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Biography Xudong Zhao is a globally recognised energy researcher whose focus is around sustainable building services, renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Over his 30 year career he has led or participated in 58 research projects worth £18.5m, 40 engineering consultancy projects worth £5m and claimed 11 patents.

- 58 research projects with a total fund value in excess of £18.5 million

- 213 scientific papers

- 11 patents

- 7 books published (as a co-author)

- 25 postdoctoral research fellows and 30 PhD students have been (is being) supervised

- 40 engineering design and construction projects completed

- 1 MSc programme developed

- 8 teaching modules undertaken
Research Interests -Renewable/Sustainable Energy Technologies & Systems , including solar thermal/power system, ambient and ground source energy utilizations, among others.

-Energy efficient technologies& Systems, including CHP, heat pipe, heat pump and PCM among others.

-Energy in Built Environment, including services engineering, environmental technology and energy systems.

Working with numerous institutes on the collaborative EU, UK and China Project

- University of Nottingham
- University of Sheffield
- University College London
- Brunel University
- South Bank University
- Bath University
- De Montfort University
- University of Leeds
- Strathclyde University
- Heriot-Watt University
- Northumbria University
- Queens Mary University of London
- University of Reading
- University of Edinburgh
- Munters UK Ltd
- Ebm-pepst UK Ltd
- Thermacore Europe
- IT Power
- NPS Humber Ltd
- Arup
- Bill Dunster architects - ZEDfactory Ltd
- Hurleypalmerflat
- Vale Window Company Ltd
- Nuaire Ltd
- Bobby Gilbert & Associates Ltd
- PICK EVERARD
- Sustainable Energy Installations Ltd
- Renewable Energy Supplier Ltd
- EPS Ltd
- SKYLINE CG
- Nuaire Ltd
- Vale Window
- Dragodas, Spain
- Munters Europe, Sweden
- Nobatek, France
- Valliant, Turkey
- Ascamm, Spain
- Inea, Czech Republic
- Va-Q-tec AG, Germany
- UPM, Spain
- UMINHO, Portugal
- VTT, Finland
- IIT, Israel
- MGEP, Spain
- NUC, Norway
- TUDA, Germany
- CNRS, France
- Onyxsolar, Spain
- Apintech, Greece
- Tensoforma, Italy
- Acciona, Spain
- Tecnalia, Spain
- D’appolonia SPA, Italy
- AUTH, Greece
- European Alumium Association, Belgium
- CARTIF, Spain
- Elval, Greece
- Fenix TNT SRO, Czech Republic
- UBU, Spain
- Fasada, Poland
- PICH-Aguil, Spain
- Tsinghua University, China
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Tongji University, China
- Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China
- Guangdong University of Technology, China
- Taiyuan University of Technology, China
- Shanghai Pacific Energy Centre, China
- Gree Ltd, China
- Sinogreen Ltd, China
- Youshida Ltd, China
- Aolan Ltd, China
Teaching and Learning 16971_16/17S2 Renewable Energy Technologies for Buildings

57020 Fluid dynamics - lab experiment reporting marking

57182_16/17S1 Built Environment Technologies

K11SD2 Building Services Design 2

K1AES2 Environmental Services Design 2

K14RMS Research Methodology

06061 Preparing for Learning in HE - teacher

Engineering FdEng Projects

Engineering Group Projects

Engineering Undergraduate Projects

Taught MSc Individual Projects.
Scopus Author ID 55705196100