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Recent publications

Key Recent Publications:

·        Costanzo, M., Mainini, A. G., Martinac, I., Parsman, D., Iannacone, G. (2022). Adapting Façade Performances to Climate Change in Northern Europe: Analysis of Future Scenarios for an Office Building in Stockholm. Accepted for oral presentation, CESB22/YRSB22, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-6 July, 2022.

·        Martinac, I., Song, H.-S., Plesser, S., Ryan, C., Teisen, O., & Wen, J. (2022). De-Risking Building Performance Investments by Certified Quality Management Services (QUEST). CLIMA 2022 Conference. https://doi.org/10.34641/clima.2022.343

·        Badura, A., Martinac, I., & Müller, B. (2022). Adaptive Envelopes for Better Energy Efficiency and Enhanced Indoor Thermal Comfort. CLIMA 2022 Conference. https://doi.org/10.34641/clima.2022.355

·        Martinac, I., Plesser, S., Ryan, C., Song, H.-S., Teisen, O., Wen, J.: QUEST- certified quality management services for de-risking building performance investments. The Rehva European HVAC journal, Vol. 58, Issue 3, pp 42-48, June 2021.

·        Hälleberg, D. and Martinac, I.: Indoor Climate as a Service: a digitalized approach to building performance management. 2020 IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588 032013;   https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/3/032013

·        Martinac, I.: Member of review team (https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/cid/PAP/10.1093_cid_ciaa939/3/ciaa939_suppl_supplementary_data.pdf?Expires=1609509215&Signature=DcoyuLhuFdkNbuODBXsVhohzT4uuPvLPFyZMQGsRCN-0kxp4mFuQK3s1i9g9YU0tnZTh6GgZBGI6gnN1SffSKt6upTuYyoCuxQutKqLDxoSbavF-HLQ9vOOhJ3Fj1X8ZpOe9UADb1rYxqaAWJ1oShVdwNtvs6DsRYRGmZ-YUtTvYaPOOp5jmb3V8KfSH3oK5HFC94SFQc8lUcKyeiqPhOc~Jtwwc-BxsFj2pf0rKimiRDY7xngRktdXJ5-roCZ35hpkJkAqHrXlGioWibEjAyWTY0G33Y21D5NRqPVCvugcbSbs2XHK0vSjFyShwOYjyTwYBWLkqMKa8OZdr1st26g__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA ) for Invited Commentary: Morawska, L.,  Milton, D. K.: It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaa939, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa939; 6 July 2020.

·        Wargocki, P., Melikov, A. K., Bivolarova,  M.P., Nielsen, P.V.,  Heiselberg, P. K.,  Afshari, A.,  Zhang, C.,  Schild, P. G.,  Cao, G.,  Mathisen, H.-M., Martinac,I.,  Ekberg, L.,  Johansson, D.,  Seppänen, O.,  Kosonen, R.,  Mustakallio, P., Koskela, H.,  Pasanen, P.,  Kurnitski, J.: Foranstaltninger imod luftbåren transmission af smitsomme sygdomme. https://ipaper.ipapercms.dk/TechMedia/HVACMagasinet/2020/6/?page=10#/ , 2020.

·        Wargocki, P., Melikov, A. K., Bivolarova,  M.P., Nielsen, P.V.,  Heiselberg, P. K.,  Afshari, A.,  Zhang, C.,  Schild, P. G.,  Cao, G.,  Mathisen, H.-M., Martinac,I.,  Ekberg, L.,  Johansson, D.,  Seppänen, O.,  Kosonen, R.,  Mustakallio, P., Koskela, H.,  Pasanen, P.,  Kurnitski, J.: SCANVAC: A petition for measures against airborne transmission of infectious diseases. https://www.scanvac.eu/scanvac-petition.html, 2020.

·        Badura, A. Mueller, B., Martinac, I.: Managing climate-change-induced overheating in non-residential buildings. Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020); E3S Web of Conferences 172, 02009 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017202009

·        Badura, A.,  Martinac , I. and Mueller, B.: Managing overheating in buildings induced by climate change. 2020 IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588 052016; https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/5/052016

·        De Roode, A. F., and Martinac, I.: Resilience hubs: a Maui case study to inform strategies for upscaling to resilience hub networks across coastal, remote, and island communities. 2020 IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 588 052050; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/588/5/052050

·        Kayo, G., Shukuya M., Martinac, I.: Energy and exergy analysis of waste-water heat recovery in a multi-family residential complex. Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, IAQVEC 2019, Bari, Italy. 2019 IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 609 062014; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/609/6/062014

·        Martinac, I.: Co-Author for: LowEx Communities – Optimised Performance of Energy supply Systems with Exergy Principles (Annex 64), Final Report. International Energy Agency, Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC) Programme. Fraunhofer Verlag, September 2019.

