News and Updates

April 2024 | Dr. Hu serves on the Technical Committee of ACM SAFE-ENERGY Workshop 2024.

Dr. Hu serves on the Technical Committee of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Trust-worthy ML for energy systems (SAFE-ENERGY Workshop 2024), Singapore, June 4-7, 2024.
Apr 25, 2024 1 min read

Jan 2024 | The BIOR Lab launched at National University of Singapore!

The BIOR Lab officially launched at NUS in Jan 2024. We are looking forward to working with great colleagues and talented students at NUS!
Jan 8, 2024 1 min read

Oct. 2023 | New paper entitled "Developing energy flexibility in clusters of buildings - a critical analysis of barriers from planning to operation" was published in *Energy and buildings*.

Our recent research paper entitled “Developing energy flexibility in clusters of buildings - a critical analysis of barriers from planning to operation” was published in Energy and Buildings.
Oct 5, 2023 1 min read

Oct 2023 | A talk was given to the ZERO Institute, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK.

A talk was given to the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK. The talk was entitled “Decarbonisation of Building and Urban Energy Systems: A Multiscale Data-driven Approach”.
Oct 2, 2023 1 min read

August 2023 | A talk was given to the Department of the Built Environment, National University of Singapore.

A talk was given to the Department of the Built Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore. The talk was entitled “Decarbonization of Building and Urban Energy Systems: A Multiscale Data-driven Approach”.
Aug 18, 2023 1 min read

July 2023 | A talk was given on 2023 International Summer School on Exploring Pathways for Low-Carbon Buildings, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

A talk was given on 2023 International Summer School on Exploring Pathways for Low-Carbon Buildings, hosted by the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. The talk was entitled “Decarbonization of Building and Urban Energy Systems: A Multiscale Data-driven Approach”.
Jul 25, 2023 1 min read

July 2023 | New paper entitled "Empirical Exploration of Zone-by-zone Energy Flexibility - a Non-intrusive Load Disaggregation Approach for Commercial Buildings" was published in *Energy and buildings*.

Our recent research paper entitled “Empirical Exploration of Zone-by-zone Energy Flexibility - a Non-intrusive Load Disaggregation Approach for Commercial Buildings” was published in Energy and Buildings.
Jul 15, 2023 1 min read

June 2023 | A talk was given to the Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

A talk was given to the Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, on “Decarbonization of Building and Urban Energy Systems: A Multiscale Data-driven Approach”.
Jun 6, 2023 1 min read

March 2023 | A talk was given to the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics at Zhejiang University, China.

A talk was given to the Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics at Zhejiang University, China on “Decarbonization of Building and Urban Energy Systems: A Multiscale Data-driven Approach”.
Mar 21, 2023 1 min read

Feb 2023 | New paper entitled "Impacts of building load dispersion level on its load forecasting accuracy - Data or algorithms Importance of reliability and interpretability in machine learning" was published in *Energy and buildings*.

Our recent research paper entitled “Impacts of building load dispersion level on its load forecasting accuracy - Data or algorithms Importance of reliability and interpretability in machine learning” was published in Energy and Buildings.
Feb 26, 2023 2 min read