Designing Healthy Buildings and Communities: Shaping a Climate-Resilient Future
暫譯: 設計健康建築與社區：塑造氣候韌性的未來

Ali CHESHMEHZANGI is a Professor and Head of the School of Architecture, Design and Planning (ADP) at The University of Queensland, where he leads the School and researches across the fields of architecture, design, and planning/urbanism. He has been in the World's top 2 per cent field leader since 2022, recognised by Stanford University. He is among the top 30 global scholars in the urban sustainability research area. Ali has a wealth of experience, expertise, and a strong commitment to innovation and excellence in the fields of architecture, design, and planning, the three core disciplines of his School at UQ. With a career spanning over two decades, he has made significant contributions to the academic and professional communities, with a focus on sustainable and environmentally conscious design. So far, Ali has published over 500 journal papers, articles, conference papers, book chapters, and reports. He also has 35 other academic books, three of which have received awards at the national, provincial, and municipal levels. He also has received international awards and recognition for his research on urban resilience studies and sustainability research, as well as a Vice-Chancellor's award for his impactful contribution to higher education.

Jian ZUO is a Professor in Sustainable Construction at the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Adelaide. His main research interests are related to the sustainable built environment via both technical (e.g. smart technologies) and managerial (e.g. policy intervention and behavioural change) means. In particular, he has undertaken extensive research in construction and demolition waste recycling and management. As the lead researcher, he has been involved in a series of competitive grants in Australia such as Discovery Projects and Linkage Projects funded by the Australian Research Council as well as many other national key projects. He has long been engaged in the study of ecological towns, green buildings and sustainable development of the construction industry. Published more than 100 papers in top journals, including more than 80 journal papers indexed by SCI and SSCI, Google Scholar indexed more than 28,000, and the H-index is 93. Twelve papers are listed as hot papers/highly cited papers by Incites Essential Science Indicators (ESI).

Ayyoob SHARIFI is a Professor at the IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University. He also is a core member of the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS). His research is mainly focused on urban sustainability, resilience, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. He has published extensively on these topics and is ranked among the world's top 1000 influential authors in all fields according to Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings in 2024. Additionally, he received Clarivate's Highly Cited Researcher Award in 2024. Ayyoob actively contributes to global change research programs such as the Future Earth and has served as a lead author for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The goal of his education and research activities is to inform actions toward building sustainable and peaceful communities.

Rongpeng ZHANG is a Full Professor and dedicated PhD Supervisor at the School of Architecture and Planning, Hunan University. His primary research pursuits encompass building performance modeling and simulation for intelligent buildings, alongside advanced built environment control for healthy buildings. He was a primary developer of several pivotal modules within the DOE-endorsed EnergyPlus building simulation engine, including VRF-HR, fault detection, and demand response modules. He was a primary developer of Commercial Building Energy Saver (CBES) platform, which obtained the 2019 R&D 100 Award as one of the 100 most significant new technologies in the world. Before joining Hunan University, he led the building science team and conducted a series of research on human-centric built environment control at Well Living Lab, which obtained the 2018 Edison Award. He also served as an assistant professor at Mayo Clinic, and a postdoctoral fellow in the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received his Doctorate in Building Performance and Diagnostics from School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University and his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Built Environment and Facilities Engineering at Tongji University.

Abbas ZIAFATI BAFARASAT is a Charted Town Planner and Senior Lecturer in Town Planning, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, where he also leads the MSc Program in Spatial Planning, and the Certificate in Spatial Planning Studies. Abbas undertook his PhD in Planning and Landscape at the University of Manchester, and his Post Doc at Technical University of Dortmund. His research and professional experience spans strategy and its interdisciplinary applications in enhancing policy and placemaking. Abbas is keen on generative interdisciplinary research and practice systematising knowledge in confronting emerging issues in sustainable development, with some of his outputs including: (i) proposing an inter-discipline of strategic urban design, (ii) introducing behavioural indicators for sustainability monitoring, (iii) proposing the concept of start-it-yourself urbanism, and (iv) conceptualizing bottom-up agenda-setting.

Jie ZHAO is a lecturer of architecture in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania and Head of Delos Labs and an Executive Vice President at Delos. Delos is a science-based wellness real estate company headquartered in New York City. As the creator of the WELL Building Standard, Delos develops programs and solutions that transform our environments into vehicles for health, well-being, performance, and resilience. Jie leads the global research effort for advancing science and innovation. His research focuses on Human-building Interactions, including healthy buildings, total building performance, occupant behavior in buildings, sensing and controls in buildings, health, comfort, and productivity of building occupants, as well as building energy efficiency and sustainability. He has published 20+ academic articles and serves as reviewers for 10+ top tier academic journals and conferences in the building science field. He frequently contributes to public media as a subject matter expert in healthy buildings, such as Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Forbes and Money. Jie received his PhD in Building Performance and Diagnostics from Carnegie Mellon University and Master's and Bachelor's degrees from Tongji University.

