FCE is committed to environmental stewardship and advancing solutions that protect Hong Kong’s natural and built environments. The Faculty is proud to report that five FCE academics received funding support from the first-round funding exercise of the 2025/26 Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF), totalling over HK$3.2 million.
The projects cover research on diverse issues, including greenhouse gas monitoring, low-carbon construction materials, wastewater treatment, electric vehicle infrastructure, and air quality assessment. This accomplishment underscores the Faculty's dedication to academic development and practical contribution to environmental protection and nature conservation in Hong Kong.
Environment and Conservation Fund 2025/26
| Project | Principal Investigator | Amount Awarded (HK$) |
| Dual-phase VOC Reduction of Waste Tyre Modified Low-carbon High-performance Asphalt Pavements through Reactive Extrusion |
Prof. Zhen LENG |
$1,316,000 |
| EVChargeMap: An Integrated Geospatial Database of Public and Private EV Chargers in Hong Kong |
Prof. Wei MA |
$500,000 |
| Reconfiguring Saline Wastewater Treatment to Remove Phosphorus and Nitrogen via Innovative Pathways |
Prof. Tao LIU |
$500,000 |
| AI-powered Sky Scans: Revolutionising Hong Kong’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring with GNSS-RO |
Prof. Joseph AWANGE |
$348,000 |
| Unravelling City-wide Vertical Aerosol and Particulate Matter, a Remote Sensing Study in Hong Kong |
Prof. Charles WONG |
$600,000 |
