Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
M.Phil. in Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
B.Sc. in Department of Environmental Science, Ocean University of China
Minor in Department of Computer Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Teaching Area
Environmental Impact Assessment
Industrial Ecology
Propaedeutic Sustainability
Advances in Environmental Science and Engineering
Research Area
Life Cycle Assessment
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
Carbon Assessment
Green Buildings
Environmental Footprints
Marine Carbon Sink
Professional Services
Vice-Chairman: Sustainable Development Committee of Macau University of Science and Technology
Associate Director: China Green Building and Energy Saving (Macau) Association
Editorial Board: International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, since 2023
Guest Editor: Special Issue: Life Cycle Assessment as an Environmental Sustainability Tool, Sustainability, since 2023
Guest Editor: Special Issue: Frameworks, Tools, Methods, Indicators, and Considerations for Evaluating Circular Economy in Buildings, Buildings, since 2024
Conference Session Chair: The 2nd International Bay Area Urban Agglomeration Green Development Conference, August 14-17, Macao, China
Conference Session Chair: The 18th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), September 24-29, 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Conference Session Chair: The 5th SDEWES SEE Conference, Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), May, 2022, Vlore, Albania
Conference Session Chair: National Carbon Market Management Training, December, 2019, Qingdao, China.
Conference Session Chair: International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, December, 2016, Hong Kong, China.
Conference Session Chair: International Conference for Sustainable Development and Management, June 2015, Hong Kong, China
Publication Chair: The 2023 International Conference on Industrial Design and Environmental Engineering
(IDEE 2023), November 24-26, 2023 in Zhengzhou, China.
Working Experience
2022.9 ~ Present, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology
2024.2 ~ 2024.2, Visiting Scholar, School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University
2023.6 ~ 2023.7, Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering,
University College London
2021.10 ~ 2022.8 Distinguished Researcher, Institute of Low Carbon and Sustainable Development, Jinan University
Academic Publication (selected)
1. Y Qu, Y Dong*, 2024. Life cycle assessment of campuses: a systematic review, Energy and Buildings
2. T Yang, Y Dong*, B Tang, Z Xu, 2024. Developing a D-LCA framework for buildings through integrating BIM and BEMP, Science of the Total Environment.
3. A Gu, X Zhou, Q Chen, Y Dong, 2024. Tracking greenhouse gas emissions in Chinese value chains with an interprovincial input–output model, Energy and Climate Management.
4. S Wang, Y Dong*, 2024. Applications of life cycle assessment in the chocolate industry: The state-of-the-art analysis based on systematic review. Foods.
5. X Li, W Li, Y Dong*, 2024. Importance to Reduce Carbon Emissions from Power Transmission and Distribution Systems. Energy Reports.
6. R Zhang, Q Wang, H Shen, Y Yang, P Liu, Y Dong*, 2024. Environmental benefits of macroalgae products: a case study of agar based on life cycle assessment. Algal Research.
7. Y Zhao, Y Dong*, Peng Liu, 2024. Predicting low carbon pathways on the township level in China: a case study of an island. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
8. Y Dong*, ST Ng, P Liu, 2023. Towards the principles of life cycle sustainability assessment: An integrative review for the construction and building industry. Sustainable Cities and Society.
9. Y Dong*, T Yang, P Liu, Z Xu, 2023. Comparing the standards of life cycle carbon assessment of buildings: an analysis of the pros and cons. Buildings.
10. Y Liu, S Xue, X Guo, B Zhang, X Sun, Q Zhang, Y Wang, Y Dong, 2023. Towards the goal of zero-carbon building retrofitting with variant application degrees of low-carbon technologies: Mitigation potential and cost-benefit analysis for a kindergarten in Beijing. Journal of Cleaner Production.
11. Y Dong*, P Liu, MU Hossain, 2023. Life cycle sustainability assessment of building construction: a case study in China. Sustainability.
12. Y Dong*, YT Zhao, J Zhang, P Liu, 2022. Development of a framework of carbon accounting and management on the township level in China. Journal of Environmental Management.
13. Y Dong, YT Zhao, H Wang, P Liu, Y He, GY Lin, 2022. Integration of life cycle assessment and life cycle costing for the eco-design of rubber products. Scientific Reports.
