Publications | Extreme Cold Weather, High-Density Living and Senior Health in Hong Kong

May 2025

Cooling energy resilience of high-rise residential buildings under climate change in Hong Kong

K.F. Fong, C.K. Lee, Kevin Ka-Lun Lau, Edward Yan Yung Ng
Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 101, 111888

Climate change; Micro-climate; Cooling energy resilience; Residential building performance simulation; Passive design strategies

Apr 2025

How heat waves and urban microclimates affect building cooling energy demand? Insights from fifteen eastern Chinese cities

Xiaoshan Yang, Lingye Yao, Mincai Li, Jingfu Cao, Qing Zhong, Weidong Peng, Wenkai Wu, Jing Zhou.
Applied Energy, Volume 384, 125424

Heat wave; Urban heat island; Urban dry island; Building energy performancel; Sensible cooling load; Latent cooling load; Field observation

Jan 2025

Extreme Hot Weather Events and Risk of Hospitalization for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases in Older People in Hong Kong in 2012–2018

Eric Tsz-Chun Lai, Irene Yuk-Ying Ho, Hung Chak Ho, Pui-Hing Chau, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, Grace Lai-Hung Wong and Jean Woo
The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Volume 80, Issue 4, 4 April 2025, glaf002

Cardiovascular diseases; Extreme hot weather; Frailty; Institutionalized population; Respiratory disease

Jan 2025

Ensuring accurate microclimate research: How to select representative meteorological data of local climate in microclimate studies

Kai Gao, Jie Feng, Lingye Yao, Kevin Lau, Edward Ng
Building and Environment, Volume 267, Part B, 1 January 2025, 112166

Microclimate simulation; Microclimate measurement; Data representativeness assessment; Climate data analysis; Urban climate studies

Oct 2024

Suitable temperature indicator for adverse health impacts in sub-tropical cities: a case study in Hong Kong from 2010-2019

Janice Ying-en Ho, Yitong Guo, Ka Chun Chong, Pak Wai Chan, Chun Kit Ho, Hiu Fai Law, Ren Chao, Edward Yan Yung Ng, Kevin Lau
International journal of biometeorology, Volume 69, page 233-244

Public Health; Global Health; Social Medicine and Epidemiology Climate Science

Sep 2023

Spatial-temporal changes of compound temperature-humidity extremes in humid subtropical high-density cities: An observational study in Hong Kong from 1961 to 2020

He, Y., Wang, Z., Wong, H. M., Chen, G., Ren, C., Luo, M., Li, Y., Lee, T. C., Chan, P. W., Ho, J. Y., Ng, E. (2023)
Urban Climate, 51, 101669.

Temperature; Humidity; Compound event; High-density city; Public health; Multi-hazards