Assistant Professor

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E-mail：lxc4@tsinghua.edu.cn

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Integrated energy system and intelligent control

Ergonomics (human factors) in energy use

Energy-flexible and grid-interactive buildings

Energy interaction between buildings and electric vehicles

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

1. Youth Editor, Building Simulation (SCI indexed, JCR Q1)

2. Member of the Youth Committee, Chinese Association of Refrigeration (CAR)

3. Member of the Youth Committee, China Innovation Alliance for Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (CAHVAC)

4. Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

1. Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and

2. Technology (2023–2025), PI.

3. Young Scientists Fund (Type C) of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Energy flexibility characteristics and regulation methods of the centralized air-conditioning systems in airport terminals (2023–2025), PI.

4. National Key Research & Development Program of China, Key technologies of direct-current power distribution system for PEDF Buildings. (2023–2027). Subtask PI.

5. Intergovernmental International Scientific & Technological Innovation Cooperation, Research and demonstration on key technologies of low-carbon ice and snow venues’ design and energy system optimization (2023–2026). Subtask PI.

6. National Key Research & Development Program of China, Development and demonstration of direct-current products for building electromechanical equipment (2022–2026), Subtask PI.

7. General Program of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Simulation research on electric vehicles as energy storage in energy-flexible buildings (2021–2025), PI.

8. Task of Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Theory and method of low carbon oriented healthy and comfortable indoor environment control (2024–2028), key researcher.

9. Major Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), Research on development strategies for urban and rural energy supply systems and pathways (2023–2025), key researcher.

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Poster Award for Excellent Achievements at the Youth Academic Seminar on Architecture of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2025.

2. Instructor of the Runner-Up Team in the China International College Students’ Innovation Competition (ranked 2^nd out of 5.14 million teams around the world), 2024.

3. Tsinghua University Outstanding Postdoctoral Finalist Award, 2024.

4. Special Prize, Science & Technology Progress Award by Chinese Association of Refrigeration, 2023.

5. Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar of Tsinghua University, 2021 & 2023.

6. Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University, Excellent Ph.D. Graduate of Beijing, 2021.

7. Best Youth Paper of Academic Conference of HVAC&R, China (21st & 22nd), 2018 & 2020.

PUBILICATIONS

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=f4ETSkgAAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiaochen_Liu15

Selected academic monographs

1. Liu XC, Liu HX, Li YL, Hao B, Wang HW, et al. Together for a Zero-Carbon Future – Building and Electric Vehicles. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2025. (in Chinese)

2. Liu XC. Research on the Characteristics of Air Infiltration in Large Spaces of Transportation buildings. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2023. (in Chinese)

Selected journal papers (* corresponding author, ^† equal contribution)

1. Liu XC, Luo ZY, Zhang T, Liu XH*, Jiang Yi. Ergonomics in Energy Use: Bridging Energy System-Oriented Flexibility and Human-Oriented Service Quality. Engineering, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2025.12.002. 

2. Xu RY, Liu XC*, Zhang T, Liu XH*. Field knowledge-based reinforcement learning for synergistic control of active and passive thermal storages in buildings. Journal of Energy Storage, 2026, 152: 120722. 

3. Liu XC, Chen Y, Liu JG, Luo ZY, Zhang T, Liu XH*. Pathway for airports to net-zero carbon emissions. Energy Use, 2025, 1(2): 100017.

4. Fu Z, Liu XC*, Zhang J, Zhang T, Liu XH, Jiang Y. Orderly solar charging of electric vehicles and its impact on charging behavior: A year-round field experiment. Applied Energy, 2025, 381: 125211.

5. Su ZH, Liu XC*, Li H, Zhang T, Liu XH, Jiang Y. A vehicle trajectory-based parking location recognition and inference method: Considering both travel action and intention. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025, 119: 106088. 

6. Dai Y, Liu XC*, Li H, Liu XH, Zhang T, Su ZH, Zhao S, Zhou YC. Building-related electric vehicle charging behaviors and energy consumption patterns: An urban-scale analysis. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2025, 141: 104663. (Highly cited paper) 

7. Xu RY, Liu XC*, Ruan GC, Zhang T, Liu XH*. Data-driven thermal dynamics recognition and multi-objective optimization for building demand response. Journal of Building Engineering, 2025, 107: 112778. 

8. Li, H, Wang H, Li ZJ, Liu XC*, Liu XH*, T Zhang. Unlocking the energy flexibility of vehicle-to-building by parking and charging infrastructure sharing: a case in an office and residential complex. Energy and Buildings, 2025, 344, 116000. 

9. Liang BY, Liu XC *, Liu XH, Zhang T, Wang H, Li ZJ, Liu JG. Control of PV-EV charger-building microgrid based on DC bus voltage band. Distribution & Utilization, 2025, 42(1): 3–12. (in Chinese)

10. Liu XC, Li M, Liu XH*, Zhang T, Fu Z, Su ZH, Tu R. Quantifying energy flexibility potential of ground electric vehicles in an airport with real behavior data. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024, 105: 105331. 

