Paul Raftery

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Paul Raftery is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Raftery has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Building and Construction, 29 papers in Environmental Engineering and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Paul Raftery's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (59 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers). Paul Raftery is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (59 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (22 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (12 papers). Paul Raftery collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and China. Paul Raftery's co-authors include Marcus Keane, Daniel Coakley, Stefano Schiavon, Joyce Kim, Fred Bauman, James O’Donnell, Gail Brager, Yuxun Zhou, Andrea Costa and Edward Arens and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Paul Raftery

70 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

  1. A review of methods to match building energy simulation models to measured data
    2014 639 citations Paul Raftery, Marcus Keane et al. profile →
  2. Personal comfort models: Predicting individuals' thermal preference using occupant heating and cooling behavior and machine learning
    2017 353 citations Stefano Schiavon, Paul Raftery et al. Building and Environment profile →

Peers

Paul Raftery
Khee Poh Lam United States
Ali Malkawi United States
Adrian Chong Singapore
Panagiota Karava United States
Kaiyu Sun United States
Farrokh Jazizadeh United States
Linda K. Lawrie United States
Radu Zmeureanu Canada
H. Burak Gunay Canada
Daniel E. Fisher United States
Khee Poh Lam United States
Paul Raftery
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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Raftery

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Raftery

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Raftery. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Raftery based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paul Raftery. Paul Raftery is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roa, Carlos Duarte, Paul Raftery, Stefano Schiavon, & Fred Bauman. (2025). How high can You Go: Determining the warmest supply water temperature for high thermal mass radiant cooling systems under thermal comfort constraints. Energy and Buildings. 331. 115387–115387. 2 indexed citations
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Ouellet‐Plamondon, Claudiane, et al.. (2025). Embodied carbon in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems: A critical literature review. Building and Environment. 275. 112823–112823. 2 indexed citations
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Jiang, Houshuo, Yan Wang, Charlie Huizenga, et al.. (2025). Assessing Overheating Risk and Energy Impacts in California's Residential Buildings.
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Roa, Carlos Duarte, Paul Raftery, Anand Krishnan Prakash, & Therese Peffer. (2024). Field Demonstration of the Brick Ontology to Scale up the Deployment of ASHRAE Guideline 36 Control Sequences. 1 indexed citations
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Vernon, David T. A., et al.. (2024). HEATING HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION HEAT LOSSES—DETAILED MEASUREMENT. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Senwen, Liangzhu Wang, Paul Raftery, et al.. (2023). Comparing airborne infectious aerosol exposures in sparsely occupied large spaces utilizing large-diameter ceiling fans. Building and Environment. 231. 110022–110022. 6 indexed citations
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Raftery, Paul, et al.. (2023). A perspective on tools for assessing the building sector’s greenhouse gas emissions and beyond. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 43001–43001. 9 indexed citations
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Raftery, Paul, Dana Miller, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2020). Integrating Smart Ceiling Fans and Communicating Thermostats to Provide Energy-Efficient Comfort. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Arens, Edward, Ali Ghahramani, Richard J. Przybyla, et al.. (2020). Measuring 3D indoor air velocity via an inexpensive low-power ultrasonic anemometer. Energy and Buildings. 211. 109805–109805. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenhua, Hui Zhang, Edward Arens, et al.. (2020). Ceiling-fan-integrated air conditioning: Airflow and temperature characteristics of a sidewall-supply jet interacting with a ceiling fan. Building and Environment. 171. 106660–106660. 31 indexed citations
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Raftery, Paul, Wenhua Chen, Yingdong He, et al.. (2019). Ceiling fans: Predicting indoor air speeds based on full scale laboratory measurements. Building and Environment. 155. 210–223. 36 indexed citations
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Roa, Carlos Duarte, Paul Raftery, Stefano Schiavon, & Fred Bauman. (2018). How High Can You Go? Determining the Highest Supply Water Temperature for High Thermal Mass Radiant Cooling Systems in California. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Yunfei, Hui Zhang, Edward Arens, et al.. (2017). Ceiling fan air speeds around desks and office partitions. Building and Environment. 124. 412–440. 41 indexed citations
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Bauman, Fred, Hui Zhang, Edward Arens, et al.. (2015). Advanced Integrated Systems Technology Development: Personal Comfort Systems and Radiant Slab Systems. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 8 indexed citations
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Costa, Andrea, Marcus Keane, Paul Raftery, & James O’Donnell. (2012). Key factors methodology—A novel support to the decision making process of the building energy manager in defining optimal operation strategies. Energy and Buildings. 49. 158–163. 17 indexed citations
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Raftery, Paul, Marcus Keane, & James O’Donnell. (2011). Calibrating whole building energy models: An evidence-based methodology. Energy and Buildings. 43(9). 2356–2364. 227 indexed citations
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Raftery, Paul, Marcus Keane, & Andrea Costa. (2011). Calibrating whole building energy models: Detailed case study using hourly measured data. Energy and Buildings. 43(12). 3666–3679. 173 indexed citations

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