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Dr Hu Du

School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Email: H.Du@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 904 6247

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Dr Hu Du is a Senior Lecturer in Building Services and Architectural Engineering at School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University. He joined LJMU in September 2021.

Teaching on BEng/MEng Building Services Engineering and BEng/MEng Architectural Engineering programmes:
• Module leader of Building Engineering Research and Design Project module (60-credit, year-long)
• Module leader of Operational Performance and Modelling module (20-credit, semester 1)
• Module leader of Low Carbon Systems and Sustainability module (20-credit, semester 2)

Grants:
1. Wienerberger and LJMU: Performance Monitoring of Phase 1 Exemplar Homes Retrofit, 10/2024-03/2027, £81,282, role: PI.
2. Royal Society: Collaborative research on thermal-lighting environment coupling mechanism and low carbon building application of climate-adaptive building skin, 04/2023-03/2025, £12,000, role: PI.
3. LJMU Faculty of Engineering and Technology Pump Prime Awards 2023/24: Net zero homes design and performance monitoring – evidence gathering for understanding the uncertainties and opportunities (NetZeroHomes), 01/2024-07/2024, £5,000, role: PI.
4. Consultancy project, Multi-sensory low-carbon and affordable home heating system, 01/2024-04/2024, £24,000, role: PI.
5. LJMU Faculty of Engineering and Technology Pump Prime Awards 2022/23: Pathway to Net Zero Campuses using open data and building stock model (Path2NetZero), 01/2023-07/2023, £5,000, role: PI.
6. LJMU Faculty of Engineering and Technology Pump Prime Awards 2021/22: Rapid non-intrusive pErformance monitoring of HEAT pumps (REHEAT), 01/2022-07/2022, £5,000, role: PI.
7. European Commission (Horizon 2020): Plug-n-Harvest, 09/2017-11/2022, €445,222 for Cardiff University (total European Commission grant €5.99m), role: PI at Cardiff University.
8. Welsh European Funding Office Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (European Social Funds, KESS 2 East): Developing optimal domestic low carbon ventilation technologies to improve air quality and reduce health risks from indoor and outdoor air pollution, 2019-2023, £59,411, role: PI.
9. HEFCW Welsh Crucible Seedcorn funding: Health cost of mould and damp in Welsh homes, 2018-2019, £9,976, role: PI.
10. British Council (Researcher Links Workshop Grants): China-UK Workshop on Renewable Energy Systems in Zero Carbon Villages, 2018-2019, £22,800, role: PI.
11. HEFCW Cardiff University Global Challenges Research Fund: HABITAT- HArvest modular façade for zero bills Buildings In Tibet plATeau, 2018, £34,408, role: PI.
12. Welsh Government: Sêr Cymru Academic, 2014-2019, £360,000, role: Co-I.
13. Innovate UK (Invest in innovative refurbishment – Tranch B Phase 2): Innovative refurbishment of internal wall insulation, 2013-2014, £839,439, role: Co-I.
14. Innovate UK (Invest in innovative refurbishment –Tranche 2): Innovative glazing and ventilation package for historic buildings, 2013-2014, £601,849, role: Co-I.
15. Innovate UK (Invest in innovative refurbishment –Tranche 1): Innovative glazing and ventilation package for historic buildings, 2012-2013, £19,986, role: Co-I.
16. Innovate UK (Invest in innovative refurbishment – Tranch B Phase 1): Innovative installation of internal wall insulation, 2012-2013, £19,992, role: Co-I.
17. Innovate UK (Building Performance Evaluation): In-use BPE study of College Lake Wildlife Visitors Centre, 2012-14, £58,290, role: R.
18. Innovate UK (Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings): Dragon Junior School for the Future, 2012-13, £99,915, role: R.
19. Innovate UK (Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings): New Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Hospital, 2012-13, £99,942, role: R.
20. Innovate UK (Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings): Edge Lane – TIME ‘To Improve Mental Health Environments’ Project, 2012, £99,752, role: R.
21. Innovate UK (Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings): Ebbw vale 11-16 School, 2012, £100,000, role: R.
22. Innovate UK (Design for Future Climate: Adapting Buildings): NW Bicester Eco Town, 2012, £100,000, role: R.
23. EPSRC: COPSE – COincident Probabilistic climate change weather data for a Sustainable built Environment, 2008-11, £84,790, role: PhD R.
24. Leverhulme Trust: A sustainable hub – regeneration of Cardiff central station, 2008, Role: Volunteer

Degrees

2013, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education
2012, Northumbria University, United Kingdom, PhD
2008, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, PgDip in Building Energy and Environmental Performance Modelling
2006, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China, BEng in Building Environment and Services Engineering

Certifications

2013, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, Fellow

Academic appointments

External Examiner, School of Built Environment, Engineering & Computing, Leeds Beckett University, 2024 - 2028
Senior Research Fellow (Part-time), Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 2021 - 2022
Senior Research Fellow, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 2018 - 2021
Sêr Cymru Research Fellow, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 2014 - 2017
Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Energy Simulation, School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, 2014 - 2014
Lecturer in Architecture and Energy Simulation, School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, 2012 - 2014
Research Associate in Architecture and Climate Change, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development/School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, 2012 - 2012

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