Ming Hu is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland, USA. She teaches technology courses which focus on the integration of architectural design with building system, materials, constructions and building performance assessment. Her research activities centers on how to decarbonize the built environment through net zero impact and healthy building design, and to understand how the (smart) technologies might be employed to reduce the impact from built environment to ecosystem. She has published over fifty research paper and two books, and has lectured widely in North America, Europe, and Asian.