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Raymond Yau, Ph.D, MBA, BSc
General Manager, Technical Services & Sustainable Development, Swire Properties
Dr. Raymond Yau is the General Manager, Technical Services & Sustainable Development in Swire Properties Limited, leading the Department of Technical Services and Sustainability to formulate and provide support to implement sustainability strategies within Swire Properties and to provide technical support to the company’s operation across Hong Kong, Mainland China and the US. Before joining Swire, Dr Yau was Arup Fellow and Director of Arup in Hong Kong, an international engineering consultant, with over 28 years of experience on the design of sustainable and environmental friendly buildings across the globe. Dr Yau received the Innovation Award for the Engineering Industry from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers in 2013 on Construction Category of the Champion Project CIC Zero Carbon Building for his role as the Principal Investigator. Dr Yau is currently Board Director of Business Environment Council (2016-2018) and member of the Energy AG and Business Climate Change Forum of BEC. He is a committee member of the China Green Building Council and member of Technical Taskforce on Mandatory Implementation of the Building Energy Code of HKSAR Government. He was Director of Hong Kong Green Building Council (2012-2015), Board of Director of BSL (2012-2015), Chairperson of TRC (2013-2015), and Regional Vice-Chair of ASHRAE Region XIII (2007-2010) and Past President of ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter (2002–2003). Dr Yau was Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong and is presently Guest Professor of Chongqing University, China.