Zhang Yue, Chairman of the Management Board, Broad Air Conditioning, P.R. China
Born in Changsha, China, in 1960, Zhang Yue
graduated from the college in 1980, taught at a
Normal College and also worked in a library. In
1988, Zhang Yue founded the privately owned
company BROAD developing China's first ‘nonelectric
chiller’. In 1993, he started presiding the
technology research & development department
and put forward hundreds of innovations during
the past decade, which made BROAD the leader in
global industry. BROAD gained global awareness
with the world’s most energy-saving non-electric
chiller, the world’s first CHP (cooling, heating and
power) system and the world’s first ‘clean indoor
unit’, which effectively absorbs dust and kills
bacteria. Zhang Yue has been awarded many
international prizes for his tremendous contributions
to the environmental protection and social
activities, among which are the “China-Europe
Sustainability Award” from the Hamburg Summit
2004 and “Knight of the Ordre National du
Mérite” awarded by the French government.
