2026年西安交通大学无界学堂—西交·通全球暑期学校（XJTISS）课程通知：弱势人群热舒适与健康

中文名称：弱势人群热舒适与健康
英文名称：Thermal Comfort and Health among Vulnerable Populations

Thermal Comfort and Health among Vulnerable Populations

课程简介

“弱势人群热舒适与健康”课程聚焦建筑热环境与人体健康之间的关系，重点关注老年人、儿童、残障人群、疾病人群等弱势群体的热舒适需求与健康风险。课程将介绍热舒适与健康建筑的基本概念、研究方法和典型应用场景，并结合国内外专家专题讲座，帮助学生了解建筑环境优化、低碳设计与健康人居环境建设的前沿方向。通过课程学习，学生将认识不同人群热舒适需求的差异，理解建筑设计在改善人居品质和促进健康公平方面的重要作用。

课程申请

招生目标：面向全球招收本科生、研究生和社会人士线上或者线下参与学习。欢迎对建筑环境、健康建筑、热舒适、人群差异、无障碍设计、绿色低碳建筑及可持续人居环境等方向感兴趣的同学报名参加。

报名方式：线上报名，人数不限。拟报名此课程的同学请点击报名链接 (https://v.wjx.cn/vm/hFwczOu.aspx# ）。选择Thermal Comfort and Health among Vulnerable Populations课程。

报名截止日期：2026年8月25日

学生待遇：

参加此系列课程的校内校外所有同学和社会人士，选择会议模式2并完成课程学习者，可获得西安交通大学相关学习认证证书，该证书可作为国际能力认定的依据。

会议费明细：

（1） 会议模式1：校内校外同学和社会人士均可以报名参加所有讲座，不颁发学习认证证书，会议费为0元。

（2） 会议模式2：校内校外同学和社会人士均可以报名参加所有讲座，颁发学习认证证书，会议费为200元。

（3） 对于西安交通大学本校学生，该课程为小学期课程，无需缴纳会议费。

（4） 校内校外同学和社会人士可以自由选择会议模式1和会议模式2。

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课程内容

授课形式：线上线下同步进行。（腾讯会议：505-6692-8150）

讲座时长：每场讲座1.5 小时，包括1小时的讲座和半小时的提问互动。

课程安排如下：

具体课程安排以学院后续通知及课程群发布信息为准。

教师简介

Kang Jian

英国皇家工程院院士，欧洲科学院院士，中国工程院外籍院士，伦敦大学学院教授。研究方向为建筑声景。他发表SCI论文800余篇，出版学术专著10余部。在学术奖励方面，2022年英国声学学会最高荣誉瑞利奖章，2022约翰•康奈尔声景奖，2021年英国建造学会贝克奖，2016欧洲杰出资深科学家基金奖，2014欧盟及英国噪声控制协会终身成就奖，2014英国皇家建筑师学会最佳研究主席提名奖，2014英国声学学会彼得·朗德奖章，2013英国建造学会纳彼尔·肖奖章等。

Wong Nyuk Hien

新加坡国立大学教授，研究方向为城市热岛效应及其缓解措施。他发表SCI论文300余篇，论文引用次数17432，i10指数160。在学术奖励方面，2005年香港建筑师学会特别建筑研究奖（团队）；2006年专业绿色建筑委员会（PGBC）大奖（团队）；iNTA（国际热带建筑网络）- sega 2009会议最佳论文奖，建筑创新，技术与传统，2009年12月2 - 4日，泰国曼谷Kasetrat大学；杰出奖，组屋My Waterway@ Punggol获2013年国防部研发奖（团队）；零能源建筑-国家发展部部长2011年研发奖（杰出奖）（团队）；国家研发奖（零能源建筑）（团队）。

Richard de Dear

Richard de Dear老师是悉尼大学的教授，研究方向为热舒适与健康，他是世界范围内热舒适研究领域的权威。

在过去的35年中，Richard de Dear教授的研究生涯始终聚焦于探索使用者对建筑环境的真实需求，并评估建筑在满足这些需求方面的表现。他是目前热舒适研究领域引用量最高的学者，发表了超过250篇同行评审论文及多部专著。在其丰硕的研究成果中，最具影响力的当属热舒适适应性模型——这一理论不仅深刻影响了学术界，更直接指导了实际建筑的设计与运营。De Dear提出的适应性模型构成了美国采暖、制冷与空调工程师学会（ASHRAE）热舒适标准（55-2004、2010、2013版）的核心基础，该标准进而为全球多个国家的热舒适规范提供了理论依据。

