Dr. Yaolin Lin is an associate professor at the School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, at the School of Civil Architecture and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, and is a chief engineer at the Bes-Tech Building Energy Technology company in the United States. He earned a Bachelor's degree in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning engineering from Hunan University (2000), a Master's degree in heating, gas, ventilation, and air-conditioning engineering from Hunan University (2003), and a Ph.D. in architectural engineering from Concordia University, Canada (2007). His research topics mainly include building simulation, energy efficiency, design of sustainable buildings, thermal comfort, natural ventilation, cooling and heating sources, energy savings, energy audits, and energy performance.