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Qinglin Meng
South China University of Technology
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Biography
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor; Expert Receiving Special Allowance from the State Council; Valid Candidate for the 2017 Academician Election of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE); Director of the Building Energy Efficiency Research Center and Deputy Director of the National Key Laboratory of Subtropical Architecture and Urban Science at South China University of Technology (SCUT); Concurrently serves as Chairman and Executive Council Member of the Building Physics Division of the Architectural Society of China (ASC), Fellow of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Honorary Chairman of the Guangdong Building Energy Efficiency Association, Distinguished Expert of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Adjunct Professor at Chongqing University’s Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, and Chair Professor at Xiamen University’s School of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Awarded First Prizes in the Guangdong Science and Technology Award, Huaxia Construction Science and Technology Award, ASC Science and Technology Progress Award, National Green Building Innovation Award, and National Archives Administration Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award.
Liu Yang
Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology
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Professor and Doctoral Supervisor; Head of the Green Building Research Center at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology; Director of the Basic Research Center of the National Key Laboratory of Green Building; Vice Chairman of the Building Physics Division, Architectural Society of China; Leader of the Shaanxi Provincial Key Scientific and Technological Innovation Team for Low-Energy Buildings. Specializing in green building and building climatology, he has led over 20 national-level research projects, including Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and the 13th & 14th Five-Year Plan National Key R&D Programs. His research outcomes have been implemented in industry standards and local building energy efficiency regulations. Awarded multiple national and provincial/ministerial scientific achievement prizes, he holds honors such as the “National Model Teacher” title, the 13th China Youth Science and Technology Award, and is a grantee of the National High-Level Talent Support Program.
Borong Lin
Tsinghua University
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Deputy Dean and Tenured Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University; Director of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Ecological Planning and Green Building; Chang Jiang Scholar Distinguished Professor; Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and its inaugural continuation grant; Leading Scientist of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program in Sci-Tech Innovation (First Cohort); Vice Chairman, Building Physics Branch, Architectural Society of China; Member, National Carbon Neutrality Expert Committee; Deputy Secretary-General, Building Energy Efficiency and Green Building Committee, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development; Fellow, International Building Performance Simulation Association; Xplorer Prize Awardee; Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher (2019-2023, consecutive); World’s Top 2% Most Cited Scientist. Specializes in critical technologies for sustainable built environments and low-carbon energy efficiency solutions.
Satoru Takada
Kobe University, Japan
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Professor at the Department of Architecture, and Associate Dean of Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Japan. His main research areas include architectural environmental engineering, building physics, and human factors. He currently serves as Editor in Chief of Journal of the Human-Environment System, an Associate Editor of Japan Architectural Review, a board member of Japanese Society of Biometeorology, and Japanese Society of Human-Environment System, and a convenor of ISO TC 205 JWG 11. Professor Takada’s research is characterized by its focus on energy conservation through the consideration of the heat and moisture transfer both in buildings and around human body. In 2020, he was awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize (thesis) for his research on “Heat and Moisture Transfer of Human Body and Clothing Under Non-steady State Conditions and Prediction of Thermal Comfort and Dryness Sensation.”
Hartwig Künzel
Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP
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Prof. Dr. Hartwig Künzel leads the Hygrothermics Department at Fraunhofer IBP, specializing in analyzing the heat and moisture behavior of building materials and systems. His research provides critical insights for optimizing energy-efficient designs in both new constructions and renovations. With expertise in balancing hygiene, comfort, and renewable energy integration, he develops holistic solutions combining building envelopes and HVAC systems. Leveraging decades of practical experience and interdisciplinary collaboration, he drives technological innovations and market-oriented applications in sustainable construction.Künzel has been appointed ASHRAE Fellow and International Honorary Member of SHASE, the Japanese Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers. He is honorary professor at the University of Stuttgart and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania (UTAS).
