Dr Jie Deng
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- Department of Civil Engineering, Surveying and Construction Management
- School of Built Environment and Geography
- Penrhyn Road
- Cyber, Engineering and Digital Technologies
Senior Lecturer in Built Environment
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Built Environment at Kingston University, School of Built Environment and Geography. Prior to this, I was a Lecturer in Green Technology & Sustainability at the UWL from June 2022. I conducted a couple of years' postdoctoral research at the University of Reading (2018-2021) and Heriot-Watt University (2017) in the UK, with a focus on building performance simulation, urban thermal environment, and solar thermal. Apart from academic roles in the UK, I also had a couple of years overseas research experience in building technology and solar thermal application in buildings (Guest Researcher at Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 2015-2016; Research Assistant Professor in Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2014-2016; Postdoc at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2011-2013). In research, I have published 30+ international peer-reviewed journal paper publications (most in Q1 quartile journals) in the related areas. My research interests cover a wide range of topics within sustainable technologies in the built environment.
For professional membership, I'm a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng), and an elected Fellow of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (FCIBSE). In teaching, I've achieved PGCert in teaching and learning in Higher Education and Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). My teaching experience encompasses sustainable building and construction technology, building physics, environmental science in buildings, building services, renewable energy systems, engineering mathematics. At Kingston, I am currently dedicated to teaching a suite of courses, including Building Surveying BSc & MSC (Hons), Quantity Surveying BSc & MSc (Hons), Construction Project Management BSc (Hons), Structural Design and Construction Management with Sustainability MSc (Hons).
My professional passion is to pursue sustainable technology innovation in the built environment that helps to benefit real world in the UK higher education context, with a view to cultivating next generation of intelligent construction engineers and project managers in sustainable technologies in the built environment.
Qualifications
- PhD in Heating, Ventilating & Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Engineering
- BEng in Building Services Engineering
- PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- CEng
- FCIBSE
- FHEA
Domains
The suite of courses I am committed to teaching includes Construction Project Management BSc (Hons), Building Surveying BSc & MSc (Hons), Quantity Surveying BSc & MSc (Hons), MSc Structural Design and Construction Management with Sustainability MSc (Hons).
I am currently the module leader in the below modules at UG/PG levels:
- CE5033 Construction Technology and Environmental Services (Level 5)
- CE5027 Construction Planning, Scheduling and Control (Level 5)
- CE7713 Sustainable Construction Technology (Level 7)
- CE7018 Sustainable Construction Methods and Materials (Level 7)
I also undertake teaching in the modules:
- CE4032 Principles of Surveying Practice in the Context (Level 4)
- CE4021 A/B Navigate for the Professional Engineer (Level 4)
- CE6113 Building and Environment Engineering (Level 6) (an old module run in AY2023-25)
- CE6025 Individual Research Project (Level 6)
- CE7719 Applied research Methods and Dissertation (Level 7)
- CE7724 Dissertation Project (Level 7)
Qualifications
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Courses taught
My research interests fall into the scope of sustainable technologies in the built environment, encompassing building and construction technology, building physics, building performance modelling and simulation, low-carbon and sustainable building design based on integrated approaches, building thermal energy systems, solar thermal applications in buildings (e.g. solar thermal collectors, small and large-scale solar thermal storages, PCM heat storage, building solar thermal integrated energy systems), regional solar PV capacity potential, urban thermal environment, urban tree cooling effects, Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP), Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP), thermofluids and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), compact heat exchangers.
In research, I am the author of more than 30 international peer-reviewed journal paper publications. Please find my Google Scholar research profile here.
