Publications

Publications related to Eddy3D are listed below, grouped by modules.

Outdoor+

1. Rahimi, S., Kastner, P., & Berardi, U. (2025). Incorporating Convective Heat Transfer and Humidity Effects in Urban Microclimate Modeling: Should we care?. Building and Environment, 112858.

2. @article{rahimi2025incorporating,
     title     = {Incorporating Convective Heat Transfer and Humidity Effects in Urban Microclimate Modeling: Should we care?},
     author    = {Rahimi, Sina and Kastner, Patrick and Berardi, Umberto},
     journal   = {Building and Environment},
     pages     = {112858},
     year      = {2025},
     publisher = {Elsevier}
   }
   

1. Rahimi, S., Berardi, U., Stone, B., & Kastner, P. (2024). Assessing the Complexity Required for Enhancing Eddy3D: Validation of urbanMicroclimateFoam for Urban Heat Island Mitigation. Proceedings of the IBPC 2024 Conference.

2. @inproceedings{rahimi2024assessing,
     title     = {Assessing the Complexity Required for Enhancing Eddy3D: Validation of urbanMicroclimateFoam for Urban Heat Island Mitigation},
     author    = {Rahimi, Sina and Berardi, Umberto and Stone, Brian and Kastner, Patrick},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the IBPC 2024 Conference},
     year      = {2024}
   }  
   

1. Rahimi, S., Kastner, P., & Berardi, U. (2024). How much computational complexity is necessary to model relevant aspects in microclimate urban physics?. International Association of Building Physics.

2. @inproceedings{rahimi2024computational,
     title     = {How much computational complexity is necessary to model relevant aspects in microclimate urban physics?},
     author    = {Rahimi, Sina and Kastner, Patrick and Berardi, Umberto},
     booktitle = {International Association of Building Physics},
     year      = {2024}
   }
   

Outdoor

1. Kastner, P. & Dogan, T. (2021). Eddy3D: A toolkit for decoupled outdoor thermal comfort simulations in urban areas. Building and Environment, 108639.

2. @article{Kastner2021eddy3d,
     title   = {Eddy3D: A toolkit for decoupled outdoor thermal comfort simulations in urban areas},
     author  = {Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur},
     journal = {Building and Environment},
     pages   = {108639},
     year    = {2021}
   }
   

1. Young, E., Kastner, P., Dogan, T., Chokhachian, A., Mokhtar, S., & Reinhart, C. (2021). Modeling Outdoor Thermal Comfort along Cycling Routes at Varying Levels of Physical Accuracy to Predict Bike Ridership in Cambridge, MA. Building and Environment, 108577.

2. @article{young2021modeling,
     title   = {Modeling Outdoor Thermal Comfort along Cycling Routes at Varying Levels of Physical Accuracy to Predict Bike Ridership in Cambridge, MA},
     author  = {Young, Elizabeth and Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur and Chokhachian, Ata and Mokhtar, Sarah and Reinhart, Christoph},
     journal = {Building and Environment},
     pages   = {108577},
     year    = {2021}
   } 
   

1. Dogan, T., Kastner, P., & Mermelstein, R. (2021). Surfer: A Fast Simulation Algorithm to Predict Surface Temperatures and Mean Radiant Temperatures in Large Urban Models. Building and Environment, 107762.

2. @article{DOGAN2021surfer,
     title   = {Surfer: A Fast Simulation Algorithm to Predict Surface Temperatures and Mean Radiant Temperatures in Large Urban Models},
     author  = {Dogan, Timur and Kastner, Patrick and Mermelstein, Remy},
     journal = {Building and Environment},
     pages= {107762},
     year    = {2021}
   } 
   

1. Dogan, T. & Kastner, P. (2020). Streamlined CFD Simulation Framework to Generate Wind‑pressure Coefficients on Building Facades for Airflow Network Simulations. Journal of Building Simulation.

2. @article{dogan2020streamlined,
     title   = {Streamlined CFD Simulation Framework to Generate Wind-pressure Coefficients on Building Facades for Airflow Network Simulations},
     author  = {Dogan, Timur and Kastner, Patrick},
     journal = {Journal of Building Simulation},
     year    = {2020}
   } 
   

1. Natanian, J., Kastner, P., Dogan, T., & Auer, T. (2020). From Energy Performative to Livable Mediterranean Cities: An Annual Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Energy Balance Cross‑climatic Typological Study. Energy and Buildings, 224, 110283.

