We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Umberto Berardi has been appointed as Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Smart Cities and Urban Management” in Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).

Dr. Berardi is the Canada Research Chair of Building Science and is a Full Professor and Director of the BeTOP center at Ryerson University in Toronto (Canada); alongside these roles, he also works for the Politecnico di Bari (Italy). His main research interests are related to the study of innovative solutions and new materials for improving the performance within the built environment. He has been focusing on integrating nanotechnologies into buildings, as well as on thermal energy storage with paraffin and bio-PCMs. He is also interested in exploring innovative solutions for more climate-change resilient communities and continues to study the impact of climate change concerning the sustainability of buildings and cities. He is a Principal Investigator at the Center of Urban Energy in Toronto. Dr. Berardi has an extensive publication record, including 130 peer-reviewed journals, 130 international conference papers, and five books. His publications have received over 10,000 citations (Google Scholar). His awards include (among others): the 10th Canada's Clean16 Award 2021 and the 2020 European Thermophysical Properties ECTP Award. Dr. Berardi has a body of funded research comprising over USD 2 M in government- and private-sector-sponsored research, and he also supervises a group of 15 researchers on average.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Umberto Berardi in taking up his role as Section Editor-in-Chief and look forward to his leading Energies to achieve many more milestones.

Name: Prof. Dr. Umberto Berardi

Email: [email protected]

Affiliation: Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada

Interests: energy efficiency; new materials; lighting

Homepage: https://www.ryerson.ca/architectural-science/people/faculty/umberto-berardi/