Curriculum Vitae of Queena K QIAN, PhD
Queena K QIAN is Assistant Professor at OTB research for Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands since December 2014. Before she moved to the Netherlands, She was appointed as Research Assistant Professor at Building and Real Estate Dept., the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU). She received her PhD, entitled “Barriers to Promote Building Energy Efficiency- A Transaction Costs Perspective”, at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2012. She has received prestigious awards from different countries. For example, Delft Technology Fellow (2014) at TU Delft, the Netherlands. Endeavour Australian Cheung Kong Fellow (2013) at University of South Australia, Australia. She was a Fulbright recipient (2010) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at UC Berkeley and Washington University in St Louis, USA. Her research interests are: green building promotion, building energy efficiency, transaction costs, low carbon city development, elderly friendly precinct design, sustainable urban planning, energy retrofit, governance and incentive schemes, etc.
Research Grant - As Grant holder:
1. Delft Technology Fellow start-up research grant (End-users’ barriers to energy retrofitting the existing building block: transaction costs (TCs) considerations in building control system) – ongoing
2. Fulbright Research Grant 2010-2011 (Project title: Barrier to Promote Building energy Efficiency: A Transaction Costs Perspective)
3. Endeavour Cheung Kong Post-Doc Research Grant: Feb-Aug, 2013 (Project title: Cost considerations of green buildings (GB): comparative analysis of low carbon real estate development systems)
4. The HK PolyU Post-Doctor Fellow Grant (Dean’s Reserve Fund): 2012-2014 (Project title: Implementing a Typical Incentive Scheme (TIS) for Promoting the Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) Market in Hong Kong: A Transaction Cost Perspective) HK$579,600

As Leading researcher / Co-Investigator: (contributed to preparing the following successful research grant proposals)
1. PolyU Internal Competitive Research Grant (CRG): Project title: A Framework for Developing Incentive Schemes to Promote the Green Building (GB) Market in Hong Kong: A Transaction Costs (TCs) Approach (2012-2013), HK$ 320,000. (With PI: Prof. Edwin H W Chan)
2. CII-HK Limited research grant: Project title: Framework for Quantifying the Transaction Costs (TCs) of the Green Building (GB) Project Delivery: A Case of Hong Kong Real Estate Development Process (REDP) (2013-2015), HK$ 300,000. (With PI: Prof. Edwin H W Chan)

Invited Guest Researcher:
1. Endeavour Fellow, Center for Sustainable Design and Behaviour (sd+b), University of South Australia, Feb- Aug, 2013.
2. Guest Researcher, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia, July-Nov, 2012.
3. Guest Researcher, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (http://www.wupperinst.org/en), Germany, Sep 2011- Apr 2012.
4. Guest Researcher, China Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley, USA, 2009- 2011.
5. Research intern, United Nations (Headquarters) summer internship in New York, June-Aug, 2010.

Publication (selected):
1. Qian Q.K, Chan, E.H.W., & Choy, L.H.T., 2013, How transaction costs affect real estate developers entering into the Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) market? Habitat International, Volume 37, pp. 138-147. (Available online 23 February 2012: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/aip/01973975).
2. Qian Q.K, Chan, E.H.W., & Choy, L.H.T., 2012, Real Estate Developers’ concerns about uncertainty in Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) investment - A transaction costs (TCs) perspective, Journal of Green Building, Fall 2012, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 116-129. (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.7.4.116 )
3. Qian Q.K, Chan, E.H.W., and Xu, P.P., 2011, "Market expectations and policy deficiencies in the promotion of building energy efficiency in China", Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 9 Iss: 4, pp.230 – 248 (Award the Best Commented Paper 2011-2012 by Emerald).
4. Xu, P.P., Chan, E.H.W., & Qian, Q.K., 2011, Success factors of energy performance contracting (EPC) for sustainable building energy efficiency retrofit (BEER) of hotel buildings in China, Energy Policy, 39(11), 7389-7398.
5. Xu P.P., Chan EHW & Qian Q.K, 2011, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the Sustainability of Building Energy Efficiency Retrofit (BEER) in Hotel Buildings in China, Facilities, Vol. 30 No. 9/10, 2012, pp. 432-448.
6. Qian Q.K, Chan, E.H.W., 2010, Government measures needed to promote building energy efficiency in China, Facilities, 28(11/12), pp.564-589 (Award the Best Commented Paper 2010-2011 by Emerald).
7. Qian, Q.K., 2010, Government Measures in China for Promoting Building Energy Efficiency (BEE): A Comparative Study with Some Developed Countries, The International Journal of Construction Management, Vol.10.No.4, pp.119-138.
8. Chan, E.H.W, Qian, Q.K., & Lam, P.T. I., 2009, The Market for Green Building in Developed Asian Cities – the Perspectives of Building Designers, Energy Policy (37), pp.3061-3070.
9. Qian, Q.K., Chan, E.H.W., 2009, Policies for Promoting Building Energy Efficiency (BEE): A Comparative Study Between Mainland China and Some Developed Countries, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Vol 4, Iss 5, pp.45-64.
10. Qian Q.K, Lehmann, S., Devlin, J., Zaman, 2013, A Framework for low carbon precinct design from a zero waste approach, Int J Waste Resources 3:123. doi: 10.4172/2252-5211.1000123
11. Qian Q.K, 2012, Barriers to Building Energy Efficiency (BEE) Promotion: A Transaction Costs (TCs) perspective, PhD thesis, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
12. Chan EHW and Qian Q.K, 2010, "Promotion of Building Energy Efficiency- government' roles and market" in Green Building Design and Technologies: Experiences in Southern China and Hong Kong (in Chinese and English), Lau S., Chan E. & Tang G. (Eds) China Building and Technology Publisher [Jian-kung], China.