Dr. Edwin Tso and his team (Miss. Yuwei Du, Miss. Siru Chen, Mr. Luke Christopher Chao, Mr. Kaixin Lin, Dr. Hau Him Lee, Dr. Tsz Chung Ho), as well as Prof. Michael Leung, won the Champion Prize in the 2020/2021 Environmental Paper Award held by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Environmental Division. The awarded paper is entitled “An energy-free and low-cost daytime passive radiative cooling paint for energy saving in buildings and decarbonization”.
Dr Shauhrat S. Chopra, Assistant Professor, was invited by the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers - Control, Automation & Instrumentation Division to be a speaker of webinar, namely “Data driven Waste Management and Resource Efficiency: Path to a Decarbonization and Circular Economy” on 28 April 2021.
With its commitment to making the world a better place, Binnies Hong Kong Limited (“Binnies”) has generously donated to the School of Energy and Environment in support of the selected 2020/21 final year projects (as listed below) relating to renewable energy and waste management.
To nurture young leaders in the industry of energy and environment, Telemax Environmental and Energy Management Ltd. (TEEM) has donated scholarships to the University in order to award students with outstanding academic performance and promising attributes. With the generous support from TEEM, the Telemax Environmental and Energy Award, and Telemax Environmental and Energy Scholarship have been established. In 2020/21, Miss So Wai Ling (Final-year student, BEng in Energy Science and Engineering) and Mr.
SEE PhD students and a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Edwin Tso's group (Miss. Shirley Du, Mr. Martin Zhu, Mr. Johnny Lin, and Dr. Liam Lee), recently took part and won the start-up fund in the Climate Action Recognition Scheme 2020-21 under the idea stage programme.
The Japanese government has decided to release treated radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea from the year of 2023. Professor Wen-Xiong Wang, Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) and Chair Professor of Environmental Toxicology, was recently interviewed by TVB News (Television Broadcasts Limited) to share his view on the toxic elements which may be released and their risks to human health.
New methods for reducing air pollution and generating solar fuels developed by scientists from SEE offer practical solutions to the energy shortage, environmental issues, and related public health risks.
The COVID-19 pandemic has once disrupted the local construction industry. However, as we move towards the post-pandemic economic recovery, the construction industry is being called upon to produce the next generation of green buildings that are not only environmentally friendly but also contributory to the health and wellbeing of the society.
The School is pleased to announce the launch of a new stream, Energy/Environment in Science, Technology & Advanced Research (eSTAR), in our two existing undergraduate programmes, namely Bachelor of Engineering in Energy Science and Engineering and
With the launch of SEE Industry Ready Programme, SEE is excited to collaborate with WWF-Hong Kong (World Wide Fund for Nature), an international non-governmental conservation organisation founded in 1961 in Switzerlan
