Dr. Biying Yu is a Professor in Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). She is the assistant Director of The Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at BIT, and the executive director of BIT @ Didi Joint Laboratory of Sharing Economy and Behavior-Energy. She joined the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at BIT from Kyoto University in Japan. Previously, Dr. Yu has several years’ working experience as an assistant professor and research fellow in Kyoto University and Hiroshima University in Japan after she got her PhD degree in Hiroshima University.
Herrecent research and teaching focus on Energy Policy and Energy Economics, Carbon emissions and Climate Policy, Behavior-Economy-Technology-Energy-Environment (BETEE) Modeling, Household Energy Consumption Behavior, Time Use, Sharing Mobility, and etc. She has performed high-level research projects for various China governmental agencies including NDRC, MOST, and NSFC.She is awarded by Excellent Young Scientist Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China. Dr. Yu published over 30 papers in peer review journals including:Nature-Energy,Journal of Cleaner Production, Applied Energy,Energy Policy, Energy, Transportation Research Part A, Journal of Transport Geography, etc.Her article published onNature Energywas selected as Nature Research Highlights.She also contributed on publishing 4 books. She is serving as the subject assistant editor ofApplied Energyand the associate editor ofAsian Transport Studies.
2019.08 ~ Now, Professor, BIT School of Management and Economics and BIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing, China,
2015.11~ 2019.07, Associate Professor, BIT School of Management and Economics and BIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing, China,
2013.11~ 2015.11, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Engineering
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan,
2012.11~2013.2, Visiting Scholar, Energy Institute
University College London,London, UK,
2012.10 ~ 2013.10, Assistant Professor, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation
Hiroshima University,Hiroshima, Japan,
Education Experience
Dr. Eng., Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, 2009.10 ~ 2012.9
Master. Eng., Transportation Planning and Management, 2007.9~2009.7
Beijing Jiaotong University,Beijing, China
B. Eng., Traffic Engineering, 2003.9~2007.7
Beijing Jiaotong University,Beijing, China
Publications
Selected SCI/SSCI Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals (*corresponding author)
[1]Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei*, Gomi Kei, Yuzuru Matsuoka (2018). Future scenarios for energy consumption and carbon emissions due to demographic transitions in Chinese households.Nature Energy3, 109-118. (SCI)
[2]Biying Yu, Junjie Zhang, Yi-Ming Wei* (2019). Time use and carbon dioxide emissions accounting: An empirical analysis from China.Journal of Cleaner Production215, 582-599. (SCI)
[3]Biying Yu, Guangpu Zhao, Runying An (2019). Framing the picture of energy consumption in China.Nature Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03576-6. (SCI)
[4] Bao-Jun Tang, Xiao-Yi Li,Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei (2019). How app-based ride-hailing services influence travel behavior: An empirical study from China.International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2019.1584932. (SSCI)
[5] Bao-Jun Tang, Ru Li,Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei (2019). Spatial and temporal uncertainty in the technological pathway towards a low-carbon power industry: A case study of China.Journal of Cleaner Production230, 720-733. (SCI)
[6] Jingming Chen,Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei (2019). CO2 emissions accounting for the chemical industry: An empirical analysis for China.Nature Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03589-1. (SCI)
[7] Xi Li,Biying Yu*(2019). Peaking CO2 emissions for China’s urban passenger transport sector.Energy Policy133, 110913. (SCI)
[8] Bao-Jun Tang, Xiao-Yi Li,Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei (2019). Sustainable Development Pathway for Intercity Passenger Transport：A case study of China.Applied Energy226, 862-88. (SCI)
[9] Cheng-Yao Zhang,Biying Yu*, Jin-Wei Wang, Yi-Ming Wei (2018). Impact factors of household energy-saving behavior: An empirical study of Shandong province in China.Journal of Cleaner Production185, 285-298. (SCI)
[10] Runying An,Biying Yu*, Ru Li, Yi-Ming Wei (2018). Potential of energy savings and CO2 emissions reduction in China’s iron and steel industry.Applied Energy226, 862-88. (SCI)
[11] Cheng-Yao Zhang, Rong Han,Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei (2018). Accounting process-related CO2 emissions from global cement production under shared socioeconomic pathways.Journal of Cleaner Production184 (284), 451-465. (SCI)
