Jian Zuo

Professor Jian Zuo

Professor

School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr Jian Zuo is a Professor of sustainable construction, School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide. He is the chief investigator of a number of projects commissioned and funded by governments in China and Australia such as the Australian Research Council and Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.

His main research interest relates to achieve good health, safety and sustainability at both building and urban levels. There include: using alternative construction methods (e.g. prefabrication), technologies (Building Information Modelling) and policy interventions to achieve better environmental and economic sustainability of development projects. His other main research interests include: construction and demolition waste recycling, health and wellbeing of construction workers, smart construction, productivity of building users, indoor environmental quality in buildings, the mechanism for generation and mitigation of dust across the lifecycle of buildings.

He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and 3 ESI Highly Cited Papers. His research is well recognized by the academic society, drawing more than 8000 citations since 2011 with H-index of 49.

He is serving as Co-Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Green Building, Associate Editor of Journal of Cleaner Production, and an editorial board member of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, International Journal of Construction Management, etc.

Professor Zuo has close relationship with the industry. He has been engaged by both Australian and international professional bodies to review green building and low carbon city development tools as well as resource efficiency issues.

Main research interests:

  • using alternative construction methods (e.g. prefabrication), technologies (Building Information Modelling) and policy interventions to achieve better environmental and economic sustainability of development projects;
  • construction and demolition waste recycling;
  • health and wellbeing of construction workers;
  • digital and smart construction;
  • productivity of building users;
  • indoor environmental quality in buildings;
  • the mechanism for generation; and
  • mitigation of dust across the lifecycle of buildings.

 

  • ARC Discovery Project: Improving thermal environment of housing for older Australians (DP180102019), Project Value $413,298, 2018-2020.
  • ARC Linkage Project: Re-considering sustainable building and design: a cultural change approach (LP110100156), Project value $625,000 for three years (2013-2017).
  • AHURI Project: The impact of policy settings on development viability and developer decisions, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Project Value: A$141,000 (2020-2021)              
  • AHURI Project: After the pandemic, can building homes rebuild Australia? Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Project Value: A$99,000 (2020-2020).
  • NCCARF Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants: A Framework for Adaptation of Australian Households to Heat Waves, Project value $468,000 for two years (2011-2013). ACG Category 1.
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Circular Economy in Construction: Digital and Green Innovation for Waste Recycling and Reuse Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Jixuan Han
    2024 Principal Supervisor A Study on the Implementation of Green Procurement Policies in Circular Construction Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Yuan Sheng
    2024 Principal Supervisor Assessing the Environmental Impact of Cross-Laminated Timber Buildings: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zhuocheng Duan
    2023 Principal Supervisor Global construction and demolition waste estimation and spatiotemporal heterogeneity analysis: based on deep learning and geographical information system Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kehao Chen
    2023 Co-Supervisor Application of Building information modeling in prefabricated construction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Seyed Armin Mirhosseini
    2023 Principal Supervisor Promoting the Circularity of PVC for a Sustainable Future Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Nirusika Rajenthiran
    2022 Co-Supervisor Sustainable Project Management Policy: Mediating Role of Innovation in the Construction Industry Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ali Fathali Zadeh
    2022 Co-Supervisor Evaluating the Effects of Climate Change on Residential Electricity demand Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Xin Li
    2021 Principal Supervisor Towards sustainable recovery of waste plastics with Australian construction industry: transition scenarios and environmental impact evaluation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Liancheng Li
    2021 Principal Supervisor Managing Illegal Dumping of Solid Waste Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Linwei Du
    2021 Co-Supervisor Reducing the impacts of airborne particulate matters from construction sites: Integrating field monitoring and BIM-based CFD Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Xingyue Fang
    2021 Co-Supervisor Complex System of Disaster Response Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Yuan Chai
    2020 Principal Supervisor Incentives for the future trading of construction and demolition waste. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Daniel Marc Rossetto
    2019 Principal Supervisor The Application of Phytoremediation in Green Rehabilitation of Brownfield Urban Forms in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Jian Cui
    2019 Principal Supervisor Resource Efficiency in Built Environment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Daniel Oteng
    2018 Co-Supervisor Pathway to Net Life Cycle Zero Energy Buildings - Filling Gaps in Current National Construction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hossein Omrany
    2017 Principal Supervisor Sustainability Assessment of Building Demolition Waste Management Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Huanyu Wu
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Creative City Making: Public Art and Urban Development in Contemporary China Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Han Cheng
    2019 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Towards a sustainable PV waste policy: Exploring the management practices of end-of-life solar photovoltaic modules in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Daniel Oteng
    2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Incorporation of Embodied Energy into Building Energy-Efficiency Codes: A Pathway to Life-Cycle Net-Zero Energy Building in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hossein Omrany
    2017 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Impacts of Cross-Regional Mobility of Construction and Demolition Waste in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Huanyu Wu
    2017 - 2020 Co-Supervisor The Adaptive Reuse Predicament: An Investigation Into Whether Building Regulation is a Key Barrier to Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Office Buildings Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Gillian Armstrong
    2015 - 2023 Co-Supervisor A Study of Social Sustainability of High-Rise Living in Kolkata, India Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Saurav Mitra
    2014 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Towards Sustainability in the Chinese Construction Industry: A Transition Approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ruidong Chang
  • Editorial Boards

    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2019 - ongoing Board Member Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Elsevier Netherlands
    2018 - ongoing Board Member Scientia Iranica Transactions on Civil Engineering Scientia Iranica United States
    2018 - ongoing Associate Editor Journal of Cleaner Production Elsevier United Kingdom
    2018 - ongoing Editor-In-chief Journal of Green Building College Publishing United States
    2017 - ongoing Board Member International Journal of Construction Management CRIOCM Hong Kong
  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 83130217
  • Email: jian.zuo@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134377
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Horace Lamb, floor Level Four
  • Room: 472
  • Org Unit: Construction Management

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