**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Christian Inard** has been Professor at La Rochelle University (France) since 1998. He obtained his PhD with the thesis entitled "Thermal Coupling between Heating Systems and Dwellings" in 1988 and his Accreditation for Supervision of Research in 1996. His research activities are focused on design of low-energy buildings, indoor thermal comfort and air quality, HVAC systems modeling and control and urban microclimate modeling and experiments. He is author or co-author of more than 150 international papers and communications, and he has supervised 32 PhD candidates. Since 2011, he has been Dean of Faculty of Sciences and Deputy Head of the Institute for Research on Urban Sciences and Techniques.

**J ´er ˆome Le Dr´eau** has been Assistant Professor at La Rochelle University (France) since 2015, before which he completed his PhD thesis and a 2-year postdoc at Aalborg University (Denmark). His research activities are related to energy flexibility of buildings, adaptive fac¸ades and low-temperature heating and cooling systems. He has published more than 25 articles through various journals and conferences. Jer´ ome Le Dr ˆ eau has also participated in several international ´ projects related to the energy flexibility of buildings, such as IEA EBC Annex 67 and Annex 82.
