Tianzhen Hong
Executive Editor at Elsevier, Energy and Buildings journal
United States
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Top SchoolTianzhen Hong is a senior scientist and executive editor with over three decades of industry and academic experience in building energy efficiency, simulation, and AI-driven building analytics. He leads EnergyPlus development and spearheaded award-winning platforms (CBES, CityBES) that apply open data and cloud computing to city-scale building energy and sustainability analysis. A driving force behind major energy codes and standards for California, ASHRAE, and India, he also developed foundational tools such as VisualDOE and DeST used widely in practice. Hong combines hands-on software product leadership with deep research impact—over 250 publications and recognition as a Highly Cited Researcher—while bridging international collaborations through IEA and US–China research programs. Less obvious is his role in institutionalizing occupant behavior as a formal design variable—founding and chairing ASHRAE groups that have made behavioral modeling central to modern building performance practice. He holds advanced degrees from Tsinghua University and splits his time between strategic research, software development, and editorial stewardship of Energy and Buildings.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, MSc, BSc, Building Energy Efficiency, HVACR, PhD, MSc, BSc, Building Energy Efficiency, HVACR at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
renewable-energy10
simulation10
energyplus10
energy10
water10
modeling-tool10
consumption10
modelica10
power-systems10
specification1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
NREL/EnergyPlus
Jul 2016 - Jun 2020
EnergyPlus™ is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption and water use in buildings.
Contributions:3 reviews, 6 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 11 months
renewable-energypower-systemsenergy-consumptionenergy-simulationsimulation
open-data-standards/permitdata.org
Sep 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:1 issue in 1 day
specificationdata-specification
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