During the interview with the Hong Kong Free Press, Professor Chu Jung-Eun, Assistant Professor of the School of Energy and Environment, provided an analysis of the unprecedented heavy rainfall occurrence on September 7, 2023. This heavy downpour, which took place at 11 p.m., set a record for the highest hourly rainfall ever recorded in Hong Kong since 1884. Drawing upon her expertise in climate change and extreme weather, Prof.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE), as an active supporting organization of the "My Green Space" Student Competition 2022-2023, extends congratulations to the winning teams honored at the recent Award Presentation Ceremony held at Citywalk, Tsuen Wan. Hosted by The Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited, this competition aims to educate the younger generation about green building knowledge and nurture them as advocates for green building concepts.
The School of Energy and Environment was recently invited to participate in the esteemed 10th "Social Innovation Invention Conceptual Space Design Competition" to support initiatives that drive sustainable solutions. Hosted by the World Green Organization, this event aims to foster creativity and inspire students in the field of smart mobility.
At the 15th Global Chinese Chemical Engineering Symposium held last week in Hong Kong, Prof. Xue Wang, Assistant Professor, School of Energy and Environment, won the Award of Future Chemical Engineering Scholar (2023).
Congratulations to Mr. Zhixiong DING, PhD student of Prof. Wei WU, Associate Professor, School of Energy and Environment (SEE), for receiving the Distinguished PhD Student Award under the Excellent Young Researcher Award category of Energy and Built Environment at the third International Chinese Conference on Energy and Built Environment. Zhixiong’s research focuses on absorption-based thermochemical energy storage.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) hosted the first-and-ever Green Innovation Challenge Competition 2023 cum Showcase Day on 29 July 2023! It is a great pleasure to announce the results after the intense finals round where 10 teams presented their inspiring ideas for a more sustainable future.
A growing proportion of the global population is living in urbanized cities, making hygiene in man-made environments, especially indoor ones, of importance to the health of occupants. In a new study published in Nature Communications, the research group of Prof.
School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is delighted to announce that Dr. Martin Zhu, one of our esteemed PhD alumni, has been selected as a member of the “Green Technology and Finance Development Committee.” This committee is chaired by the Financial Secretary, Mr. Paul CHAN, and aims to accelerate the development of green technology and finance in Hong Kong while leading the way towards achieving carbon neutrality through new goals and strategies.
Prof. Shauhrat S. Chopra, Assistant Professor, from the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) has joined forces with an international group of industrial ecology experts to publish a White Paper titled “10 INSIGHTS FROM INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY FOR THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY” on 26 June 2023. The report, led by Dr.
Prof. Edwin Tso, Associate Professor of the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) and our PhD alumnus, Dr. Martin Zhu, have recently been featured in local media and press, including Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) News, HK01 Company Limited (HK01), Ming Pao, Oriental Daily News (ON.CC) and TVB Pearl Magazine for their success of using invented cooling paint of i2Cool Limited to reduce energy consumption of a secondary school in summer.
