Problem Statement: Buildings account for approximately one-third of global primary energy consumption. Addressing this challenge has made building energy management a key strategy for improving energy efficiency and reducing consumption. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of building energy management research, with a particular focus on problem-solving approaches in the built environment.
Research objectives: This study aims to present findings on energy consumption management, with an emphasis on problem-solving approaches in buildings. Additionally, it seeks to identify emerging trends and recent research directions in this domain.
Research method: The keyword "building energy management" was retrieved from the Scopus database, yielding an initial dataset of 1,098 publications between 2019 and 2025. The PRISMA framework was employed for data collection and screening. After removing irrelevant records and applying inclusion criteria, 336 articles were selected for comprehensive analysis. Bibliometric assessment was carried out using co-occurrence, co-authorship, and co-citation analyses. The scientific network mapping was conducted using VOSviewer and the Bibliometrix package within the RStudio environment, and the main thematic expressions in the field were identified through graphical visualization.
Conclusion: The results reveal that energy management is strongly linked to concepts such as building thermal performance, sustainability, smart buildings, energy consumption, thermal comfort, natural ventilation, and visual comfort. The publication trend in this field has increased in recent years. China and the United States demonstrate the highest level of collaboration in scientific output. Furthermore, emerging topics such as smart buildings, deep learning, and artificial Intelligence have become increasingly prominent in recent research.
Conclusion: This study assists researchers in identifying major problem-solving approaches in building energy management and provides a clearer understanding of current and emerging research trajectories in the field.