2. @article{natanian2020energy,
     title   = {From Energy Performative to Livable Mediterranean Cities: An Annual Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Energy Balance Cross-climatic Typological Study},
     author  = {Natanian, Jonathan and Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur and Auer, Thomas},
     journal = {Energy and Buildings},
     volume  = {224},
     pages   = {110283},
     year    = {2020}
   } 
   

1. Kastner, P. & Dogan, T. (2020). Predicting Space Usage by Multi‑Objective Assessment of Outdoor Thermal Comfort around a University Campus. SimAUD 2020 Proceedings, 85‑91.

2. @inproceedings{kastner2020predicting,
     title     = {Predicting Space Usage by Multi-Objective Assessment of Outdoor Thermal Comfort around a University Campus},
     author    = {Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur},
     booktitle = {SimAUD 2020 Proceedings},
     pages     = {85--91},
     year      = {2020}
   } 
   

1. Kastner, P. & Dogan, T. (2020). Solving Thermal Bridging Problems for Architectural Applications with OpenFOAM. SimAUD 2020 Proceedings, 405‑412.

2. @inproceedings{kastner2020solving,
     title     = {Solving Thermal Bridging Problems for Architectural Applications with OpenFOAM},
     author    = {Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur},
     booktitle = {SimAUD 2020 Proceedings},
     pages     = {405--412},
     year      = {2020}
   }
   

1. Kastner, P. & Dogan, T. (2019). A Cylindrical Meshing Methodology for Annual Urban Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 13(1), 59‑68.

2. @article{kastner2019cylindrical,
     title   = {A Cylindrical Meshing Methodology for Annual Urban Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations},
     author  = {Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur},
     journal = {Journal of Building Performance Simulation},
     volume  = {13},
     number  = {1},
     pages   = {59--68},
     year    = {2019}
   } ```
   
   <div class="annotate" markdown>
   - Kastner P, Dogan T. [Towards high-resolution annual outdoor thermal comfort mapping in urban design](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340463509\_Towards\_High-Resolution\_Annual\_Outdoor\_Thermal\_Comfort\_Mapping\_In\_Urban\_Design). In: *Building Simulation Conference Proceedings*.; 2019. (1)(2)
   </div>
   1. Kastner, P. & Dogan, T. (2019). Towards High‑Resolution Annual Outdoor Thermal Comfort Mapping In Urban Design. *Building Simulation Conference Proceedings*. 
   2.  
   ```bibtex
   @inproceedings{kastner2019towards,
     title     = {Towards High-Resolution Annual Outdoor Thermal Comfort Mapping In Urban Design},
     author    = {Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur},
     booktitle = {Building Simulation Conference Proceedings},
     year      = {2019}
   } 
   

1. Kastner, P. & Dogan, T. (2018). Streamlining Meshing Methodologies for Annual Urban CFD Simulations. IBPSA: eSIM Conference Proceedings.

2. @inproceedings{kastner2018streamlining,
     title     = {Streamlining Meshing Methodologies for Annual Urban CFD Simulations},
     author    = {Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur},
     booktitle = {IBPSA: eSIM Conference Proceedings},
     year      = {2018}
   } 
   

1. Dogan, T. & Kastner, P. (2018). Streamlined CFD Simulation Framework to Generate Wind‑Pressure Coefficients on Building Facades for Airflow Network Simulations. IBPC 2018 Proceedings.

2. @inproceedings{dogan2018streamlined,
     title     = {Streamlined CFD Simulation Framework to Generate Wind-Pressure Coefficients on Building Facades for Airflow Network Simulations},
     author    = {Dogan, Timur and Kastner, Patrick},
     booktitle = {IBPC: 7th International Building Physics Conference Proceedings},
     year      = {2018}
   } 
   

Indoor

1. De Simone, Z., Kastner, P., & Dogan, T. (2021). Towards Safer Work Environments During the COVID‑19 Crisis: A Study of Different Floor Plan Layouts and Ventilation Strategies Coupling OpenFOAM and Airborne Pathogen Data for Actionable, Simulation‑based Feedback in Design. Building Simulation Conference Proceedings.

2. @inproceedings{DeSimone2021,
     title     = {Towards Safer Work Environments During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Study Of Different Floor Plan Layouts and Ventilation Strategies Coupling OpenFOAM and Airborne Pathogen Data for Actionable, Simulation-based Feedback in Design},
     author    = {De Simone, Zoe and Kastner, Patrick and Dogan, Timur},
     booktitle = {Building Simulation Conference Proceedings},
     year      = {2021}
   }