Xinhua Xu is currently working as a Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a Research Fellow at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Building Services Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China in 2005. He is also serving as a reviewer of many national and international journals. He received honors including the research fund of the program for New Century Excellent Talents in University Excellent Paper Award for the 2010 National Conference of HVAC&R, the research fund of Chu Tian Scholar Scheme Of Hubei Province, and received Second Prize in Natural Science of Ministry of Education. He has published 37 articles in journals and contributed as author/co-author.