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Professor Runming Yao

Portrait of Professor Yao Runming, School of Construction Management and Engineering

Director of Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments

Module convenor:

  • Sustainable Design and Management Principles and Practice
  • Engineering Research and Dissertation

External responsibilities:
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier

  • EPSRC college member
  • Committee member of the China Green Building Council
  • International Expert Advisor in Urbanisation and City Development appointed by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China
  • Research Council Peer Reviewer for Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Canada, Hong Kong, UK.
  • Editorial Board member of the Journal of Renewable Energy, Elsevier Science Direct
  • Committee member of the CIBSE Guide A
  • Committee member of the CISBE AM11
  • Committee member of ASHRAE TC2.01
  • ISO TC 159/SC5 working group member
  • Expert Committer Member Chinese Society for Urban Studies

Qualifications:
BSc, MSc, PhD

Professional Memberships:

  • CEng - Chartered Engineer in Building Services
  • FCIBSE - Fellow of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
  • FCIOB - Fellow of Chartered Institute of Building
  • FHEA - Fellow of Higher Education Academy
  • MASHRAE - Member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

Professor Runming Yao's research interests are in the area of building and urban sustainability specialised in energy and environment with particular focus in the UK and China context.

  • Energy simulations in urban and building scales;
  • Urban microclimates and the impacts of energy and environmental quality
  • Indoor environmental quality, occupants thermal comfort and wellbeing;
  • Occupants behavior and energy management in building
  • Sensor technology applied in intelligent building and systems control.

Research Awards/Funded Projects:

    1. School indoor environment and ventilation control strategies for children's health and wellbeing, (PI, Halton Foundation, 2014-2015)

    2. The impact of ambient air pollution on indoor environment in China: Evaluation of a practical intervention, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (PI, Institute of International Education, US, 2014-16)

    3. Research Cooperation in Renewable Energy Technologies for Electricity Generation (REELCOOP) , ( PI, European Commission, 2013-2017)
    4. China-UK Low Carbon Green Building and Eco-cites network, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, ( PI, China International Research, 2011-2014);
    5. Building energy management aided by wireless smart sensors and optimum decision system, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (EPSRC International Studentship supervisor, 2012-2015);
    6. Creating an intelligent building environment to enhance Investment trader Performance, ( EPSRC EngD/RBS, 2012-2016);
    7. A survey of urban microclimates and modelling urban heat island for Chongqing, China ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (PI, RICS Research Fund, 2011-2013);
    8. Progressing Eco-city Policies into Main-stream Practice - Action Research on Policy, Financing and Implementation Strategies for Low Carbon Cities in China, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (PI UoR, FCO SPF, 2011-2012);
    9. Development of weather data for design by incorporating climate change scenarios and urban configurations, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, ( PI, Walker Institute Annul Fund,2012);
    10. Studies on human behaviour according to indoor thermal environment and development of intelligent control system, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (PI, Royal Academy of Engineering, 2009-2010);
    11. Numerical and experimental study on integrated strategic simulation model of urban environment, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (PI, EPSRC, 2008-2011);
    12. Technology for Sustainable Built Environment, Industrial Doctorate Centre, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (Associate Investigator, EPSRC 2009);
    13. Statistic model of urban wind energy study, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (PI, Walker Institute 2009);
    14. Forecast model for carbon emission in UK domestic buildings, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (EPSRC DTG, 2009-2012);
    15. Occupant behaviour of energy consumption in UK dwellings, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (EPSRC DTG, 2009-2012);
    16. Decision making tool for building services design and control (ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, PhD Scholarship,2009-2012);
    17. Effects of adaptive regulations of human body on thermal comfort and potential energy saving in buildings (ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, PhD scholarship, 2008-2012);
    18. Optimization of zero carbon homes ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø, (EPSRC EngD/SSE, academic supervisor. 2009-2013);
    19. Guide for Sustainable Development, ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø (EPSRC EngD/Herefordshire City Council), academic supervisor. 2009-2013);
    20. nCUBUS-network of China UK Building and urban Sustainability, University of Cambri