From left to right:
Dr Shan Kui (Research Assistant Professor), Ir Professor Wang Shengwei (Chair Professor),
Professor Xiao Fu (Professor), Dr Li Hangxin (Research Assistant Professor)
The Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering's project group, led by Chair Professor, Prof. Wang Shengwei as the Project Coordinator and with Prof. Xiao Fu, Dr Li Hangxin, Dr Shan Kui, the Building Energy and Automation Research Laboratory (BEAR) and the Research and Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), was awarded the Team Award in Knowledge Transfer: Industry in the President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Knowledge Transfer 2021 for a project entitled “Transfer and implementation of smart technologies for building life-cycle optimization and diagnosis”.
BEAR led by Prof. Wang has developed a serial of smart technologies for saving energy in new and existing buildings. These technologies can be grouped into three categories as follows.
Building Energy Diagnosis Tools including: Building level energy performance quick evaluation and diagnostic tool, Detailed evaluation and diagnostic tool for A/C and BA systems, etc.;
Virtual Test Platforms including: Building system online performance simulation test platform (digital twin), BA control and diagnosis strategy online test platform, etc.;
Optimization Tools including: Building HVAC system probabilistic design optimization tool, Package of online smart energy efficient control and diagnosis strategies, etc.
These technologies are implemented in many buildings and development projects, such as various commercial buildings, hotels and industrial buildings, by means of contract research and consultancy services of over 20 projects with total amount over HKD 13M in the period between 2012 and 2018. Besides achieving energy saving for the industrial partners (collective annual energy saving of over 2 M kWh), these application projects also provide the team strong support and latest information on the development needs for the further research and development of the novel methodologies and technologies for smart, energy efficient and energy flexible buildings and districts towards carbon neutrality.
