AWARDS & HONOURS 獎項及殊榮
(since 2011)

Received by Prof Edward NG:
Nov 2023: 'RIF Project', Green Building Award 2023 - Merit Award in the Rsearch and Planning Category
Oct 2023: Doctor of Science (DSc) degree honoured by Cambridge University, UK
Jul 2023: 'RIF Project', (CUHK) Oustanding Research Impact Award 2022-23
Feb 2023: (CUHK) Research Mentorship Award 2022
Sep 2022: Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', Honorary Mention Award (Category B-3: Public Amenity Institutional Buildings) in ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2022
May 2022: ‘Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', HKIA Annual Awards 2021 - Merit Award outside Hong Kong - Institutional Building & Special Architectural Award - Humanity & Social Inclusion
Apr 2022: ‘Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', Green Building Award 2021 - Special Citation on UN Sustainable Development Goals (New Buildings Category: Completed Projects – Institutional)
Nov 2021: ‘Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', TERRAFIBRA Award 2021 Winner (under Public Cultural Equipment category)
Oct 2021: ‘Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', Silver Award at the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2021
Jul 2021: ‘1U1V Rural Sustainable Development Assistance Programme', 2021 International Green Gown Awards (in "Benefitting Soicety" category)
Jan 2021: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Social Responsible Architecture Award in ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2020
Dec 2020: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities', Silver Award in Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2020
Nov 2020: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', HKIA Medal of the Year outside Hong Kong & Special Architectural Award - Social Innovation
Apr 2020: Honorable Mention, CUHK Research Mentorship Award 2019
Nov 2019: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Green Building Award 2019 - 'Grand Award' and 'Special Citation on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals' (under New Building Category: Completed Projects - Residential Building)
Nov 2019: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities, Green Building Award 2019 - 'Grand Award' (under Research & Planning Category)
Jun 2019: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards 2019 - Gold Award Winner in Residential Category
Nov 2018: Nomination Award for 2018年金經昌中國城市規劃優秀論文獎
Feb 2018: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', WAN Residential Award 2017
Dec 2017: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Local Grand Prize Award of the CIC Construction Innovation Award 2017
Nov 2017: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', WAF Building of the Year 2017 Winner & WAF "New & Old" Category Winner 2017
Jun 2017: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Winner of AR House Award 2017
Jul 2016: 'Ma’anqiao Village, Sichuan, China’, Winner of "Architecture & Local Development Category", Terra Award 2016
Mar 2016: ‘Maosi Ecological School’, Finalist for Terra Award 2016
Apr 2013: 「傑出義職榮譽大獎」 獅子山青年商會
Oct 2013: Achievement Award (Knowledge Transfer), KTO, CUHK 
Mar 2012: University (CUHK) Research Excellence Award 2011/12
Jun 2012: ‘Urban Climatic Map’, Finalist, Green Building Awards 2012, Hong Kong Green Building Council.
Aug 2012: ‘Urban Climatic Map’, Merit Award, HKIP 2012 Awards, Hong Kong Institute of Planners.
Dec 2011: Honorable Mention, Asian of the Year, Reader’s Digest.
Sep 2011: ‘Ma’anqiao Village, Sichuan, China’, UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards 2011 (Jury Commendation for Innovation)

Received by Prof REN Chao:
Nov 2023: 'RIF Project', Green Building Award 2023 - Merit Award in the Rsearch and Planning Category
Apr 2023: HKU Rosie Young 90 Medal for Outstanding Young Woman Scholar
Sep 2021: 'Improved urban heat island mitigation using bioclimatic redevelopment along an urban waterfront at Victoria Dockside', Merit Award (Research Category) at the HKIUD Urban Design Awards 2021
Dec 2020: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities', Silver Award in Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2020
Sep 2020: 2020 IAUC Timothy Oke Award for Original Research in the Field of Urban Climatology
Nov 2019: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities, Green Building Award 2019 - 'Grand Award' (under Research & Planning Category)
Nov 2018: 'Study on the Application of Urban Planning Climate Assessment and Ventilation Corridor Design Technology', The 3rd Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Awards 2018
Oct 2018: Poster Honourable Mention Awards at ICUC-10 / the 14th AMS Symposium on the Urban Environment for the papers titled "Michael Mau Fung Wong, Jimmy Chi Hung Fung, Jason Ching, Jason Wai Po Tse, Peter Pak Shing Yeung, Chao Ren, Wang Ran. Evaluation of the uWRF performance in Hong Kong with UCPs derived based on WUDAPT/NUDAPT dataset and the guidance for implementation" & "Pak Shing Yeung, Jimmy C.H. Fung, Mau Fung WONG & Ren Chao. Refinement of Roughness Length Value for the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Model based on the understanding of Local Climate Zone."
Apr 2017: 4th place in The 2017 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest
Jun 2016: Best Applied UHI Research Award in 4th IC2UHI 2016 Conference, Singapore, 30 May – 1 Jun 2016 for her study titled 'Local Climate Zone for Chinese cities and its implementation to local urban development'
Dec 2014: Finalist of The 5th Young Writers’ Debut Competition organized by SHKP and Joint Publishing (H.K.) by the book proposal titled 'The Vanishing Buildings'.
May 2012: ‘Urban Climatic Map and Standards for Wind Environment Feasibility Study, Hong Kong’ was a shortlisted project, Green Building Award 2012
‘Urban Climatic Map and Standards for Wind Environment Feasibility Study: Planning for Better Urban Climate, Hong Kong’won Certificate of Merit of Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2012