14. Y Dong, MU Hossain, H Li, P Liu, 2021. Developing Conversion Factors of LCIA Methods for Comparison of LCA Results in the Construction Sector. Sustainability.
15. MU Hossain, Y Dong, ST Ng, 2021. Influence of Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Sustainability Performance of Concrete Industry: A Case Study in Hong Kong, Case Studies in Construction Materials.
16. Y Dong, ST Ng, P Liu, 2021. A comprehensive analysis towards benchmarking of life cycle assessment of buildings based on systematic review. Building and Environment.
17. MU Hossain, ST Ng, Y Dong, B Amor, 2021. Strategies for mitigating plastic wastes management problem: A lifecycle assessment study in Hong Kong. Waste Management.
18. Y Dong, P Liu, 2021. Evaluation of the completeness of LCA studies for residential buildings. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy.
19. Y Dong, Y Zhao, MU Hossain, Y He, P Liu, 2021. Life cycle assessment of vehicle tires: A systematic review. Cleaner Environmental Systems.
20. Y Dong, P Liu, MU Hossain, Y Fang, Y He, H Li, 2021. An Index of Completeness (IoC) of life cycle assessment: Implementation in the building sector, Journal of Cleaner Production.
21. J Guo, Y Dong, JHW Lee, 2020. A real time data driven algal bloom risk forecast system for mariculture management, Marine Pollution Bulletin.
22. HY Li*, X Zhang, ST Ng, M Skitmore, YH Dong, 2019. Social sustainability indicators of public construction megaprojects in China, Journal of Urban Planning and Development.
23. U Hossain, CS Poon, YH Dong, 2018. Evaluation of environmental impact distribution methods for supplementary cementitious materials, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews.
24. U Hossain, CS Poon, YH Dong, IMC Lo, JCP Cheng, 2018. Development of social sustainability assessment method and a comparative case study on assessing recycled construction materials, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
25. YH Dong, AK An, YS Yan, S Yi, 2017. Hong Kong's Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Waste Sector and its Projected Changes by Integrated Waste Management Facilities, Journal of Cleaner Production.
26. YH Dong, ST Ng, MM Kumaraswamy, 2016. Critical analysis of the life cycle impact assessment methods, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2016, 15 (4): 879-890
27. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2016. A modeling framework to evaluate sustainability of building construction based on LCSA, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2016, 21 (4): 555 – 568. DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1044-6
28. YH Dong, L Jaillon, P Chu, CS Poon, 2015. Comparing carbon emissions of precast and cast-in-situ construction methods–A case study of high-rise private building, Construction and Building Materials, 2015, 99: 39 – 53. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.08.145
29. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2015. A social life cycle assessment model for building construction in Hong Kong, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2015, 20 (8): 1166 – 1180. DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0908-5
30. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2015. A Life Cycle Assessment model for evaluating the environmental impacts of building construction in Hong Kong, Building and Environment, 2015, 89: 183 – 191. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.02.020
31. YH Dong, ST Ng, AHK Kwan, SK Wu, 2015. Substituting local data for overseas life cycle inventory – a case study of concrete products in Hong Kong, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015, 87: 414 – 422. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.005
32. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2014. Comparing the midpoint and endpoint approaches based on ‘ReCiPe’ – a study of commercial buildings in Hong Kong, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2014, 19 (7): 1409 – 1423. DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0743-0
33. Y Zhao, YH Dong, 2008. Synthesis and interfacial properties of dialkylbenzenesulfonates. Energy Sources, 2008, 30 (11): 975-980. DOI:10.1080/15567030601082241
34. Y Zhao, YH Dong, CF Bi, and YH Fan, 2008. Study on Dynamic Interfacial Tension of a Series of Alkylbenzene Sulfonates with Alkane. Acta Chimic Sinica, 2008, 66 (7): 799-802.
35. Y Qiu, Y Dong*, 2024, Accounting and predicting GHG emissions of academic campuses: A case study of Macau University of Science and Technology, The 2nd International Bay Area Urban Agglomeration Green Development Conference, August 14-17, 2024, Macao, China.
