Current Professional Societies

1. Member of IBPSA-China;

2. Member of Commission Committee of China Association of Building Energy Efficiency;

3. Member of Air-conditioning heat pump branch of China Association of Refrigeration;

4. Reviewers of Applied Energy, Energy, etc.

Research Areas

1. Building performance simulation and prediction;

2. Air conditioning system simulation and operation optimization control;

3. Regional energy planning.

Publications

1. Zhaosong Fang, Xiwen Feng, Xiaoning Xu, Xiaoqing Zhou, Zhang Lin,Ying Ji*. Investigation into outdoor thermal comfort conditions by different seasonal field surveys in China, Guangzhou. International Journal of Biometeorology, 2019, Vol.63 (10):1357-1368. (SCI: 000486176300005)

2. Ying Ji, Peng Xu, Pengfei Duan, Xing Lu. Estimating hourly cooling load in commercial buildings using a thermal network model and electricity submetering data. Applied Energy. 2016, Vol.169 (5): 309–323. (SCI: 000374196200026)

3. Ying Ji, Peng Xu, Yunyang Ye, Xing Lu, Jiachen Mao. Energy Load Superposition and Spatial Optimization in Urban Design: a Case Study. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2016, Vol.57 (5): 26–35. (SSCI: 000374360600003)

4. Ying Ji, Peng Xu. A bottom-up and procedural calibration method for building energy simulation models based on hourly electricity submetering data. Energy. 2015, Vol.93(12): 2337–2350. (SCI:000367409500101)

5. Ying Ji, Peng Xu, Yunyang Ye. HVAC terminal hourly end-use disaggregation in commercial buildings with Fourier series model. Energy and Buildings. 2015, Vol.97(6): 33–46. (SCI:000357222500005)

6. Ying Ji, Peng Xu, Jiayu Chen. An Hourly Electricity Consumption Calculation Method for HVAC Terminal Units with Classification and Regression Tree on the Basis of Sub-metering. Earth and Environmental Science, 2019, Vol. 238: 012002 (7 pp.). (EI:18489168)

7. Ying Ji, Peng Xu, Jingchao Xie. A performance assessment method for main HVAC equipment with electricity submetering data. Procedia Engineering. 2017, 205 (10) 3104–3111. (EI:20174604390377)

8. Ying Ji, Peng Xu. Model Based Indirect Submetering method of HVAC End-use in Existing Office Building. Procedia Engineering. 121(2015)1705-1712. (EI:20150700519818)

9. Peng Xu,Ying Ji*. Load Superposition and Shifting Method with Simulation tools for Energy Planning and the Case Analysis. Energy Procedia. 61(2014)730–734. (EI:20160701939796)

Projects

[1] 2020.01–2022.12, Research on cooling load prediction method of air conditioning system based on distributed modeling with building operation data (51908006). Youth program of NSFC. Project leader. (in process)

[2] 2018.07–2021.06, Research on rapid modeling and evaluation method of building operation cost based on personnel satisfaction (2018YFC0705904-02). Subproject of national key R&D. Project leader. (in process)

[3] 2018.01-2020.12, Green building indoor environment and energy saving technology (20170000026833TD02). Youth Top-Notch Talents Team Program of Beijing Excellent Talents Funding. Key member. (in process)

[4] 2018.01-2020.12, Optimization method structure of heating system design and operation regulation (3182006). General project of Beijing Natural Science Foundation. Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission. Key member. (in process)

Personal statement

Ying Ji, Ph.D., is mainly engaged in the application research of building big data in the field of building energy, including building performance simulation, air conditioning system simulation operation optimization control, regional energy planning, etc. Undertake three undergraduate courses (Heating Engineering,Urban Energy Planning and Application of Data Mining Method in Building Energy) and one postgraduate course (New Technology of HVAC). In charge of 8 research projects (6 completed and 2 in process), including 4 provincial and ministerial projects. Participate in more than 10 projects as the key member. In the past five years, Dr. Ji has published more than 20 papers in major international academic journals (Applied Energy, Energy, Energy and Buildings), domestic academic journals and international conferences and authorized 3 invention patents.