[12] Yuanyuan Liang,Biying Yu*, Lu Wang (2018). Costs and benefits of renewable energy development in China’s power industry.Renewable Energy131, 700-712. (SCI)
[13] Yi-Ming Wei*, Jin-Wei Wang, Tianqi Chen,Biying Yu*, Hua Liao (2018). Frontiers of low-carbon technologies: Results from bibliographic coupling with sliding window.Journal of Cleaner Production190, 422-431. (SCI)
[14] Yi-Ming Wei*, Rong Han, Qiao-Mei Liang*,Bi-Ying Yu*etc. (2018). An integrated assessment of INDCs under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways: an implementation of C3IAM.Natural Hazards92 (2), 585-618. (SSCI)
[15] Baojun Tang, Ru Li,Biying Yu*, Runying An, Yi-Ming Wei (2018). How to peak carbon emissions in China’s power sector: A Regional Perspective.Energy Policy120, 365-381. (SCI)
[16] Junjie Zhang,Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei (2018). Heterogeneous impacts of households on carbon dioxide emissions in Chinese provinces.Applied Energy229, 236-252. (SCI)
[17]Meimei Xue,Biying Yu*,Yunfei Du, Bin Wang, Baojun Tang, Yi-Ming Wei*(2018). Possible emissions reduction from ride-sourcing travel in a global megacity: The case of Beijing.Journal of Environment and Development 27(2), 156-185.(SCI)
[18] Juan Peng,Biying Yu*,Hua Liao, Yi-Ming Wei* (2018). Marginal abatement costs of CO2 emissions in the thermal power sector: A regional empirical analysis from China.Journal of CleanerProduction171, 163-174. (SCI)
[19] Jing-Ming Chen,Biying Yu*, Yi-Ming Wei (2018). Energy technology roadmap for ethylene industry in China.Applied Energy224, 160-174. (SCI)
[20] Ye Ma,Biying Yu*, Meimei Xue (2018). Spatial heterogeneous characteristics of ridesharing in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region of China.Energies11, 3214. (SCI)
[21] Pu Yang, Yun-Fei Yao, Zhi-Fu Mi, Yun-Fei Cao, Hua-Liao,Biying Yu, Qiao-Mei Liang, D'Maris Coffman, Yi-Ming Wei (2018). Social cost of carbon under shared socioeconomic pathways.Global Environmental Change53, 225-232. (SCI)
[22] Junjie Zhang,Biying Yu*, Jiawei Cai, Yi-Ming Wei (2017). Impacts of household income change on CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis of China.Journal of Cleaner Production157, 190-200. (SCI)
[23]Biying Yu, Ye Ma, Meimei Xue, Baojun Tang, Bin Wang, Jinyue Yan, Yi-Ming Wei* (2017). Environmental benefits from ridesharing: A case of Beijing.Applied Energy191, 141-152. (SCI)
[24]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang, Xia Li (2017). Dynamic life course analysis on residential location choice.Transportation Research Part A：Policy and Practice104, 281-292. (SSCI)
[25] Rong Han,Biying Yu, Bao-Jun Tang，Hua Liao, Yi-Ming Wei (2017). Carbon emissions quotas in the Chinese road transport sector: A carbon trading perspective.Energy Policy106, 298-309. (SCI)
[26] Yiming Wei, Jianing Kang,Biying Yu, Hua Liao, Yunfei Du (2017). A dynamic forward-citation full path model for technology monitoring: An empirical study from shale gas industry.Applied Energy205, 769-780. (SCI)
[27]Biying Yu*, Yaming Tian and Junyi Zhang (2015). A dynamic active energy demand management system for evaluating the effect of policy scheme on household energy consumption behavior.Energy91, 491-506. (SCI)
[28]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang (2015). Modeling household energy consumption behavior: A comparative analysis.Transportation Research Part D39, 126-140. (SCI)
[29]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2015). Who rebounds in the private transport sector? A comparative analysis between Beijing and Tokyo.Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design43 (3), 561-579. (SSCI)
[30] Junyi Zhang#,Biying Yu, Makoto Chikaraishi (2014). Interdependences between household residential and car ownership behavior: a life history analysis.Journal of Transport Geography34, 165-174. (SCI) （导师一作）
[31]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2013). Rebound effects caused by the improvement of vehicle energy efficiency: An analysis based on a SP-off-RP Survey.Transportation Research Part D24, 62-68. (SCI)
[32]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2013). Evaluating the direct and indirect rebound effects in household energy consumption behavior: A case study of Beijing.Energy Policy57, 441-453. (SCI)
[33]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2013). A household time use and energy consumption model with multiple behavioral interactions.Environment and Planning B 40(2), 330-349. (SSCI)
[34]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2012). Analysis of the residential location choice and household energy consumption behavior by incorporating multiple self-selection effects.Energy Policy46, 319-334. (SCI)
[35]Biying Yu*, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2011). Representing in-home and out-of-home energy consumption behavior in Beijing.Energy Policy39, 4168-4177. (SCI)
Selected Conference Papers
[1]Biying Yu, Junjie Zhang. Bridging time use and carbon emissions.International Choice Modelling Conference 2019, August 19-21st, 2019, Kobe, Japan.
