URBAN CLIMATE APPLICATION LAB
run by Dr. Chao Ren and her interdisciplinary research team
As more and more of us live in urban areas where climate change exacerbates, its impacts are becoming more imminent on our well-beings. While the world sees the urgency in mitigating the change, we believe it is equally important to adopt an evidence-based urban design that is resilient to the change.
In Chao’s Urban Climate Application Lab, we investigate the interplay between microclimate and urban morphology, develop mapping system for urban climate, and analyse the thermal comfort and public health risk in high-density cities. By conducting multi-dimensional and cross-disciplinary researches, our work focuses on climatic analysis and their application in spatial planning.
Transferring scientific data into new knowledge, our research output aims not only to form the theoretical basis in this emerging and exciting field, but also serve to inform policy-makers and support evidence-based design.