36. H Huang, Y Dong*, 2024, Accounting and monitoring of phytoplankton carbon sinks in Macao coastal waters, The 2nd International Bay Area Urban Agglomeration Green Development Conference, August 14-17, 2024, Macao, China.
37. Y Zhao, C Tang, Y Dong*, 2024, Greenhouse gas assessment and net-zero pathways of Yan Pu Bay, The 2nd International Bay Area Urban Agglomeration Green Development Conference, August 14-17, 2024, Macao, China.
38. X Li, W Li, Y Dong, S.A. Sherif, 2024, Impact of Clean Energy on the Carbon Emission Structure of the Power Grid in China, Proceedings of the ASME 2024 Heat Transfer Summer Conference (HT2024), July 15-17, 2024, Anaheim, California, United States.
39. Y Zhao, Y Dong, W Li, TA Khan, H Cheng, J Mehmood, 2024, Carbon Emission Model of China's Power Industry Based on Life Cycle Perspective, Proceedings of the ASME 2024 Heat Transfer Summer Conference (HT2024), July 15-17, 2024, Anaheim, California, United States.
40. J Chen, Z Li, Y Dong*, Y Zhao, 2023, Life cycle assessment of high-performance concrete with high elastic modulus, The 7th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference (SPIL’23) in Conjunction with Renewable Energy System for Residential Building Heating and Electricity Production (RESHeat) Workshop, 1 – 3 November 2023 (Hybrid), Mikulov, Czech Republic.
41. S Wang, Y Dong*, 2023, Life cycle assessment of the chocolate industry: a systematic review, The 7th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference (SPIL’23) in Conjunction with Renewable Energy System for Residential Building Heating and Electricity Production (RESHeat) Workshop, 1 – 3 November 2023 (Hybrid), Mikulov, Czech Republic.
42. TY Yang, Y Dong*, BN Tang, P Liu, 2023, Integrating BIM and BEMP in dynamic life cycle assessment (D-LCA): a case study of a commercial building, The 18th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), September 24-29, 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
43. Y Qiu, Y Dong*, YT Zhao, Analyzing carbon emissions of university campuses: a case study of Macau University of Science and Technology, The 18th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), September 24-29, 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
44. Y Dong*, TY Yang, ZY Xu, P Liu, 2022, Life cycle carbon assessment of buildings based on GB/T 51366: the pros and cons, The 6th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL) Scientific Conference, 14 – 15 November 2022 (Hybrid), Brno, Czech Republic.
45. Y Dong*, YT Zhao, P Liu, 2022. Achieving carbon emissions peak at township level: a case study in China, 5th SEE SDEWES Conference, 22 - 26 May, 2022, Vlore, Albania
46. Y Dong*, P Liu, 2022. Replacing natural gas with electricity: a life cycle carbon assessment of the Chinese liquor industry, 5th SEE SDEWES Conference, 22 - 26 May, 2022, Vlore, Albania
47. Y Dong*, P Liu, 2021. The influential factors of consumer purchasing of carbon-labeled products in the post-COVID-19 era, Energy, Water, Emission & Waste in Industry and Cities, The 5th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference, 4-5 November, 2021, Brno, Czech Republic.
48. Y Dong*, YT Zhao, P Liu, 2021. Development of a calculation tool of regional carbon emissions (CToRCE) in China, Energy, Water, Emission & Waste in Industry and Cities, The 5th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference, 4-5 November, 2021, Brno, Czech Republic.
49. YH Dong*, YT Zhao, P Liu, 2021. Life cycle environmental analysis and life cycle costing of high wear-resistant rubber hoses. Building a Sustainable Future based on Innovation and Digitalization, The 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, 5-8 September, 2021, Stuttgart, Germany.
50. YH Dong*, P Liu, 2021. Life cycle sustainability assessment of a residential building project in northeast China. Building a Sustainable Future based on Innovation and Digitalization, The 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, 5-8 September, 2021, Stuttgart, Germany.
51. YH Dong*, 2021. Action plan of the Shandong Provincial Natural Reserve Lingshan Island for carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality, 16-17 July, 2021, Zouping, Shandong, China.
52. YH Dong*, P Liu, 2020. Development of an index for the completeness of LCA studies. The 4th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference, Energy, Water, Emission & Waste in Industry and Cities, 18-20 November, 2020, Brno, Czech Republic.
