Summary of the World Renewable Energy Asia Regional

Congress (WREN-Asia) and the 5th International Conference on

Sustainable Development in Building and Environment

(SuDBE2011)

Chongqing University

Chairman, Professor Baizhan Li

2011.11.09

Supporters：：：：

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, China

Chongqing Science and Technology Commission, China

Chongqing Construction Commission, China

Chongqing Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, China

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, UK

K.C. Wong Education Foundation, China

China Green Building Council, China

Chongqing Green Building Council, China

British Consulate-General Chongqing

Taylor & Francis Group

University of Lisbon, Portugal

Kyung Hee University, Korea

Summary of the World Renewable Energy Asia Regional Congress

(WREN-Asia) and the 5th International Conference on Sustainable

Development in Building and Environment (SuDBE2011)

1 Background

In order to implement the “Scientific Development” stated by the Party and the nation,

the general policy of constructing an innovated country and the acquirement of

“improve the sustainable development through strengthen the international

cooperation”, and to response to the “2011 International renowned research institution

Chongqing Action” sponsored by the Chongqing government, Chongqing University

decided together with international renowned institutions like University of

Cambridge, University of Reading, the World Renewable Energy Congress to hold the

4 days World Renewable Energy Asia Regional Congress (WREC-Asia) in

Cooperation with the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Development in

Building and Environment (SuDBE2011) during October 28th to 31st, 2011, sponsored

and organized by Chongqing University. The conference invited famous experts of

renewable energy application and building and environment worldwide to

communicate the research and share the practical experiences in building and

environment areas, build the network among professionals from home and aboard,

high-education institutions and governments, and promote the sustainable

development of renewable energy and urban construction and environment in China.

2 The Basic Information

October 28th to 31st, 2011, World Renewable Energy Asia Regional Congress

(WREC-Asia) in Cooperation with the 5th International Conference on Sustainable

Development in Building and Environment (SuDBE2011) is held in Chongqing.

With Professor Baizhan Li of Chongqing University as the Chairman, the conference

is sponsored and organized by Chongqing University and co-organized by the World

Renewable Energy Congress, University of Cambridge, University of Reading,

Purdue University, Aalborg University, Tsinghua University, University of Hong

Kong, Central South University. The conference also receives various supports from

the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the National Natural Science

Foundation, Chongqing Municipal Government, Chongqing Science and Technology

Commission, Chongqing Rural-Urban Construction Commission, Chongqing Foreign

Economic and Trade Commission, China Green Building Council, Chongqing Green

Building Council and K.C. Wong Education Foundation.

The conference explores relevant hot issues of sustainable development in building

and environment and renewable energy applications, including 6 topics such as

sustainable building environment design, energy efficiency and emission reduction

technologies in building, urban eco-environment and green building, application of

renewable energy and carbon dioxide recycling, indoor micro-climate and the indoor

thermal environment, indoor air pollution prevention and indoor air quality. More

than 300 experts, scholars and students (nearly 120 from overseas, among them are

nearly 30 prominent experts with different occupations including headmasters, deans

and directors from world-renowned universities, well-known professors, presidents of

international councils and associations as well as editor-in-chief of the international

academic journals and other world-class experts) from over 20 countries and regions

including UK, USA, Japan, Portugal, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong

and mainland China attend the conference.

2.1 The Opening Ceremony

At 9 a.m. of October 29, the open ceremony of the World Renewable Energy Asia

Regional Congress (WREN-Asia) in cooperation with The 5th International

Conference on Sustainable Development in Building and Environment (SuDBE2011)

is held in the Banquet Hall of the King World Hotel in Chongqing. Distinguished

guests presenting the ceremony including Ms. Wang Honghua, deputy director of

Chongqing People's Congress Standing Committee, Mr. Han Aixing, deputy director

of Energy and Technology Building division of the Ministry of Housing and

Urban-Rural Development of China, Mr. Yang Minxian, deputy inspector of

Chongqing Science and Technology Commission, Mr. Wu Bo, chief engineer of

Chongqing Urban and Rural Construction Commission, Ms. Li Shirong, deputy

director of Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission, Bryn

James, climate change and energy consul of British Consulate-General Chongqing

and Mr. Liu Qing, vice-president of Chongqing University etc.

