Dr Yangang Xing is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (FCIBSE), where he also serves as Chair of the Intelligent Buildings Group. Dr Xing’s research focuses on developing innovative and holistic solutions that integrate building physics, nature-based strategies, and interdisciplinary methods to address the challenges of post-carbon built environments. His work emphasises systemic modelling and the assessment of sustainable, resilient, and health-centred architectural and urban systems. He also brings industrial experience from his time in architectural and engineering consultancy, where he specialised in identifying economically viable low- and zero-carbon solutions for building design and urban planning. His research interests include sustainable built environments, healthy buildings, nature-based solutions, zero-carbon technologies, architectural science, and intelligent building systems.