Mingming Hu
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. M. Hu
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1497
- hu@cml.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0021-0633
Mingming Hu is working at regional metabolism, particularly related to construction. She obtained her PhD degree from CML for the thesis entitled “Dynamic material flow analysis to support sustainable built environment development”. Her current research is on sustainability analysis of concrete recycling, demolition waste management and eco-industrial park development.
Professional Experience
Mingming Hu is working at regional metabolism, particularly related to construction. She applies MFA, dynamic MFA, LCA and LCC, alone and/or in combination, to support sustainable moves in the construction sector.
In 2010, Mingming obtained her PhD degree on Environmental Science at Leiden University for the dissertation entitled Dynamic Material Flow Analysis to Support Sustainable Built Environment Development, with Case studies on Chinese Housing Stock Dynamics. She received her MSc degree on mechanical engineering from Chongqing Jianzhu University (China) for her work on ground source heat pump development. Before arriving at CML in 2006, she worked at Chongqing Construction Commission for 5 years, supervising environmental infrastructure construction. As a PhD candidate at CML, she conducted research on dynamic Material Flow Analysis (MFA) for iron and steel in Chinese residential buildings, dynamics of housing stocks in China, strategic Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) management in Beijing.
Mingming is actively involved in project acquisitions within Europe and Asia. Currently, she is the lead researcher of the H2020 HISER project (hiserproject.eu) focusing on improving the recycling of demolition waste. In addition, she is the project coordinator of the Sino-Dutch project SIP ( Smart Industrial Parks in China: towards Joint Design and Institutionalization. NWO project no. 467-14-003). The SIP project joins researchers in the Netherlands (Leiden University, Technical University of Delft) and China (Chongqing University and Tsinghua University) to reduce energy use via industrial symbiosis.
Previously, she worked on EU FP7 project C2CA (c2c2.eu) on concrete recycling, EU Asia-Link project ProtEA (CN/ASIA-LINK 110-744) on dynamic MFA and Dutch CEP project InnoMan (KNAW no. 09CDP009) on waste management methodologies.
Outside of CML, Mingming teaches building equipment and sustainable construction courses to undergraduate and graduate students in Chongqing University (China), where she holds an associate professor position.
Associate professor
- Science
- Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden
- CML/Industriele Ecologie
- Wong D.H., Zhang C., Di Maio F. & Hu M. (2024), Potential of BREEAM-C to support building circularity assessment: insights from case study and expert interview, Journal of Cleaner Production 442: 140836.
- Slootweg H.J., Hu M., Halleck Vega S., Zelfde M. van 't, Leeuwen E. van & Tukker A. (2023), Identifying the geographical potential of rooftop systems: space competition and synergy, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 79: 127816.
- Yang X., Hu M., Shan W., Zhang C., Lee T. & Pan Y. (2023), Integrating bottom-up building stock model with logistics networks to support the site selection of circular construction hub, Journal of Cleaner Production 430: 139677.
- Tukker A., Behrens P., Deetman S.P., Hu M., Migoni Alejandre E., Meide M. van der, Zhong X. & Zhang C. (2023), Circular construction: six key recommendations, One Earth 6: 1425-1429.
- Xu C., Behrens P.A., Gasper P., Smith K., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2023), Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030, Nature Communications 14: 119.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Meide M. van der, Di Maio F., Yang X., Gao X., Li K., Zhao H. & Li C. (2023), Life cycle assessment of material footprint in recycling: a case of concrete recycling, Waste Management 155: 311-319.
- Xu C., Steubing B.R.P., Hu M., Harpprecht C.I., Meide M.T. van der & Tukker A. (2022), Future greenhouse gas emissions of automotive lithium-ion battery cell production, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 187: 106606.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Di Maio F., Sprecher B., Yang X. & Tukker A. (2022), An overview of the waste hierarchy framework for analyzing the circularity in construction and demolition waste management in Europe, Science of the Total Environment 803: 149892.
- Xu C., Dai Q., Gaines L., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2022), Reply to: concerns about global phosphorus demand for lithium-iron-phosphate batteries in the light electric vehicle sector, Communications Materials 3(1): 15 (15).
- Xu C., Dai Q., Gaines L., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2022), Author correction: reply to: concerns about global phosphorus demand for lithium-iron-phosphate batteries in the light electric vehicle sector, Communications Materials 3(1): 36 (36).
- Yang X., Hu M., Zhang C. & Steubing B.R.P. (2022), Key strategies for decarbonizing the residential building stock: results from a spatiotemporal model for Leiden, the Netherlands, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 184: 106388.
- Yang X., Hu M., Tukker A., Zhang C., Huo T.F. & Steubing B.R.P. (2022), A bottom-up dynamic building stock model for residential energy transition: a case study for the Netherlands, Applied Energy 306(Part A): 118060.
