[Chen, Youming; Chen, Guojie; Liu, Xiangwei] Hunan Univ, Coll Civil Engn, Changsha 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China.
[Fazio, Paul; Ge, Hua] Concordia Univ, Dept Bldg Civil & Environm Engn, Ctr Zero Energy Bldg Studies, Montreal, PQ H3G 1M8, Canada.
[Chen, Guojie] Univ South China, Coll Mech Engn, Hengyang 421001, Peoples R China.
[Guo, Xingguo] Nanchang Univ, Sch Civil Engn & Architecture, Nanchang 330031, Peoples R China.