On March 1st, 2024, the winners of the 2023 GreenTech Award were officially announced. Professor Lu Xi from the School of Environment (SOE), Tsinghua University, who is also the Director of the Division of Air Pollution and Control and Assistant Dean of the Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University, was among the recipients. Previously, Professor Wen Zongguo from SOE won the GreenTech Award in 2021.
Lu Xi has made significant contributions to the research on the comprehensive environmental effects of renewable energy systems in the context of carbon neutrality. His future work will focus on exploring the pollution reduction and carbon mitigation effects of the "Electricity-Hydrogen-Carbon" coupled system based on the exponential development of renewable energy and work to implement and demonstrate the results.
Lu Xi is dedicated to research on the coordinated transition mechanisms of renewable and fossil energy across multiple regions and sectors, as well as the optimization modeling of environmental synergistic effects. He has proposed a comprehensive assessment technology for the entire supply-use chain of renewable energy. This technology provides integrated assessment tools and database support for the development and utilization of renewable energy at national, regional, and industrial park levels in the context of carbon neutrality. He published his research findings, as the first author or corresponding author, in top international journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Nature Energy, Nature Climate Change, Nature Food, Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Joule (a Cell Press journal), and One Earth (a Cell Press journal), with nine papers selected as cover articles. He holds prominent roles as the Chair of the Committee of Carbon Neutrality of the China Industrial Energy Conservation and Cleaner Production Association, the Executive Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Young Scientists Division of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences. Additionally, he serves as an editor or editorial board member for several SCI journals in the field of energy and environment. He has received numerous awards and titles, including the Beijing Advanced Science and Technology Worker, the Excellent Advisor for the Carbon Neutrality Capacity Enhancement Project at Tsinghua University, the Excellent Teaching Award at Tsinghua University, the 15th China Youth Science and Technology Award, and the Gold Award for the Young Scientist Award of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences.
About the Qingshan Science and Technology Foundation and the Qingshan Science and Technology Award
To support the national dual-carbon goals and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of industries, Meituan launched the Qingshan Science and Technology Foundation and the Qingshan Science and Technology Award in 2021 with an investment of 500 million yuan. Leveraging the advantages of national industry organizations such as the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, the foundation aims to fund and encourage more researchers to engage in relevant scientific research and cutting-edge interdisciplinary fields.
The Qingshan Science and Technology Award supports young researchers who play a pivotal role in disciplines such as materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental science, and energy science. Applicants must be under the age of 45 and employed full-time in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, or Macau. The Qingshan Science and Technology Award is evaluated and awarded once per year, with a maximum of 10 recipients. Each awardee receives 1 million yuan, disbursed over three years. The 2023 Qingshan Science and Technology Award focused on four main themes: green low-carbon materials, carbon capture and utilization, new energy and energy storage, and coordinated control of carbon reduction and pollution.