Ali CHESHMEHZANGI 是昆士蘭大學建築、設計與規劃學院（ADP）的教授及院長，他在該學院領導並進行建築、設計及規劃/城市主義領域的研究。自2022年以來，他被史丹佛大學認定為全球前2%的領域領導者。他是城市可持續性研究領域的全球前30名學者之一。Ali 在建築、設計和規劃這三個昆士蘭大學核心學科領域擁有豐富的經驗和專業知識，並對創新和卓越有著強烈的承諾。擁有超過二十年的職業生涯，他對學術和專業社群做出了重要貢獻，專注於可持續和環保的設計。到目前為止，Ali 已發表超過500篇期刊論文、文章、會議論文、書籍章節和報告。他還出版了35本其他學術書籍，其中三本在國家、省級和市級獲得獎項。他的城市韌性研究和可持續性研究也獲得了國際獎項和認可，並因其對高等教育的影響力貢獻而獲得副校長獎。

Jian ZUO 是阿德萊德大學建築與土木工程學院的可持續建設教授。他的主要研究興趣與可持續建築環境有關，涵蓋技術（例如智能技術）和管理（例如政策干預和行為改變）兩個方面。特別是，他在建築和拆除廢物的回收與管理方面進行了廣泛的研究。作為首席研究員，他參與了澳大利亞的一系列競爭性資助項目，如由澳大利亞研究委員會資助的Discovery Projects和Linkage Projects，以及許多其他國家重點項目。他長期致力於生態城鎮、綠色建築和建築行業的可持續發展研究。在頂級期刊上發表了超過100篇論文，其中超過80篇期刊論文被SCI和SSCI索引，Google Scholar的引用次數超過28,000，H指數為93。十二篇論文被Incites Essential Science Indicators (ESI) 列為熱門論文/高引用論文。

Ayyoob SHARIFI 是廣島大學IDEC研究所的教授。他也是和平與可持續性教育與研究網絡（NERPS）的核心成員。他的研究主要集中在城市可持續性、韌性以及氣候變化的緩解和適應上。他在這些主題上發表了大量文章，根據史丹佛/Elsevier的2024年全球前2%科學家排名，他被列為全球前1000位有影響力的作者。此外，他在2024年獲得了Clarivate的高被引研究者獎。Ayyoob 積極參與全球變化研究計劃，如未來地球，並擔任政府間氣候變化專門委員會（IPCC）第六次評估報告（AR6）的首席作者。他的教育和研究活動的目標是促進建立可持續和和平社區的行動。

Rongpeng ZHANG 是湖南大學建築與規劃學院的全職教授及專任博士生導師。他的主要研究方向包括智能建築的建築性能建模和模擬，以及健康建築的先進建築環境控制。他是美國能源部認可的EnergyPlus建築模擬引擎中幾個關鍵模塊的主要開發者，包括VRF-HR、故障檢測和需求響應模塊。他還是商業建築能源節省（CBES）平台的主要開發者，該平台在2019年獲得了R&D 100獎，成為全球100項最重要的新技術之一。在加入湖南大學之前，他在Well Living Lab領導建築科學團隊，進行了一系列以人為中心的建築環境控制研究，該研究獲得了2018年愛迪生獎。他還曾在梅奧診所擔任助理教授，並在洛倫斯伯克利國家實驗室的建築技術與城市系統部門擔任博士後研究員。他在卡內基梅隆大學獲得建築性能與診斷博士學位，並在同濟大學獲得建築環境與設施工程的學士和碩士學位。

Abbas ZIAFATI BAFARASAT 是牛津布魯克斯大學建築環境學院的特許城鎮規劃師和高級講師，他還負責空間規劃碩士課程和空間規劃研究證書課程。Abbas 在曼徹斯特大學攻讀規劃與景觀的博士學位，並在多特蒙德工業大學進行博士後研究。他的研究和專業經驗涵蓋策略及其在增強政策和地點創建中的跨學科應用。Abbas 對生成性跨學科研究和實踐充滿熱情，系統化知識以應對可持續發展中的新興問題，他的一些成果包括：（i）提出戰略城市設計的跨學科概念，（ii）引入可持續性監測的行為指標，（iii）提出自我啟動城市主義的概念，以及（iv）概念化自下而上的議程設定。

Jie ZHAO 是賓夕法尼亞大學韋茨曼設計學院的建築講師，並擔任Delos Labs的負責人及Delos的執行副總裁。Delos 是一家總部位於紐約市的基於科學的健康房地產公司。作為WELL建築標準的創始人，Delos 開發的計劃和解決方案將我們的環境轉變為健康、福祉、表現和韌性的載體。Jie 領導全球研究工作，推進科學和創新。他的研究專注於人與建築的互動，包括健康建築、整體建築性能、建築內的居住者行為、建築中的感測與控制、居住者的健康、舒適度和生產力，以及建築的能源效率和可持續性。他已發表超過20篇學術文章，並擔任10多本頂級學術期刊和會議的審稿人。他經常作為健康建築的主題專家為公共媒體貢獻，如《華爾街日報》、《CBS新聞》、《福布斯》和《Money》。Jie 在卡內基梅隆大學獲得建築性能與診斷博士學位，並在同濟大學獲得碩士和學士學位。