The CIBSE Gold Medal acknowledges Ir Prof P L Yuen’s unwavering dedication, innovative spirit, and profound impact on the engineering community, setting a benchmark for our future generations.
He started working in the Hong Kong Government’s departments for public hospitals construction, operation and maintenance before joining the Hospital Authority in the 1990s. Currently, he is the senior management of Hospital Authority. Under his stewardship, the hospitals adopted a number of innovative measures to save energy and to lower carbon emission. During the outbreak of Covid-19, P L offered his professional experience and in-depth knowledge in engineering-related matters of public interest and specialized ventilation control measures in hospitals, to flight against the virus spread.
P L volunteered with the CIBSE Hong Kong Region for many years and was the Regional Chair in 2014/15. He also served as a CIBSE Board member and later Vice President of CIBSE till 2022/23.