Faculty Profiles - XIAO Huijuan | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Huijuan XIAO
肖惠娟

PhD in Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2023

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

(852) 2358 7152
xiaohj@ust.hk
Room 3599
Personal Web

ORCID

0000-0002-0787-1576

ResearcherID

LKK-4403-2024

Scopus ID

56514451000

Research Interest Publications Projects

Research Interest

Climate change and variability
Carbon auditing
Sustainable development and management
Economics geography

Publications

All Years 28 2026 0 2025 0 2024 8 2023 2 2022 3 2021 8 2020 7

2024 8

Building energy savings by green roofs and cool roofs in current and future climates

npj Urban Sustainability, v. 4, (1), article number 23
Jia, Siqi; Weng, Qihao; Yoo, Cheolhee; Xiao, Huijuan; Zhong, Qingwei
Article

Cross-border interactions on the sustainable development between global countries

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 204, article number 107525
Xue, Song; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng
Article

Global transboundary synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals from an integrated sustainability perspective

Nature Communications, v. 15, (1), article number 500
Xiao, Huijuan; Bao, Sheng; Ren, Jingzheng; Xu, Zhenci; Xue, Song; Liu, Jianguo
Article

Innovations in science, technology, engineering, and policy (iSTEP) for addressing environmental issues towards sustainable development

The Innovation Geoscience, v. v.2, article number 100087
FU, Bojie; GUO, Huadong; LUO, Lei; XIAO, Huijuan; XU, Zhenci; LIU, Jianguo
Article

Low-carbon development pathways for resource-based cities in China under the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 31, (7), p. 10213-10233
Li, Kejun; Zhou, Ya; Huang, Xuanhao; Xiao, Huijuan; Shan, Yuli
Article

The Rise of AI for Earth Science: A Call for Deeper Scientific Deliberation—Insights from the Climate, Weather, and Water Forum 2024

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, v. 105, (11), p. E2144-E2151
Dai, Lun; Lu, Mengqian; Cui, Hanzhe; Xiao, Huijuan; Zhang, Lujia; Song, Yurong; Deng, Wen
Article

Unequal impacts of urban industrial land expansion on economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions

Communications Earth and Environment, v. 5, (1), article number 203
Yoo, Cheolhee; Xiao, Huijuan; Zhong, Qing Wei; Weng, Qihao
Article

Assessing Sustainability in China’s Resource- Based Cities Leveraging Remote Sensing Techniques for Evaluating Environment-Related SDG Progress

Handbook of Geospatial Approaches to Sustainable Cities / CRC Press, 2024, p. 61-74
Xiao, Huijuan; Xue, Song
Book chapter

2023 2

Synergies and trade-offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis

Sustainable Development, v. 31, (2), p. 1135-1148
Xiao, Huijuan; Liu, Yue; Ren, Jingzheng
Article

Transboundary impacts on SDG progress across Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis

Sustainable Cities and Society, v. 92, article number 104496
Xiao, Huijuan; Bao, Sheng; Ren, Jingzheng; Xu, Zhenci
Article

2022 3

An application of dimensional reduction approach for evaluating energy generation alternatives for energy sustainability

Energy Reports, v. 8, p. 605-614
Mehmood, Aamir; Iqbal, Misbah; Zhang, Long; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng
Article

Heterogeneous Spatial Effects of FDI on CO₂ Emissions in China

Earth's Future, v. 10, (1), article number e2021EF002331
Lin, Hang; Wang, Xingyu; Bao, Ge; Xiao, Huijuan
Article

Navigating Chinese cities to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030

Innovation, v. 3, (5), article number 100288
Xiao, Huijuan; Xu, Zhenci; Ren, Jingzheng; Zhou, Ya; Lin, Ruojue; Bao, Sheng; Zhang, Long; Lu, Shengfang; Lee, Carman K.M.; Liu, Jianguo
Article

2021 8

CO₂ emission accounts of Russia’s constituent entities 2005–2019

Scientific Data, v. 8, (1), article number 172
Xiao, Huijuan; Zhao, Weichen; Shan, Yuli; Guan, Dabo
Article

CO₂ emission reduction potential in China from combined effects of structural adjustment of economy and efficiency improvement

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 174, article number 105760
Xiao, Huijuan; Zhou, Ya; Zhang, Ning; Wang, Daoping; Shan, Yuli; Ren, Jingzheng
Article

Decoupling of economic growth from CO₂ emissions in Yangtze River Economic Belt cities

Science of the Total Environment, v. 775, article number 145927
Li, Kejun; Zhou, Ya; Xiao, Huijuan; Li, Zeng; Shan, Yuli
Article

