Green Financial Derivatives

Dr. Qian Xu is a Lecturer in the Department of Management of Lincoln International Business School at the University of Lincoln, UK. She has been conducting research for over six years in the area of User Behavior Management in Building Energy Efficiency and Green Finance at the National University of Singapore and the University of Lincoln. So far, she has published highly-ranked peer-reviewed academic journals with over 15 research articles related to strategic and innovative interventions for energy efficiency in the built environment. These publications cover a wide range of topics such as proposing the conceptual framework and evaluating the effectiveness of innovative interventions for household energy-efficiency and identifying the influencing paths of behavioral-based interventions on household energy behaviors. Moreover, her research is well recognized by industry practitioners, particularly by those who work in the green finance industry where option-based products are being actively popularized and implemented.

Dr. Bon-Gang Hwang is a Professor at Department of Building, National University of Singapore. With over 25 years of experience in the built environment industry of the USA, Singapore, and South Korea, Prof. Hwang has served on the advisory board and consulted in various areas for both public and private organizations such as the Economic Development Board of Singapore, Singapore Process Construction & Maintenance Productivity Council, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation of Korea, Construction Industry Institute, USA, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, Singapore Refinery Corporation, Bechtel, Samsung Electronics, GS Engineering & Construction, Shimizu Corporation, Hanmi Global, etc. His current research interests are in the areas of Project & Technology Management, Green Building & Infrastructure Project Management, Project/Enterprise Performance Analytics & Innovations, and Project/Enterprise Risk Management & Decision Support Systems. Prof. Hwang has delivered over 150 invited speeches at various international conferences, seminars, and workshops, and published over 250 journal papers, conference papers, books, book chapters, research reports, and short articles to top-tier international refereed journals, conference proceedings, and publishers.