Research Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore
Member, Singapore Green Building Council Carbon Technical Committee
Mr. Alvin Ee Wei Liang is a Research Fellow and a Program Lead with the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore. He is the project lead of the Building Embodied Carbon Calculator and Mechanical and Electrical Carbon Calculator, which are modules under the Singapore Building Carbon Calculator which have been awarded the IES Sustainability award and the ASEAN Outstanding Engineering award. He also lead the development of an embodied carbon calculator for Land Reclamation. Apart from developing localised evaluation tools, he supports the environmental impact assessment of various renewable power technologies and industry sectors.
Prior to his current appointment, he was a Research Associate with the NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), where he works on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) modelling on waste-to-material technologies as well as industrial symbiosis. Alvin was a Research Engineer from the Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES), A*STAR, working on LCA modelling and sustainability assessment for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing. During his tenure at the Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences (ICES), A*STAR, he led the development of the CAISEN framework, integrating safety and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which was awarded the IChemE Safety award.
He holds a Master’s degree in Safety, Health, and Environmental Technology from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Newcastle University. His research interest is in Life Cycle Assessment, Circular Economy and Decarbonisation strategies.