Measuring and improving regional energy security: A methodological framework based on both quantitative and qualitative analysis

Energy, v. 227, article number 120534
Zhang, Long; Bai, Wuliyasu; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng
Article

The governance-production nexus of eco-efficiency in Chinese resource-based cities: A two-stage network DEA approach

Energy Economics, v. 101, article number 105408
Xiao, Huijuan; Wang, Daoping; Qi, Yu; Shao, Shuai; Zhou, Ya; Shan, Yuli
Article

The spatial effects of city-level water-energy nexus: A case study of Hebei Province, China

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 310, article number 127497
Li, Zeng; Zhou, Ya; Li, Kejun; Xiao, Huijuan; Cai, Yanpeng
Article

Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Energy Systems at the Macro Level

Green Energy and Technology / Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021, p. 31-48
Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng
Book chapter

Methods in sustainability science

Methods in Sustainability Science / Elsevier, 2021, p. 1-12
Yang, Ao; Lin, Ruojue; Shi, Tao; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng; Shen, Weifeng
Book chapter

2020 2

Evaluating energy security in China: A subnational analysis

China’s Energy Security / World Scientific Publishing Co., 2020, p. 119-137
Xiao, Huijuan; Zhang, Zhengnan; Wang, Anting; Ren, Jingzheng
Book chapter

Waste to energy in a circular economy approach for better sustainability: a comprehensive review and SWOT analysis

Waste-to-Energy / Elsevier, 2020, p. 23-43
Xiao, Huijuan; Li, Zhiwei; Jia, Xiaoping; Ren, Jingzheng
Book chapter

2019 2

CO₂ emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta

Applied Energy, v. 251, article number 113384
Xiao, Huijuan; Duan, Zhiyuan; Zhou, Ya; Zhang, Ning; Shan, Yuli; Lin, Xiyan; Liu, Guosheng
Article

Comparisons of CO₂ emission performance between secondary and service industries in Yangtze River Delta cities

Journal of Environmental Management, v. 252, article number 109667
Xiao, Huijuan; Shan, Yuli; Zhang, Ning; Zhou, Ya; Wang, Daoping; Duan, Zhiyuan
Article

2015 3

Adsorption of Cd(II), Cu(II) and Ni(II) ions by cross-linking chitosan/rectorite nano-hybrid composite microspheres

Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 130, p. 333-343
Zeng, Lixuan; Chen, Yufei; Zhang, Qiuyun; Guo, Xingmei; Peng, Yanni; Xiao, Huijuan; Chen, Xiaocheng; Luo, Jiwen
Article

Chitosan/organic rectorite composite for the magnetic uptake of methylene blue and methyl orange

Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 123, p. 89-98
Zeng, Lixuan; Xie, Meijia; Zhang, Qiuyun; Kang, Yuan; Guo, Xingmei; Xiao, Huijuan; Peng, Yanni; Luo, Jiwen
Article

Synthesis and adsorption behavior of magnetic microspheres based on chitosan/organic rectorite for low-concentration heavy metal removal

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, v. 647, p. 892-905, article number 34407
Xie, Meijia; Zeng, Lixuan; Zhang, Qiuyun; Kang, Yuan; Xiao, Huijuan; Peng, Yanni; Chen, Xiaocheng; Luo, Jiwen
Article

Article 7

Building energy savings by green roofs and cool roofs in current and future climates

npj Urban Sustainability, v. 4, (1), article number 23
Jia, Siqi; Weng, Qihao; Yoo, Cheolhee; Xiao, Huijuan; Zhong, Qingwei

Cross-border interactions on the sustainable development between global countries

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 204, article number 107525
Xue, Song; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng

Global transboundary synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals from an integrated sustainability perspective

Nature Communications, v. 15, (1), article number 500
Xiao, Huijuan; Bao, Sheng; Ren, Jingzheng; Xu, Zhenci; Xue, Song; Liu, Jianguo

Innovations in science, technology, engineering, and policy (iSTEP) for addressing environmental issues towards sustainable development

The Innovation Geoscience, v. v.2, article number 100087
FU, Bojie; GUO, Huadong; LUO, Lei; XIAO, Huijuan; XU, Zhenci; LIU, Jianguo

Low-carbon development pathways for resource-based cities in China under the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 31, (7), p. 10213-10233
Li, Kejun; Zhou, Ya; Huang, Xuanhao; Xiao, Huijuan; Shan, Yuli

The Rise of AI for Earth Science: A Call for Deeper Scientific Deliberation—Insights from the Climate, Weather, and Water Forum 2024