Professor Liu Hong, secretary of the conference, gives the introduction of the guests

presenting the conference, and Mr. Ali Sayigh, Co-Chairman of the conference and

Chairman of the World Renewable Energy Network, presides over the conference.

Professor Li Baizhan of Chongqing University, Chairman of the conference, declares

the open of the conference and delivers the welcoming speech for all the participants.

Afterwards Ms. Wang Honghua, deputy director of Chongqing People's Congress

Standing Committee gives a speech. According to her speech, she pointed out that the

sustainable development of building and environment is one of the hot-debated issues

in the world and the key to achieve the sustainable development of economic

construction, social welfare, science and technology as well as eco-friendly

environment. And then, Mr. Han Aixing reiterates that Chinese government has

adopted many policies to support in the research of renewable energy in such fields as

industry, agriculture and construction and will stick to the road of sustainable

development. Mr. Yang Mingxianm illustrates the importance and goal of scientific

actions of Chongqing in his speech. It is his conviction that the conference, as an

important initiative of “Chongqing Action”, will greatly promote the international

exchanges between Chongqing and the world. The conference will be a platform

especially to learn the advanced experience from foreign countries in building and

environment and show the existing achievements in Chongqing. Other speakers also

share their views on sustainable development and Mr. Liu Qing, vice president of

Chongqing University concludes the ceremony with a brief introduction of the

university and once again, shows a welcome for all the guests and participants.

Address of Prof. Li Baizhan, Chairman of SuDBE2011

Scene of Opening Ceremony

Lecture of Ms. Wang Honghua, deputy director of Chongqing People's Congress

Standing Committee

Address of Mr. Han Aixing, deputy director of Energy and Technology Building

division of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China

Address of Mr. Yang Minxian, deputy inspector of Chongqing Science and

Technology Commission, on behalf of Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology

and "Chongqing action"

Address of Mr. Wu Bo, chief engineer of Chongqing Urban and Rural Construction

Commission

Address of Ms. Li Shirong, deputy director of Chongqing Foreign Trade and

Economic Relations Commission

Address of Bryn James, climate change and energy consul of British

Consulate-General Chongqing

Address of Mr. Liu Qing, vice-president of Chongqing University, on behalf of the

organizer of the conference

2.2 Plenary Sessions

The plenary sessions are held in the morning of Oct. 29th and Oct. 31st. After the

opening ceremony in the morning of Oct. 29th, Professor Wang Youwei, director of the

China Green Building Council, vice president of China Academy of Building

Research, Professor Alan Penn, dean of the Barlett Faculty of the Built Environment

of UCL, Professor Hiroshi Yoshino of the Tohoku University, Mr. Andy Ford,

President of CIBSE, Professor Phil Jones, Chair of Architectural Science and the

Wales Low Carbon Research Institute of Cardiff University, and many other

internationally renowned experts delivered wonderful keynote reports.

9:00-11:45 on 31st, October, The plenary meeting was held again at banquet hall A

and B in King World Hotel. The first half of the meeting was chaired by Professor

Ken Parsons, the Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University and the co-chief editor

of "Applied Ergonomics", and Professor George Baird, professor of Faculty of

Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, the latter half of the

meeting was chaired by Professor Andrew Baldwin, the director of the Loughborough

University Institute, and Prof. Hiroshi Yoshino of Tohoku University, Japan. Firstly,

Professor James Wates, the current president of the British Chartered Institute of

Building (CIOB), described several core issues in sustainable development field, and

gave a brief introduction of the latest developments and paths of the building and

environment sustainable development. Professor Ali Sayigh, the president of World

Renewable Energy Association, delivered a lecture about the topic that renewable

energy promotes the development of human being, made a detail description about the

global renewable current utilization situation and the advantages of renewable energy,

and human responsibility. Professor Chen Qingyan tenured professor of Faculty of

Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, made detail introduction about the title

"Predictions of Room Air Distribution: Solved and Unsolved Problems", and

discussed the indoor air distribution of different fluid models, and the basic theory of

the fluid simulation in turbulence and heat transfer and its widely application in

