Siliang Yang

Dave Dickinson & Associates Ltd

Dr. Siliang Yang is a Chartered Engineer and Senior Building Physics Engineer at Dave Dickinson & Associates Ltd. A member of both IMechE and CIBSE, he previously held engineering and academic roles at Mott MacDonald, Leeds Beckett University, and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he completed his PhD in Building‑Integrated Renewable Energy Technologies in 2020. With more than 17 years of international experience spanning industry and academia, his work focuses on sustainable building design, environmental performance, and low‑carbon urban energy systems. He combines deep technical expertise with a strong commitment to research, innovation, and the practical delivery of high‑performance and climate‑resilient buildings.

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Siliang Yang

As global demand for climate-resilient, sustainable infrastructure intensifies, future infrastructure development should incorporate new technologies, improved planning, and a focus on sustainability. However, it faces various challenges due to climate change, rapid urbanisation, public engagement and opposition, inequity and access, and bureaucratic hurdles. This book showcases innovative strategies, technologies, and policies to reshape infrastructure systems for a sustainable future. The book comprises three main sections: Net-Zero Infrastructure , Sustainable Infrastructure Development, and Future Infrastructure Challenges and Opportunities. The book also seeks to encourage discussion on how to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while advancing global climate objectives and supporting a strong global economy, ultimately guiding the development of the next generation of sustainable infrastructure innovation.

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Infrastructure Development

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Numerical Simulation Modelling of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Double-Skin Facades

By Siliang Yang, Francesco Fiorito, Deo Prasad and Alistair Sproul

Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) replaces building envelope materials and provides electric power generator, which has aroused great interest for those in the fields of energy conservation and building design. Double-skin façade (DSF) has attracted significant attention over the last three decades due to its bi-layer structure, which improves thermal and acoustic insulation and therefore increases the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of buildings. It is hypothesised that the integration of BIPV and DSF (BIPV-DSF) would help buildings in reducing energy consumption and improving indoor thermal comfort concurrently. However, the prototype of the BIPV-DSF has not been well explored. Thus, the investigations of the BIPV-DSF are worthwhile. Numerical simulation is a cost and time effective measure for the design and analysis of buildings. This chapter spells out a comprehensive method of numerical simulation modelling of the novel BIPV-DSF system in buildings, which is carried out by using a graphically based design tool – TRNSYS and its plugins. TRNSYS has been validated and widely used in both the BIPV and building related research activities, which are capable in analysing the effects of BIPV-DSF on building performance such as energy consumption and indoor thermal condition.

Part of the book: Recent Advances in Numerical Simulations

Siliang Yang

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Infrastructure Development

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