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HKU Dept of Mech Engg

• Hui, S. C. M. and Lam, K. K., 2010. Implications of green roof systems for building services engineers, Invited presentation for the CIBSE Hong Kong Branch One Day Seminar on “Sustainability: here and there, now and future”, 25 Nov 2010 (Thu), Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, PolyU, Hung Hom. [PDF]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2010. Green roof + urban farming, Invited presentation for the Opening Ceremony of 2010/2011 Hong Chi--Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Organic Farming Competition for Primary & Secondary Schools in Hong Kong, 30 October 2010 (Sat), Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. [PDF]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2010. Zero energy and zero carbon buildings, Invited speaker at panel discussion of Climate Policy Forum cum Workshops -- GHG Reduction Solutions for a Low Carbon Hong Kong, 30 September 2010 (Thu), Wei Hing Theatre, City University of Hong Kong, organised by WWF-Hong Kong, Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong and Hong Kong Green Building Council. [PDF][event website]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2010. Operation and maintenance to improve energy efficiency and sustainability of existing buildings, Invited presentation for the Green Buildings: Better Quality of Life Conference, 11 June 2010 (Fri), L'hotel Nina et Convention Centre, Tsuen Wan. [PDF][conference website]

• Hui, S. C. M., 2009. Green Roof Systems and Technology, ASHRAE-HKC / CIBSE-HKB / HKIE-BSD Joint Function Technical Talk, 30 July 2009 (Thu), HKIE Headquarters. [PDF][YouTube video: BI4SP: Grow: Roof Top Garden]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2009. Green Roofs, Green Schools and Green Education, myIT-School Net Environmental Seminar, 6 June 2009, St. Bonaventure Catholic Primary School, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon. [PDF]

• Hui, S. C. M., 2008. Building energy benchmarking, Technical Talk presented for IMechE Hong Kong Branch, 30 July 2008, PolyU. [PDF]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2008. Development of building energy labels in Hong Kong, Invited presentation for the Asian Building Technologies 2008/Asian Elenex 2008 -- Building Services Technical Seminars, 4-5 June 2008, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong [PDF]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2008. Zero energy building: what does it mean?, Technical Seminar presented at the ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter Annual General Meeting on 23 May 2008. [PDF]

• Hui, S. C. M., 2007. EU Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings: Implications for Hong Kong, Presentation for ASHRAE-HKC/CIBSE-HKB/HKIE-BSD Joint Technical Seminar, 25 October 2007, Hong Kong. [website]
• Hui, S. C. M., 2007. Green roofs as an environmentally responsive element in buildings, Invited presentation for the 7th International Energy Agency Annex 44 Forum - Integrating Environmentally Responsive Elements in Buildings, 24 October 2007, Hong Kong. [PDF]
• 2-Feb-2007: ASHRAE-HKC/BSOMES/CIBSE-HKB/HKIE-BSD/HKIE-EnvD Technical Seminar - Indoor Temperature at 25.5 °C? [website]

• 12-Mar-2005 (Sat): ASHRAE Half Day Workshop on Displacement Ventilation System - A Practical Design Procedure [PDF]
• Supplementary materials [HTML]
• 11-Mar-2005 (Fri): Seminar: People and the air quality in a room [PDF]
• Literature for the lecture [(literature1.doc)]
• Presentation file [PDF] (4 MB)
• 3-Mar-2005 (Thu): ASHRAE Technical Seminar: Global Warming and Energy Conservation (Kyoto Protocol: Stimulus for New Technologies) [PDF]
• Presentation file [PDF] (1.6 MB)

• 17-Dec-2004 (Fri): Seminar: Characterizing the source/sink behavior of building materials [PDF]
• 11-Dec-2004 (Sat): ASHRAE Distinguished Lecture - Ventilation and Health [PDF]
• Presentation file [PDF] (5.8 MB)
• 10-Dec-2004 (Fri): Seminar: Building integrated ventilation systems-modelling and design challenges [PDF]
• Presentation file [PDF] (4.1 MB)
• 10-Dec-2004 (Fri): Seminar: On the history of ventilation and health [PDF]
• 19-Nov-2004 (Fri): ASHRAE Technical Seminar - Overview of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1 - Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings [PDF]
• Presentation file [PDF] (310 KB)

• CPD Course on VisualDOE - A Green Design Tool  [CPD-GDT]
• Date: 6:30pm-9:30pm, 13 & 14 October 2003 (Mon & Tue) [flyer]
• Training schedule:
• Introductory section (by Dr. Sam C. M. Hui, Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU)
• Building Energy Codes, Green Buildings and Simulation Techniques
• VisualDOE - A Green Design Tool
• VisualDOE Overview
• VisualDOE Exercises
• Green Building & LEED Introduction
• Case Studies
• Lecturer: Dr. Tianzhen Hong, Eley Associates
• Additional resources:
• Eley Associates (www.eley.com) (VisualDOE demon version can be downloaded on their website)
• Exercises files [ZIP]

