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© Xiaoping Xie

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Xiaoping Xie

Green Technology in Construction Group

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SHORT INFO

• Google Scholar: Google Scholar Profile of Xiaoping Xie
• Research Gate: Research Gate Profile of Xiaoping Xie
• ORCID: 0000-0002-9524-3560

RESEARCH AREAS

• Green technology in building and urban development
• Life cycle analysis and materiality in architecture
• Techno- and socio-economic impact assessment
• Data-driven urban and regional research
• Intelligent networked work and production

TEACHING AREAS

• Intelligent Networked Work and Production (TU Dresden)
• Industry 4.0 and the Productive City (TU Dresden)
• Green Technology in Building and Urban Design (TU Dresden)
• Urban Design, Urban Development and Urban Planning (IÖR, TU Darmstadt)

EDUCATION

• 2005 – 2008: PhD study at the Chair of Urban Space and Urban Development, Faculty of Architecture, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany (With a PhD scholarship funded by Konrad Adenauer Foundation)
• 2001 – 2004: Study for a Master’s degree at the Department of Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
• 1997 – 2001: Study for a Bachelor’s degree at the Department of Civil Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Since 2024: Professor of Green Technology in Construction Group at the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany  
• 2020 – 2024: Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Faculty of Architecture, Recognition Officer of the Faculty of Architecture, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany 
• 2014 – 2020: Senior scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany
• 2009 – 2014: Research Association and lecturer at the Chair of Urban Design and Regional Development, Department of Architecture, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

• 2006: Architect and urban designer at SBS Planning Association, Munich, Germany
• 2004: Architect and urban designer at B+H Architects, Shanghai office, China

MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS

• Seit 2022: Appointed selection committee member of Architecture Worldwide programme of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 2022: Awards for TU Dresden diversity-sensitive teaching 2022
• Seit 2014: Registered member of the Chamber of Architects and Planners in Saxony
• 2009 – 2014: Registered member of the Chamber of Architects and Planners in Hesse
• Seit 2016: Member of „International Association of Impact Assessment”
• Seit 2015: Member of „Regional Studies Association“ 
• Seit 2015: Member of „Network-Association of European Researchers on Urbanization in the South”

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• 2024 - 2027: 2D4PFAS - 2D Materials for Electrochemical PFAS Removal from Water; funded by EU M-ERA.net Programme, PI responsible for the tasks of environmental and socio-economic impact assessment, circular benchmarking. 
• 2023 – 2025: GREENCAP - Graphene, Mxene and Ionic Liquid-based Sustainable Supercapacitor; funded by EU Horizon Europe  Programme, PI responsible for the tasks of environmental and socio-economic impact assessment.
• 2023 – 2024: Integrated Smart Energy Approaches for Carbon-neutral Cities: a Sino-German Comparative Study; Funded by German Chancellor Fellowship for prospective leaders; Host PI. 
• 2021 – 2022: Towards the Digital Urban Era; Funded by the funding programme Internationalisation of TU Dresden within the framework of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal Government and the States; Project coordinator and responsible for the WP of Technology: Industry 4.0 and the productive city.
• 2018 – 2020: Research on Mapping and Evaluation the Degree of Hemeroby Based on the PSR Framework; Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Scientific advisory. 
• 2017 – 2019: URBAN-EU-CHINA: EU-China Innovation Platform on Sustainable Urbanization; Funded by EU Horizon 2020 Programme; Co-applicant and project staff responsible for the WP for nursery of joint projects and the task for impact assessment.  
• 2019 – 2020: Urban-Rural Assembly (URA): Transformation towards Community-Driven and Sustainable Urban-Rural Economies in Huangyan-Taizhou Region, Zhejiang Province, China; Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Co-applicant.  
• 2018 – 2020: TRANS-URBAN-EU-CHINA: Transition towards Urban Sustainability through Socially Integrative Cities in the EU and in China; Funded by EU Horizon 2020 Programme; Co-applicant.
• 2014 – 2015: Study on the Practices of Green Belt Planning and Management in German Metropolitan Regions and its Relevance for Zhejiang Province; Funded by Zhejiang Research Center for Urbanization and Urban Development; Co-applicant and project staff.
• 2010 – 2011: Study on German urban development plans and the applicability for China of ‘Special Study of the Technical Specification for the Detailed Regulatory Plan of Shanghai’”; Funded by Shanghai Bureau of Planning and Land Resources; Co-applicant and project staff.
• 2010 – 2010: Change - We Can! Von der industriellen Arbeitswelt zum urbanen Stadtquartier; Funded by the Freudenberg Group. Co-applicant and project manager.
• 2003 – 2004: A study on high-rise residential quarters with low floor space index in urban areas; Funded by the Jindu Real Estate Group; Project coordinator. 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS 

• Wang, X.; Jie, P.; Zhu, K.; Grunewald, J.; Xie, X.; Jin, X.; Zhou X.; Shi, X.* (2025): Integration of moisture effects into urban building energy modeling, Building Simulation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-025-1226-x. 

• Liu, X.; Gu, R.; Sikder, S. K.; Xie, Z.; Takatori, C.; Xie, X.*(2025): Mapping the endogenous drivers of mega-urbanisation in contemporary urban development, Journal of Urban Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2025.01.00. 

• Sun, H.; Hirsch, H.; Xie, X.* (2024): Smart Heating and Cooling Systems for Carbon-Neutral Cities: Policies and Practices in Germany and China, Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Management, https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v8i9.6842.

• A. Grunewald, J., Tribulowski, K., Weiß, D., Petzold, H., Xie, X., Hirth, S., Freudenberg, P., Fechner, H. & Morandell Meißner. (2024): Gründung eines brandneuen WTA-Referats 'Klimaschutz und Digitalisierung'. Aktueller Stand und Ausblick auf anstehende Herausforderungen, Schützen & Erhalten Fachzeitschrift des Deutschen Holz- und Bautenschutzverbandes e.V. 3/1, pp. 55-61.

• Jie, P.; Su, M.; Gao, N.; Ye, Y.; Kuang, X.; Chen, J.; Li, P.; Grunewald, J.; Xie, X.; Shi, X.* (2023): Impact of urban wind environment on urban building energy: A review of mechanisms and modeling, Building and Environment, 110947, ISSN 0360-1323, ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110947.
• Xiao, X; Xie, X.*; Li, J.* et al. (2023): Urban spatial structural change and transformation in the new era. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 38(8): 1118-1129, doi: 10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20221213002.
• Gu, R.; Xie, Z.; Takatori, C.; Herold, H.; Xie, X.* (2023). To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth? – A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 12, 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12060234.
• He, Y. & Xie, X. (2021): Living in China: A Modern History of Family Residence from 1949, Royal Collins Publishing Group: Montreal.
• Xie, X. (2021): Chronicle (1949–2015), in: He, Y. & Xie, X.: Living in China: A Modern History of Family Residence from 1949, Royal Collins Publishing Group: Montreal, 1-24.
  Xie, X. (2021): Living in the City, in: He, Y. & Xie, X.: Living in China: A Modern History of Family Residence from 1949, Royal Collins Publishing Group: Montreal, 43-66.
  Schiller, G., Gruhler, K., & Xie, X.* (2020). Assessing the efficiency of indoor and outdoor access-related infrastructure. Buildings and Cities, 1(1), 56–69. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/bc.8
• Xie, X.; Kang, H.; Behnisch, M.; Baildon, M.; Krüger, T. (2020): To what extent can the green belts prevent urban sprawl? – A comparative study of Frankfurt am Main, London and Seoul. In: Sustainability 2020, 12(2), 679; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020679.

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