Adrian Chong
National University of Singapore
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Dr. Adrian Chong is an Associate Professor in the Department of the Built Environment, College of Design and Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a Fellow of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). His research focuses on optimizing building energy efficiency and performance. At the core of this endeavor are his interest in mixed-mode ventilation in the Tropics, model calibration, uncertainty quantification, and occupant-centric building controls. At NUS he leads the Integrated Data, Energy Analysis + Simulation (IDEAS) lab (https://ideaslab.io), a multidisciplinary group that leverages the interaction between building performance simulation, measured data, and data driven methods to improve building energy efficiency and occupant comfort. As a principal investigator, he has successfully secured fifteen research projects with a total funding exceeding 6.9 million Singapore Dollars (approx. 37.6 million Chinese Yuan). Adrian also serves as a subject editor for Building Simulation, an editorial board member for Energy and Buildings, and an early career board member for Building and Environment.
Yi Liu
China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp. Ltd.
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Chief Architect of China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Master of Engineering Survey and Design in Sichuan Province, Expert with Outstanding Contributions in Sichuan Province, Master of Chinese Architecture, RIBA China 100 Architects. Vice Chairman of the Architects Branch of the Architectural Society of China, Vice Chairman of the Architects Branch of the Architectural Society of China, Vice President of the Urban Renewal Branch of the China Survey and Design Association, and Executive Director of the Sichuan Institute of Architects.
Tiejun Zhou
Chongqing University
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Professor and Ph.D. supervisor of Architecture and Urban Planning of Chongqing University, Counselor to the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, Expert enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, deputy director of National Architectural Technology Committee, chairman of Architectural Technology Working Committee of National Colleges and Universities, member of National Industrial Architecture Committee, deputy director of Academic Committee of Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, deputy director of Chongqing Experimental Teaching Center of Architecture, and leader of architectural technology of Chongqing University.
Prof. DONG Liang
Huaqiao University
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Distinguished Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Huaqiao University, serves as Director of the Human-Environment Interaction Laboratory and Director of the Sustainable Landscape Research Center, while also leading Leon Design Studio. He holds adjunct professorships at Chongqing University, Queen’s University (Canada), and University of Toronto. With an interdisciplinary background and international perspective forged through academic positions at Chongqing University, University of Toronto, and Southwest Jiaotong University, he pioneered systematic research on urban open space environmental design in China, establishing widely recognized thermal environment evaluation principles and formulas. His early contributions include participating in the development of EnergyPlus at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), now a global standard for building energy analysis. Recently, he introduced the innovative “New Feng Shui” sustainable landscape design framework and spearheaded human-environment interaction research, both of which have garnered significant academic attention. Currently, his research focuses on three key areas: tourist destinations, therapeutic gardens, and smart cities.
Wei Wu
City University of Hong Kong
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Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong, Director of Master’s Program, and National-level Young Talent (Hong Kong and Macau). His research areas include high-efficiency heat pumps, high-density energy storage, advanced thermal management, renewable thermal energy utilization, and zero-energy buildings. He has published over 150 academic papers, including more than 110 SCI-indexed papers; has been granted 15 Chinese and U.S. patents and has 8 Chinese and U.S. patent applications pending; and has published one English monograph with Springer Nature.He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Willis H. Carrier Young Researcher Award from the International Institute of Refrigeration, the Outstanding Researcher Award from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and has been listed in Stanford’s Top 2% Global Scientists (for three consecutive years; both annual impact and lifetime impact). He has also received the Outstanding Young Scholar Award in Global Energy and Human-made Environment, the National Outstanding Youth in HVAC, the Tsinghua University Special Scholarship, and the Tsinghua University Academic Rising Star award. He has been awarded two Gold Medals at the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva and four Gold Medals at the Asian International Exhibition of Inventions. He has received multiple outstanding paper awards from the Chinese Association of Refrigeration, Beijing Association of Refrigeration, and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He serves as an expert for the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) and Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT) programs. He is also a member of the editorial boards for several SCI journals.
Sorang Baihm
Tibet University
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Professor at the School of Engineering, Tibet University, and Dean of the School of Engineering, Tibet University. She is also a master’s degree supervisor. Her main research focuses on regional architectural design and plateau human settlement environment studies, as well as the localization design of prefabricated buildings in plateau areas.She has led 12 research projects, including 1 sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program, 2 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 4 municipal and district-level natural science foundation projects, and 5 horizontal research projects, with a total funding of nearly 7 million yuan. She has also participated in several related research projects, including 2 international cooperation projects.Professor Sorang Baihm has published several academic papers and delivered 5 conference keynote reports. She has supervised graduate students and young teachers in publishing over 20 academic papers. She established the innovative research team “Tibetan Ancient Architecture and Plateau Human Settlement Environment Research.”She participated in the project “Key Technologies and Applications of Near-Zero Energy Building Design in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,” which won the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Ministry of Education in 2016. She also led and participated in the project “Key Technological Innovation and Application of Renewable Energy Heating in the Tibet Plateau,” which won the First Prize for Science and Technology from the Tibet Autonomous Region in 2019.Professor Sorang Baihm has been honored with titles such as “Baosteel Outstanding Teacher” and “Model Individual for National Unity and Progress.”
