An independent think-and-do tank with a global headquarters in Singapore
Advisory Chair
Siaw-Kiang CHOU, Dr-Ing
Emeritus Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Singapore.
Between 1998 and 2007, S.K. Chou served as Head of the NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He was the founding Executive Director of the NUS Energy Studies Institute from 2007 to 2017. He has had a sustained engagement with the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, having twice co-authored its Plan of Action on S&T and chaired its advisory board. His experience in energy R&D covers energy performance of buildings, energy conversion for power and cooling, and energy management and policy. He is credited with designing the Envelope Thermal Transfer Value (ETTV) and the Residential Envelope Transmittance Value (RETV) energy standards used today in the Singapore Green Mark building certification scheme. He is a Fellow and President Emeritus of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, and a Fellow of the Singapore Academy of Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology, the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations, the Energy Institute, UK, and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Besides being editor of the Applied Energy journal, he also sits on the editorial board of Advances in Applied Energy. He is presently chairman of the Technical Committee of the Cooling Energy Science and Technology Singapore (CoolestSG) Consortium at NUS.