Renewable Energy and Built Environment

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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 

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Latest publications

Publication year Publication Authors
2025 IBAC-Net: integrative brightness adaptive plant leaf disease classification Xu, Xing; Ma, Hongya; Zhao, Yun; Lv, Xiaoshu
2025 Review of geochemical processes in CCUS: Mechanisms, processes, and implications Lu, Shuaiyi; Jiang, Pan; Cong, Lianghan; Zheng, Tianqi; Hao, Yankai; Lü, Xiaoshu
2025 Polyalcohols for flexible thermal energy storage: Understanding persistent supercooling from Gibbs free energy Shao, Xuefeng; Chen, Xuyeke; Zhang, Yuxiang; Lü, Xiaoshu; Yuan, Yanping
2025 Basalt mineralization with soda saline soil for enhanced CO₂ sequestration: An experimental study Cong, Lianghan; Yu, Ziwang; Kang, Jianguo; Lu, Shuaiyi; Jiang, Pan; Zheng, Tianqi; Lü, Xiaoshu
2025 Experimental investigation on energy and resilience performance of spherical PCM-assisted EAHE system for underground buildings Cao, Haixia; Zeng, Chao; He, Jiajun; Lü, Xiaoshu; Yuan, Yanping
2025 Comprehensive assessment of an integrated energy system with EVs in a PV-equipped station-city complex Liu, Xinhui; Zeng, Chao; Yuan, Yanping; Luo, Jianing; Lü, Xiaoshu; Haghighat, Fariborz
2025 Experimental study on the rock-breaking mechanism of annular-grooved structure and rotary direction for impregnated diamond bits Zhang, Cong; Gao, Ke; Lv, Xiaoshu; Liu, Zhenghao; Xie, Xiaobo; Zhao, Yan
2025 A novel biomass-to-energy cogeneration system using zeotropic mixtures: Multi-objective optimization and environmental assessment Khuyinrud, Mohammadreza Babaei; Kalan, Ali Shokri; Ghiasirad, Hamed; Gholizadeh, Towhid; Lü, Xiaoshu; Arabkoohsar, Ahmad
2025 Investigating the interactive effects of different functional parameters of a heating, cooling and power cycle based on DOE method Hajipour, Reza; Neshat, Elaheh; Kalan, Ali Shokri
2024 Optimizing Data Center Waste Heat Reuse: Case Studies and Environmental Implications Lü, Xiaoshu; Lu, Tao; Zhang, Qunli

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 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 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 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 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
2023 Toward a digital twin of a mid-speed marine engine: From detailed 1D engine model to real-time implementation on a target platform Hautala, Saana; Mikulski, Maciej; Söderäng, Emma; Storm, Xiaoguo; Niemi, Seppo

Research group leader

Research group members

Xiaolei Wang

School of Technology and Innovations / Energy Technology
xiaolei.wang [at] uwasa.fi
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Doctoral students

  • Chen Qi
  • Mousavizadeh Seyedehsan
  • Otoo Christopher
  • Parkkinen Eetu
  • Kaniz Fatema Badhan
  • Masoud Haddad
  • Mohammadsadegh Moosavi