The 323th Wenlan Financial Forum

Abstract：

Australia boasts the world's highest-quality solar radiation resources. With one in every four households installing solar panels on their roofs, the country leads the globe in installation rates. Residential solar panels have made significant contributions to achieving carbon neutrality in the operation of building clusters in Australia. However, studies on the historical diffusion process of residential solar energy across more than 2,600 postal code areas in Australia reveal that solar installation rates are not necessarily higher in wealthier regions. What factors influence the installation of residential solar energy in Australia? Where lie the bottlenecks in technology diffusion? This report integrates a series of findings published by the presenter in journals such as Energy, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, and Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. This report offers insights into the diffusion research of any technological innovation in the construction industry, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and prefabricated buildings.

Speaker Introduction：

Ruidong Chang is an Associate Professor and PhD Supervisor at the University of Adelaide in Australia. He is a Highly Cited Researcher listed in the Stanford Global Top 2% Scientists for a single year and serves as the Program Director for the undergraduate major in Engineering Management at the University of Adelaide. He is also a member of the Australian Housing Research Centre and an editorial board member of journals such as the Journal of Green Building. Prior to his current position, he conducted postdoctoral research on the planning and development of photovoltaic buildings at the School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, and the Singapore Photovoltaic Institute. His research focuses on intelligent monitoring, simulation, and joint management optimization of materials-energy-emissions in the built environment. He has participated in numerous vertical research projects in construction engineering management funded by the International Energy Agency, the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore, the Australian Research Council, and the Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy, and Resources, as well as horizontal research projects with companies such as Sarah Constructions in Australia. His representative project is a significant industry transformation research grant funded by the Australian Research Council: Cross-Era Technologies for Manufacturing Buildings, with approved funding of 5 million Australian dollars (approximately 25 million Chinese yuan). He has published over 80 SCI or SSCI academic papers, which have been cited more than 4,600 times on Google Scholar. His published papers have ranked among the top three in global downloads for the journal Automation in Construction in 2017 and the top five in global downloads for Energy and Buildings in 2022, and one of his papers was on SSRN's top 10 download list for Energy (development). He has reviewed papers for over 40 journals in the fields of engineering management and energy.