Italy

Main fields or skills

Sustainable (architectural) design; integrated design; micro climates; envelope systems; ventilation systems.

Biography

After a master degree in Architecture and Building Engineering at University of Bologna, in 2012, I was assignee of a post master degree scholarship at Natural Cooling Ltd. in London. I am registered to the Italian Architect Association since 2013 and I am qualified as LEED GA and Passive House Tradesperson Trainer. My expertise is in technology of architecture especially regarding natural ventilation and dynamic simulations. I’ve also participated at some national and international seminars and workshops and I published some articles in specialist journals. I started my design company in 2015.

Main fields or skills

Insulation; air tightness building; micro climates; environmental (indoor) quality.

Biography

• Mechanical Engineer, PhD in Biomedical Technologies.
• Vice President of Ergonomics Committee and coordinator of the WG Physical Environments of the UNI.
• Member of the UNI CT on Cultural Heritage.
• Expert member in the SC/1 (Heat transfer and fluid-dynamics) and SC/5 (Air Conditioning and Refrigeration).
• WGs of the Italian Thermotecnical Committee.
• Elected President of AiCARR, Italian Association of air conditioning, heating and refrigeration, (2017-2019).
• REHVA Fellow.
• Vice chair of the Publishing and Marketing Committee of REHVA.
• Italian Official Representative in ISO and CEN Thermal Environment WGs.

Main fields or skills

Micro climates; insulation; solar power systems for electricity generation; sustainable (architectural) design.

Biography

Born in 1990, she graduated at Polytechnic of Milani in February 2014 with a thesis on the analysis of the input flows, climate analysis and design for a new reception building in the sanctuary of Lourdes, France

After working in France for an international design studio, she specialized in sustainable design and modeling B.I.M. , building renovations and interior design.

Since 2012 she has been working as university assistant at Polytechnic of Milan, collaborating with Professor Marco Torri. In parallel she keeps collaborating as a freelance with several architects and design studios.

Main fields or skills

Building management systems; insulation; biomass; sustainable installation materials; communication

Biography

He graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan, member of the Italian IAI / BIM chapter, Adjunct Professor at the Politecnico di Milano of Building Physics. "I.T.R. Protea "UNIT 'RESEARCH / LAB Polimi. BIM energy consultant SACERT, published "A methodology for the Energy Performance classification of residential building stock on urban stairs." Designer plants in ITALY EXPO 2015. Owner of architectural firm "Torri Architects"

Main fields or skills

Sustainable architectural design; integrated design.

Biography

Luca Zecchin, Architect (Iuav 2005) and PhD (Unitn 2011), is Post-Doc and Lecturer in Architectural Design at the University of Trento. He combines research, teaching and design activities of architecture, city, landscape and territory, focusing on the innovation of design theories, techniques and tools. He received awards and honors for projects, applied researches and national and international competitions, especially in interdisciplinary teams. He is the author of essays and publications including “Architecture and Sustainability” and “Marginal Spaces Architecture”.

Main fields or skills

• Communication
• Sustainable (architectural) design
• Integrated design
• Sustainable building materials
• Sustainable installation materials

Short Bio:

Building engineer (licenced) from Rome. During my studies and my professional experiences I developed my interest for sustanability. After the graduation I attended a course of Sustainable Urban Regeneration and a course called "New Energy To Rebuild",
where I learned about energy consumption and in buildings. Lately I participated to a training school in Lancaster, England, about
the principle of restorative and regenerative design. I am working as researcher in the sustainability field at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. I am a cofounder of "My Home Please!" an initiative to address homelessness by architectural solutions.

Main fields of skills:

• Building management systems
• Micro climates
• Sustainable (architectural) design
• Integrated design
• Sustainable building materials

Short Bio:

I was graduated with honors in Architecture at the University of Florence in 1992. In 2007 I attended the post-graduate “BIOARCHITECTURE Design Laboratory” with the supervision of LUCIEN STEIL and ROB KRIER and I learnt how important the foot print is that we leave by ours and how to project taking care of the environmental effects of building and the effects of the buildings themselves. I am currently working on - the design of a new school and the aim of which is to achieve the characteristics of the Near Zero Energy Building; - the construction of two social housing buildings with the requirements of the Italian System Evaluation and Certification of the Environmental Sustainability of Buildings based on ITACA Protocol.
Since 1997 as project architect I have been responsible for public works for Pesaro Council and I apply environmental sustainability and energy efficiency design when ever I can. I really believe that general design principles of very low-energy buildings can minimise losses and consumption, maximise gains and supply the remaining energy demand with renewable energy. It is possible to design high-performance buildings good for the environment, without sacrifying architectural quality or resulting in excessive costs.

I worked at Green Building Council in Helsinki for the whole mouth of September developing the approach and contents of the circular economy in the EU countries as the pioneer of the Climate-KIC programme.

Interdisciplinary skills:

• Communication
• Information management

Short Bio:

Manager of the Technical Area of Federcasa, deals with urban regeneration, programs and financing for public housing, research and innovation with particular regard to eco-sustainability and energy efficiency. He takes care of the promotion of measures that favor investments in the redevelopment and increase of public residential buildings. He collaborates with Public Residential Construction Operators offering assistance, advice, opinions and contributing to the dissemination of good practices.

Main field or skills:

• Building management systems
• Envelope systems
• Sustainable (architectural) design
• Integrated design
• Sustainable building materials

Short Bio: Graduated cum laude in Building Engineering and Architecture (POLIMI 2006), visiting at ISE (Franunhofer 2009-10), PhD (POLIMI 2011), she is Research Associate at Politecnico di Milano. Main research topics: building technologies solutions for energy retrofit, building simulations modeling. She collaborates in national and EU projects (i.e. FP7 Geo-clustering to deploy the potential of Energy efficient Buildings across EU; FP7 Envelope Approach to improve Sustainability and Energy efficiency in Existing residential buildings; H2020 ALliance for Deep RENovation in buildings; Zero Energy Buildings in Smart Urban District).

She he is author and reviewer of several articles on scientific journals.