Yu Chang Zhen

Yu Chang Zhen (Chinese: 尤长政; born November 29, 1991) is a Malaysian Chinese engineer and content creator. He is the founder and author of aircondlounge, a website to provides helpful information about heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) to homeowners and engineers. He also hosted the aircondlounge YouTube channel that provides tutorials and general information about HVAC. He is the creator and instructor of several HVAC online courses for engineers.

Early Life and Education

Yu Chang Zhen was born on November 29, 1991, in Selangor, one of the 13 states of Malaysia. In his early childhood, he stayed with his grandmother alongside his cousins in Kuala Sungai Baru where he got his early childhood education. At the age of 7, Yu moved to Kuala Lumpur and attended SJK(C) Yoke Nam (Chinese: 育南华小) for his primary education and subsequently SJK(C) Han Ming (Chinese: 汉民华小) due to a relocation. Later, Yu attended SMK Puchong Utama (1) for his secondary education and SEGi College Subang Jaya where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sunderland. Yu often found himself teaching his classmates on mathematics and physics since his secondary education. After graduating from college, Yu was a part-time mathematics and physics tuition teacher for a year.

Career

Project Engineer

After graduation, Yu worked at Thermal Energy Storage Sdn Bhd as a project engineer. During his 1-year and 8-month service in the company, Yu assisted the company’s project managers in multiple project tendering and construction supervision work. H designed the air conditioning system for SJK(C) Wangsa Maju under the supervision of a certified professional engineer and he was in charge of the retrofitting of the air conditioning system in Hospital Serdang alongside two of his colleagues under the supervision of a project manager before his resignation.

Upon his resignation, Yu joined Sricool Engineering Sdn Bhd as a project engineer and was later promoted to a senior position. Shortly after joining the company, Yu was assigned to be the engineer in charge of the construction of the air conditioning and mechanical ventilation (ACMV) system in Tropicana Gardens Phase 1, a 40-story serviced residence and Tropicana Gardens Phase 2, a 45-storey serviced residence. Yu oversaw the delivery, installation and commission of nearly 1,500 air conditioning units in the two residences which have a total of 749 residential units. The two buildings have over 10 staircases and Yu had to put the mechanical pressurization system in place under the bomba‘s requirements alongside 4 floors of basement carpark with the smoke spill system. Due to the level of technicality, Yu was involved directly in the testing and commissioning of Daikin’s variable refrigerant volume (VRV) system in the Tropicana’s residences. On 9 November 2016, Yu and his team successfully passed the bomba test for the smoke spill and pressurization system in the Phase 1 residence and subsequently, the Phase 2 residence on 21 March 2017 which both led to the successful acquisition of the certificate of completion and compliance (CCC) for the project.