Jorge Ochoa holds a PhD in Sustainable Construction from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Bond University before joining the University of South Australia in 2015. His work focuses on the development of systems and decision support tools for the sustainable transformation of built environments. Dr Ochoa provides innovative solutions by applying digital technologies, big data analytics, visualisations and artificial intelligence to address challenges in the built environment. He works together with the industry and end-users to produce research with an impact that goes beyond the confines of academia. As such, Dr Ochoa’s work has been widely accepted and adopted by several important... Read more
About me
Jorge Ochoa holds a PhD in Sustainable Construction from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Bond University before joining the University of South Australia in 2015. His work focuses on the development of systems and decision support tools for the sustainable transformation of built environments. Dr Ochoa provides innovative solutions by applying digital technologies, big data analytics, visualisations and artificial intelligence to address challenges in the built environment. He works together with the industry and end-users to produce research with an impact that goes beyond the confines of academia. As such, Dr Ochoa’s work has been widely accepted and adopted by several important organisations including the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the European Commission DG Environment, the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme and the New York City Panel on Climate Change. Furthermore, he has a number of external appointments in the capacity of Visiting Professor and has been invited to deliver keynote talks at industry and academic forums, such as Rio+20 and the World Urban Forum 9.
Dr Ochoa is the leader of the Sustainable Infrastructure and Built Environments (SIBE) strand at the Natural and Built Environments Research Centre (NBERC). As Strand Leader, he aims to contribute to the creation and development of opportunities for research partnerships with industry and end-users to tackle local and global challenges.
About me
Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)
Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
Beam Society
The Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management
The International Society for Productivity Enhancement
The Lean Construction Institute
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Association for Global Project Management Professionals in Japan
Mexican Society of Civil Engineers
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Implementing the Circular Economy in SA: Developing partnerships and identifying targets (EASS URIPA 2020), Green Industries SA, 28/05/2020 - 30/04/2021
Urban Best Practice Expert System, UN-Habitat, 16/05/2018 - 16/05/2019
Developing the mock-up of an Urban Sustainability Expert System (USES), United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2016.
Best Practices and Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Urbanisation in China, HKPolyU, 2015 - 2017.
Developing the Architecture of an Expert System for Sharing Sustainable Urbanization Experiences, Bond University Vice Chancellor’s Research Grant Scheme, 2012 - 2013.
Identification of Critical Success Factors for Implementing Sustainable Urbanization, Bond University Vice Chancellor’s Research Grant Scheme, 2012 -2013.
Establishing a Knowledge System for Sustainable Urbanization Research, HKPolyU Central Research Grant, 2010.
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
23
16
2
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| 2015 |
57
48
1
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| 2011 |
367
310
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| 2010 |
237
211
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
5
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| 2020 |
1
|
| 2020 |
1
1
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| 2020 |
1
1
|
| 2019 |
20
16
|
| 2019 |
5
4
1
|
| 2019 |
5
2
|
| 2019 |
6
4
|
| 2019 |
Open access
18
18
|
| 2018 |
Open access
|
| 2018 |
23
16
2
|
| 2017 |
26
20
|
| 2015 |
7
8
|
| 2015 |
57
48
1
|
| 2014 |
16
14
|
| 2014 |
31
29
1
|
| 2013 |
19
22
|
| 2013 |
2
2
|
| 2011 |
367
310
|
| 2010 |
237
211
|
| 2010 |
11
1
|
| Year | Output |
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| 2020 |
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
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| 2011 |
Open access
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| 2009 |
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| 2009 |
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Research
Founding Member – Network Eleven, United Nations Human Settlement Programme
Member – International Council for Building
Working Group 116 - Smart and Sustainable Built Environments
Task Group 86 - Building Healthy Cities
Focal Point – UN-Habitat Partner University Initiative.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Bond University | AUSTRALIA |
| Chongqing Jiaotong University | CHINA |
| Chongqing University | CHINA |
| City University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
| Delft University Of Technology | NETHERLANDS |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University | HONG KONG |
| National Institute of Construction Management and Research, India | INDIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Rockford University | UNITED STATES |
| Ryerson University | CANADA |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | CHINA |
| Shenzhen University | CHINA |
| Technical University of Denmark | DENMARK |
| Tianjin University | CHINA |
| Tongji University | CHINA |
| United Nations | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of California, Berkeley | UNITED STATES |
| University of Campinas | BRAZIL |
| University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
| Xian University of Architecture and Technology | CHINA |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Automated space planning using social data mining | Current |
| Data-driven delay risk management framework for construction projects | Current |
| Design and development of a comprehensive key risk indicator dashboard for building a smart city | Current |
| Development of a lean-value integrated framework for construction waste minimisation at the building design stage | Current |
| Development of an information-centric quality assurance framework for reverse logistics supply chain of construction demolition waste | Current |
| Improving employment opportunities and outcomes for people with disability in the Australian construction industry | Current |
| Influence of culture and stakeholder management of current Corporate Social Responsibility practice and its implications on socio-economic developments: Papua New Guinea oil and gas industry | Current |
| Investigating project performance measurements based on the complexity level of IT-enabled projects | Current |
| Methodological framework for Design out C&DW during project phase | Current |
| Utilisation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in higer education facilities management setting | Current |
| The impact of urban density and design on social sustainability: measuring spatial configuration of a neighbourhood through a computational approach | Completed |
