Haibo Feng
Assistant Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
BIM
Construction
LCA
sustainability
Wood Products
Zero energy / caron building
Relevant Thesis-Based Degree Programs
Affiliations to Research Centres, Institutes & Clusters
Research Options
I am available and interested in collaborations (e.g. clusters, grants).
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
I am interested in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Research Methodology
Building Information Modelling (BIM), Building Energy Simulation, Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), GIS, Life Cycle Assessment
Recruitment
Master's students
Doctoral students
Any time / year round
Zero carbon building solutions
Urban planning for carbon emissions
Civil Engineering; Architecture; Environmental Engineering; Wood Science
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Publications
- A hybrid method for evaluating the resilience of urban road traffic network under flood disaster (2022)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, - An implementation framework of blockchain-based hazardous waste transfer management system (2022)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, - Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Building Energy Performance (2022)
Buildings, - Developing a conceptual framework for the application of digital twin technologies to revamp building operation and maintenance processes (2022)
Journal of Building Engineering, 49, 104028 - Dynamic Multi-objective Construction Site Layout Planning Based on BIM (2022)
KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 26 (4), 1522--1534 - How to share benefits of old community renewal project in China? An improved Shapley Value approach (2022)
Habitat International, - Realising the Potential of Renewable Energy as a Tool for Energy Security in Small Island Developing States (2022)
Sustainability, - Reducing Construction Dust Pollution by Planning Construction Site Layout (2022)
Buildings, - Towards an Interoperable Approach for Modelling and Managing Smart Building Data (2022)
Buildings, - Uncertainties in whole-building life cycle assessment: A systematic review (2022)
Journal of Building Engineering, - Whole building life cycle assessment at the design stage: a BIM-based framework using environmental product declaration (2022)
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, ahead (ahead) - Analyzing present and future availability of critical high-tech minerals in waste cellphones: A case study of India (2021)
Waste Management, - Characterizing the impacts of highway pavement in a newly planned greater bay area economic belt in China (2021)
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, - Net zero energy barns for industrial egg production (2021)
Journal of Cleaner Production, - Research on policy strategies for implementing energy retrofits in the residential buildings (2021)
Journal of Building Engineering, - Unraveling the Global Warming Mitigation Potential from Recycling Subway‐Related Excavated Soil and Rock in China Via Life Cycle Assessment (2021)
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, - BIM-based life cycle environmental performance assessment of single-family houses: Renovation and reconstruction strategies for aging building stock in British Columbia (2020)
Journal of Cleaner Production, - Comparative life-cycle assessment of traditional and emerging oily sludge treatment approaches (2020)
Journal of Cleaner Production, - Exploring the inner relationship among neighborhood environmental factors affecting quality of life of older adults based on SLR–ISM method (2020)
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, - Life cycle cost analysis for recycling high-tech minerals from waste mobile phones in China (2020)
Journal of Cleaner Production, - Primary data priorities for the life cycle inventory of construction products: focus on foreground processes (2020)
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25 (6), 980--997 - Smart city and resilient city: Differences and connections (2020)
WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 10 (6) - AHP-TOPSIS-Based Evaluation of the Relative Performance of Multiple Neighborhood Renewal Projects: A Case Study in Nanjing, China (2019)
Sustainability, - Is smart city resilient? Evidence from China (2019)
Sustainable Cities and Society, - ISM-based relationship among critical factors that affect the choice of prefabricated concrete buildings in China (2019)
International Journal of Construction Management, - Economic Benefits and Costs of Green Roofs (2018)
Nature Based Strategies for Urban and Building Sustainability, - Energy saving performance of green vegetation on LEED certified buildings (2014)
Energy and Buildings, - Lifecycle assessment of living walls: air purification and energy performance (2014)
Journal of Cleaner Production, - Energy performance of living walls in commercial buildings (2013)
Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2013: Know-How - Savoir-Faire, CSCE 2013, Montreal, Canada, 29/05/13, - Lifecycle based energy assessment of green roofs and walls (2013)
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