Received by Dr Kevin Lau:
Nov 2023: 'RIF Project', Green Building Award 2023 - Merit Award in the Rsearch and Planning Category
Jul 2023: 'RIF Project', (CUHK) Oustanding Research Impact Award 2022-23
Sep 2021: 'Improved urban heat island mitigation using bioclimatic redevelopment along an urban waterfront at Victoria Dockside', Merit Award (Research Category) at the HKIUD Urban Design Awards 2021
Dec 2020: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities', Silver Award in Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2020
Nov 2019: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities, Green Building Award 2019 - 'Grand Award' (under Research & Planning Category)

Received by Dr Shi Yuan:
Sep 2021: 'Improved urban heat island mitigation using bioclimatic redevelopment along an urban waterfront at Victoria Dockside', Merit Award (Research Category) at the HKIUD Urban Design Awards 2021
Dec 2020: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities', Silver Award in Hong Kong Institute of Planners Awards 2020
Nov 2019: 'Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities, Green Building Award 2019 - 'Grand Award' (under Research & Planning Category)

Received by Dr Xuyong:
Apr 2017: 4th place in The 2017 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest

Received by Dr WAN Li:
Sep 2022: Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', Honorary Mention Award (Category B-3: Public Amenity Institutional Buildings) in ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2022
May 2022: ‘Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', HKIA Annual Awards 2021 - Merit Award outside Hong Kong - Institutional Building & Special Architectural Award - Humanity & Social Inclusion
Apr 2022: ‘Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', Green Building Award 2021 - Special Citation on UN Sustainable Development Goals (New Buildings Category: Completed Projects – Institutional)
Nov 2021: ‘Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', TERRAFIBRA Award 2021 Winner (under Public Cultural Equipment category)
Oct 2021:
Terra Centre, Yunnan, China', Silver Award at the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2021
Jul 2021: ‘1U1V Rural Sustainable Development Assistance Programme', 2021 International Green Gown Awards (in "Benefitting Society" category)
Jan 2021: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Social Responsible Architecture Award in ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2020
Nov 2020: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', HKIA Medal of the Year outside Hong Kong & Special Architectural Award - Social Innovation
Nov 2019: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Green Building Award 2019 - 'Grand Award' and 'Special Citation on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals' (under New Building Category: Completed Projects - Residential Building)
Jun 2019: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards 2019 - Gold Award Winner in Residential Category
Nov 2018: Nomination Award for 2018年金經昌中國城市規劃優秀論文獎
Dec 2017: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Local Grand Prize Award of the CIC Construction Innovation Award 2017
Nov 2017: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', WAF Building of the Year 2017 Winner & WAF "New & Old" Category Winner 2017
Jun 2017: ‘Guangming Village Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Demonstration House, Yunnan, China', Winner of AR House Award 2017
Jul 2016: ‘Ma’anqiao Village, Sichuan, China’, Winner of "Architecture & Local Development Category", Terra Award 2016. The project led by Prof Edward Ng. ‘Ma’anqiao Village, Sichuan, China’,UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards 2011 (Jury Commendation for Innovation). The project led by Prof Edward Ng.

Received by Dr WAI Ka Ming:
Jun, 2016: CUHK Sustainable Development Goals Programme (SDGP 2016) for research study titled 'Modifications of rainfall pattern due to urbanization effects and their implications'. The study was supervised by Prof Edward Ng.

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