About Me

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Building and Real Estates, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, under the supervision of Prof. Albert Chan. I obtained Ph.D. degrees from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Tongji University in 2023, advised by Prof. Albert Chan (PolyU) and Prof. Xin Gao (Tongji). Prior to that, I received an M.S. and a B.S. degree from Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics.

Research Interest

• Building energy retrofitting. My recent research focuses on building energy retrofitting, providing solutions to sustainable built environment. Currently, I am working on applying cutting-edge AI technologies in building energy retrofitting.
• Green buildings. My PhD study mainly focuses on investigating strategies to implement green building practices in mainland China.
• Construction and demolition waste management. This topic is a collaborative work, using game theory to optimize decisions in construction and demolition waste management.

Selected Publications

• Challenges to energy retrofitting of existing office buildings in high-rise high-density cities: The case of Hong Kong

  Linyan Chen, Amos Darko, Mayowa I. Adegoriola, Albert P.C. Chan, Yang Yang, & Mershack O. Tetteh

  Energy and Buildings, 2024, 312, 114220.

• Critical success factors for green building promotion: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Linyan Chen, Albert P.C. Chan, Emmanuel K. Owusu, Amos Darko, Xin Gao

  Building and Environment, 2022, 207, 108452.

• Spatial-temporal investigation of green building promotion efficiency: The case of China

  Linyan Chen, Albert P.C. Chan, Emmanuel K. Owusu, Amos Darko, Xin Gao

  Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 362, 132299.

• Evolutionary process of promoting green building technologies adoption in China: A perspective of government

  Linyan Chen, Xin Gao, Shitao Gong, Aobo Yue

  Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 279, 123607.

• Regionalization of green building development in China: A comprehensive evaluation model based on the catastrophe progression method

  Linyan Chen, Xin Gao, Shitao Gong, Zhou Li

  Sustainability, 2020, 12(15), 5988.

Project

• Energy Efficiency Retrofitting of Existing Office Buildings for Carbon Neutrality in Hong Kong: Policy Recommendations and Guidelines for Overcoming the Challenges

  Public Policy Research Funding Scheme of Hong Kong government, Grant number: 2022.A6.207.22C

• Urban resilience assessment and resilience improvement strategies from the perspective of cascading disasters

  National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant number: 72174146

Teaching Experience

• Assisted in the course of Construction Economics.
• Assisted in the course of Analytical Skills and Methods.
• Assisted in the course of Introduction to Construction Management.