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, v. 105, (11), p. E2144-E2151
Dai, Lun; Lu, Mengqian; Cui, Hanzhe; Xiao, Huijuan; Zhang, Lujia; Song, Yurong; Deng, Wen

Unequal impacts of urban industrial land expansion on economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions

Communications Earth and Environment, v. 5, (1), article number 203
Yoo, Cheolhee; Xiao, Huijuan; Zhong, Qing Wei; Weng, Qihao

Book chapter 1

Assessing Sustainability in China’s Resource- Based Cities Leveraging Remote Sensing Techniques for Evaluating Environment-Related SDG Progress

Handbook of Geospatial Approaches to Sustainable Cities / CRC Press, 2024, p. 61-74
Xiao, Huijuan; Xue, Song

Article 2

Synergies and trade-offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis

Sustainable Development, v. 31, (2), p. 1135-1148
Xiao, Huijuan; Liu, Yue; Ren, Jingzheng

Transboundary impacts on SDG progress across Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis

Sustainable Cities and Society, v. 92, article number 104496
Xiao, Huijuan; Bao, Sheng; Ren, Jingzheng; Xu, Zhenci

Article 3

An application of dimensional reduction approach for evaluating energy generation alternatives for energy sustainability

Energy Reports, v. 8, p. 605-614
Mehmood, Aamir; Iqbal, Misbah; Zhang, Long; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng

Heterogeneous Spatial Effects of FDI on CO₂ Emissions in China

Earth's Future, v. 10, (1), article number e2021EF002331
Lin, Hang; Wang, Xingyu; Bao, Ge; Xiao, Huijuan

Navigating Chinese cities to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030

Innovation, v. 3, (5), article number 100288
Xiao, Huijuan; Xu, Zhenci; Ren, Jingzheng; Zhou, Ya; Lin, Ruojue; Bao, Sheng; Zhang, Long; Lu, Shengfang; Lee, Carman K.M.; Liu, Jianguo

Article 6

CO₂ emission accounts of Russia’s constituent entities 2005–2019

Scientific Data, v. 8, (1), article number 172
Xiao, Huijuan; Zhao, Weichen; Shan, Yuli; Guan, Dabo

CO₂ emission reduction potential in China from combined effects of structural adjustment of economy and efficiency improvement

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, v. 174, article number 105760
Xiao, Huijuan; Zhou, Ya; Zhang, Ning; Wang, Daoping; Shan, Yuli; Ren, Jingzheng

Decoupling of economic growth from CO₂ emissions in Yangtze River Economic Belt cities

Science of the Total Environment, v. 775, article number 145927
Li, Kejun; Zhou, Ya; Xiao, Huijuan; Li, Zeng; Shan, Yuli

Measuring and improving regional energy security: A methodological framework based on both quantitative and qualitative analysis

Energy, v. 227, article number 120534
Zhang, Long; Bai, Wuliyasu; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng

The governance-production nexus of eco-efficiency in Chinese resource-based cities: A two-stage network DEA approach

Energy Economics, v. 101, article number 105408
Xiao, Huijuan; Wang, Daoping; Qi, Yu; Shao, Shuai; Zhou, Ya; Shan, Yuli

The spatial effects of city-level water-energy nexus: A case study of Hebei Province, China

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 310, article number 127497
Li, Zeng; Zhou, Ya; Li, Kejun; Xiao, Huijuan; Cai, Yanpeng

Book chapter 2

Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Energy Systems at the Macro Level

Green Energy and Technology / Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021, p. 31-48
Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng

Methods in sustainability science

Methods in Sustainability Science / Elsevier, 2021, p. 1-12
Yang, Ao; Lin, Ruojue; Shi, Tao; Xiao, Huijuan; Ren, Jingzheng; Shen, Weifeng

Book chapter 2

Evaluating energy security in China: A subnational analysis

China’s Energy Security / World Scientific Publishing Co., 2020, p. 119-137
Xiao, Huijuan; Zhang, Zhengnan; Wang, Anting; Ren, Jingzheng

Waste to energy in a circular economy approach for better sustainability: a comprehensive review and SWOT analysis

Waste-to-Energy / Elsevier, 2020, p. 23-43
Xiao, Huijuan; Li, Zhiwei; Jia, Xiaoping; Ren, Jingzheng

Article 2

CO₂ emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta

Applied Energy, v. 251, article number 113384
Xiao, Huijuan; Duan, Zhiyuan; Zhou, Ya; Zhang, Ning; Shan, Yuli; Lin, Xiyan; Liu, Guosheng

