PhD (USYD), MArch, BArch, Affiliate RAIA
Lan Ding is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Built Environment. She received her PhD at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning. Prior to joining the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW, Lan held the position of Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO (2000-2011) and Senior Lecturer at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre at the University of Wollongong (2011-September 2013).
Lan is a Member of STANDARDS Australia Committee, IT-268 Sustainable Cities and Communities, ISO Committee Member, ISO/TC 268/TG 1, Convenor of High Performance Architecture (HPA) Research Cluster in Built Environment, and was UNSW Node Leader at CRC for Low Carbon Living, and Co-Chair of SBE16 International High-Performance Built Environment Conference (SBE 16 Sydney | International High-Performance Built Environment Conference).
Lan has over 20 years research experience in sustainable building design, regulation, energy efficiency, sustainable urban development and environmental analysis, intelligent building systems, smart cites and communities, urban heat mitigation and adaptation, decision-making models, building information modelling (BIM), urban informatics, multi-agent modelling, GIS, building life cycle assessment, as well as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to built and urban environments.
Lan has won various awards for research innovation and leadership, including national and state awards from the Australian Institute of Building, the Fresh Innovators Award and the CSIRO Divisional Award for excellence in a successful project providing an invaluable information resource to help the land development industry create more sustainable neighbourhoods.
Sustainable consumption and climate adaptation: priority research area for PhD scholarship in CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, 2009-2011.
CSIRO Divisional Awards 2008 Sustainable Ecosystems: For excellence in a successful project providing an invaluable information resource to help the land development industry create more sustainable neighbourhoods, 2008.
Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar Project (CRC for Construction Innovation). The Gold Award of Special Merit and Project of the Year for “Adopting BIM for Facilities Management: Solution for the Sydney Opera House” at ACEA. 2007.
Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar Project (CRC for Construction Innovation). The Facilities Management Australia and Rider Hunt Terotech Industry Achievement Award. 2007.
National and NSW state professional awards from the Australian Institute of Building. DesignCheck Project. 2006.
The Fresh Innovators Award. 2005.
Honorary associate at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, 2003-2005.
Recent Grants:
Smart Community Pilot Study. 2021
Sponsor/Grant: UNSW DGFI Interdisciplinary Seed Funding Award
Value: $60,000
Role: Project Leader
Thermal Data Collection and Modelling. 2020
Sponsor/Grant: City of Port Phillip
Value: $90,200
Role: Project Leader
Post-CRC Node, 2019 - 2020.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $216,000
Role: Co-Leader
Assessment of Impact of Urban Development on Urban Heat Island (UHI) Coupled with UHI Effect of Solar PV, 2019.
Sponsor/Grant: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $86,500
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: UNSW, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), Greater Sydney Commission, CRC for Low Carbon Living
A Strategic Report for Cool Sydney 2050, 2019
Sponsor/Grant: City of Sydney and CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $20,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: UNSW, City of Sydney, CRC for Low Carbon Living
Urban Heat Amelioration Design Guideline and Standards, 2019
Sponsor/Grant: VIC Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Value: $60,750
Role: Co-Investigator
Partner Organisations: UNSW, VIC Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
EEDMN BASIX: Mapping the Decision-Making Processes to Identify Barriers and Drivers to Meet or Exceed the BASIX Requirements of New Builds, March 2018-February 2019.
Sponsor/Grant: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $116,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: UNSW, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), CRC for Low Carbon Living
UHI-DS: Microclimate and Urban Heat Island Mitigation Decision-Support Tool, January 2017-December 2018.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $420,389
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: UNSW, Swinburne University, City of Sydney, Greater Sydney Commission, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Landcom, NSW Spatial Services, BlueScope Steel, AECOM, Stockland, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Parramatta Council, Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils, Waverley Council, Inner West Council, Campbelltown Council, Sydney Water, PSMA Australia
Microclimate and Urban Heat Island Mitigation Decision-Support Tool
Project Report; Video; UHI Mitigation Index
NSW Government Open Data Visualisation for Urban Island Mitigation, October 2018-May 2019.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $69,791
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: UNSW, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), CRC for Low Carbon Living
CPD - Managing Urban Heat, August 2018-March 2019.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $18,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: UNSW, CRC for Low Carbon Living
Validating and Improving the BASIX Energy Assessment Tool for Low-Carbon Dwellings, July 2014-June 2017.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $519,388
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure; Australian Government Department of Industry; NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; and Council of the City of Sydney.
Validating and Improving the BASIX Energy Assessment Tool for Low-Carbon Dwellings - Phase 2, July 2016-June 2018.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $131,653
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.
CRC LCL Node of Excellence in 'High Performance Architecture', July 2015-December 2018.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $500,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisation: UNSW Australia
Sustainable Smart Cities, 2017
Lan Ding, Mat Santamouris, Deo Prasad, Kathryn Merrick, Hussein Abbass, Matt Garratt, Sreenatha Anavatti
Sponsor/Grant: Built Environment Faculty Research Grant
Value: $12,000
Development of an Immersive 3D Virtual Environment to Support Team Collaboration of Students, 2017
Lan Ding and Chris Pettit
Sponsor/Grant: 2016 Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT) Grant
Value: $3,000
SBE 16 Sydney | International High-Performance Built Environment Conference 2016
Lan Ding and Paul Osmond
Sponsor/Grant: UNSW Faculty of Built Environment Research Symposia/Exhibition Grant
Value: $5,000
Items to Support Field Research in High Performance Architecture and Informatics at Building, Landscape/Site and Precinct Scale, 2015
Paul Osmond, Lan Ding and Anir Upadhyay
Sponsor/Grant: UNSW Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative (MREII)
Value: $109,842
PIM: An Open Digital Information Standard for the Exchange of Precinct Information Supporting Carbon Management throughout the Urban Development Lifecycle, July 2014-June 2015.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Role: Co-investigator
Partner Organisations: University of Melbourne; Brookfield Multiplex; Renewal SA; AECOM; and Aurecon.