The contributing authors explore how the green building revolution has spread to developing countries and how national governments have initiated their own green building policies and agendas.
Zhonghua Gou is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University. His research focuses on green building design and technology. He surveyed many green projects in China and conducted post-occupancy studies to find out the green building performance in uses; beyond that, he investigated green building assessment tools in different socio-economic contexts. Dr. Gou has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles that disseminate the knowledge on green building. His green building research is multidisciplinary, involving architecture, planning, interior design, project management, real estate, engineering and social sciences. He is one of the most productive and highly cited authors on green building. He currently supervises Master’s and Ph.D. students on this topic to educate next-generation green building designers and managers.