Yifu Shi is a Ph.D. student in the high performance building focus area with Dr. Godfried Augenbroe as an advisor. He focuses on how the building system and operation affects the building energy performance. His current research interest is the large scale building energy modeling, regional building energy estimations and net zero buildings.

Yifu received his Bachelor of Engineering in Building Science and Technology from Tsinghua University and his Master of Science in Architecture from University of Pennsylvania with Dr. Ali Malkawi as advisor. His master work includes energy audit and analysis for campus buildings, and provides optimal strategies. In the past five years, Yifu worked as an engineer for Energy System Lab of Texas A&M University in building systems and commissioning field. His professional experience includes the building energy modelling, HVAC diagnosis and building control optimization.