·        Energimyndigheten (Martinac, I. et al.): Tvärvetenskaplig samverkansplattform för brukaranpassad, hållbar byggnadsdrift med fokus på inomhusklimat och energiprestanda i byggnader – en förstudie. (Multi-disciplinary collaboration platform for user-adapted, sustainable building performance management with focus on indoor climate and energy performance in buildings. In Swedish). Final report, Energimyndigheten (Pnr 44567-1), 2019.

·        De Roode, A. F., Martinac, I., Kayo, G..: High-Performance and Energy Resilient Communities: Disaster Prevention Through Community Engagement. Proceedings of SBE 19, 6-7 August 2019, Tokyo, Japan. 2019 IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science,  294 012026; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/294/1/012026

·        Litiu, A.V., Barthelmes, V.M., Becchio, C.,  Fabi, V., Tarantini, M., Vergerio, G., Corgnati, S.P. and Martinac, I.: Graphical visualization of behavioural patterns in relation to indoor environment quality and energy use. Proceedings of the 13th REHVA World Congress CLIMA 2019, 26-29 May, 2019, Bucharest, Romania.

·        Litiu, A.V.,  Verbeke S., Hahn, J., Stjelja, D., Dooley, K., Brelih-Wasowski, N., Martinac, I., Lavesson, N., Gräslund, J., Isaksson, P.-O., Hälleberg, D., and Carling, P.: Mapping digital transformation in building performance assessment and management – commercial activities for the operation phase. Proceedings of the 13th REHVA World Congress CLIMA 2019, 26-29 May, 2019, Bucharest, Romania; Revista Romana de Inginerie Civila; Bucharest Vol. 10, Iss. 3,  (2019): 342-347.

·        Litiu, A.V., Derjanecz, A., Kurnitski, J., Kosonen, R., Martinac, I.: The European Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) for Buildings – in the making get involved! The Rehva European HVAC journal, Vol. 55, Issue 6, pp 47-52, December 2018.

·        Litiu, A.V., Cuc, C.L., Martinac, I.: The Digitalization of Residential Building Services: Comfort, Convenience and Control – A Romanian Case Sturdy. The Rehva European HVAC journal, Vol. 55, Issue 6, pp 37-41, December 2018.

·        Litiu, A.V., Martinac, I., Gräslund, J., Carling, P.: Continuous optimisation of Hvac System's operation through graphical visualization of performance. Proceedings of Roomvent and Ventilation 2018, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, June 2-5, 2018, pp 439-444.

·        Litiu, A.V., Martinac, I., Gräslund, J., Carling, P.: Analysis of HVAC Systems' operation through graphical visualization of performance. Proceedings of the REHVA Annual Meeting Conference, Low Carbon Technologies in HVAC, 23 April 2018; Brussels, Belgium.

·        Martinac, I. et al.: Brukaranpassad, hållbar byggnadsdrift med fokus på inneklimat och energiprestanda i kontorsbyggnader – en kunskapssyntes (User-adapted, sustainable building performance management with focus on indoor environment end energy performance in office buildings – a knowledge synthesis. In Swedish). Final Report, Energimyndigheten (Pnr 42639-) & SBUF (Pnr 13293). Stockholm, 2017.

·        Wang, C., Kilkis, S., Tjernström, J., Nyblom, J., & Martinac, I.: Multi-objective optimization and parametric analysis of energy system designs for the Albano university campus in Stockholm. International High-Performance Built Environment Conference (iHBE), 17–18 Nov 2016, Sydney, Australia; Procedia Engineering Vol. 180, pp 621 – 630, 2017.

·        Kilkis, S., Wang, C., Björk, F. and Martinac, I: Cleaner energy scenarios for building clusters in campus areas based on the Rational Exergy Management Model. Journal of Cleaner Production, pp 1-11, October 2016.

