Carbon Management for a Sustainable Environment

Climate Change Basics.- Carbon footprint measurement.- Carbon trading and offsetting.- Carbon management concepts.- Total carbon management.- Carbon management maturity model.- Innovation solutions.  

Prof. Zhou, has over 15 years' experience in environmental and carbon management consultancy, new energy and biotechnology and corporate sustainability in Hong Kong, China and Singapore. She holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a MPhil in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She is a Certified Carbon Audit Professional (CAP), a LEED Green Associate, member of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and BEAM Professional.

Since the appointment of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at HKUST in 2010, Ir Prof. Zhou has developed the carbon management course for both UG and MSc students, which is the first and still the only curriculum available in Hong Kong. She has been awarded the EVEM Teaching Excellent Appreciation Award for year 2016-17 and promoted to the Adjunct Associate Professor afterwards. Prof Zhou has also been active in voluntary engagements with HKSAR Government, NGOs and learned professional societies. She has been a member of HKSAR Government's Environmental Campaign Committee Environmental Education and Community Action Projects Vetting Sub-committee since 2014 and is just appointed as a member of the Buildings Energy Efficiency Disciplinary Board Panel. She is currently a director of Hong Kong Association of Energy Engineers and a committee member of Hong Kong Institute of Engineers Environmental Division. She used to be the council member of Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development, the past president of Association of Energy Engineers (Hong Kong Chapter), the member of Hong Kong Green Building Council Public Education Committee, and a core member of the Hong Kong delegation to the UNFCCC, 13th Conference of Parties ('COP13') in Bali in 2007.