Mr. Wong Ho Yin (2nd from left)
Silver Award – Smart Living (Smart Home and Community)
An extract from The HKICT Awards Programme
The Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is proud to announce that our PhD student, Mr. Wong Ho Yin, supervised by BEEE Associate Professor Prof. Huang Xinyan, has won the Silver Award in the “Smart Living (Smart Home and Community)” category at the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2025.
Mr. Wong’s team project, “GABES AlphaNexus System”, initiated in the PolyU Maker Fund Programme 2021 and thus established a start-up, GABES Limited, which received the Silver Award. The project is an Internet of Things (IoT) system comprising a wireless detector mesh network and dynamic exit signs. The fire detector system, which utilizes artificial intelligence technology, can significantly reduce the number of false alarms and provide an early warning, while the dynamic exit sign system guides evacuees towards the safest evacuation paths, reducing evacuation time.
This project is crucial to the novel smart firefighting technology developed at PolyU (the SureFire Project). This technology will be applied to the next generation of smart and resilient buildings, helping Hong Kong become the world's leading smart city.
The Hong Kong ICT Awards were established in 2006. It is the most recognised and longest-standing information technology award in Hong Kong. It aims at recognising and promoting outstanding local information and communications technology (ICT) inventions and applications, thereby promoting constant innovation and pursuit of excellence in the entire ICT industry.
The Department of BEEE congratulates Mr. Wong Ho Yin and his team on their outstanding achievements and wishes them continued success.
