Projects

Evaluation of innovative solar business models: with the emergence of the Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading and community shared solar (CSS)

Seed Funding for Competitive Projects, PI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Mar. 2023 – Present)

Evaluates the techno-economic feasibility of two innovative solar business models, namely, the peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading and community shared solar (CSS)

Effective Solar Programme Design and Residential Energy Choices: An Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) Approach to Maximizing Household Participation

RGC Early Career Scheme (ECS), PI, Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong (Jan. 2023 – Present)

Develops an ABM approach for residential energy choices, residential solar PV adoption decision in particular, given alternative options for effective solar programme design in vertical cities

Occupant thermal and visual comfort analysis for different space layout models using Agent-Based and System Dynamics approach

Postdoc Matching Fund Scheme, PI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Aug. 2022 – Present)

Develops a hybrid model using agent-based and system dynamics approach to analyze occupant thermal and visual comfort based on different space layout in low-income cultural contexts

Integrating Discounted Payback Period (DPB) with Agent-based Model (ABM) to Evaluate the Feed-in Tariff Scheme in Hong Kong for Solar PV Installation

Postdoc Matching Fund Scheme, PI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (May. 2022 – Present)

Develops an Agent-based Model (ABM) by integrating discounted payback period (DPB) to evaluate the effectiveness of Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Scheme in Hong Kong for Solar PV Installation

Human-Centered Smart and Sustainable Building Management System at the Room, Building, and Community Level

Start-up Fund for New Recruits, PI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Dec. 2020 – Present)

Investigates human-building-community interaction using different digital technologies (immersive virtual reality (IVR), Internet of Things (IoT), computer simulation, etc.) to provide solutions to various issues faced in different scales of the built environment