Prof. Lu’s research appeared in HKU’s major social media such as facebook, Instagram, LinkedIN, Weibo, and so on
Up to 40% of global carbon emissions come from the construction industry – meaning changing how we build could help us win the climate fight. HKU Architecture Chair Professor (Digital Construction) Wilson Lu, one of the world’s leading experts on construction waste...
iLab PhD student Ms. Yuchen (Gretchen) Gao won the HKU Research Postgraduate Symposium 2026 Best Poster Presentation Award
iLab PhD student Ms. Wendy Gao won the prestigeous Charted Institution of Civil Engineering Surveying (CICES) award 2026 (Hong Kong Region)
iLab and Hong Kong Branch of the National Centre of Technology Innovation for Digital Construction (NCTI-DC) received the visit from Prof. Roger Flanagan and Prof. Hanbin Luo (Director of the NCTI-DC).
iLab and Hong Kong Branch of the National Centre of Technology Innovation for Digital Construction (NCTI-DC) received the visitors from the Ministry of Housing and Urban–Rural Development (MOHURD)
On March 24, 2026, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) welcomed Mr. Tianwei Yao, Director-General of the Standard and Quota Department of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD), for an inspection and guidance visit to the Hong Kong Branch of the...
iLab received visitors from Mace Consult
On 27 March 2026, iLab has the great honor to receive visitors, David Martin (Managing Director, APAC) and Andrew Jeffrey (HK Head of Mace Consult). This was accompanied by Prof. Roger Flanagan and received by Dean Prof. Yungho Chang. We introduced the research...
Prof. Lu shared on the BTRi seminar as a panelist on 25 March 2026
Building Technology Research Institute (BTRi)* organised a seminar on "Building a Future-Ready Hong Kong: AI, Robotics, and Advanced Technologies for Infrastructure Development" on 25 March 2026. Prof. Lu was invited to share Global trend and vision on construction...
Prof. Wilson received the Honorary Fellowship of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS)
At the recent Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) Building Surveying Division annual dinner, Chair Professor Wilson Lu, our Head of Department, was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the HKIS, effective from December 2025. The Honorary Fellowship is HKIS most...
We won the Hong Kong ICT Award (Bronze Award of the Smart Mobility category) and the “Best Use of AI” award
We won the Hong Kong ICT Award (Bronze Award) and the “Best Use of AI” award in the Smart Mobility category. The idea is very much from Dr Mike WU (https://scholars.ln.edu.hk/en/persons/mike-wu/), who was the PhD graduate and later a Research Assistant Professor (RAP)...
I delivered a keynote speech on 2025 Architectural Society of China Computational Design Academic Conference (CDAC 2025) at Zhejiang University on 15 November 2025
CDAC is organized by the Architectural Society of China under China Association for Science and Technology and Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. It is the top-level official conference in Mainland China, and will be attended by almost all universities...