Professor Tsou Jin-yeu is currently a Professor of Architecture in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering of City University of Hong Kong. He obtained a Doctor of Architecture Degree from the University of Michigan, the United States.
Professor Tsou’s research interests cover the areas of sustainable architecture design and urban planning, performance-based simulation for evidence-driven design, green building, remote sensing-based carbon neutrality urban modelling, and computer-aided architectural design. He received the “Sasada Award 2016” from the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA). During the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, he assisted the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in studying the spread of the SARS virus in the housing estate. The report was submitted to the World Health Organisation as a supporting document to remove Hong Kong from the list of the affected areas. During the outbreak of the 5th wave of COVID-19 in 2022, he led a volunteer-based group to produce a DIY Negative Pressure Air Shield device, and completed onsite installations and experiments in two elderly homes. The impact of this innovative device was widely recognised.
Professor Tsou was an Advisory Member of the Committee of Science and Technology of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, China, and Co-founder of the Centre for Housing Innovations. He is a Senior Fellow of the Architectural Society of China, Member of the China Green Building Council, and Founding Member and Chairman of the China Green Building (Hong Kong) Council. He has contributed his rich professional knowledge and practical experience to develop, revise and improve building and planning codes, and professional practice regulations. He has published over 170 quality academic papers in domestic and international renowned journals and conferences.