Associate Professor Lan Ding
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 ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ, 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, Convenor of in Built Environment, and wasÌý at CRC for Low Carbon Living, and Co-Chair of SBE16 International High-Performance Built Environment ConferenceÌý().
Lan has over 20Ìýyears research experience in sustainable building design, regulation, energy efficiency, sustainable urban development and environmental analysis, intelligent building systems, smart cites and communities, urban heatÌýmitigation and adaptation, decision-making models, building information modelling (BIM),Ìýurban informatics, multi-agent modelling, GIS, buildingÌýlife cycle assessment, as well as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to built and urban environments.Ìý
Lan has won various awards for research innovation and leadership, including Award for Excellence from the City of Port Phillip, 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.
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
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Recent Grants:
Delivering Net-Zero Energy Buildings: A Next-Generation Hybrid Energy System with Demand Side Management. 2025 - 2026
Sponsor/Grant: Traiblazer Program "Recycling & Clean Energy", Advanced United Technologies, L&H Consulting, Sungrow Australia Group, Dubbo Regional Council
Value: $2,493,712
Role: CI and Project Manager
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National Heat Vulnerability Observatory Phase 1: Smart and Cool Places in NSW. Jan 2023 - June 2024
Sponsor/Grant: Smart Place Acceleration Program, NSW Government Digital Restart Fund,ÌýNSW Department of Planning and Environment, Dubbo Regional Council, Maitland City Council.
Value: $551,471Ìý
Role: Project Leader
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Designing Prefabricated Timber POD for Optimal Indoor Environmental Performance and User Comfort. 2022
Sponsor/Grant: Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources and Elan Construction
Value: $59,739.84
Role: Project Leader
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NABERS Embodied Emissions – Technical analysis. 2022
Sponsor/Grant: NSW Department of Planning and EnvironmentÌý
Value: $40,510
Role: Co-investigator
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Smart Community Pilot Study. 2021
Sponsor/Grant: ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç DGFI Interdisciplinary Seed Funding AwardÌý
Value: $60,000
Role:ÌýProject Leader
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Thermal Data Collection and Modelling. 2020
Sponsor/Grant: City of Port Phillip
Value: $90,200
Role:ÌýProject Leader
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Post-CRC Node, 2019 - 2020.
Sponsor/Grant:ÌýCRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $216,000
Role: Co-Leader
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Assessment of Impact of Urban Development on Urban Heat Island (UHI) Coupled with UHI Effect of Solar PV, 2019.
Sponsor/Grant:ÌýNSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $86,500
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ,ÌýNSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), Greater Sydney Commission, CRC for Low Carbon Living
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A Strategic Report for Cool Sydney 2050, 2019
Sponsor/Grant: City of SydneyÌýand CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $20,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ, City of Sydney,ÌýCRC for Low Carbon Living
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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: ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ,ÌýVIC Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
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EEDMN BASIX: Mapping the Decision-Making Processes to Identify Barriers and Drivers to Meet or Exceed the BASIX Requirements of New Builds,ÌýMarch 2018-FebruaryÌý2019.
Sponsor/Grant:ÌýNSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $116,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ,ÌýNSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH),ÌýCRC for Low Carbon Living
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UHI-DS: , January 2017-December 2018.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $420,389
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ, Swinburne University, City of Sydney, Greater Sydney Commission, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Landcom,ÌýNSW Spatial Services,ÌýBlueScope 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
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NSW Government Open Data Visualisation for Urban Island Mitigation, OctoberÌý2018-MayÌý2019.
Sponsor/Grant:ÌýCRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $69,791
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ,ÌýNSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH),ÌýCRC for Low Carbon Living
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CPD - Managing Urban Heat, August 2018-MarchÌý2019.
Sponsor/Grant:ÌýCRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $18,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisations: ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼÇ, CRC for Low Carbon Living
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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 GovernmentÌýDepartment of Industry; NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; and Council of the City of Sydney.
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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.
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CRC LCL Node of Excellence in 'High Performance Architecture',ÌýJulyÌý2015-December 2018.
Sponsor/Grant: CRC for Low Carbon Living
Value: $500,000
Role: Project Leader
Partner Organisation: ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Australia
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Sustainable Smart Cities, 2017
Lan Ding, Mat Santamouris, Deo Prasad, Kathryn Merrick, Hussein Abbass, Matt Garratt, Sreenatha AnavattiÌý
Sponsor/Grant: Built Environment Faculty Research GrantÌý
Value: $12,000
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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
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2016
Lan Ding and Paul Osmond
Sponsor/Grant: ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Faculty of Built Environment Research Symposia/Exhibition Grant
Value: $5,000 ÌýÌý
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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: ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative (MREII)
Value: $109,842
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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:ÌýUniversity of Melbourne;ÌýBrookfield Multiplex;ÌýRenewal SA;ÌýAECOM; and Aurecon.
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