iLab won two RGC General Research Fund (GRF) projects!

PI: Dr Frank Xue

Co-I: Dr Wilson Lu

Project title: Generation of semantically rich as-built Building Information Models (BIMs): A derivative-free optimization approach

HK$ 454,157

36 months

Fig. 1 A conceptual framework of the derivative-free optimization (DFO) -based problem solving process

PI: Dr Wilson Lu

Project title: The causal effects of green building certification on construction waste minimisation: triangulating ‘big data’ with ‘thick data’

HK$534,559

36 months

Fig. 2 Waste generation rate (WGR) of different projects with different green building labels