EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief

Yuekuan William Zhou  Website
Central South University, China  
Research Areas: Digital energy system modelling, Thermal energy storage & management, Artificial intelligence for modelling, Prediction, Control and optimization
Email: yuekuanzhou@csu.edu.cn; yuekuan.zhou@outlook.com

Prof. Yuekuan William Zhou is currently a Full Professor in Central South University (CSU) since 2026, Director of Center for Clean Energy and Smart Cities, Shenzhen Research Institute of Central South University. Vice Chairman and Secretary General for AsiaCity 2050: International Conference on High-Quality Construction and Sustainable Cities. World's Top 2% Scientist both for Career-Long Achievement and Single-Year Achievement (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS (2024), and Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers. The winner for 10 Highly Cited Papers Awards (ESI 1%), High Impact Paper Award, Outstanding PhD Candidate Award, 2023-2024 Best Paper Award in Energy and Buildings (Elsevier), High Impact Paper Award 2023-International Journal ‘Energy Reviews’ (Elsevier). Co-founder of internationally renowned platforms, including the International Innovation Platform and Innovation Alliance under Construction 4.0. Prof. Zhou is also actively engaged with international energy research networks, including the IEA Energy in Buildings and Communities Programme (IEA EBC), contributing to global collaboration on smart buildings, low-carbon communities, energy flexibility, and sustainable urban energy systems.

Before joining CSU, he worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) for over 5 years. As PI, he independently supervised over ten PhD students and MPhil students. As first/corresponding author, he has published over 120 SCI journal articles in Nature Communications, Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Materials, Cell Reports Physical Science, etc. As Editor-in-Chief of Sustainability in Smart Cities, Prof. Zhou brings academic leadership in sustainable energy systems and smart urban development, with a research portfolio well aligned with the journal’s focus on innovative pathways for efficient, resilient, smart and sustainable cities.

 

Advisory Board Members

Guoqiang Zhang Website
Hunan University, China
Research Areas: Building energy & comfort optimization, Renewable energy systems, Sustainable construction & policy, Indoor air quality & ventilation

Peter D. Lund Website
Aalto University, Finland 
Research Areas: Solar energy technologies, Fuel cell & hydrogen technologies, Energy storage & advanced materials, Energy systems analysis & policy

Shuncheng Lee Website
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China
Research Areas: Environmental sustainability, Indoor air pollution, Toxic air pollutants, Emission source characterization, Carbonaceous aerosol characterization, Photocatalytic air purification

 

Associate Editors

Ming Liu Website
Unity Drive Innovation Ltd., China
Research Areas: Dynamic environment modeling, 3D mapping, Machine learning, Visual control

Shady Attia Website
University of Liège, Belgium
Research Areas: Sustainable architecture, Building performance, Carbon footprint calculation, Zero energy buildings, Thermal comfort, Climate change, Indoor environmental quality, Bioclimatic design

Zhihan Lyu Website
Xidian University, China
Research Areas: Carbon dioxide emission, Vehicular cloud, One-way hash function, Attention (machine learning), Image quality assessment, Deep learning, Graph convolutional network, Intelligent buildings

Zhonghua Gou Website
Wuhan University, China
Research Areas: Sustainable design, Green building, Building simulation, Architectural design

 

Editorial Board Members

Ali Soltani Website
University of New England, Australia
Research Areas: Urban & regional planning, Urban analytics, Spatial statistics, Environmental impacts, Smart cities

Lei Shi Website
Central South University, China
Research Areas: Urban spatial planning, Design innovation, Sustainable urban transformation

Pengyuan Shen Website
Tsinghua University, China
Research Areas: Building performance and comfort, AI and performance-driven design, Climate change impact and adaptation (building and urban scale), Urban climate and mitigation strategies

Zhengxuan Liu Website
Hunan University, China
Research Areas: Energy-efficient and resilient infrastructure, Smart sustainable buildings and communities, Hydrogen energy storage and thermal management, Artificial intelligence and digital technology for sustainability and resilience