Dr. Teng Shao, assistant professor/master supervisor/vice-head of architecture department at Northwestern Polytechnical University. Research interests: Green building and building energy efficiency, urban and building physical environment, building multi-objective performance optimization, and solar energy utilization in buildings. Main achievements: Presided or participated fifteen national and provincial research projects. Published more than forty academic papers, co-authored two national key books, and co-edited a national "13th Five-Year Plan" textbook. Participated in drafting six association and local standards. Authorized three patents, applied for five invention patents, and obtained three computer software copyrights. Won the first prize of China Award for Science and Technology in Construction, the third prize of Shaanxi Province Award for Science and technology, and the first prize of Heilongjiang Province Award for Science and Technology award in Urban and Rural Construction, etc. Social part-time job: Members of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies (WSSET), China Green Building Council of CSUS, Architectural Society of China, and China Renewable Energy Society. Editorial Board members of "International Architecture". Guest editor of the special issue in "Buildings" and "Energies". Journal reviewers of the "Energy and Buildings", "Sustainable Cities and Society", "Science of the Total Environment", and "Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments" et al.