Yuan Chao

袁超老师是新加坡国立大学建筑系副教授。他是一名建筑师、城市气候研究员和教师，他的教学和研究重点是气候敏感型城市规划和设计，以实现可持续、有弹性的城市。主题包括城市风环境和空气污染、人为热、被动冷却技术和城市绿化。他的目标是在现实生活中支持和发展实用的规划和设计。袁超老师目前带领他的研究团队与麻省理工学院和苏黎世联邦理工学院合作，对高密度城市的城市气候进行了几项研究。袁超老师现任《Urban Climate》（Elsevier）副主编和《Landscape and Urban Planning》（Elsevier）编委会成员。

Chao Ren

任超老师是香港大学的教授，担任可持续环境设计硕士课程主任及港大可持续发展全球研究院副院长。她专注于应用气候学与气候适应性设计领域，她的研究方向为气候响应式设计、城市气候（热岛效应、气候地图、通风评估与风道规划、热舒适性）、城市尺度气候变化（热浪风险与健康影响、适应策略与政策）。自2006年起，她的多维跨学科研究将科学数据转化为创新知识，服务于中国、新加坡、荷兰和法国等地的社会需求、政策制定及实证设计。她荣获2023年港大校级知识交流卓越奖、2022年港大Rosie Young 90 Medal杰出青年女学者奖，以及2020年国际城市气候学会颁发的Timothy Oke奖。

任超的研究涵盖城市气候与形态特征关系分析、城市气候地图系统与风道规划开发，以及亚热带高密度城市的人体热舒适与公共健康风险评估。其2024年出版的新书《局部气候区在可持续城市发展中的应用》是该领域的代表作。自2023年起，她连续入选斯坦福大学发布的“全球前2%顶尖科学家”榜单。

她现任《Urban Climate》期刊联合主编，并担任世界气象组织城市气候专家组成员及温室气体监测研究小组成员。同时，她作为全球热健康信息网络指导委员会成员及东南亚热健康中心顾问，曾于2017至2021年当选国际城市气候学会理事。她参与多项国际合作研究报告，包括： IPCC第六次评估报告（第6章"城市、住区与关键基础设施"贡献作者）、《气候变化与城市ARC3.3》（第2章领衔作者）、《柳叶刀健康与气候变化倒计时中国报告》（第二工作组领衔作者）、联合国环境规划署《第七期全球环境展望》（第2章领衔作者）。在香港本地，她担任香港红十字会强化应急准备及响应战略委员会成员。

甄蒙

甄蒙老师是西安交通大学的副教授，研究方向为近零碳建筑、城市热岛效应及其缓解措施、热舒适与健康。在教学方面，主讲《建筑物理》、《海绵城市设计》和《城市环境与城市生态学》。在论文方面，发表学术论文58篇，其中SCI期刊检索25篇，获得专利10项，获得软件著作权10项。在项目方面，主持2021年中国国际太阳能十项全能竞赛1项，主持国家自然科学基金青年基金1项，主持中国博士后科学基金2项，主持陕西省自然科学基金2项，主持“一带一路”创新人才交流外国专家项目1项。在荣誉方面，2021年，获得西安交通大学人居学院优秀共产党员，2019年至2021年，3次获得西安交通大学人居学院优秀员工。2022年，获得第三届中国国际太阳能十项全能竞赛优秀指导老师。

罗昔联

罗昔联教授曾于日本理化学研究所开展联合培养博士研究，具有海外学习与国际科研交流经历，具备良好的英文文献阅读、科研交流和双语教学基础。

Notice of 2026 Xi’an Jiaotong University Global Summer School — XJTISS Course:

Thermal Comfort and Health among Vulnerable Populations

Chinese Title: 弱势人群热舒适与健康

English Title: Thermal Comfort and Health among Vulnerable Populations

Course Introduction

The course “Thermal Comfort and Health among Vulnerable Populations” focuses on the relationship between building thermal environments and human health, with particular attention to the thermal comfort needs and health risks of vulnerable groups such as older adults, children, people with disabilities, and patients. The course will introduce the basic concepts, research methods, and typical application scenarios of thermal comfort and healthy buildings. Through lectures delivered by experts from China and abroad, students will learn about frontier topics in building environment optimization, low-carbon design, and the development of healthy human settlements. Through this course, students will understand differences in thermal comfort needs among different populations and recognize the important role of architectural design in improving living quality and promoting health equity.

