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'Low-carbon, intelligent and healthy buildings' - new seminar

21 September 2022, 7:30 am–11:00 am

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We are pleased to announce a new seminar in the 'Low-carbon, intelligent and healthy building' series organised in partnership with Tsinghua University will be held on 21 September 2022.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Cost

Free

Organiser

UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

About the webinar

"Low carbon emission”, “smart operation” and “high indoor environment quality” are the emerging trends and ultimate goal of the building industry under the era of sustainable development. In April-May 2022, School of Architecture (Tsinghua University) and The UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering jointly launched four international lectures, which were attended by 10,100 participants through online conference platforms and live streaming. To further promote international cooperation and interaction, the two institutions will again jointly launch two international seminars on "Low Carbon, Intelligent and Healthy buildings" on 21st September and in October 2022. Each seminar will feature presentations from Chinese and British scholars and provide a platform for exchange and discussion.

Please email bseer-communications@ucl.ac.uk to receive the Zoom link and password for the seminar on 21 September

Seminar - Wednesday 21 September 2022, 7:30 - 11:00am

The speakers

  • Borong Lin - Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
  • Mike Davies - Professor of Building Physics and the Environment, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
  • Dimitrios Rovas - Associate Professor, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
  • Xinzheng Lu - Professor and the Head of the Institute of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of the Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
  • Esfand Burman - Associate Professor, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
  • Weixin Huang - Associate Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
  • Rui Tang - Lecturer in Smart Buildings and Digital Engineering, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
  • Yang Geng - Postdoctoral Researcher, Tsinghua University

Agenda

7:30 – 7:35 am: Borong Lin – Welcome and opening remarks

7:35 – 7:50 am: Mike Davies - Introduction of the research team/field/department of UCL

7:50 – 8:15 am: Dimitrios  Rovas – Digital Building Twins

8:15 – 8:40am: Xinzheng Lu - Digital twin-based disaster simulation of structures and urban areas

8:40 – 9:05am: Esfand Burman - Towards Net-Zero Carbon Performance in Buildings

9:15 – 9:40am: Weixin Huang - Human-Computer Integrated Spatial Cognition

9:40 – 10:05am: Rui Tang - Demand Side Management of Buildings towards Smart Grids

10:05 – 10:30am: Yang Geng - Smart Sensing and Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Indoor Environment

10:30 – 11:00am: Panel discussion moderated by Weixin Huang


Watch past webinars

Throughout April and May 2022, Tsinghua University (THU) and the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering jointly hosted the 'Low-carbon, intelligent and healthy building' online seminar series, where researchers from THU and UCL shared their knowledge on a number of aspects of the sustainable built environment; from intelligent building design to healthy indoor environments.

The webinars are now available to watch on-demand below and via this YouTube playlist.


Webinars to watch on-demand 

Welcome and opening remarks

Speakers: Borong Lin (THU) and Dejan Mumovic (UCL) 

Climate resilience and indoor environmental quality in buildings occupied by vulnerable populations

Speaker: Anna Mavrogianni (UCL)

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Rethinking the method of building indoor environment for carbon neutralization

Yingxin Zhu (THU)

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A novel approach to generating typical building electricity use profiles for renewable energy system design and smart grid integration
 
Speaker: Da Yan (THU)
 

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Climate change and health: temperature impacts on health in urban settings

Speaker: Clare Heaviside (UCL)

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Exploring Intelligent building design and operation

Speaker: Borong Lin (THU)

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Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health

Speaker: Mike Davies (UCL) 

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Research on fundamental problems for healthy and low carbon buildings

Speaker: Yinping Zhang (THU)

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The speakers

Mike Davies - Professor of Building Physics and Environment, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Clare Heaviside - NERC Research Fellow, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Jian Kang - Professor of Acoustics and Soundscape, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Borong Lin - Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China. Changjiang Scholar, FIBPSA, Vice Present of China branch of building physics, Director of Key Laboratory of eco-planning & Green building (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education

Anna Mavrogianni - Associate Professor in Sustainable Building and Urban Design, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Dejan Mumovic - Professor of Building Performance Analysis and Director, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Da Yan - Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China. FIBPSA and chairman of the China branch, Editor-in-Chief of Building Simulation

Yinping Zhang - Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China. FISIAQ, Dean of Beijing Key Laboratory of Indoor Air Quality, Chairman of Association of Indoor Environment and Health of China, Associate Editor of Energy and Buildings

Yingxin Zhu - Professor of School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China. Chair of National Steering Committee for HVAC Education, FSIAQ, FIBPSA, Associate Editor of Indoor Air