Title: Accelerating energy innovation and demand flexibility for building decarbonization

Speaker: Professor Zhenjun Ma

Time: 8:30 PM, Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Venue: Academic Exchange Center, Room 409A

School of Building Equipment Science and Engineering

About the Speaker: Professor Zhenjun Ma is Director of the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre at the University ofWollongong, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air conditioning andHeating(AIRAH) and an Associate Editor of two Elsevier Journals of Solar Energy and Energy forSustainable Development, He is a recipient of several prestigious awards and academic recognition such asan Innovation Award (Encrgy Efficicncy category) from the World Socicty of Sustainablc EnergyTechnologies; an Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship Award; two Excellence Awards in HVAC&R(Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration) Research from the AIR AH; and an InvitationalFellowship award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.