Course Application

Target Students:

This course is open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and members of the public worldwide, who may participate either online or offline. Students interested in the built environment, healthy buildings, thermal comfort, population differences, accessible design, green low-carbon buildings, and sustainable human settlements are welcome to apply.

Application Method:

Online application. There is no limit on the number of participants. Students who intend to register for this course should click the application link: (https://global.xjtudlc.com/).

Please select the course “Thermal Comfort and Health among Vulnerable Populations” from the drop-down menu.

Application Deadline: August 25, 2026

Student Benefits:

All on-campus and off-campus students, as well as members of the public, who participate choose Conference Mode 2 and complete the course learning requirements may obtain a relevant learning certificate issued by Xi’an Jiaotong University. This certificate may serve as proof of international competence recognition.

Conference Fee Details:

(1) Conference Mode 1: On-campus and off-campus students, as well as members of the public, may register to attend all lectures. No learning certificate will be issued. The conference fee is RMB 0.

(2) Conference Mode 2: On-campus and off-campus students, as well as members of the public, may register to attend all lectures. A learning certificate will be issued. The conference fee is RMB 200.

(3) For students of Xi’an Jiaotong University, this course is offered as a summer semester course, and no conference fee is required.

(4) On-campus and off-campus students, as well as members of the public, may freely choose Conference Mode 1 or Conference Mode 2.

Course Learning Group:

Students who have registered for the course must join the QQ group. Real-time course information will be released in the group one day in advance.

QQ Group Number: 1046539588

Course Contents

Teaching Format: Online and offline teaching will be conducted simultaneously.

Tencent Meeting: 505-6692-8150

Lecture Duration: Each lecture will last 1.5 hours, including a one-hour lecture and a half-hour Q&A session.

Course Schedule:

The detailed course schedule shall be subject to subsequent notices from the School and information released in the course group.

Instructor Biographies

Kang Jian

Kang Jian is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Member of the Academia Europaea, a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and a Professor at University College London. His research focuses on architectural soundscape. He has published more than 800 SCI-indexed papers and over 10 academic books. His academic awards include the Rayleigh Medal, the highest honor of the Institute of Acoustics in the United Kingdom, in 2022; the John Connell Soundscape Award in 2022; the Baker Medal of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers in 2021; the European Research Council Advanced Grant in 2016; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European and UK Noise Control Associations in 2014; a nomination for the Royal Institute of British Architects President’s Award for Research in 2014; the Peter Lord Award of the Institute of Acoustics in 2014; and the Napier Shaw Medal of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers in 2013.

Wong Nyuk Hien

Wong Nyuk Hien is a Professor at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on the urban heat island effect and its mitigation strategies. He has published more than 300 SCI-indexed papers, with 17,432 citations and an i10-index of 160. His academic awards include the Special Architectural Research Award from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects in 2005 as part of a team; the Professional Green Building Council Award in 2006 as part of a team; the Best Paper Award at the iNTA-SEGA 2009 Conference on Architectural Innovation, Technology and Tradition, held from December 2 to 4, 2009, at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand; the Excellent Award for HDB My Waterway@Punggol in the 2013 Ministry of National Development R&D Awards as part of a team; the Minister for National Development R&D Award for Zero Energy Building in 2011 as part of a team; and the National R&D Award for Zero Energy Building as part of a team.

Richard de Dear

Richard de Dear is a Professor at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on thermal comfort and health, and he is a leading authority in the field of thermal comfort research worldwide.

