Liu Meng, Associate Researcher form the Branch of Resource and Environment of CNIS, was awarded the ISO Excellence Award by the ISO Central Secretariat on February 19, for his contributions to ISO/TC 180/SC 4, Systems—Thermal performance, reliability and durability. As the project leader, Liu has made efforts to develop international standards such as ISO 24194:2022, Solar energy—Collector fields—Check of performance.

The ISO Excellence Award recognizes the contribution of inpiduals for recent achievements related to ISO’s technical work that can further the interests of standardization and related activities. It is the first time for a Chinese expert to win the award in this field, which shows ISO’s recognition for China’s contribution to international standardization of solar energy.

As the domestic technical counterpart, CNIS has actively organized relevant parties to participate in the work of the ISO/TC 180 and its sub-committees, and has promoted Chinese experts to lead the revision of 7 relevant ISO international standards, with another 9 ones under development. CNIS will facilitate relevant work to provide high-level support for the effective development and utilization of solar energy.