**About the Editors**

**Pilar Mercader-Moyano** (Dr) has a PhD in Architecture, Master's in Architecture and Historical Heritage and in Expert Assessment and Repair of Buildings. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architectural Constructions I, High Technical School of Architecture, University of Seville. She has been focused on continuing professional development enriched by research and professional experience in Architecture for the last twenty years. She combines her research and teaching activities with her professional activities, working as an architect in public administration for eight years and with her own architecture studio where she has developed refurbishment, expert analysis, and reparation projects linked to research projects in the field of sustainable construction design and environmental impact of buildings.

**Paula M. Esquivias** (Dr) is a building scientist with a background in Architecture and Architectural Engineering and Master's in Architecture and Historical Heritage working in the field of sustainable building design and environmental modelling. She is as Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain, where she is nowadays researching about the optimization of building thermal systems. Previously, she has participated in several research projects at the University of Seville (US), Spain, covering aspects such as daylighting and visual comfort, thermal conditioning, thermal systems, renewable systems, and passive strategies for indoor environmental comfort and quality. Her main research line is the effect of solar radiation on buildings and human comfort, covering mainly visible and infrared radiation and their interconnection. This interest has been continuously reflected in her research, teaching, and practised activities over the last thirteen years.