Specialisms
- Building physics
- Building energy systems and energy conservation
- Solar thermal/PV (renewables)
- Urban thermal environment
- Environmental sustainability
- AI based sustainable technologies
Scholarly affiliations
- The 10th & 11th editorial advisory board member of the Chinese core journal 'Tai Yang Neng Xue Bao/Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica'
- Topical Advisory Panel Member, MDPI open access journal Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) (2021– present)
- Guest Editor, MDPI open access journal Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309), www.mdpi.com/journal/buildings/special_issues/4434L2M58P
- Early Career Editorial Board Member, Elsevier open access journal Results in Engineering (SCI IF =6.0, ISSN: 2590-1230) (2024-)
Qualifications and expertise
- CEng
- FCIBSE
Professional and scholarly affiliations
- CIBSE interviewer - professional review assessor
- Elected member of CIBSE Energy Performance Group Committee 2024-25
- Elected member of CIBSE Building Simulation Group Committee 2024-25
- 2024-2028: External Examiner at University of Greenwich
- 2024-2028: External Examiner at Liverpool John Moores University
Publications
Long-term climate-dependent performance and cost-benefit analysis of façade-integrated low-concentration photovoltaic systems
Qin, Liang-Liang, Tian, Zhiyong, Chen, Xinyu, Ma, Ling, Luo, Yongqiang, Deng, Jie and Fan, Jianhua, 2026, Applied Energy (411), Published
Comparative analysis of thermal efficiency for thermochromic Trombe wall in heating and cooling seasons
Qin, Liang-Liang, Tian, Zhiyong, Ma, Ling, Luo, Yongqiang, Deng, Jie, Fan, Jianhua, Gao, Yafeng and Wang, Qian, 2026, Applied Thermal Engineering (284)pp 129141, Published
A mathematical model for rapid estimation of solar radiation in urban canyons with trees and its applications
Zhang, Hongjie, Yao, Runming, Deng, Jie and Wang, Wenbo, 2024, Solar Energy (267), Published
Different photovoltaic power potential variations in East and West China
Chen, Xie, Zhou, Chaohui, Tian, Zhiyong, Mao, Hongzhi, Luo, Yongqiang, Sun, Deyu, Fan, Jianhua, Jiang, Liguang, Deng, Jie and Rosen, Marc A., 2023, Applied Energy (351), Published
Shading effect and energy-saving potential of rooftop photovoltaic on the top-floor room
Ma, Zongyao, Hu, Lei, Mao, Hongzhi, Shao, Qingyang, Tian, Zhiyong, Luo, Yongqiang, Deng, Jie, Sun, Deyu and Fan, Jianhua, 2023, Solar Energy (265), Published
Thermal behavior and performance of shallow-deep-mixed borehole heat exchanger array for sustainable building cooling and heating
Cheng, Nan, Zhou, Chaohui, Luo, Yongqiang, Shen, Junhao, Tian, Zhiyong, Sun, Deyu, Fan, Jianhua, Zhang, Ling, Deng, Jie and Rosen, Marc A., 2023, Energy and Buildings (291), Published
Advances and prospects on estimating solar photovoltaic installation capacity and potential based on satellite and aerial images
Mao, Hongzhi, Chen, Xie, Luo, Yongqiang, Deng, Jie, Tian, Zhiyong, Yu, Jinghua, Xiao, Yimin and Fan, Jianhua, 2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (179), Published
Differences in urban heat island and its driving factors between central and new urban areas of Wuhan, China
Chen, Xie, Zhang, Shicong, Tian, Zhiyong, Luo, Yongqiang, Deng, Jie and Fan, Jianhua, 2023, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (30), 20pp 58362-58377, Published
Numerical modeling and parametric analysis of thermal performance for the large-scale seasonal thermal energy storage
Xu, Guozhi, Hu, Lei, Luo, Yongqiang, Tian, Zhiyong, Deng, Jie, Yuan, Guofeng and Fan, Jianhua, 2022, Energy and Buildings (275), Published
A novel active building envelope with reversed heat flow control through coupled solar photovoltaic-thermoelectric-battery systems
Luo, Yongqiang, Cui, De'en, Cheng, Nan, Zhang, Shicong, Su, Xiaosong, Chen, Xi, Tian, Zhiyong, Deng, Jie and Fan, Jianhua, 2022, Building and Environment (222), Published
In-situ spectroscopy and shortwave radiometry reveals spatial and temporal variation in the crown-level radiative performance of urban trees
Deng, Jie, Pickles, Brian J. and Shao, Li, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment (253), Published
A quick measurement method for determining the incidence angle modifier of flat plate solar collectors using spectroradiometer
Tian, Zhiyong, Deng, Jie, Zhang, Shicong, Yao, Runming and Shao, Li, 2020, Solar Energy (201)pp 746-750, Published
Infrared radiative performance of urban trees: spatial distribution and interspecific comparison among ten species in the UK by in-situ spectroscopy
Deng, Jie, Pickles, Brian J., Smith, Stefan T. and Shao, Li, 2020, Building and Environment (172), Published
Evaluation on overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building under future extreme weather conditions
Tian, Zhiyong, Zhang, Shicong, Deng, Jie and Hrynyszyn, Bozena Dorota, 2020, Energies (13), 3, Published
Thermal performance predictions and tests of a novel type of flat plate solar thermal collectors by integrating with a freeze tolerance solution