·        Phdungsilp, A.  and  Martinac, I.: A Multi-objective Energy Planning Framework towards Sustainable Campus Development. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering & Technology, Computer, Basic & Applied Sciences, ECBA-2016, (ISBN No. 978-969-670-677-9), Hong Kong, July 20-21, 2016.

·        Hassanie, S. H., Martinac, I.: A Holistic Approach to Building Performance: A Case Study of an Office Building in Sweden. In: Heiselberg, P. K. (Ed.) (2016). CLIMA 2016 - Proceedings of the 12th REHVA World Congress: Volume 6. Aalborg University, Department of Civil Engineering. Aalborg, Denmark, 22-25 May, 2016.

·        Kayo, G.,  Martinac, I., Hasan, A., Lahdelma, R.: Optimal Planning for Carbon Neutral Neighborhoods by Integrating Existing Building Stocks, PLEA2016 (Passive and Low Energy Architecture), Los Angeles, USA, 2016.

·        Kayo, I., Martinac, I.,  Hasan, A., Lahdelma, R.: Optimal Planning Tool for Zero Energy District, BSO2016 (Building Simulation and Optimisation), Newcastle, UK, 2016.

·        Wang, C., Martinac, I. & Magny, A.: Multi-Objective Optimization of Energy System Designs for the Albano University Campus in Stockholm. In iiSBE Forum of Young Researchers in Sustainable Building 2016, 21 June, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016.

·        Wang, C., Martinac, I., and Magny, A.: Multi-objective robust optimization of energy systems for a sustainable district in Stockholm. Proceedings of BS2015, 14th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, pp. 2010-2016, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 7-9, 2015.

·        Phdungsilp, A. and Martinac, I.: Distributed energy resources systems towards carbon-neutral urban development: A review and application. International Journal of Energy and Environment, Volume 6, 2015.

·        Kilkis, S., Wang, C. Björk, F. and Martinac, I.: Building Clusters on University Campuses and Surrounding Urban Areas: Pilot Sites for a Sustainable Built Environment in Stockholm. Transactions from the The 10th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27 Sep-2 Oct, 2015.

·        Kayo, G.,  Martinac, I.,  A. Hasan, A.: Simulation study on local energy integration and management among campus buildings’, BuildSim-Nordic 2015, Aalborg, Denmark, 2015.

·        Lu, H., Yu, Z., Alanne, K., Zhang, L., Fan, L., Xu, X. and Martinac, I.: Transition path towards hybrid systems in China: obtaining net-zero exergy district using a novel multi-objective optimization method. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Energy and Buildings, 30 September 2014.

·        Lu, H., Alanne, K. & Martinac, I.: Energy quality management for building clusters and districts (BCDs) through multi-objective optimization. Journal for Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 79, pp. 525-533, 2014.

·        Lu,H., Yu, Z., Alanne, K., Xu, X., Fan, L., Yu, H., Zhang, L. and Martinac, I.: “Parametric analysis of energy quality management for district in China using multi-objective optimization approach”. Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 87, pp. 636-646, 2014.

·        Magny, A., Phdungsilp, A. and Martinac, I.: Optimization of Energy Supply Systems for a Sustainable District in Stockholm Using Genetic Algorithms. Proceedings of the World Sustainable Buildings Conference 2014, Barcelona, Spain, October 28-30, 2014.

·        Alanne, K., Schade, J., Martinac, I., et al.: Economic viability of energy-efficiency measures in educational buildings in Finland. Advances in Building Energy Research, 7:1, 120-127, 2013.

·        Phdungsilp, A., Martinac, I., Ngo, T.: A Framework for Integrated Energy Systems, Infrastructure, and Services Optimization with Visualization and Simulation Platform for Low-carbon Precincts. Proceedings of the International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure, Wollongong, Australia, October 1-3, 2013.

·        Phdungsilp, A. and Martinac, I.: A Proposal of Urban District Carbon Budgets for Sustainable Urban Development Projects. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 3-5, 2012.

·        Lu, H. and Martinac, I.: A Study of the Design Criteria Affecting Energy Demand in New Building Clusters Using Fuzzy AHP. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 3-5, 2012.

·        Wang, Q. and Martinac, I.: The application of LCCA toward industrialized building retrofitting. The application of LCCA toward industrialized building retrofitting. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 3-5, 2012.


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