HVAC industry; Loughborough University Vice-Chancellor Professor Ken Parsons

"International standards for thermal comfort: a global perspective" are described, the

report in, Ken Parsons professor stressed the importance of the international thermal

comfort and the applicability of international standards in China and raised in today's

society for sustainable development of new programs and ideas for an international

environmental engineering and human thermal comfort environment to provide new

theoretical approach based; Tsinghua University, Professor Zhang Yinping about the

"New concept approach for developing energy efficiency buildings" of the special

report, experts from the unique perspective, the development of energy-saving

buildings vividly describes the latest concepts, proposed building energy-saving

technologies will further improve sustainable development of society play a crucial

role. Experts and scholars of the wonderful speech, drew audience applause, many

participants have on the world in the construction and environmental sustainability,

renewable energy sector development, development objectives and other hot topics

and questions to the experts interaction.

Professor Alan Penn Professor Hiroshi

Yoshino

Professor Wang

Youwei

Professor Ali Sayigh

Professor James Wates Professor Andy Ford Professor Phil Jones

Professor Chen Qingyan Professor Ken Parsons Professor ZhangYinPing

The international conference Keynotes

Views of the Banquet Hall

From 14:00 p.m. on October 29th, internationally renowned experts and scholars give

wonderful speeches and have deeply explore the sustainable building and

environment development and renewable energy application and other related hot

issues. 14:00-17:35, in the banquet hall A and B of King World Hotel held 2 plenary

sessions respectively "Built environment" and "Energy and Urban". 18

world-renowned experts and scholars give wonderful keynote lectures including the

well-known scientist of indoor environment, former edit-in-chief of internationally

renowned journal "Indoor Air", Professor Jan Sundell, world-renowned experts in

thermal comfort, Professor of the University of Sydney, Professor Richard de Dear.

Experts have a discussion for core issues of the current construction and

environmental sustainable development, and analysis the future development in this

area, which make the participants enjoy great benefit.

Professor Richard

DE Dear

Professor George

Baird

Professor Chen Bin Professor Jan

Sundell

Professor

CarlesJaneke

Professor Joe Tah Professor Li Angui Professor Manuel

Correia Guedes

Professor Yao

Runming

Professor Steve

Rowlinson

Professor Tetsuo

HAYASHI

Professor Tom

Kvan

Professor Tony Day Professor Xu Xinhua Professor Zhu Neng

Professor Ziona Strelitz Professor Gao Chunping Professor Li Xianting

Invited lecturers

2.3 Workshops and Communication

3 special subject seminars were held on 30th October, the present experts and

representatives had deep communication and discussion on the themes, “China-UK

Low-Carbon building”,“Indoor environment and children health” and “Green building

evaluation”.

14:00-18:30, the "China-UK Low-Carbon city" International Cooperation Symposium

was held at A Ballroom in King World Hotel. Steven Smith, the Deputy Consul

General of British Consulate-General in Chongqing, and Consul Bryn James,

5-member delegation which is leaded by Alan Penn, Dean of Faculty of the Building

and Environment, University of London, Professor ken Parsons, Vice-Chancellor of

Loughborough University, Professor Andrew Baldwin of Loughborough University,

Dr. Yao Runming of University of Reading, Alan Kell, Chairman of China-UK

ecological working group, Andy Ford, president of the British Royal Registered

Equipment Engineers Association, and Supervisors and technical staff from Urban

and Rural Construction Commission in some districts, counties and Chongqing, and

designing institutes, building consulting firms, supervision firms and other units. The

two sides had communication and discussion about the future development of

Low-carbon city. Firstly, the British representative gave introduction on adopted

technologies of low carbon cities’ development and green building, and their

achievements as well as their current resources in these two aspects, and then Chinese

representative did introduction about the current development situation of

Low-carbon city and Green building in Chongqing Jiulongpo district, Shapingba and

Yubei, highlighting the main problems of the current development. In the final

communicaiton, both sides have shown a high enthusiasm for co-operation, hoped to

conduct deep cooperation on these two aspects and work together to promote the

rapid development of low-carbon cities and green building.