53. YT Zhao, GY Lin, H Wang, P Liu, YH Dong*, 2020. Comparative analyses of rubber hoses for construction based on Life Cycle Assessment. The 4th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference, Energy, Water, Emission & Waste in Industry and Cities, 18-20 November, 2020, Brno, Czech Republic.
54. YH Dong, P Liu, 2019. A framework of life cycle sustainability assessment modeling of buildings. Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimization for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, 19-21 October, 2019, Crete, Greek.
55. H Li, ST Ng, YH Dong, 2016. Stakeholder analysis of sustainable construction in China, International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 14-17 December, 2016, Hong Kong, China.
56. YH Dong, ST Ng, H Li, 2016. Development of a social life cycle impact assessment method for construction management in Hong Kong, International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 14-17 December, 2016, Hong Kong, China.
57. YH Dong*, 2016. Sustainability assessment of public residential buildings in Hong Kong based on LCSA, EcoBalance 2016, The 12th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance, Responsible Value Chains for Sustainability, 3-6 October, 2016, Kyoto, Japan.
58. YH Dong, L Jaillon, CS Poon, 2016. Life cycle assessment of precast and cast-in-situ construction, Sustainable Built Environment Regional Conference, 15 – 17 June, 2016, Zurich, Switzerland.
59. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2015. A life cycle sustainability assessment framework for building construction, The First International Conference for Sustainable Development and Management, 28 – 30 June 2015, HKSAR, China.
60. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2014. Life cycle assessment of biodiesel in Hong Kong, EcoBalance 2014, The 11th International Conference on EcoBalance, Creating Benefit through Life Cycle Thinking, 27-30 October, 2014, Tsukuba, Japan.
61. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2013. Application of life cycle assessment to compare the environmental footprint of concrete methods, SETAC Europe 19th LCA Case Study Symposium: LCA in Market, Research, Policy: Harmonization beyond Standardization, 11-13 November, 2013, Rome, Italy.
62. YH Dong, ST Ng, 2013. LCA modeling for building construction processes, Sustainable Building 2013 Hong Kong Regional Conference – Urban Density & Sustainability, 12-13 September, HKSAR, China.
63. YH Dong, CTC Wong, ST Ng, JMW Wong, 2013. Life Cycle assessment of precast concrete units, International Conference on Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, 28-29 March, Madrid, Spain.
Research Grants
2023.11-2026.11 Development of Zero-Carbon Smart Campus System for Macao based on Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment, FDCT, Principal Investigator.
2023.11-2026.11 Design theory and application technique of recycled concrete in a coastal region, FDCT-NSFC, Co-Investigator.
2023-2023 Carbon footprint of macroalgae in China. Jinan University, Principal Investigator.
2023-2025 Research on microalgae carbon sink monitoring and prediction technology in Macau coastal waters, FDCT, Principal Investigator.
2022-2023 Development of a carbon management framework for campus: a case study of M.U.S.T., FRG, Macau University of Science and Technology, Principal Investigator.
2022-2024 Life cycle sustainability assessment modeling of buildings, General Project, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, Principal Investigator.
2021-2022 Carbon Neutrality of Lingshan Island Provincial Nature Reserve – Pathway and Approaches. Shandong Provincial Nature Conservation Fund, Principal Investigator.
2016-2017 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Biodiesel Produced in Hong Kong, THEi Seed Grant, Principal Investigator.
Patents and others
Software Copyright: 碳易得（建筑）碳排放计算信息化工具系统 V1.0, 中華人們共和國國家版權局
Professional Certification and Awards
BEAM Pro (with BI) 2015 – 2018, BEAM Professional accredited by Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
Student Awards
2022 The 5th National LCA Carbon Neutral Competition. The Second-class Prize.
2022 The 4th National WebLCA Competition. The First-class Prize.
2021 Top 10 Most Viewed Presentations, The 5th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference: Energy, Water, Emissions & Waste in Industry and Cities, November 4-5, 2021, Brno, Czech Republic.
Professional Society Membership
Associate Member (Professional), HKGBC
Individual Member, UNEP-LCI