11. Liu XC, Liu XH, Zhang T. Dimensionless correlations of indoor thermal stratification in a non-enclosed large-space building under heating and cooling conditions. Building and Environment, 2024, 254: 111387. 

12. Xu RY^†, Liu XC^†, Liu XH, Zhang T. Quantifying the energy flexibility potential of a centralized air-conditioning system: A field test study of hub airports. Energy, 2024, 298: 131313. 

13. Lin L, Chen GD, Wang W, Liu XC*, Liu XH, Zhang T. Flexible regulation of airport air-conditioning systems: Impact of cooling load variations on temperature stability. Journal of Building Engineering, 2024, 98: 111324. 

14. Liu XC, Liu XH*, Zhang T, Li H, Jiang Y. Characterization and design method of generalized energy storage resources in or around buildings. Chinese Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2024, 44(6): 2171–2185. (in Chinese)

15. Liu XC, Liu XH*, Jiang Y, Zhang T, Hao B. Photovoltaics and Energy Storage Integrated Flexible Direct Current Distribution Systems of Buildings: Definition, Technology Review, and Application. CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2023, 9(3): 829–845. (First cover article of this journal) 

16. Liu XC^†, Fu Z^†, Qiu SY, Zhang T, Li SJ, Yang Z, Liu XH*, Jiang Y. Charging private electric vehicles solely by photovoltaics: A battery-free direct-current microgrid with distributed charging strategy. Applied Energy, 2023, 341: 121058. 

17. Liu XC, Fu Z, Qiu SY, Li SJ, Zhang T, Liu XH*, Jiang Y. Building-centric investigation into electric vehicle behavior: A survey-based simulation method for charging system design. Energy, 2023, 271: 127010. 

18. Lin L, Chen GD, Liu XC*, Liu XH, Zhang T. Characterizing cooling load in multi-area airport terminal buildings: Clustering and uncertainty analysis for energy flexibility. Journal of Building Engineering, 2023, 79: 107797. 

19. Lin L^†, Liu XC^†, Liu XH, et al. A prediction model to forecast passenger flow based on flight arrangement in airport terminals. Energy and Built Environment, 2023, 4(6): 680-688. 

20. Liu XC, Zhang T, Liu XH*, Li LS, Lin L, Jiang Y. Energy saving potential for space heating in Chinese airport terminals: The impact of air infiltration. Energy, 2021, 215: 119175. 

21. Liu XC, Liu XH*, Zhang T, Lin C, Zhong HY, Ooka R, Kikumoto H. Winter air infiltration induced by combined buoyancy and wind forces in large-space buildings. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 2021, 210: 104501. 

22. Liu XC, Zhang T, Liu XH*, Jiang Y. Outdoor air supply for large-space airport terminals in winter: air infiltration vs. mechanical ventilation. Building and Environment, 2021, 190: 107545. 

23. Liu XC, Liu XH, Zhang T*, Li LS. An investigation of the cooling performance of air-conditioning systems in seven Chinese hub airport terminals. Indoor and Built Environment, 2021, 30(2): 229–244. 

24. Liu XC, Liu XH*, Zhang T, Ooka R, Kikumoto H. Comparison of winter air infiltration and its influences between large-space and normal-space buildings. Building and Environment, 2020, 184: 107183. 

25. Liu XC, Liu XH*, Zhang T. Theoretical model of buoyancy-driven air infiltration during heating/ cooling seasons in large space buildings. Building and Environment, 2020, 173: 106735. 

26. Liu XC, Liu XH*, Zhang T. Influence of air-conditioning systems on buoyancy driven air infiltration in large space buildings: A case study of a railway station. Energy and Buildings, 2020, 210: 109781. 

27. Liu XC^†, Li LS^†, Liu XH*, Zhang T. Analysis of passenger flow and its influences on HVAC systems: An agent based simulation in a Chinese hub airport terminal. Building and Environment, 2019, 154: 55–67.

28. Liu XC Zhang T, Liang M, Liu XH*, Wei QP. Literature review and energy consumption analysis of winter air infiltration in large space buildings. HV&AC, 2019, 49(8): 92–99. (in Chinese)

29. Liu XC, Lin L, Liu XH*, Zhang T, Rong XY, Yang L, Xiong DZ. Evaluation of air infiltration in a hub airport terminal: On-site measurement and numerical simulation. Building and Environment, 2018, 143: 163–177. 

30. Liu XC^†, Li LS^†, Liu XH*, Zhang T, Rong XY, Yang L, Xiong DZ. Field investigation on characteristics of passenger flow in a Chinese hub airport terminal. Building and Environment, 2018, 133: 51–61.