Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, was recently invited by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) of the HKSAR Government to give a presentation on “Daytime Passive Radiative Cooling in Hong Kong: Past, Present, and the Future” on 14 July 2021 at the lecture theatre of Hong Kong Science Museum. To promote energy saving and conservation, Dr. Tso introduced an advanced building energy-saving technology, namely daytime passive radiative cooling, to the government officials from various bureau/departments in the presentation.
The Research Grants Council (RGC) has just announced the results of the GRF and ECS exercises for 2021/22. In this latest competition, SEE faculty members received an overall success rate of 48%, with 12 out of 25 applications awarded for GRF or ECS.
An internal retirement farewell party was held for Professor Johnny Chan, Chair Professor of Atmospheric Science and the founding Dean of the School of Energy and Environment, on 30 June 2021. Around 50 guests, including SEE faculty members, alumni, students, and administrative staff, joined the party via the online platform or in person.
Dr. Edwin Tso’s group recently developed a hydrated MAPbI3−xClx thermochromic perovskite smart window, which demonstrates a smart and thermally responsive optical regulation ability. Notably, a low transition temperature, narrow transition hysteresis width, and short transition time are also achieved successfully, showing great potential for use in energy-efficient buildings.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is pleased to announce that the following students have received the “VTech Innovation & Sustainability Award”. The Award is established through a generous donation from the VTech Group of Companies (VTech) and is intended for students who have demonstrated exceptional performance, innovation and impact in their Final Year Project (FYP) related to sustainability.
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, was recently invited by the RTHK to talk about a novel building cooling energy saving strategy at a radio programme (Programme Title in Chinese: “寰聽世界”) on 15 June 2021.