- Yang X., Hu M., Zhang C. & Steubing B.R.P. (2022), Urban mining potential to reduce primary material use and carbon emissions in the Dutch residential building sector, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 180: 106215.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Sprecher B., Yang X., Zhong X., Li C. & Tukker A. (2021), Recycling potential in building energy renovation: a prospective study of the Dutch residential building stock up to 2050, Journal of Cleaner Production 301: 126835.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Laclau B., Garnesson T., Yang X. & Tukker A. (2021), Energy-carbon-investment payback analysis of prefabricated envelope-cladding system for building energy renovation: cases in Spain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 145: 111077.
- Zhong X., Hu M., Deetman S.P., Steubing B.R.P., Lin H., Aguilar Hernandez G.A., Harpprecht C.I., Zhang C., Tukker A. & Behrens P.A. (2021), Global greenhouse gas emissions from residential and commercial building materials and mitigation strategies to 2060, Nature Communications 12: 6126.
- Zhong X., Hu M., Deetman S.P., Dias Rodrigues J.F., Lin H., Tukker A. & Behrens P.A. (2021), The evolution and future perspectives of energy intensity in the global building sector 1971–2060, Journal of Cleaner Production 305: 127098.
- Xu C., Dai Q., Gaines L., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2020), Future material demand for automotive lithium-based batteries, Communications Materials 1: 99.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Yang X., Amati A. & Tukker A. (2020), Life cycle greenhouse gas emission and cost analysis of prefabricated concrete building façade elements, Journal of Industrial Ecology 24(5): 1016-1030.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Laclau B., Garnesson T., Yang X., Li C. & Tukker A. (2020), Environmental life cycle costing at the early stage for supporting cost optimization of precast concrete panel for energy renovation of existing buildings, Journal of Building Engineering 35: 102002.
- Yang X., Hu M., Heeren N., Zhang C., Verhagen T.J., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2020), A combined GIS-archetype approach to model residential space heating energy: a case study for the Netherlands including validation, Applied Energy 280: 115953.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Yang X., Miranda Xicotencatl B., Sprecher B., Di Maio F., Zhong X. & Tukker A. (2020), Upgrading construction and demolition waste management from downcycling to recycling in the Netherlands, Journal of Cleaner Production 266: 121718.
- Wang J., Dias Rodrigues J.F., Hu M., Behrens P.A. & Tukker A. (2019), The evolution of Chinese industrial CO2 emissions 2000–2050: A review and meta-analysis of historical drivers, projections and policy goals, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 116: 1364-0321.
- Wang J., Hu M., Tukker A. & Dias Rodrigues J.F. (2019), The impact of regional convergence in energy-intensive industries on China's CO2 emissions and emission goals, Energy Economics 80: 512-523.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Dong L., Gebremariam A., Xicotencatl B.M., Di Maio F. & Tukker A. (2019), Eco-efficiency assessment of technological innovations in high-grade concrete recycling, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 149: 649-663.
- Zhang C., Hu M., Dong L., Xiang P., Zhang Q., Wu J., Li B. & Shi S. (2018), Co-benefits of urban concrete recycling on the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and land use change: A case in Chongqing metropolis, China, Journal of Cleaner Production 201: 481-498.
- Dong L., Dai M., Liang H., Zhang N., Mancheri N.A., Ren J., Dou Y. & Hu M.M. (2017), Material flows and resource productivity in China, South Korea and Japan from 1970 to 2008: A transitional perspective, Journal of Cleaner Production 141: 1164-1177.
- Dong L., Liang H., Zhang L., Liu Z., Gao Z. & Hu M. (2017), Highlighting regional eco-industrial development: Life cycle benefits of an urban industrial symbiosis and implications in China, Ecological Modelling 361: 164-176.
- Hu M., Kleijn R., Bozhilova-Kisheva K.P. & Di Maio F. (2013), An approach to LCSA: the case of concrete recycling, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 18(9): 1793-1803.
- Hu M. (2011), Dynamic MFA to Support Sustainable Built Environment Development, With Case Studies on Chinese Housing Stock Dynamics. Saarbrücken,Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
- Piscaer B., Hu M. & Haas M. (2011), Sustainable construction issues in China. In: Liu M., Ness D. & Huang H. (Eds.), The Green Economy and Its Implementation in China. Singapore: Enrich Professional Publishing. 151-166.
- Hu M., Pauliak S., Wang T., Huppes G., Voet E. van der & Müller D.B. (2010), Iron and steel in Chinese residential buildings: a dynamic analysis, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 54(9): 591-600.
- Hu M., Bergsdal H., Voet E. van der, Huppes G. & Muller D.B. (2010), Dynamics of urban and rural housing stocks in China, Building Research and Information 38(3): 301-317.
- Hu M., Voet E. van der & Huppes G. (2010), Dynamic material flow analysis for strategic construction and demolition waste management in Beijing, Journal of Industrial Ecology 14(3): 440-456.
- Hu M. (18 May 2010), Dynamic material flow analysis to support sustainable built environment development (Dissertatie. Instititute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Faculty of Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Verduyn Lunel S.M. & Haas M., Voet E. van der & Huppes G.