Zhang Yue, Chairman and President of BROAD Group, was born in Changsha in 1960 and graduated in 1980 with a college degree in fine arts, working as a teacher and librarian.He founded BROAD with 3,000 USD in 1988. Ever since its inception, he has had an innate passion for creative thinking into technology. He has obtained over 200 patents for his inventions, for example, in 1989 the pressure-free hot water boiler, in 1992 the non-electric air conditioning, in 1999 the cooling, heating and power (CHP) system, in 2005 the air purification technology with electrostatic cleaner, in 2007 heat recovery fresh air unit technology, in 2009 the factory-madesustainable building (BSB), each of his inventions has revolutionized its industry, making BROAD a globally recognized technological leader. Facing the imminent situation of climate change, Zhang Yuedreamedof his non-electric air conditioning to completely replace its electric one, saving energy by 2 times more. However,Zhang’s greater dream is to popularize BROADsustainable buildings worldwide, for its energy efficiency is 5 times more than that of conventional buildings. Thanks to his great contributions to building energy efficiency, Zhang Yue was awarded as the Champions of the Earth by the United Nations in 2011.