Deng, Jie, O'Donovan, Tadhg S., Tian, Zhiyong, King, Josh and Speake, Stuart, 2019, Energy Conversion and Management (198), Published
Concept and methodology of characterising infrared radiative performance of urban trees using tree crown spectroscopy
Deng, Jie, Pickles, Brian J., Kavakopoulos, Anestis, Blanusa, Tijana, Halios, Christos H., Smith, Stefan T. and Shao, Li, 2019, Building and Environment (157)pp 380-390, Published
Large-scale solar district heating plants in Danish smart thermal grid: developments and recent trends
Tian, Zhiyong, Zhang, Shicong, Deng, Jie, Fan, Jianhua, Huang, Junpeng, Kong, Weiqiang, Perers, Bengt and Furbo, Simon, 2019, Energy Conversion and Management (189)pp 67-80, Published
Effectiveness of the thermal mass of external walls on residential buildings for part-time part-space heating and cooling using the state-space method
Deng, Jie, Yao, Runming, Yu, Wei, Zhang, Qiulei and Li, Baizhan, 2019, Energy and Buildings (190)pp 155-171, Published
A preliminary study on post-occupancy evaluation of four office buildings in the UK based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Middlehurst, Gary, Yao, Runming, Jiang, Lai, Deng, Jie, Clements-Croome, Derek and Adams, George, 2018, Intelligent Buildings International (10), 4pp 234-246, Published
Thermal performance assessment and improvement of a solar domestic hot water tank with PCM in the mantle
Deng, Jie, Furbo, Simon, Kong, Weiqiang and Fan, Jianhua, 2018, Energy and Buildings (172)pp 10-21, Published
Enhanced heat transfer in a parabolic trough solar receiver by inserting rods and using molten salt as heat transfer fluid
Chang, Chun, Sciacovelli, Adriano, Wu, Zhiyong, Li, Xin, Li, Yongliang, Zhao, Mingzhi, Deng, Jie, Wang, Zhifeng and Ding, Yulong, 2018, Applied Energy (220)pp 337-350, Published
A comprehensive approach for modelling horizontal diffuse radiation, direct normal irradiance and total tilted solar radiation based on global radiation under Danish climate conditions
Tian, Zhiyong, Perers, Bengt, Furbo, Simon, Fan, Jianhua, Deng, Jie and Dragsted, Janne, 2018, Energies (11), 5, Published
Improved correlations of the thermal-hydraulic performance of large size multi-louvered fin arrays for condensers of high power electronic component cooling by numerical simulation
Deng, Jie, 2017, Energy Conversion and Management (153)pp 504-514, Published
Entransy analysis on the thermal performance of flat plate solar air collectors.
Deng, Jie, Yang, Xudong, Xu, Yupeng and Yang, Ming, 2017, Building Simulation (10), 2pp 193-202, Published
Study on the second-order transfer function models for dynamic tests of flat-plate solar collectors part II: experimental validation
Deng, Jie, Yang, Xudong and Wang, Pengsu, 2017, Solar Energy (141)pp 334-346, Published
Validation of a simple dynamic thermal performance characterization model based on the piston flow concept for flat-plate solar collectors
Deng, Jie, Yang, Ming, Ma, Rongjiang, Zhu, Xiaolin, Fan, Jianhua, Yuan, Guofeng and Wang, Zhifeng, 2016, Solar Energy (139)pp 171-178, Published
Dynamic thermal performance prediction model for the flat-plate solar collectors based on the two-node lumped heat capacitance method
Deng, Jie, Ma, Rongjiang, Yuan, Guofeng, Chang, Chun and Yang, Xudong, 2016, Solar Energy (135)pp 769-779, Published
Study on the thermodynamic characteristic matching property and limit design principle of general flat plate solar air collectors (FPSACs)
Deng, Jie, Yang, Xudong, Ma, Rongjiang and Xu, Yupeng, 2016, Building Simulation (9), 5pp 529-540, Published
Simulation and optimization study on a solar space heating system combined with a low temperature ASHP for single family rural residential houses in Beijing
Deng, Jie, Tian, Zhiyong, Fan, Jianhua, Yang, Ming, Furbo, Simon and Wang, Zhifeng, 2016, Energy and Buildings (126)pp 2-13, Published
Experimental study of a single-pass flat plate solar air collector with severe dust deposition on the transparent glass cover
Deng, Jie, Yang, Xudong, Yang, Ming and Wang, Zhifeng, 2015, Energy Procedia (70)pp 32-40, Published
A dynamic thermal performance model for flat-plate solar collectors based on the thermal inertia correction of the steady-state test method
Deng, Jie, Xu, Yupeng and Yang, Xudong, 2015, Renewable Energy (76)pp 679-686, Published
Study on the second-order transfer function models for dynamic tests of flat-plate solar collectors part I: a proposed new model and a fitting methodology
Deng, Jie, Yang, Xudong and Wang, Pengsu, 2015, Solar Energy (114)pp 418-426, Published
A new Chinese solar kang and its dynamic heat transfer model
Yang, Ming, Yang, Xudong, Wang, Pengsu, Shan, Ming and Deng, Jie, 2013, Energy and Buildings (62)pp 539-549, Published
Indoor environmental quality study for higher education buildings
Maigari, Mukhtar, Fu, Changfeng, Deng, Jie and Bahadori-Jahromi, Ali (2024). In: Bevilacqua, Piero, (eds.), London, U.K.: [Published]