Detail
Date: Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Time: 5:00pm (registration starts at 4:45pm)
Venue: LT-12 Mr & Mrs Ho Chun Hung Lecture Theatre, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Topic
Adaptive energy technologies towards building decarbonization
Prof Wei Wu
Associate Professor at the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Prof Wu’s research focuses on advanced heat pumps, thermal energy storage, advanced thermal management and net-zero energy buildings. He obtained his PhD degree from the Department of Building Science at Tsinghua University in 2016.
With 140 SCI publications, 2 books and 25 patents, Prof Wu is among the Top 2% Most Highly Cited Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University.
He also received the NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund, IIR Willis H. Carrier Young Researcher Award, NIST Distinguished Associate Award, Global EBE Excellent Young Scholar Award, Sustainability Carbon Neutrality Award, National HVAC Distinguished Young Scholar Award, SEE Excellent Innovation Award, Tsinghua Academic New Talent Award, and nine international invention gold medals.
Building performance reimagined
Fiona Cousins
Arup Fellow, Chief Operating Officer for Total Design and Executive Director Arup Group Limited Board
Fiona leads global efforts to enhance the firm’s capabilities to deliver safer, more resilient and regenerative communities by integrating multidisciplinary expertise, technical excellence and innovation through seamless collaboration.
A mechanical engineer by training, Fiona champions integrated building design in collaboration with architects and other stakeholders to minimise resource use and carbon emissions. Her notable projects include the Bloomberg Center in New York, Perez Art Museum in Miami and Princeton University's Frick Chemistry Building.
Fiona has authored several publications, including Two Degrees: climate change and our built environment, and lectures to inspire both students and professionals on design and the role of engineers. She served as the President of CIBSE in 2024-25.
Registration
https://forms.office.com/e/1S13FG4gCn
Open to the public, in-person only and free of charge.
A certificate of attendance will be provided following the lecture.
Eligibility for CPD credits will be subject to respective organisations.
Enquiries
School of Energy and Environment, CityUHK
see.enquiry@cityu.edu.hk
Jasper Hilkhuijsen
jasper.hilkhuijsen@arup.com
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