Uk-China Low-Carbon City Mission Workshop

2.4 The Signing Ceremony of High-level International Cooperation

China-UK Network of Low-Carbon Sustainable Development signing ceremony

At 10:00 on 29th October, China-UK Network of Low-carbon sustainable

development signing ceremony was held at Haojie Hall in King World hotel. Leaders

attended the signing ceremony are, Wang Honghua, deputy director of Chongqing

Municipal People's Congress, Han Aixing, the deputy director of Building energy

efficiency and Technology Department of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural

Development, Professor Wang Youwei, director of China Green Building and Energy

efficiency Professional Committee and deputy dean of China Architecture Science

and Technology Commission, Yang Minxian deputy inspector of Chongqing

Municipal Science Commission, Wu Bo, chief engineer of Chongqing Municipal

Construction Commission, Li Shirong, deputy director of Chongqing Municipal

Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, Bryn James, the climate change and

energy consular of the British Consulate-General in Chongqing, Liu Qing, Vice

President of Chongqing University, Zhao Chengping, director of the International

Office, Chongqing University, Hu Xuebin, Central party Secretary of Faculty of

Urban Construction and Environment Engineering, Chongqing University City, Cai

Zhenhong, director of Social Science Office, Chongqing University, Li Bin, deputy

director of International Office, Chongqing University, Wang Kaicheng, deputy

director of Science and Technology department, Chongqing University. The China

representatives participating in the signing ceremony, Professor Li Baizhan, dean of

Faculty of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing

University and the director member of Chongqing Green Building Professional

Committee, Cao Yong, general secretary of Chongqing Green Building Committee.

While the British representatives are Professor Yao Runming, the superintendent of

Sustaible Building Technology Research Office, University of Reading, Phil Jones,

Dean of Cardiff University, , Ken Parsons, Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough

University, In addition, the core partners, including Professor Lin Borong of Tsinghua

University, Koen Steemers, department director of Cambridge University. The aims of

China-British low-carbon green building and eco-city international cooperation

alliances include three points: First, encourage both sides to research and educational

communication in Low-carbon green building and eco-city fields, and second, to

encourage young professionals to engage in sustainable building environment

profession after the exchange training, third, to enhance international cooperation

between partners, and expand new research projects funded by national and

international funds.

China-UK Network of Low-Carbon Green Building and Eco-City Signing ceremony

The cooperation contact signing ceremony between the Architecture Department

of Chongqing University and Faculty of Architecture and Environment of UCL

At 14:00 on 29th, October 2011, the cooperation contact signing ceremony between

Architecture department, Chongqing University and Faculty of Architecture and

Environment, UCL was held in Chongqing University. The representatives of both

sides are the 5-member delegation which is leaded by Professor Alan Penn, the dean

of Faculty of Architecture and Environment, UCL, Liu Qing, Vice-president of

Chongqing University, 4 deans and the academic leaders of 4 faculties of the

Architecture department. While Steven Smith, deputy Consul-general of British

Consulate general in Chongqing, Li Shirong, deputy director of Chongqing Foreign

Economy and Trade Commission, Chenbin, deputy director of British Culture

Commission were invited to witness the contact signing between two schools.

UCL is a famous university, and has a huge influence and position in British and in

the world. UCL was called “G5 super-elites” together with Oxford University,

Cambrige University, Empire Institute of Science and Technology and London

Institute of Polity and Economy, he is also one member of British research university

alliance—Russell universities group, and represent the highest research strength,

teachers and students’ quality, economic strength in Uk. This contact signing

ceremony opened the international development direction of Chongqing University

“Twelfth-Plan”, regarding the academy department as the main body.

The signing ceremony of the department cooperation between Chongqing University

and UCL

2.56 Famous Experts Deliver Lectures

The communication meeting between university students and world-renowned

experts

On the afternoon 31st October, 2011, 10 top-class experts including Ali Sayigh,

Chairman of World renewable energy Association came to Huxi Campus of

Chongqing University, they had a lovely meeting with learners from Chongqing

University. The meeting was chaired by Professor Li Baizhan, and experts from UK,

Australian, Japan, New Zealand and other countries gave answers to the questions

from students, the whole process was held in English, students absorbedly listened

and thought positively, and raise questions for discussion which presented strong

academic atmospheres.

