Assistant professor | University Of Nottingham
Creating more controllable growing environment at low energy cost, such as, low carbon greenhouse
Dr. Zheng obtained his PhD from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham. He then continued to work at UoN for over 7 years on a number of research projects funded by UK and EU funding bodies. They are mainly related to building energy retrofitting, research and development of the low-pressure Pulse technique for measuring building airtightness, its application in high-integrity enclosures, non-residential and Passivhaus standard buildings. He also worked at Leeds Beckett University as a lecturer in Building Services Engineering for an academic year, delivering lectures on Mechanical Services, Low Carbon Buildings & Renewables, Building Services Systems, Thermofluids and Major Design Project. He has a diverse engineering background, from HVAC and fire detection on trains that run at high-plateau and high speed, to bionic engineering, thermoelectric applications, building physics, energy efficiency, ventilation and airtightness. He has published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 20 articles in International Conferences. One successful spin-off has been created from the research that he has been closely involved with, which entails the novel Pulse technique, a UK building regulation approved method for measuring building airtightness (The Future Homes Standard). He is passionate about research related to creating suitable indoor growing environment for enhanced food production at low energy cost.