Over the past 35 years, Professor Richard de Dear’s research career has focused on exploring the real needs of building occupants and evaluating how well buildings meet those needs. He is currently one of the most highly cited scholars in the field of thermal comfort research, with more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and several academic books. Among his many contributions, the adaptive thermal comfort model is particularly influential. This theory has had a profound impact on academia and has directly informed practical building design and operation. The adaptive model proposed by de Dear forms a core basis of the ASHRAE thermal comfort standards, including Standards 55-2004, 55-2010, and 55-2013, which have further provided theoretical support for thermal comfort standards in many countries worldwide.

Yuan Chao

Yuan Chao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore. He is an architect, urban climate researcher, and educator. His teaching and research focus on climate-sensitive urban planning and design for sustainable and resilient cities. His research topics include urban wind environments and air pollution, anthropogenic heat, passive cooling technologies, and urban greening. His goal is to support and develop practical planning and design approaches for real-life applications. Professor Yuan Chao currently leads his research team in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ETH Zurich on several studies of urban climate in high-density cities. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of Urban Climate published by Elsevier and as an Editorial Board Member of Landscape and Urban Planning published by Elsevier.

Chao Ren

Chao Ren is a Professor at the University of Hong Kong, Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Design Programme, and Associate Dean of the Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality at HKU. She specializes in applied climatology and climate-responsive design. Her research focuses on climate-responsive design, urban climate, including heat island effects, climate maps, ventilation assessment and wind corridor planning, and thermal comfort, as well as urban-scale climate change, including heatwave risks, health impacts, adaptation strategies, and policy.

Since 2006, her multidimensional interdisciplinary research has translated scientific data into innovative knowledge to serve social needs, policymaking, and evidence-based design in China, Singapore, the Netherlands, France, and other regions. She received the University of Hong Kong Knowledge Exchange Excellence Award in 2023, the HKU Rosie Young 90 Medal for Outstanding Young Woman Scholar in 2022, and the Timothy Oke Award from the International Association for Urban Climate in 2020.

Professor Ren’s research covers the relationship between urban climate and urban morphology, the development of urban climate map systems and wind corridor planning, and the assessment of human thermal comfort and public health risks in subtropical high-density cities. Her new book, Application of Local Climate Zones in Sustainable Urban Development, published in 2024, is a representative work in this field. Since 2023, she has been continuously listed among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University.

She currently serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Urban Climate, a member of the World Meteorological Organization Expert Team on Urban Climate, and a member of its greenhouse gas monitoring research group. She also serves as a Steering Committee Member of the Global Heat Health Information Network and an advisor to the Southeast Asia Heat Health Center. From 2017 to 2021, she was elected as a Board Member of the International Association for Urban Climate. She has contributed to several international collaborative research reports, including the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC as a contributing author for Chapter 6, “Cities, Settlements and Key Infrastructure”; Climate Change and Cities ARC3.3 as a lead author of Chapter 2; The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: China Report as a lead author of Working Group II; and the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook 7 as a lead author of Chapter 2. In Hong Kong, she serves as a member of the Hong Kong Red Cross Strategic Committee on Strengthening Emergency Preparedness and Response.

Zhen Meng

Zhen Meng is an Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research focuses on nearly zero-carbon buildings, urban heat island effects and mitigation strategies, and thermal comfort and health. In teaching, he has taught courses including Building Physics, Sponge City Design, and Urban Environment and Urban Ecology. In terms of research publications, he has published 58 academic papers, including 25 SCI-indexed journal papers. He has obtained 10 patents and 10 software copyrights. In terms of research projects, he has led one project for the 2021 China International Solar Decathlon Competition, one Young Scientists Fund project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two China Postdoctoral Science Foundation projects, two Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province projects, and one Belt and Road Innovation Talent Exchange Foreign Expert Project. In terms of honors, he was awarded Outstanding Communist Party Member of the School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering of Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2021, and was recognized as an Outstanding Employee of the School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering of Xi’an Jiaotong University three times from 2019 to 2021. In 2022, he received the Excellent Instructor Award in the Third China International Solar Decathlon Competition.

Luo Xilian

Professor Luo Xilian conducted joint doctoral research at RIKEN in Japan. He has overseas study and international research exchange experience, as well as a solid foundation in English literature reading, academic communication, and bilingual teaching.