimization of daylight performance of AI-generated residential floor plans 2025 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Hao Zheng, Dayi Lai	3
3	CFD-driven Bayesian optimization of localized ventilation to achieve desired microclimate conditions in plant factories 2025 ·Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ·(unknown), Yongzhi Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Lingyan Zha, (unknown), (unknown), Dayi Lai	0
4	Mapping priority zones for urban heat mitigation in Shanghai: Heat risk vs. shelter provision 2025 ·Computers Environment and Urban Systems ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiaoyu Li, Dayi Lai	1
5	Energy consumption of plant factory with artificial light: Challenges and opportunities 2024 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·(unknown), (unknown), Lingyan Zha, Zhang Jing-jin, Dayi Lai, Hua Bao	11
6	Exploring the correlation and synchronicity between environmental factors and occupant thermal response in dynamic outdoor cabin environments 2024 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Yuxin Yang, Dayi Lai, Li Lan, Zhiwei Lian	1
7	A computationally affordable and reasonably accurate approach for annual outdoor thermal comfort assessment on an hourly basis 2024 ·Energy and Buildings ·(unknown), Dayi Lai, Wei Liu	6
8	Unravelling key environmental factors influencing urban park visits: Thermal comfort and air quality 2024 ·Urban Climate ·(unknown), (unknown), Yang Zhang, Dayi Lai	3
9	Energy examination and optimization workflow for container farms: A case study in Shanghai, China 2024 ·Applied Energy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Yuan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Dayi Lai	3
10	Evaluation of renovation strategies for existing residential districts in Shanghai based on coupling calculation of microclimate and energy consumption 2023 ·Energy and Buildings ·(unknown), Huibo Zhang, (unknown), Dayi Lai	12
11	How do people set air conditioning temperature setpoint in urban domestic–Behavior model in Chinese three climate zones based on historical usage data 2023 ·Energy and Buildings ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heng Du, Dayi Lai, Yuxin Yang, Zhiwei Lian	11
12	Improving outdoor thermal comfort of a kindergarten by optimizing its building shape with genetic algorithm 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Rui Sun, Di Chen, (unknown), Dayi Lai, Wei Liu	1
13	Finding an optimal angle to balance daylight and glare for serrated window at western facade in a typical office based on numerical simulation 2023 ·Building Simulation Conference proceedings ·(unknown), Dayi Lai, Ziqi Zhang	1
14	Comparing the performance of four shading strategies based on a multi-objective genetic algorithm: A case study in a university library 2022 ·Journal of Building Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peng Xue, Dayi Lai	25
15	Inverse design of a thermally comfortable indoor environment with a coupled CFD and multi-segment human thermoregulation model 2022 ·Building and Environment ·Wei Liu, Tengfei Zhang, Dayi Lai	17
16	Thermal sensation model for driver in a passenger car with changing solar radiation 2020 ·Building and Environment ·Xiaojie Zhou, Dayi Lai, Qingyan Chen	40
17	A review of mitigating strategies to improve the thermal environment and thermal comfort in urban outdoor spaces breakdown → 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Dayi Lai, Wenyu Liu, (unknown), Kuixing Liu, Qingyan Chen	618
18	An ordered probability model for predicting outdoor thermal comfort 2018 ·Energy and Buildings ·Dayi Lai, Chuanming Chen, Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	24
19	Indoor air quality and occupants' ventilation habits in China: Seasonal measurement and long-term monitoring 2018 ·Building and Environment ·Junjie Liu, Xilei Dai, Xiangdong Li, (unknown), Jingjing Pei, Yuexia Sun, Dayi Lai, Xiong Shen, Hejiang Sun, Haiguo Yin, Kailiang Huang, Hongwei Tan, Yao Gao, Yiwen Jian	86
20	Measurements and predictions of the skin temperature of human subjects on outdoor environment 2017 ·Energy and Buildings ·Dayi Lai, Xiaojie Zhou, Qingyan Chen	82

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