Rongling is an associate professor at DTU Construct. Her research focus is on energy-efficient, grid-interactive, and energy-resilient buildings and communities, considering buildings’ life cycle and future climate. Rongling has been working on smart energy systems, smart cities, and climate adaptation projects, including EU SEEDS, EU RETIME, STAR*track, BIPED, BEGONIA, IFD CITIES, EUDP EnergyLab Nordhavn, EUDP IEA EBC Annex 67 and Annex 82, IFD SEM4Cites, EU Combiotes, and EU ARV. She is the principal investigator of the large EU project SEEDS “Cost-effective and replicable Renewable Energy Sources integrated electrified heating and cooling systems for improved energy efficiency and demand response.”