Eleven projects of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are funded by the Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) with a total awarded amount of HK$6.23 million. This achievement demonstrates PolyU’s research excellence and expertise on environmental protection in different disciplines across construction and building, engineering and applied science.
The awarded research projects cover a variety of topics, including climate change, waste reduction and management, recycling, air and water quality protection etc. PolyU scientists are dedicated to the innovative adoption of technologies, addressing Hong Kong’s environmental challenges and needs.
The eleven awarded projects initiate new technologies and solutions such as waste minimization, energy efficiency, recycling, decarbonization and thermal management to improve Hong Kong’s living environment on air, land and sea.
The ECF was set up by the government of HKSAR to provide funding support for educational, research and other projects and activities in relation to environmental improvement and conservation of local environment since 1994.
Details of the 11 ECF funded projects:
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Awarded Amount (HK$) |
| Prof. CHAO Yu-hang Christopher, Vice President (Research and Innovation) | A Feasibility Study on Various Types of High-Efficiency Chillers in Hong Kong: A Life-Cycle Assessment | 1,000,000 |
| Prof. DU Ya-ping, Professor of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering | CO2 and CH4 Conversion into High-Value Liquid Chemicals and Fuels in One Step at Room Temperature by Sliding Arc Plasma-Catalyst Synergy | 500,000 |
| Dr. FU Sau Chung, Research Assistant Professor of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering | Development of an energy efficient technology for removal of microplastics from wastewater | 495,000 |
| Dr. DONG You, Associate Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Coastal Hazard Protection Benefits of Ecosystems in Hong Kong under Global Climate Change | 806,400 |
| Dr. ZHANG Shipeng, Research Assistant Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | High-Performance Artificial Aggregate derived from Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash | 452,000 |
| Dr. SHEN Xi, Assistant Professor of Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering | Development of a non-contact solar-thermal converter material for sustainable solar desalination | 499,400 |
| Ir Prof. WEN Chih-yung, Head and Chair Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, Associate Director of Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology | A Novel Real-Time Thermal Management solution Using Lightweight CFD and Reinforcement Learning for Hong Kong's Next-Generation Data Center | 500,000 |
| Dr. WANG Minghao Research Assistant Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering | Dynamic decarbonization audit and cost-efficient management system of multiphysical photovoltaic power generation systems in smart cities | 500,000 |
| Dr. REN Jingzheng Associate Professor of Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering | Converting waste plastics into value-added products: process design, simulation, and feasibility analysis | 482,000 |
| Dr. LI Meng-jung Molly Assistant Professor of Department of Applied Physics | Process intensification reinforces the carbon-free ammonia-to-hydrogen efficiency through microwave heating | 500,000 |
| Dr. ZHAO Jiong Assistant Professor of Department of Applied Physics | Convert the Coffee Grounds into Two-Dimensional Graphene Thin Film | 500,000 |
