Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2024
暫譯: 2024年能源與建築的可持續性

Dr John R. Littlewood is Professor of Sustainable and Resilient Buildings and Lead for the Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment research group in Cardiff School of Art and Design at Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK). He is Chartered Architectural Technologist and Building Engineer. He has been General Chair for the Sustainability in Energy and Buildings International Conference in 2014, 2017 and since 2019 to date and Chair of the Sustainable and Resilient Buildings General Track since 2016. His research is conducted in collaboration with industry to optimize the design, offsite manufacturing, construction and operation of existing and new buildings to maximise their performance and user comfort and quality of life, yet reduce embodied and operational carbon emissions.

Dr. Robert Howlett is Executive Chair of KES International, a non-profit organization that facilitates knowledge transfer and the dissemination of research results in areas including Intelligent Systems, Sustainability, and Knowledge Transfer. He is Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University in the UK. His technical expertise is in the use of intelligent systems to solve industrial problems. He has been successful in applying artificial intelligence, machine learning and related technologies to sustainability and renewable energy systems; condition monitoring, diagnostic tools, and systems; and automotive electronics and engine management systems. His current research work is focussed on the use of smart microgrids to achieve reduced energy costs and lower carbon emissions in areas such as housing and protected horticulture.

Dr. Lakhmi C. Jain, Ph.D., M.E., B.E. (Hons), Fellow (Engineers Australia), is with the University of Piraeus, Athens, Greece. Professor Jain founded the KES International for providing a professional community the opportunities for publications, knowledge exchange, cooperation, and teaming.

Involving around 5000 researchers drawn from universities and companies world-wide, KES facilitates international cooperation and generates synergy in teaching and research. KES regularly provides networking opportunities for professional community through one of the largest conferences of its kind in the areas of KES.

約翰·R·利特伍德博士是卡迪夫城市大學（英國）卡迪夫藝術與設計學院可持續與韌性建築的教授，以及可持續與韌性建築環境研究小組的負責人。他是特許建築技術專家和建築工程師。自2014年、2017年及2019年至今，他擔任可持續能源與建築國際會議的總主席，並自2016年以來擔任可持續與韌性建築一般專題的主席。他的研究與業界合作，旨在優化現有和新建築的設計、工廠外製造、施工和運營，以最大化其性能、使用者舒適度和生活品質，同時減少其體現和運營的碳排放。

羅伯特·霍威特博士是KES International的執行主席，該非營利組織促進知識轉移和研究成果的傳播，涵蓋智能系統、可持續性和知識轉移等領域。他是英國伯恩茅斯大學的客座教授。他的技術專長在於利用智能系統解決工業問題。他在將人工智慧、機器學習及相關技術應用於可持續性和可再生能源系統、狀態監測、診斷工具和系統，以及汽車電子和引擎管理系統方面取得了成功。他目前的研究工作專注於利用智能微電網在住宅和受保護的園藝等領域實現降低能源成本和碳排放。

拉克米·C·賈因博士（Ph.D.，M.E.，B.E.（榮譽）），是希臘雅典的比雷埃夫斯大學的教授。賈因教授創立了KES International，為專業社群提供發表、知識交流、合作和團隊合作的機會。

KES涉及約5000名來自全球大學和公司的研究人員，促進國際合作並在教學和研究中產生協同效應。KES定期通過其在KES領域中最大的會議之一，為專業社群提供網絡交流的機會。