Peixian Li
Associate Professor
lipx@tongji.edu.cn

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Research Fields

Green and low-carbon city and building, thermal environment and thermal comfort

Research Profile
Dr. Peixian Li is an Associate Professor at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China. She received her PhD and Master degrees at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and she was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. She is mainly engaged in research related to green and low-carbon techniques and thermal comfort, and explores intelligent building operation and maintenance based on AI and data-driven methods.

Dr. Peixian Li has been the Principle Investigator of five research projects and participated in over 10 research projects in China, Canada and USA. She has published 40 academic papers with more than 1700 citations (Google Scholar). Two of the papers were ESI top 1% highly cited papers and one paper was awarded the Best Paper in Building and Environment in 2018. Dr. Peixian Li served as a reviewer for more than 10 international journals and a guest editor for two international journals.

Current Courses

Architectural Design I (English, Undergraduate)

Building Physics (English, Undergraduate)

Urban Physics (Chinese, Undergraduate)

Data Analysis and Visualization (Chinese, Undergraduate)

Project Design IV (Chinese, Graduate)

Selected Publications

1. Li, Peixian, Xiangjun Zhao, Siyan Wang, Thomas Parkinson, Richard de Dear, and Xing Shi*. 2024. “Evidence-based strategies for optimizing long-term temperature monitoring in offices.” Indoor Environments 1(4): 100059.

2. Li, Peixian, Xiangjun Zhao, Naiping Gao, Maohui Luo, and Xing Shi*. 2024. “Influencing factors of long-term thermal comfort in office buildings.” Building Simulation. DOI: 10.1007/s12273-024-1179-5.

3. Li, Peixian, Yujie Lu*, and Xuwen Xiao. 2024. “Proposing a Development Framework for Sustainable AEC Industry in China: Challenges, Best Practice, and Frontiers.” Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering 18(5):805-814.

4. Lu, Yujie, Guanghan Song*, Peixian Li*, and Na Wang. 2024. “Development of An Ontology for Construction Carbon Emission Tracking and Evaluation.” Journal of Cleaner Production 443:141170.

5. Lu, Yujie, Shuo Wang, Sensen Fan, Jiahui Lu, Peixian Li*, and Pingbo Tang. 2024. “Image-based 3D Reconstruction for Multi-Scale Civil and Infrastructure Projects: A Review from 2012 to 2022 with New Perspective from Deep Learning Methods.” Advanced Engineering Informatics 59:102268.

6. Lu, Yujie, Wei Wei, Peixian Li*, Tao Zhong, Yuanjun Nong, and Xing Shi. 2023. “A deep learning method for building façade parsing utilizing improved SOLOv2 instance segmentation.” Energy and Buildings 295:113275.

7. Li, Peixian, Jeremy Ng, and Yujie Lu*. 2022. “Accelerating the adoption of renewable energy certificate: Insights from a survey of corporate renewable procurement in Singapore.” Renewable Energy 199:1272-1282.

8. Li, Peixian, Pengfei Dai, Daqian Cao, Bo Liu, and Yujie Lu*. 2022. “Non-intrusive comfort sensing: Detecting age and gender from infrared images for personal thermal comfort.” Building and Environment 219:109256.

9. Li, Peixian, Yujie Lu*, Yingchu Qian, Yicheng Wang, and Wanying Liang. 2022. “An Explanatory Parametric Model to Predict Comprehensive Post-Commissioning Building Performances.” Building and Environment 213:108897.

10. Lu, Yujie, Peixian Li*, Yih Perng Lee, and Xiangnan Song. 2021. “An Integrated Decision-Making Framework for Existing Building Retrofits Based on Energy Simulation and Cost-Benefit Analysis.” Journal of Building Engineering 43:103200.

11. Li, Peixian, Yujie Lu*, Da Yan, Jianzhuang Xiao, and Huicang Wu. 2021. “Scientometric Mapping of Smart Building Research: Toward A Framework of Human-Cyber-Physical System (HCPS).” Automation in Construction 129:103776.

12. Li, Peixian*, Thomas Parkinson, Stefano Schiavon, Thomas Froese*, Richard de Dear, Adam Rysanek, and Sheryl Staub-French. 2020. “Improved long-term thermal comfort indices for continuous monitoring.” Energy and Buildings 224:110270.

13. Li, Peixian, Thomas Parkinson, Gail Brager*, Stefano Schiavon, Toby C. T. Cheung, and Thomas Froese. 2019. “A Data-Driven Approach to Defining Acceptable Temperature Ranges in Buildings.” Building and Environment 153:302–312.

14. Li, Peixian*, Thomas M. Froese*, and Gail Brager. 2018. “Post-Occupancy Evaluation: State-of-the-Art Analysis and State-of-the-Practice Review.” Building and Environment 133:187–202. 

15. Li, Peixian*, Thomas M. Froese*, and Belgin Terim Cavka. 2018. “Life Cycle Assessment of Magnesium Oxide Structural Insulated Panels for a Smart Home in Vancouver.” Energy and Buildings 175:78–86.

16. Li, Peixian* and Thomas M. Froese*. 2017. “A Green Home Decision-Making Tool: Sustainability Assessment for Homeowners.” Energy and Buildings 150:421–431.

Awards

l 2020，Shanghai Pujiang Excellent Talent

l 2018，Best Paper Award, Building and Environment