Built Environment & Energy Laboratory
2026 News
Jun 19, 2026: Prof. Chun Chen and Dr. Can Xiao attended the Indoor Air 2026 conference in Singapore from June 14 to 19, 2026. Can presented her poster.
Jun 07, 2026: Our paper "Bian, Y., Zhang, L.*, Chen, C.* (2018). Experimental and modeling study of pressure drop across electrospun nanofiber air filters. Building and Environment, 142, 244–251." has been cited for 100 times in Google Scholar.
Jun 02, 2026: Prof. Chun Chen visited Prof. Jeff Siegel's group at University of Toronto from Jun 01 - 04. We co-organized the 2nd workshop about "Opportunities in Air Filtration for the Control of Infectious Diseases" on Jun 02, which is supported by the U of T-CUHK Research Fund.
May 29, 2026: Lu Zhou successfully passed her M.Phil. thesis defense. Her thesis title is "Enhancing thermal comfort in semi-open spaces in mountainous areas". Congratulations to Lu!
May 29, 2026: Zhenyu Zou successfully passed CE written and oral exam. His thesis title is "Acceleration methods for multi-species fluid simulation of low-temperature plasmas". Congratulations to Zhenyu!
May 27, 2026: Can Xiao successfully passed her thesis defense. Her thesis title is "Advanced methods for bioaerosol control in indoor environments". Congratulations to Dr. Xiao!
May 26, 2026: Ziming Tu successfully passed CE written and oral exam. His thesis title is "Rapid detection of airborne and surface bacteria in indoor environments". Congratulations to Ziming!
Mar 17, 2026: Our paper "Guo, K., Pan, Y., Huang, W., Ren, W., Chen, C.* (2026). Incorporating shading effects into a view factor model for predicting ultraviolet disinfection efficacy in indoor environments." has been accepted by Building and Environment. Congratulations to Kangqi!
Mar 13, 2026: Prof. Chun Chen gave a talk entitled "A sound-driven digital twin for reducing passengers’ exposure to exhaled bioaerosols in an aircraft cabin" in the 5th Webinar to Celebrate the Diamond Special Issue of the journal Building and Environment.
Mar 05, 2026: Prof. Chun Chen received research funding from 1+1+1 CUHK-CUHK(SZ)-GDSTC Joint Collaboration Fund (2025A0505000079) through the CDMP Research and Innovation Scheme (CRIS): "Integrated environmental control for manned aerospace vehicles", No. CRIS_007HK, HK$150,000, 03/2026 – 10/2026.
Feb 08, 2026: Our paper "Chen, C., Wang, W., Zhong, X., Deng, C., Lu, Y., Zhang, W., Chen, C.*, Shi, F.* (2026). Real-world deployment of deep reinforcement learning-based control for cost-efficient PM2.5 mitigation in a naturally ventilated multi-room residence." has been accepted by Journal of Hazardous Materials. This is a collaborative research with Prof. Chen Chen from Xiamen University.
Jan 27, 2026: Dr. Wenjie Huang received the Faculty Matching Scheme for Postdoctoral Fellows 2025/26. Congratulations to Wenjie!
Jan 06, 2026: Prof. Chun Chen received research funding from Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF): "Turning waste glass into radiative cooling paint for low-carbon cooling in industrial buildings in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area", No. 109/2025, HK$500,000, 08/2026 – 07/2028.
Jan 01, 2026: Prof. Chun Chen serves as Co-I of Shenzhen Key Industries R&D Plan "Z20258008 research and development of key technologies for colony detection and intelligent early warning system. No. ZDCY20250901110303004, RMB3,000,000, 01/2026 to 12/2027." funded by Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality (STIC) and led by Dr. Ping Gong from Shenzhen People's Hospital.