[2]Biying Yu, Junjie Zhang. Carbon dioxide emissions in China: A time-use perspective.The 40th International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR) Conference,October 24-26th, 2018, Budapest, Hungary.
[3] Jingming Chen,Biying Yu, Yiming Wei. Roadmap of energy technology selection in China’s ethylene industry.2017 International Conference on Applied Energy, August 21-24, Cardiff, U.K.
[4] Runying An,Biying Yu,Yiming Wei. Development paths of energy-saving and CO2 emission reduction technologies in China’s iron and steel industry.2017 International Conference on Applied Energy, August 21-24, Cardiff, U.K.
[5]Biying Yu. Peaking Carbon Emissions in China's Power Industry from a Regional Perspective.23nd Asian-Pacifica Integrated Model International Workshop, November 27-29, Tsukuba, Japan.
[6]Biying Yu,Yaming Tian, and Junyi Zhang. A Dynamic Active Energy Demand Management System for Evaluating the Effect of Policy Scheme on Household Energy Consumption Behavior.The 95th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board,January 10-14, 2016, Washington, D.C., U.S.
[7]Biying Yuand Yuzuru Matsuoka. How do Chinese people live: Perspective from 2008 China Time Use Survey.The 36th International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR) Conference,July 30-August 1, 2014, Turku, Finland.
[8]Biying Yu, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2012). Comparative Analysis on Two Types of Multiple Discrete-continuous Models in the Context of Household Energy Consumption Behavior.Proceedings of the 13thInternational Conference of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), 15-19 July, Toronto, Canada.
[9]Biying Yu, Junyi Zhang, Makoto Chikaraishi (2012). A dynamic analysis of biographical interactions of households’ total mobilities based on a life history survey data.Proceedings of the 13thInternational Conference of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), 15-19 July, Toronto, Canada.
[10]Biying Yu, Junyi Zhang, Shohei Ohya, Makoto Chikaraishi, and Akimasa Fujiwara (2011). Applying a web-based life history survey to capture car-dependent mobility over life course in consideration of the influence of memory.The 9th International Conference on Transport survey Methods, Termas Puyehue, Chile, November 14-18.
[11]Biying Yu, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2011) Mining household car ownership and usage behavior based on rough set theory: A case study of Beijing.Proceedings of the International Symposium on City Planning 2011, 283-292.
[12]Biying Yu, Junyi Zhang and Akimasa Fujiwara (2011). Exploring Factors Affecting Household Energy Consumption in Asian Megacities: Methodological Development and Applications.Proceedings of International Conference 2011 on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 29-31 July, 2011, Kanazawa, Japan.
Books
[1] Yi-Ming Wei, Hua Liao,Biying YU, Baojun Tang. China Energy Report (2018): Green Transition in Energy Intensive Sectors. Science Press, Beijing (in Chinese).
[2]Biying YU, Junyi ZHANG and Akimasa FUJIWARA, Integrated analysis of household energy consumption behavior across the residential and transport sectors, in: Fujiwara, A.,Zhang, J. (Eds.),Sustainable Transport Studies in Asia, Springer, Japan, pp. 197-216, Chapter 9, May, 2013 (in English).
[3]BiyingYU, Low-carbon development in the transportation sector, in: Y.M. Wei, L.C. Liu, H. Liao, CO2 Emissions and Low Carbon Development in China, Science Press, Beijing, Chapter 7 (2017) [ISBN 978-7-03-051428-8] (in Chinese).
[4]Biying YUand Junyi ZHANG, Household energy consumption behavior, in: Zhang, J. (Eds.), Life-Oriented Behavioral Research for Urban Policy, Springer Japan, pp. 123-148 & 403-421, 2017 (in Japanese).
Editorial Positions
Subject Assistant EditorofApplied Energy, 2019-.
Associate Editor ofAsian Transport Studies, 2015-.
Guest-editorfor Natural Hazards “Integrated Assessment Model Analysis of Climate
Change in China” 2018.
Referee Services
Journal of Cleaner Production
Environmental Science & Technology
Applied Energy
Energy Economics
Ecological Economics
Energy Policy
Energy
Carbon Management
Transportation Research Part A
Transportation Research Part B
Transportation Research Part D,
Ecology and Environment
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
Professional Organizational Service
Deputy Secretary General and Council Standing Membership of Chinese Society of Energy Economics and Management
Membership of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
Membership of International Association for Travel Behavior Research
Membership of International Association for Time Use Research
Contact Information
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at BIT
School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology
5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
Tel: + 86-10-68918052
Fax: + 86-10-68918651
E-mail:yubiying_bj@bit.edu.cn; yubiying_bj@hotmail.com
