PVPS Task 15

Rebecca Yang is a leading scholar in renewable energy, and construction engineering, and is a Professor in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Her research program focuses on accelerating renewable energy transitions across buildings, industries, communities, and cities. Her work integrates technical, economic, and policy insights to support the deployment of innovative clean energy technologies and more sustainable urban systems. Rebecca is a Board Member of the Australian Photovoltaics Institute (APVI). She initiates the Solar + Network (SPN), an APVI initiative strengthening Australia’s emerging market for innovative solar technologies and system-solutions integration. Internationally, she represents Australia to play a leadership role within the International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS)—one of the world’s most influential collaborative research networks on solar energy.  Nominated by Standards Australia, Rebecca also serves on the Australian National Mirror Committee for the IEC TC 82 on solar photovoltaic systems.  Linkedin

Mark Snow has over 15 years expertise in Building integrated PV (BIPV) applications and building energy solutions and is co-author of the international publication “Designing with Solar Power”. He has worked on numerous International Energy Agency (IEA) task activities on solar energy and buildings as an Australian expert and is currently participating in Task 63 (Solar Neighbourhood Planning) and supports input to Task 15 (Enabling Framework for the Development of Building-Integrated PV).

Mark currently operates out of Canberra as a research consultant following over 10 years as a Research Fellow at the School of PV and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) at UNSW.