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he Paris global climate talks in December 2015. The Beijing smog that caused
the city’s first red pollution alert warning in the same month. The two events in
their very different ways bring home the urgency as well as the enormity of the task
facing us all in moving forward to a sustainable way of life.
Researchers at HKUST, combining novel interdisciplinary insights, unique
east-west positioning and understanding, and strong links with industry and
governmental organizations, are hard at work in this race against time. In 2014-15,
69 environment-related research projects were carried out across the University,
supported by HK$50 million in funding.
Here, the spotlight (naturally, LED) falls on significant HKUST advances in
energy-saving technologies and renewables, displays, and air quality monitoring.
Other cutting-edge green team contributions will be featured in future issues.
What’s the alternative
to our unsustainable,
polluting, energy-
guzzling way of life?
HKUST researchers
across different fields
are coming up
with answers
