Projects
Advancing Compound Hazard Resilence and Adaption for Urban Building Community in a Changing Climate
RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Co-PI, Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong (Jun. 2025 – May. 2028)
(1) To project compound tropical cyclone-heatwave events over Hong Kong / Greater Bay Area region
(2) To conduct high-fidelity simulations for tropical cyclone
wind field utilizing AI technologies
(3) To develop comprehensive risk and resilience models for
coastal building / community
(4) To develop robust design and adaptation applicable to the Hong Kong / Greater Bay Area
Developing innovative solar business models: Leveraging reinforcement learning for optimizing residential and commerical PV uptake in Hong Kong
RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme (JRFS), PI, Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong (Jun. 2025 – Jan. 2026)
Develops innovative solar business models that integrate existing policies (i.e., FiT and REC) with alternatives (i.e., NM and PPA) and optimizes solar energy adoption by leveraging community insights and advanced modeling techniques
Developing innovative solar business models: Leveraging reinforcement learning for optimizing residential and commerical PV uptake in Hong Kong
PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, PI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Dec. 2024 – Jan. 2026)
Develops innovative solar business models that integrate existing policies (i.e., FiT and REC) with alternatives (i.e., NM and PPA) and optimizes solar energy adoption by leveraging community insights and advanced modeling techniques
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 – Jan. 2026)
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 – Dec. 2025)
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 (Dec. 2022 – Dec. 2024)
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 – May 2024)
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 – Aug. 2024)
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