Dr. Yun Kyu Yi has been appointed as a Design Editor for the Journal of TAD (Technology, Architecture + Design), published by ACSA and Taylor & Francis. He will work closely with the Executive Editor of the journal, specifically overseeing the section titled “Detail+.

Patricia Kio, Yun Kyu Yi, Timothy Adekunle, “The Role of Smart Thermostats in Sustainable Home Automation: Insights from a Systematic Literature Review” in International Conference of Green+Digital+Intelligent Built Environments (GDI2025), December 1-3,  2025, Auckland, New Zealand

You-Jeong Kim, Seoyoung Yoon, Yun Kyu Yi, “Inverse Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Thermal Parameter Estimation of Existing Buildings” in 19th International IBPSA conference and exhibition, August 24–27, 2025, Brisbane, Australia.

Manal Anis, Hamza Samouh, Nishant Garg, Yun Kyu Yi. “Understanding the visco-thermo-mechanical behavior of nitinol for climate-adaptive window shading devices”, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 112, 2025.

Open access ( you can donwload publication free)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.113797.

The journal article published in Building Simulation was chosen to feature the cover image of that issue.

Kim, YJ., Waegel, A., Hakkarainen, M, Yi, YK, Braham, W. “Understanding HVAC system runtime of U.S. homes: An energy signature analysis using smart thermostat data”, Build. Simul. 18, 235–258 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-024-1203-9

Li, Yaxin, and Yi, Yun K., “Optimal Shape Design using Machine Learning for Wind Energy and Pressure,” Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 70, 1 July 2023, 106337

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106337

Yi, Yun K., et.al., ” Application of Machine Learning (ML) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) to optimize Window Wing Wall Design for Natural Ventilation,” Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 68, 1 June 2023, 106218

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106218

Yi, Y.K., et.al., “Designing a Pavilion that Generates Electricity,” Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD), ACSA,

https://doi.org/10.1080/24751448.2022.2040308

1. Manal Anis, Sumedh Pendurkar, Yun Kyu Yi, Guni Sharon, “Comparison Between Popular Genetic Algorithm (GA)-Based Tool and Covariance Matrix Adaptation – Evolutionary Strategy (CMA-ES) for Optimizing Indoor Daylight,” in 18th International IBPSA conference and exhibition, Sept. 4-6, 2023, Shanghai, China.
2. You-Jeong Kim, Manal Anis, and Yun Kyu Yi” Developing an Advanced Daylight Model for a Shading System with Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (cGAN),” in 18th International IBPSA conference and exhibition, Sept. 4-6, 2023, Shanghai, China.