Renewable Energy and Built Environment

About the research group

The Renewable Energy and Built Environment (REBE) is a newly established team within the School of Technology and Innovations at the University of Vaasa. REBE brings together passionate researchers dedicated to advancing energy technologies for the benefit of society. The group collaborates closely with academic and industry partners to deliver impactful solutions. REBE is led by Professor Xiaoshu Lü.

REBE undertakes interdisciplinary research across the entire energy cycle, including energy sources, storage, and consumption. Our primary focus lies on the consumption side within building sector, particularly in the context of low-emission and low-energy buildings, districts, and cities.

The research group focuses particularly on the following themes:

Renewable Energy Sources (RES)
Integration of RES into the Building Sector
Sector Coupling
Low-Carbon, Low-Energy Buildings
Energy Storage Solutions
Advanced Materials (e.g. Phase Change Materials)
Smart Cities and Urban Energy Systems
Data Centres and Cooling Technologies
Hydrogen Production and Storage
Mathematical Modelling and Optimization
Data Science

Latest updates

News 17.06.2024

Building elements as distributed wireless infrastructure – Professor Xiaoshu Lü receives significant funding from the Research Council of Finland

News 19.12.2023

Optimising air quality and energy consumption of school buildings with supercomputing – Research Council of Finland awards grant to SustainSchool project

Dissertation 12.12.2023

Climate change can benefit renewable energy production in the Kvarken archipelago

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Research projects

Latest publications

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2026	Thermal performance of an asphalt solar collector coupled to a water-source heat pump for domestic hot water: A system simulation	Cong, Lianghan; Lu, Shuaiyi; Jiang, Pan; Liu, Lan; Lü, Xiaoshu
2026	Different Measurement Methods with Asphalt Solar Collectors Support Utilizing Energy Harvesting to Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effect	Mäkiranta, Anne; Martinkauppi, Birgitta
2026	AI-driven HVAC control optimisation for enhancing energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality: A review of recent advances and emerging approaches	Otoo, Christopher; Lu, Tao; Lü, Xiaoshu; Katsuyuki, Haneda; Yuan, Yanping
2026	Comparative analysis of BTES, ATES, and power-to-hydrogen systems for seasonal storage in public building clusters	Cong, Lianghan; Lü, Xiaoshu; Lu, Shuaiyi; Jiang, Pan
2026	TRNSYS-AgentControl: A Python-based framework for agent-driven supervisory control workflows in TRNSYS	Haddad, Masoud; Asadi, Somayeh; Lü, Xiaoshu
2026	Regional inequality and driving factors behind low-carbon energy transition in China’s provinces	Cong, Lianghan; Lu, Shuaiyi; Jiang, Pan; Lü, Xiaoshu
2026	High-Efficiency Recovery of Waste Graphite Anodes Using Molten Salts: Microstructural Evolution and Electrochemical Performance	Wang, Pingyou; Yao, Zhitong; Cui, Jiuzhuo; Tesfaye, Fiseha; Yang, Taoqi; Romano, Pietro; Vegliò, Francesco; Lü, Xiaoshu
2026	Carbon emissions and population migration preferences: the impact of China’s carbon emissions and low-carbon policies on regional population migration	Jiang, Pan; Yu, Ziwang; Lu, Shuaiyi; Cong, Lianghan
2026	Artificial intelligence empowering geothermal energy development: A full-lifecycle review from exploration to operation	Shan, Kun; Cong, Lianghan; Yu, Ziwang; Ye, Xiaoqi
2026	Performance forecasting and optimization for metro station chilled water systems under extreme heat based on field data analysis	Zeng, Chao; Cao, Haixia; Feng, Yang; Lü, Xiaoshu; Haghighat, Fariborz; Yuan, Yanping

Former Renewable Energy research group's publications

Formerly, the Renewable Energy and Built Environment research group was part of Renewable Energy research group.

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2023	IoT Sensor Challenges for Geothermal Energy Installations Monitoring: A Survey	Prauzek, Michal; Kucova, Tereza; Konecny, Jaromir; Adamikova, Monika; Gaiova, Karolina; Mikus, Miroslav; Pospisil, Pavel; Andriukaitis, Darius; Zilys, Mindaugas; Martinkauppi, Birgitta; Koziorek, Jiri
2023	Wear Resistance Study of Bionic Pitted Ni Cladding Layer on 7075 Aluminum Alloy Drill Pipe Surface	Li, Xu; Gao, Ke; Zhao, Yan; Xie, Xiaobo; Lü, Xiaoshu; Zhang, Cong; Ai, Hongxin
2023	Study on the Vibration and Sound Radiation Performance of Micro-Perforated Laminated Cylindrical Shells	Li, Bin; Wang, Ning; Zheng, Zengquan; Kuang, Wenjian; Wei, Langlang; Chen, Yihao; Hou, Jiangbin; Chen, Shuang
2023	Drastic performance enhancement of photoluminescence and water electrolysis by local-magnetic-field-assisted LSPR of Ag NPs and NCs	Song, Juan; Jiang, Cuifeng; Liu, Zhaohui; Yang, Zirun; Wang, Zhanhong; Jiang, Qiong; Ruuskanen, Pekka
2023	Ensemble learning based defect detection of laser sintering	Xin, Junyi; Faheem, Muhammad; Umer, Qasim; Tausif, Muhammad; Ashraf, M. Waqar
2023	Machine learning‐based prediction of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women with clinical examined features: A quantitative clinical study	Ullah, Kainat A.; Rehman, Faisal; Anwar, Muhammad; Faheem, Muhammad; Riaz, Naveed
2023	Investigation of the thermal performance of cascaded latent heat thermal energy storage system based on composite phase change materials	Zhang, Qunli; Liu, Yimo; Yang, Zhaosheng; Wang, Gang; Lü, Xiaoshu
2023	Experimental Research on Effects of Combustion Air Humidification on Energy and Environment Performance of a Gas Boiler	Zhang, Qunli; Li, Yanxin; Zhang, Qiuyue; Jiao, Yuqing; Shi, Qiu; Lü, Xiaoshu
2023	A Novel AI-Based Thermal Conductivity Predictor in the Insulation Performance Analysis of Signal-Transmissive Wall	Wang, Xiaolei; Lü, Xiaoshu; Vähä-Savo, Lauri; Haneda, Katsuyuki
2023	Performance Comparison of Indoor Humidity Modeling: A Novel Hybrid Model vs. the Simplified Calculation Model by EN ISO 13788	Lu, Tao; Lü, Xaoshu; Salonen, Heidi