Lei Zhang
Ph.D.
Associate Research Fellow
School of Architecture
South China University of Technology
E-mail:arzhang@scut.edu.cn
Web page:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lei_Zhang300
Address: Building energy efficiency research center, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Wushan, 510640, P. R. China.
Work Experience
2011.8-Present: Associate Research Fellow
School of Architecture
South China University of Technology
2014.9-2015.9: Visiting Scholar
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2008.7-2011.7: Lecturer
School of Architecture
South China University of Technology
Research Interests
Building thermal environment
Building energy simulation
Green Building technologies
Projects (selected)
(1) Impacts of shading and transpiration from vertical greening on building energy consumption. Guangzhou science and technology project. 2019-2022.
(2) Impact of evaporative cooling from pervious paving materials on the urban thermal environment.Science and Technology Projects of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.2018-2020.
(3) Influences of evaporation process of external facing layer on the building energy consumption in hot and humid regions. National Natural Science Foundation of China. 2017-2020.
Journal Articles (selected)
(1) Junsong Wang, Qinglin Meng,Lei Zhang*, Yu Zhang, Bao-Jie He, Senlin Zheng, Mat Santamouris. Impacts of the water absorption capability on the evaporative cooling effect of pervious paving materials, Building and Environment, 2019(151):187-197.
(2) Lei Zhang*, Rongpeng Zhang, Tianzhen Hong, Yu Zhang, Qinglin Meng.Impact of post-rainfall evaporation from porous roof tiles on building cooling load in subtropical China, Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018(142):391-400.
(3)Lei Zhang*, Zhenhao Pan, Yu Zhang, Qinglin Meng.Impact of climatic factors on evaporative cooling of porous building materials, Energy and Buildings, 2018(173): 601-612.
(4) Junsong Wang, Qinglin Meng, Kanghao Tan,Lei Zhang*, Yu Zhang.Experimental investigation on the influence of evaporative cooling of permeable pavements on outdoor thermal environment, Building and Environment, 2018(140):184-193.
(5) Yu Zhang,Lei Zhang*, Qinglin Meng, Yanshan Feng, Yuanrui Chen. A dynamic experimental study on the evaporative cooling performance of porous building materials, Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017.53(8), 2651-2662.
(6) Yu Zhang,Lei Zhang*, Zhenhao Pan, Qinglin Meng, Yanshan Feng, Yuanrui Chen. Hydrological properties and solar evaporative cooling performance of porous clay tiles, Construction and Building Materials, 2017(151): 9-17.
(7)Lei Zhang*, Rongpeng Zhang, Yu Zhang, Tianzhen Hong, Qinglin Meng, Yanshan Feng. The impact of evaporation from porous tile on roof thermal performance: A case study of Guangzhou’s climatic conditions, Energy and Buildings, 2017(136): 161-172.
(8)Lei Zhang*, Xikang Liu, Qinglin Meng, Yu Zhang.Experimental study on the impact of mass moisture content on the evaporative cooling effect of porous face brick. Energy Efficiency, 2016(9): 511-523.
(9)Lei Zhang*, Yanshan Feng, Qinglin Meng, Yu Zhang. Experimental study on the building evaporative cooling by using the Climatic Wind Tunnel. Energy and Buildings, 2015 (104): 360-368.
