Publications

I publish in leading international journals and conferences in building science, the built environment, and energy research, including Applied Energy, Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, Energy Research & Social Science, and ACM BuildSys. For a full list, see my Google Scholar profile.

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Patent & Dataset

Patent — Plug-Mate: An IoT-based Occupancy-driven Smart Energy Management System in the Workplace.
Tekler, Z.D., Low, R. and Blessing, L. Provisional Patent No: 10202101953Q, 2021.

Public Dataset — ROBOD: Room-level Occupancy and Building Operation Dataset (2022).
Tekler, Z.D., Ono, E., Peng, Y., Zhan, S., Lasternas, B. and Chong, A.

Dataset Notebook

2026

COAST: Congestion-Aware Start-Time Recommendations for Carbon-Aware HPC Jobs

W Feng, A Dasgupta, ZD Tekler, S Ahuja, J Zheng, X Jiang

Preprint arXiv:2609.05443

Can LLMs Replace In-domain Training Data? Cold-Start Thermal Comfort Prediction Across Unseen Building Contexts

ZD Tekler, R Low

Conference ACM BuildSys Sustainability Week 2026

Comparative Assessment of Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Building Annual Cooling Load Intensity in Urban Environments

A Attarhay Tehrani, S Sobhaninia, A Bertini, S Attia, ZD Tekler, et al.

Journal Advances in Building Energy Research

Multi-Horizon Forecasting of Thermal and Ventilation Risks in Naturally Ventilated Hospitals Using Multi-Output Transformers

ZD Tekler, B Roberts, R Low, M Cook

Conference The 46th AIVC Conference in Innovations in Smart Ventilation and IEQ for Resilient and Adaptive Buildings

Deep Learning Based Predictive Early Warning System for Heat and Ventilation Risks in Naturally Ventilated Hospital Wards

ZD Tekler, B Roberts, R Low, M Cook

Conference 19th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality (Indoor Air 2026)

Optimising Sensor Deployment in Open-Plan Offices Using Ordinary Kriging for Spatial Indoor Temperature Mapping

A Suliman, Z Tekler, M Topouzi, J Lizana, R Low

Conference 19th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality (Indoor Air 2026)

2025

Occupancy Monitoring Approaches: Learnings from Literature and Current Research

M Topouzi, A Suliman, Z Tekler

Conference CIBSE Technical Symposium 2025, London, UK

Clustering Household Electricity and Gas Load Profiles in the UK Using Smart Meter and Survey Data

ZD Tekler

Conference 4th uSim Conference of IBPSA-Scotland

2024

Data-Efficient Comfort Modeling: Active Transfer Learning for Personal Thermal Comfort Predictions under Limited Data

ZD Tekler, Y Lei, A Chong

Journal Energy and Buildings 319

Evaluating the Sensitivity and Robustness of Occupancy Models for Building Energy Simulation during Design

E Ono, ZD Tekler, KP Lam, J Lin, D Yan, A Chong

Journal Building and Environment 261

Evaluating Different Levels of Information on the Calibration of Building Energy Simulation Models

S Cheng, ZD Tekler, H Jia, W Li, A Chong

Journal Building Simulation 17(4)

Experimental Evaluation of Thermal Adaptation and Transient Thermal Comfort in a Tropical Mixed-Mode Ventilation Context

Y Lei, ZD Tekler, S Zhan, C Miller, A Chong

Journal Building and Environment 248

Enhancing Personalised Thermal Comfort Models with Active Learning for Improved HVAC Controls

ZD Tekler, Y Lei, X Dai, A Chong

Conference Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2600(13) · CISBAT

2023

A Hybrid Active Learning Framework for Personal Thermal Comfort Models

ZD Tekler, Y Lei, Y Peng, C Miller, A Chong

Journal Building and Environment 234

Data-Driven Predictive Control for Smart Facility Operations in IoT-Integrated Buildings with Time-Series Forecasting and Reinforcement Learning

D Zhuang, VJL Gan, ZD Tekler, A Chong, S Tian, X Shi

Journal Applied Energy 338

2022

ROBOD, Room-Level Occupancy and Building Operation Dataset

ZD Tekler, E Ono, Y Peng, S Zhan, B Lasternas, A Chong

Journal Building Simulation 15(12)

Occupancy Prediction Using Deep Learning Approaches across Multiple Space Types: A Minimum Sensing Strategy

ZD Tekler, A Chong

Journal Building and Environment 226

Hybrid System Controls of Natural Ventilation and HVAC in Mixed-Mode Buildings: A Comprehensive Review

Y Peng, Y Lei, ZD Tekler, N Antanuri, SK Lau, A Chong

Journal Energy and Buildings 276

Plug-Mate: An IoT-based Occupancy-Driven Plug Load Management System in Smart Buildings ★ Highly Cited

ZD Tekler, R Low, C Yuen, L Blessing

Journal Building and Environment 223 · Special Issue: AI and IoT in Smart Buildings

User Perceptions on the Adoption of Smart Energy Management Systems in the Workplace: Design and Policy Implications

ZD Tekler, R Low, L Blessing

Journal Energy Research & Social Science 88

2021

Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Augmented Reality Game Promoting Environmental Action

K Wang, ZD Tekler, L Cheah, D Herremans, L Blessing

Journal Sustainability 13(24)

An End-to-End Point of Interest (POI) Conflation Framework

R Low, ZD Tekler, L Cheah

Journal ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10(11)

User Perceptions and Adoption of Plug Load Management Systems in the Workplace

ZD Tekler, R Low, KTW Choo, L Blessing

Conference ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2021

2020

Near-Real-Time Plug Load Identification using Low-Frequency Power Data in Office Spaces: Experiments and Applications

ZD Tekler, R Low, Y Zhou, C Yuen, L Blessing, C Spanos

Journal Applied Energy 275

Predicting Commercial Vehicle Parking Duration using Generative Adversarial Multiple Imputation Networks

R Low, ZD Tekler, L Cheah

Journal Transportation Research Record 2674(9)

A Scalable Bluetooth Low Energy Approach to Identify Occupancy Patterns and Profiles in Office Spaces

ZD Tekler, R Low, B Gunay, RK Andersen, L Blessing

Journal Building and Environment 171

2019

An Alternative Approach to Monitor Occupancy using Bluetooth Low Energy Technology in an Office Environment

ZD Tekler, R Low, L Blessing

Conference CISBAT International Scientific Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland

Using Smart Technologies to Identify Occupancy and Plug-in Appliance Interaction Patterns in an Office Environment

ZD Tekler, R Low, L Blessing

Conference IAQVEC Conference, Bari, Italy

A Waste Management Behavioural Framework of Singapore's Food Manufacturing Industry using Factor Analysis

ZD Tekler, R Low, SY Chung, JSC Low, L Blessing

Conference 26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Purdue University, USA