SEE Alum Dr. Lu Yunguo has won the second prize of Outstanding Achievements awarded by the Economics Society of Zhejiang Province, for his paper titled “Environmental information disclosure and firm production: evidence from the estimated efficiency of publicly listed firms in China” (co-authored with Prof. Lin Zhang, Associate Professor of SEE). Dr. Lu was a former PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Lin Zhang and graduated from SEE in 2022.
Prof. Jung-Eun CHU, Assistant Professor of the School of Energy and Environment spoke on Extreme weather in Hong Kong at RTHK programme “Backchat” on 28 November 2023. The main contents were about collaborative research on the alarming rise in rainfall and hot nights in Hong Kong conducted by CUHK, HKU, and HKUST, and Prof. CHU was invited to explain the scientific background of how climate change can influence extreme weather.
Prof. Alicia AN (PI), along with Prof. Edwin TSO (Co-I) and Dr. Muhammad Usman FARID (Co-I), has been granted a Green Tech Fund by the Environment and Ecology Bureau, HKSAR Government. Their project, titled “Thermally-integrated water desalination — electrolysis system for clean hydrogen generation”, has received funding of HK$4.14 million for a duration of two years. Their project aims to develop a highly efficient, thermally integrated membrane distillation (MD) — anion exchange electrolysis (AEMEL) system.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is pleased to announce that Crystal Climate Charity Foundation has made a generous donation for establishing the “Crystal Climate Charity Foundation Scholarships” (晶苑氣候慈善基金獎學金) to recognize academically outstanding undergraduate students majoring in Energy Science and Engineering or Environmental Science and Engineering of the School from the 2023/24 academic year.
Prof. Wei Wu, Associate Professor of the School of Energy and Environment, is recently elected as the 3rd Round HVAC Outstanding Young Scholar in 2023 by HVAC Journal Publisher. It is a National Award for outstanding young scholar in HVAC field once every three years. This is the first time it given to a scholar in Hong Kong.
To promote awareness of sustainability and innovative solutions for a sustainable future, we are pleased to announce that VTech Group of Companies (VTech), the global leader in electronic learning products and a strong advocate of innovation and sustainability, continues to present the VTech Innovation & Sustainability Award (the Award) to our students whose final year project best contributes to a sustainabl
Prof. Lin Zhang has received the Outstanding Paper Award for his co-authored paper titled “High carbon path dependence, low carbon expectation, and green transition of technological paradigm” in the national competition of the China Society of Industrial Economics, a national level association administered by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Congratulations to Prof. Alex K Y Jen, Prof. Yun Hau Ng and Prof. Lin Zhang from our School of Energy and Environment on securing highly prestigious research grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)/Research Grants Council (RGC) Collaborative Research Scheme and Joint Research Scheme.
The three projects awarded are:
Prof. Edwin Tso, Associate Professor of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) and our PhD alum, Dr. Martin Zhu were interviewed by HOY TV regarding their development of passive radiative cooling paint (PRCP) for building applications. The interview was broadcast on Channel 78 HOY Infotainment on 18th November 2023.
