Professor Jia-Ping Liu was born in ShaanXi, China. He was elected in 2011 as Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. Professor Liu currently serves as Director of Key Laboratory of Green Building in Western China, and Dean of the Design and Research Institute of Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology. He has served in various academic leadership roles in China, including as Vice President of Architectural Society of China, Vice Director of Department of Civil, Hydraulic and Architectural Engineering of Chinese Academy of Engineering. As a well-accomplished and distinguished scholar in the field of green building and energy efficiency, Professor Liu has led and completed a dozen state research projects, including the major project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Professor Liu’s outstanding academic achievements have earned him numerous accolades, national and overseas. He won World Habitat Award for two times, National Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Second Class), and Ho Leung Ho Lee Award.