• CPD Course on Introduction to Building Performance Simulation  [CPD-IBPS]
• Date: 9:30am-5:00pm, 14 June 2003 (Sat) [flyer]
• Course outline:
• Part One - Building Energy Simulation
• Basic Concepts
• Energy-10 Design Tool
• Simulation Process
• Practical Examples and Exercises
• Part Two - Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• What is CFD?
• CFD Solution Process
• Basic CFD
• Examples
• Lecturers: Dr. Sam C M Hui and Dr. Yuguo Li, Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU
• Additional resources:
• Building simulation — design tool or gimmick? [BSEE]
• Building energy simulation:-
• http://arch.hku.hk/research/BEER/best.htm
• CFD:-
• Associations
• CFD Society of Canada
• CFD User Group (UK)
• NAFEMS (International Association for the Engineering Analysis)
• Consulting Firms
• Air Flow Consulting
• BSRIA MicroClimate Centre
• Education
• The Basics of Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling
• Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
• CFD Zone
• CFDnet.com
• CFDnet Tutorials
• Java Applets for Engineering Education
• Navier-Stokes Equations (Foundations of Fluid Mechanics) [Cambridge University Press]
• Projects
• Annex 35 IEA HybVent
• INVENT- Industrial Ventilation
• Research
• AUC Indoor Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland
• Air & Climate Group
• Institut Fluid Dynamics (IFD)
• Resources
• CFD at Cranfield
• CFD Codes list - free software
• CFD Online [from Jonas Larsson]
• CFD Recruitment
• CFDreview.com
• Ventilation Online Resources [from CSIRO]
• Software
• CFDesign (Blue Ridge Numerics Ltd.)
• CFX
• Flovent [from Flomerics]
• Flow3D
• Fluent
• Airpak
• Phoenix [from CHAM]
• PowerFLOW (Exa Corp.)
• STAR-CD [Computational Dynamics]

• 7 March 2009 (Sat), Professional Development Training Course - Energy Management Opportunities in Buildings, Inno-Centre, Kowloon Tong. [website]

• 20 and 22 Mar 2012 (Tue, Thu), ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Green Roof Systens, Y304, PolyU.
• 2, 9, 16, 23 Jun 2011 (Thu), ASHRAE Technical Workshop - ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and building energy simulation for green building certification, Lecture rooms R501 (2 Jun), QR610 (9 Jun), DE309 (16 & 23 Jun), PolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon. [website]
• 3, 6, 10, 13 January 2011 (Mon, Thu) and 8 January 2011 (Sat) (technical visit), ASHRAE/ACRA Technical Workshop: HVAC water system design and applications, FJ303, PolyU. [website]
• 18, 25 May and 1, 11 Jun 2010 (Tue, Fri), ACRA & ASHRAE Technical Workshop: Air system design and applications for HVAC systems, Y301, HJ303, Y305, PolyU. [website]
• 16 and 18 Dec 2008 (Tue, Thu), ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Green Roof Technology, HJ203 and BC201, PolyU. [website]
• 18 & 20 August 2008, ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Green and Sustainable Buildings, CD307, PolyU. [website]
• 18, 19, 25, 26 April 2007, ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Fundamentals of HVAC Control Systems, AG206 and TU103, PolyU. [website]
• 17, 18, 24, 25 January 2007, ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Fundamentals of Water System Design, DE302 and DE307, PolyU. [website]
• 26, 28 June & 5, 7 July 2006, ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Humidity Control and Mold Growth in Buildings, PolyU classrooms. [website]
• 22, 23 July & 5, 6 August 2004, ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Humidity and Air Quality Control in Buildings, SCOPE, 8/F United Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong.
• 11, 12, 14 & 15 March 2002, ASHRAE Continuing Education Course - Building Energy Codes and Energy Performance Evaluation, SCOPE, 8/F United Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong.
• 3, 4, 7 & 8 May 2001, ASHRAE Continuing Education Course - Advanced Computer Simulation Tools for Building Design and Analysis, SCOPE, 8/F United Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong.
• 9 & 11 January 2001, ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Introduction to Green and Sustainable Buildings, SCOPE, 8/F United Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong.
• 3 & 5 August 1999, ASHRAE Technical Workshop - Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Info-Cite Training Centre, 5/F Chekiang First Bank Building, 1 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong.

• 8 June 2002, HKU Arch CEPD Course on DOE-2 Building Energy Simulation, LE 6, Library Extension Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. [CEPD-DOE2]
• 17 & 21 August 2001, HKU Arch CEPD Course on Building Simulation Techniques for Architects and Related Professionals, LE 7, Library Extension Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. [PDF]
• 19 and 21 June 2001, HKU Arch CEPD Course on Sustainable Architecture: Concepts and Techniques, 34/F Training Room, Architectural Servcies Department, Queensway Government Office, Queensway, Hong Kong.
• 8 and 10 May 2001, HKU Arch CEPD Course on Sustainable Architecture: Concepts and Techniques, 34/F Training Room, Architectural Servcies Department, Queensway Government Office, Queensway, Hong Kong.
• 19 and 22 March 2001, HKU Arch CEPD Course on Sustainable Architecture: Concepts and Techniques, LE 7, Library Extension Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. [PDF]

• 28 Feb to 13 Apr 2012: Joint Comprehensive Certificate Course on HVAC & R System, 2012, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, Wanchai, Hong Kong [website][PDF]
• 28 Feb and 1 Mar 2012 (Tue, Thu), Fundamentals of HVAC&R Part 1 and Part 2 [website]