Research Fields

• Building Energy Usage Behavior, Intelligent Building Environment Control

Research Profile

LI Cui, Ph.D., obtained her Ph.D. from Tongji University in 2014 and taught at the School of Mechanical and Energy Engineering in Tongji University. She currently serves as a Senior Engineer at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning in Tongji University. Her primary research focuses on building energy conservation, building energy usage behavior, building energy management, and intelligent control of building environments. She also serves as a member of the Computer Simulation Professional Committee and Deputy Secretary-General of the Intelligentization Professional Committee under the China Innovation Alliance for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning. Dr. Li has published over 40 research papers, one research monograph named Building · Energy · Behavior, and has joined the Youth Editorial Board of academic journal Green Building. Dr. Li has leading and participating in multiple national and municipal research projects, and played a key role in the compilation of standards such as the Technical Guidelines for Basic Data Acquisition of Occupant Behavior in Building Energy Consumption Simulation and the Integrated Smart Energy Station Application Technical.

Current Courses

• Building Environment Laboratory, Undergraduate Course

• Innovation Practice for Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Undergraduate Course

• Publications in International Books, Journals, and Conferences, Undergraduate Course

• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Laboratory, Undergraduate Course

• Practicum in Psychrometrics, Graduate Course

Grants and Awards

Research Grants

• Principal Investigator: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Fund Project: Related Characteristics of Occupants’ Behavior Information and Coordination Regulation Mechanism with Air-conditioning Terminal in Office Buildings (No. 52208121).

• Major Participant: NSFC General Program: Study on Feature’s Classification of High-rise Building Complex Information Model and 3-D Heterogeneous Solar Radiant Heat Transfer in Building Complex (No. 52178086).

• Major Participant: National Key Research and Development Program of China (14th Five-Year Plan), Ministry of Science and Technology: Research and Application of High-Efficiency Intelligent Building Envelopes (No. 2023YFC38063).

• Major Participant: National Key Research and Development Program of China (13th Five-Year Plan), Ministry of Science and Technology: Technical System and Key Technologies for Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (No. 2017YFC0702600).

• Major Participant: Shanghai Scientific Research Project: Key Technologies and Demonstration of Intelligent Building Environmental Control Systems Based on Information Fusion (No. 18DZ1202700).

Honors and Awards

• First Prize, Huaxia Construction Science and Technology Award, Project: Key Technologies and Promotion of Building Shading Applications (15th Contributor)

• Tongji University 'March 8th Red Pacesetter'

• Tongji University Teaching Achievement Award, Second Prize & Third Prize

• Tongji University Shigaole Teaching Excellence Fund

• Tongji University Young Female Faculty Development Grant

• Tongji University Huayi Wind Power Teaching Excellence Fund

Publications

• Zhang, Dongkai; Li, Cui; Li, Zhengrong*. The application performance of individualized radiant cooling and heating systems: A review. Building and Environment, 256 (2024): 111488.
  DOI：10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111488

• Li, Cui; Lu, Ping; Zhu, Weiran; Zhu, Han; Zhang, Xinmin. Intelligent monitoring platform and application for building energy using information based on digital twin. Energies, 16(19) (2023): 6839.
  DOI: 10.3390/en16196839

• Zhang, Dongkai; Li, Cui; Li, Zhengrong*. Experimental study on performance of different local radiant cooling schemes. International Journal of Refrigeration, 151 (2023): 241–252.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2023.04.002

• Li, Cui; Yu, Xuyun; Li, Zhengrong. Method for determining sensor location for automated shading control in office buildings. Energies, 15(13) (2022): 4931.
  DOI: 10.3390/en15134931

• Li, Cui; Zhu, Haonan; Fan, Xueke; Li, Zhengrong. Evaluation of the annual humidity environment in low-energy buildings influenced by passive humidity-control materials. HVAC, 55(Suppl. 2) (2025): 566–570.

• Jin, Chunguang; Liu, Haoran; Ji, Haihua; Fan, Yubo; Li, Cui*. Flexible energy-use analysis and evaluation based on user behavior characteristics in industrial and commercial parks. Building Energy Efficiency (Chinese and English), 53(11) (2025): 22–29, 36. (Corresponding Author)

• Li, Cui; Yu, Xuyun; Li, Zhengrong, et al. Research on a soft-sensing method for performance indices of shading control satisfying integrated lighting and thermal requirements. HVAC, 51(Suppl. 2) (2021): 346–352.

• Li, Cui; Li, Zhengrong; Zhu, Li. Study on shading adjustment behavior models in office buildings. HVAC, 47(9) (2017): 45–48.

• Li, Cui; Li, Guowen; Liang, Yumin; Zhu, Weiran. Intelligent monitoring method for occupants’ behavior and indoor environment using Internet of Things technology. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 99(8) (2021): 1834–1849.

• Shenyu Wang，Cui Li. Study on the usage of urban residents’ household air conditioning in Shanghai.Procedia Engineering, 205(2017) 2429–243

• Li, Cui; Li, Zhengrong; Xiao, Lin. Research on characteristics of building shading adjustment behavior. Building Science, 31(8) (2015): 218–221, 234.
  DOI: 10.13614/j.cnki.11-1962/tu.2015.10.32

• Li, Cui; Li, Zhengrong. Enhancing university students’ innovation and practical abilities through the development of specialized experimental teaching. Laboratory Science, 25(4) (2022): 220–222.
  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4305.2022.04.057

• Li, Cui; Li, Zhengrong. Construction of an integrated virtual–physical experimental teaching platform for Building Environment. Laboratory Science, 25(6) (2022): 154–157.
  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4305.2022.06.040

• Li, Cui; Zhang, Dongkai; Li, Zhengrong; Sun, Yuantao. Practical teaching reform and curriculum ideological development of “Building Environment.” In: Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Curriculum Ideological and Political Education and Teaching Reform for Building Environment and Energy Application Engineering, May 2025.

• Li, Cui; Cai, Wei; Wang, Xiaodong, et al. Design of a monitoring scheme for air distribution of air-conditioning in typical experimental rooms. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Sichuan), 34(2) (2020): 164–169.

• Li, Cui; Li, Zhengrong. Innovative practice in the course “Building Environment” based on a comprehensive virtual teaching platform using BIM technology. Education Teaching Forum, 2019(10): 1–2.

• Li, Cui; Cai, Jian; Wang, Xiaodong. Improvement and performance analysis of a heat exchanger experimental teaching platform. Science and Education Review, 2017(9): 40–43.

* Corresponding Author

Monograph

• Li, Cui; Yan, Da; Li, Zhengrong; Wang, Chuang. Building · Energy · Behavior. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, May 2021.