10月20日下午14时，由能源与动力工程学院举办的第38期能动学术论坛在千佛山校区东配楼四层学术报告厅顺利举行。本次论坛邀请了南澳大学的左剑博士作为主讲嘉宾。能动学院袁学良博士主持了此次论坛，能动学院部分青年教师和研究生参加了此次学术论坛。

论坛伊始，左剑博士详细介绍了环境及建筑领域可持续发展理论在澳洲的发展。接着，他系统地介绍了澳洲能源领域的政策及规范。并通过图片的形式向我们展示了当今社会对于绿色建筑的需求和建筑中的能源消耗。随后，就同学们普遍关心的南澳大学及其奖学金政策进行了详尽的介绍。在最后的交流环节，对于在座老师及同学提出的问题，左剑博士也进行了详尽的回答。

论坛结束后，大家纷纷表示，透过左剑博士的介绍，对国外能源及环境的可持续发展领域有了新的认识，为今后的研究开扩了思路。

主讲人简介：

Dr Jian Zuo is a senior lecturer at the School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia. Dr Jian Zuo has made significant contributions in the field of sustainable built environment. Since 2005, Dr Jian Zuo has published more than 160 refereed journal articles, conference papers and book chapters. His publications are well recognized by the academic society, drawing more than 480 citations since 2011. Dr Jian Zuo’s contribution to the society is also recognized by being appointed as an expert assessor of the Australian Research Council (ARC). Dr Zuo has assessed ARC Discovery Projects, ARC Discovery Future Fellowships, ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards, and ARC Linkage Projects. Dr Zuo is also an external examiner of PhD thesis of the University of New South Wales, one of top universities in Australia.