She is interested in improving energy efficiency throughout building life cycles. Her current research focuses on three areas: (1) real-time low/zero energy building design; (2) HVAC control system evaluation and optimization; (3) automatic fault detection and diagnostics. She has published many papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and have been an ad hoc reviewer for several Elsevier science journals. She is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers and a member of International Building Performance Simulation Association.