Xinyuan Dang
KU Leuven, Belgium
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PhD in Building Physics and Sustainable Design at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, with a research focus on the quality assessment of hygrothermal models for predicting the hygrothermal response of building components.
Shengping Li
Curtin University, Australia
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A lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Engineering Management at the School of Design and Built Environment, Curtin University, Australia. She obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne and was awarded a research grant from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as a young scholar. She also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at CSIRO. Her research covers sustainable construction, low-carbon and energy-efficient buildings, low-carbon cities, building material flow analysis, circular economy, and life cycle assessment. She has participated in research projects funded by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and research institutions in Australia, Singapore, and China. She has served as a member of scientific committees for international conferences and has been invited to present her research findings at international conferences. Additionally, she is a member of the Engineers Australian, the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Zhiwen Luo
Cardiff University, UK
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Currently a Chair Professor in “Architecture and Urban Science” at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK. He is also a doctoral supervisor and leads the Architecture and Urban Science research team. His research focuses on designing intelligent, resilient, and healthy built environments with minimal energy consumption, spanning multiple scales from individuals to buildings and cities. His research has been funded by UK national funding bodies including NERC, EPSRC, BBSRC, as well as UK Researsh and Innovation, the Met Office, ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport), Climate KIC, and the Global Innovation Fund. He currently serves as a committee member of the International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) and chairs its Awards Committee. He is also the chair of the Environmental and Climate Impact Science and Technology Committee of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ). He has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Menghao QIn
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
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Prof. Qin has performed research into Building Physics and Materials since the late1990s. His work has included smart materials for built environment control (e.g. PCMs, MOFs, polymer hydrogel etc.); hygrothermal performance of buildings; indoor environmental quality (IEQ); and energy-efficient building design etc. He has developed advanced experimental methods, new smart materials, computer simulation models and environmental control technologies. He has published over 150 research papers and 3 books, and has managed several large-scale research projects with international partners, e.g. EU H2020, IEA, NSFC, etc. Dr. Qin holds the Saint-Gobain Chair Professorship at ESPCI Paris, PSL University, France.
Ana Sofia Guimarães
University of Porto, Portugal
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Associate Professor at the Department of civil and Georesources Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. Member of the Portuguese Engineers Association (Ordem dos Engenheiros) and a member of the DEC department council. Actively involved in national research projects, such as FLOODAMP, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), which focuses on developing highly adaptive systems for drying buildings after floods. Holds a national patent for an “adjustable moisture system for ventilating walls affected by rising damp” (Patent Reference UPIN PAT46, Portuguese Patent No. 104385, International Patent: PCT/PT2009/000068). Has authored 3 national books, 3 international books, 4 international book chapters, 18 international journal papers, 2 national journal papers, and over 30 international and national conference papers.
Kaat Janssens
Ghent University
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A doctoral researcher at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Ghent University in Belgium.She completed the Master of Engineering: Architecture – Main Subject Architectural Design and Construction Techniques in 2021 at the University of Ghent with summa cum laude. Her PhD research takes place in the research group of Building Physics and is funded by Research Foundation Flanders.
Xing Zheng
City University of Hong Kong
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Dr. Zheng is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (CityU). Prior to joining CityU, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Module Coordinator at the Future Cities Lab Global in Singapore-ETH Centre. He was honored with the Outstanding Graduate Award upon completing his bachelor’s degree in Architecture at Chongqing University in China. He earned a Master’s degree in Architecture from Southeast University in China, and later attained his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Possessing a dual background in Architecture and Building Science, his research primarily explores the interaction between urban climates and building thermal performance, with the overall aim of providing a sustainable, low-carbon, and energy-efficient built environment and other enclosures.