The meeting started at 3 pm, First, Professor Li Baizhan, dean of Faculty of Urban

Construction and Environment Engineering, introduced each expert attending the

meeting. Then each expert was presented ardent hope to the students. Three words

given by Professor Andrew Baldwin let the students impressed: impact invention and

insight, he stressed that students should create new things, apply their knowledge,

won warm applause from everyone. Some students raise questions, if they encounter

all kinds of trouble, what to do when they do not know the next step? Professors said

to the students earnestly, that they should try to find themselves, to be themselves, to

believe in themselves, and let all chores easier. When some students seemed confused

when ask questions, Professor George bird and Professor Tony day, respectively, to

encourage the students, said: "what you believe that, you will get it!" (Believed to

arrive) implies rich, exciting, applause skirmishing.

Professor Chen Qingyan from Purdue University summarizes the questions from the

students, he stated: all the people has some achievements he knew usually has a same

feature, which is they dare to dream, dare to achieve the ideal. And now you have a

good resource, with a good teacher, have good friends, you can completely have

reason to have the courage and strength for pursuing the dream. Finally, the professors

told us earnestly, they think of science above all else, above money, above right,

above all vanity. They want students to think hard, study hard, do accomplish

something, be obtained, and to be people with inherits, as they, like millions of people

struggle for science.

After the meeting, we visited the beautiful Huxi Compus environment with the

experts, and we had a group photograph at the East gate finally which ended the

meeting smoothly.

The ceremony of employing visiting professors

In order to strengthen the cooperation between the world-renowned experts, enhance

the international level of the building related fields of Chongqing University, establish

the high-level international cooperation base, Chongqing University specially

appointed five world-renowned experts to become the visiting professors and issued

letters of appointment. They are : the expert in the field of International environmental

engineering and thermal comfort; the Vice President of Loughborough University,

Ken Parsons professor who is the Chairman of International Organization for

Standardization ISO7730 Sub-Committee; Professor Jan Sundell who is the renowned

indoor environmental scientist and the former editor of internationally renowned

journal "Indoor Air"; Richard de Dear who is the well-known expert in thermal

comfort, the member of the U.S. ASHREAE55 Standards Committee and the

professor of the University of Sydney in Australia; Professor Andrew Baldwin who is

the well-known expert in the field of information technology construction and the

director of Loughborough University innovative construction research Centre; Steve

Rowlinson who is the well-known expert in the field of the project management and

the Professor of Hong Kong University. The employing ceremony were held on 27th,

28th and 30th October, Yangdan and Liuqing, the Vice Presidents of Chongqing

University attended the employing ceremony, and five professors made a interesting

academic report for teachers and students in Urban Construction and Environmental

Engineering after the employing ceremony.

The ceremony of Chongqing University special hired

2.6 Closing Ceremony

The conference was successfully concluded on October 31st. The closing ceremony

was hosted by the cooperation chairmen of this meeting, Chen Qingyan who is the

Professor of Purdue University, and Professor Ali Sayigh who is the Chairman of

World Renewable Energy Association. Two cooperation Chairmen warmly

congratulated the successful conclusion, of the General Assembly, gave a high

evaluation of the constructions did by the chairman of the meeting Professor Li

Baizhan in building and environmental sustainable development and renewable

energy for such a long time ,and expressed full recognition for the service of the

conference organization. The Chair Professor Li Baizhan sincerely thanked for the

foreign experts and scholars from domestic making the contributions to the meeting

on behalf of the Organizing Committee and thanked for all staff and students

volunteer giving the efforts for the meeting. To express gratitude to co-organizer,

Professor Li Baizhan invited the four volunteer students of this meeting on behalf of

the Organization Group of the meeting to awarded for the cooperation Chairman

Professor Ali Saying, Professor Chen Qingyan, Dr. Yao Runming, Professor Deng

Qihong the honorary certificates ,in order to thank them forgiving support and hard

work to the conference. The conference ended with the warm applause from

participants.

The conference closing ceremony

Thus, the three-day Building and Environment Fifth International Conference on

Sustainable Development & Asia and the World Renewable Energy Regional

Conference came to an end.