Comparisons of CO₂ emission performance between secondary and service industries in Yangtze River Delta cities

Journal of Environmental Management, v. 252, article number 109667
Xiao, Huijuan; Shan, Yuli; Zhang, Ning; Zhou, Ya; Wang, Daoping; Duan, Zhiyuan

Article 3

Adsorption of Cd(II), Cu(II) and Ni(II) ions by cross-linking chitosan/rectorite nano-hybrid composite microspheres

Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 130, p. 333-343
Zeng, Lixuan; Chen, Yufei; Zhang, Qiuyun; Guo, Xingmei; Peng, Yanni; Xiao, Huijuan; Chen, Xiaocheng; Luo, Jiwen

Chitosan/organic rectorite composite for the magnetic uptake of methylene blue and methyl orange

Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 123, p. 89-98
Zeng, Lixuan; Xie, Meijia; Zhang, Qiuyun; Kang, Yuan; Guo, Xingmei; Xiao, Huijuan; Peng, Yanni; Luo, Jiwen

Synthesis and adsorption behavior of magnetic microspheres based on chitosan/organic rectorite for low-concentration heavy metal removal

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, v. 647, p. 892-905, article number 34407
Xie, Meijia; Zeng, Lixuan; Zhang, Qiuyun; Kang, Yuan; Xiao, Huijuan; Peng, Yanni; Chen, Xiaocheng; Luo, Jiwen

2020 2

Evaluating energy security in China: A subnational analysis

China’s Energy Security / World Scientific Publishing Co., 2020, p. 119-137
Xiao, Huijuan; Zhang, Zhengnan; Wang, Anting; Ren, Jingzheng
Book chapter

Waste to energy in a circular economy approach for better sustainability: a comprehensive review and SWOT analysis

Waste-to-Energy / Elsevier, 2020, p. 23-43
Xiao, Huijuan; Li, Zhiwei; Jia, Xiaoping; Ren, Jingzheng
Book chapter

2019 2

CO₂ emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta

Applied Energy, v. 251, article number 113384
Xiao, Huijuan; Duan, Zhiyuan; Zhou, Ya; Zhang, Ning; Shan, Yuli; Lin, Xiyan; Liu, Guosheng
Article

Comparisons of CO₂ emission performance between secondary and service industries in Yangtze River Delta cities

Journal of Environmental Management, v. 252, article number 109667
Xiao, Huijuan; Shan, Yuli; Zhang, Ning; Zhou, Ya; Wang, Daoping; Duan, Zhiyuan
Article

2015 3

Adsorption of Cd(II), Cu(II) and Ni(II) ions by cross-linking chitosan/rectorite nano-hybrid composite microspheres

Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 130, p. 333-343
Zeng, Lixuan; Chen, Yufei; Zhang, Qiuyun; Guo, Xingmei; Peng, Yanni; Xiao, Huijuan; Chen, Xiaocheng; Luo, Jiwen
Article

Chitosan/organic rectorite composite for the magnetic uptake of methylene blue and methyl orange

Carbohydrate Polymers, v. 123, p. 89-98
Zeng, Lixuan; Xie, Meijia; Zhang, Qiuyun; Kang, Yuan; Guo, Xingmei; Xiao, Huijuan; Peng, Yanni; Luo, Jiwen
Article

Synthesis and adsorption behavior of magnetic microspheres based on chitosan/organic rectorite for low-concentration heavy metal removal

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, v. 647, p. 892-905, article number 34407
Xie, Meijia; Zeng, Lixuan; Zhang, Qiuyun; Kang, Yuan; Xiao, Huijuan; Peng, Yanni; Chen, Xiaocheng; Luo, Jiwen
Article

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Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

All Projects 2 Leading Projects 1 Participating Projects 1

Breaking New Ground in Carbon Neutrality: Integrating Building-Scale Carbon Audit Into the Water- Energy- Carbon Nexus

開創碳中和新篇章：將建筑級別的碳審計融入水-能源碳的耦合分析中 Participating

Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province
Project Team (HKUST)
LU Mengqian (Lead)

DAI Lun

XIAO Huijuan
2024 -
Analysis of Spatial Spillover Effects of Sustainable Development Goals in Global Typical Regions

全球典型區域SDGs 關系鏈的空間溢出效應分析 Leading

Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Project Team (HKUST)
XIAO Huijuan (Lead)

LU Mengqian
2024 - 2024

Research Interest

Publications

2024 8

2023 2

2022 3

2021 8

2020 2

2019 2

2015 3

Article 7

Book chapter 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 6

Book chapter 2

Book chapter 2

Article 2

Article 3

2020 2

2019 2

2015 3

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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