James PC Wong

James is an academic and researcher in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University. He is the Program Manager, Master of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building (MEESB) and China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) Offshore Programs in the school. He obtained his Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Building Science from the University of Sydney and completed his PhD in sustainable commercial building façade designs from the University of New South Wales. James has practiced as an Architect for more than seven years since graduation and has extensive experiences in building designs and project management from residential, industrial and institutional to high-rise commercial building projects in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan and China. He worked in academia for a number of years with expertise in whole building performance assessment, sustainable building designs, building simulation and performance analysis, high performance building facades and advanced building construction technologies. He was involved in the development of environmental assessment of retrofit initiatives for a range of existing residential and commercial buildings in Australia and New Zealand which have heritage values through computer analytical modelling. His research interest has been in sustainable building designs and construction technologies, energy efficiency and building science.