Profiles of FCE recipients

Sr Dr Cheung Tin-cheung, is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, as well as an Adjunct Professor of the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong. After he acquired a Higher Diploma in Surveying from PolyU, he went on to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the U.K., and his PhD degree in Hong Kong. With his professional qualifications in building surveying, property management and facility management, he is a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, a Registered Professional Surveyor (BS), and an Honorary Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management. Previously the Director of Buildings of the HKSAR Government, Dr Cheung was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2019 for his dedicated and meritorious service to the Government, particularly in promoting building safety and a sustainable built environment in Hong Kong.

Ms Grace Kwok May-han, Chairman and Executive Director of AEC Group as well as Chief Sustainability Strategist of AEC Capital Ltd., has more than 23 years of experiences in sustainable design and green building projects in Hong Kong and across Asia‐Pacific. Under her leadership, AEC Group became the first listed sustainability and environmental consultancy service provider in Hong Kong in 2016 and earned an Honourable Mention under the Hong Kong Corporate Governance Excellence Awards in 2020. AEC Group was the only company listed on Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange given this honour. In 2019, Ms Kwok was the very first environmental practitioner in Hong Kong to receive the highest level of professional certification in the green building industry -- LEED Fellow -- from Green Business Certification Inc., a testament to her personal achievement and commitment on sustainability. An award-winning expert celebrated at home and abroad, Ms Kwok is highly regarded in the sustainable real estate sector because of her extensive practical experiences in sustainable design and green certification spanning different types of assets, from commercial and residential, to institutional and infrastructural.

Upon graduation from PolyU with a bachelor’s degree in Building Engineering and Management in 2012, Ms Michele Lui Wing-chi joined Hip Hing Construction Group as a Management Trainee. She participated in the Group’s hallmark projects, such as electrical power substations, Xiqu Centre at West Kowloon Cultural District, as well as Grade A office towers and luxurious residential property. Her experiences in Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) are also remarkable, including her role as the project-in-charge in the InnoCell project at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, and temporary quarantine facilities at Pat Heung and Penny’s Bay. Once the Chairperson and Council Member of The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB HK) Novus, Ms Lui is currently the Council Member of PolyU Building and Real Estate Alumni Association, Officer of Hong Kong Construction Association Young Members’ Society (HKCA YMS), as well as a Member of Construction Industry Council (CIC) Young Affairs Committee, STEAM Alliance, Greater Bay Area Working Group, and Promotion, Sports & Voluntary Works Group under the Council. In recognition of her contributions to the construction industry, she was honoured with Chief Executive’s Commendation in 2022, and was named MiC Champion by CIC. On top of that, numerous accolades were bestowed upon Ms Lui, including Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS HK) Young Achiever of the Year 2021, and Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB HK) Construction Manager of the Year 2020. She also garnered CIC Outstanding Construction Manager Sustainability Award in 2020.

Prof. Peng Jinqing, a Professor at Hunan University, China, earned his PhD degree from the Department of Building Services Engineering of PolyU before his appointment as a postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A principle investigator of more than 10 competitive research grants, he has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and was named the youngest Most Cited Chinese Researchers in the building and construction field in 2019. According to Stanford University, Prof. Peng also ranked among the World’s Top 2% most-cited scientists in 2022. In recognition of his outstanding research in building-integrated photovoltaics, he was honoured with the second prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award by the Ministry of Education, China in 2019. Being active in the scholarly circle, he has been on the editorial boards of top international journals, such as Applied Energy, and Engineering. Currently, he serves as the Deputy Director of the Solar Building Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society (CRES) and Vice Director of the Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency of the Ministry of Education, China.