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Dr Rui Tang

Dr Rui Tang

Lecturer in Smart Buildings and Digital Engineering

Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resources

Faculty of the Built Environment

Joined UCL
22nd Feb 2021

Research summary

Dr. Tang has conducted many research projects granted by the U.S. Department of Energy, Hong Kong Research Grant Council, and industrial partners. Rui is also involved in many industrial projects of existing building energy retrofit such as the HK PolyU campus and ICC (International Commerce Central). The research interests of Dr. Tang include:

  •  Building energy efficiency and demand-side management;
  •  Optimal design and control of building energy systems;
  •  Application of machine learning in buildings;
  •  Building demand response and gird-building interaction;
  •  Zero energy buildings and renewable energy system integration

Teaching summary

BENV0119: Machine Learning in Smart Buildings (MSc program)

Biography

Dr. Rui Tang became a Lecturer in Smart Buildings and Digital Engineering at Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, UCL in February 2021. His research topics mainly focus on building optimal design & control, thermal/electricity load prediction, grid-building interaction including demand-side management and electricity pricing. Before joining UCL, he worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as Senior Scientific Engineering Associate. Rui received his Ph.D. degree in Building Services Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2017, and Master degree in Architecture and Civil Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology in 2014. 

Rui is a review board member of academic journal "Science and Technology for the Built Environment" and invited reviewers of several peer-reviewed journals, such as Applied Energy, Energy and Buildings, etc. His research was awarded the 2018 best paper of ICAE (International Conference of Applied Energy).


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