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- Auditorium
- Conference Room 1
- Conference Room 2
- Conference Room 3
- Conference Room 4
Pre-Registration - Cocktail Welcome Function
Keynote and parallel sessions
Keynote and parallel sessions
Keynote and parallel sessions
Technical tours
Confirmed Workshops/Mini-Symposium
PCM applications in building energy & environment
During melting or solidification processes, a phase change material (PCM) can effectively store or release a significant amount of latent heat. The temperature of a PCM can also be stably maintained during the latent heat transfer process. It possibly bridges the gap between energy availability and energy need. Therefore, a PCM is a very promising material choice in energy storage and thermal management applications. The organizer anticipates that this theme-oriented workshop can provide a collaborative learning base for all stakeholders and cover a wide spectrum of topics in PCM applications in buildings.
Chair: Dr. Chi-Ming Lai
Speakers
- Professor Dr. Chi-Ming Lai, Department of Civil Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
- Professor Dr. Ching-Jenq Ho (C.J. Ho), Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
- Professor Dr. Rong-Horng Chen, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, National Chiayi University, Taiwan
- Professor Dr. Yi-pin Lin, Department of Creative Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Dr. Pin-Feng Liu, Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Development of design methodologies for Wind and thermal comfort in the urban environment
Wind speed and thermal comfort conditions, especially in high-density cities, can be adversely affected by moderated local airflow field and solar radiation captured by building arrays. The air ventilation assessment (AVA) scheme currently in place in Hong Kong uses a velocity ratio (VR), defined as pedestrian level wind velocity to the higher level unobstructed wind velocity, to assess the impact of new estate developments on urban ventilation but offers little guidance to optimize the design. There is a lack of and therefore a need for feasible engineering and design solutions to address this urban heat island (UHI) problem. This workshop includes the use of the state-of-the-art wind tunnel technique to study airflows around a building block with several novel architectural features, validation and development of advanced turbulence models for numerical simulation of the airflows and wind and thermal comfort, on-site measurements of the real life urban environmental parameters for thermal comfort, and the development of adaptive human physiology based thermal comfort models.
Chair: Prof. Cheuk Ming Mak, Prof. Jianlei Niu
Speakers
- Jianlei NIU and Jianlin LIU, University of Sydney and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Chung Sau Kenny KWOK, University of Western Sydney
- Cheuk Ming MAK and his PhD students, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Technical Tours
There are a number of technical tours around the CBD to explore the different building and architecture of Melbourne. Please see some that will be available below:
- Building 80 - Swanston Academic Building
- RMIT Design Hub Building
- RMIT Building 22 - 'the Brain'
- RMIT Building 1 - Francis Ormond Building
- RMIT Building 8 - Swanston Academic Building
- RMIT Building 11 - Old Melbourn Gaol
- State Library of Victoria
- Parliament of Victoria
- Manchester Unity Building
- Royal Exhibition Building
