**About the Editor**

**Alessia Arteconi** (Associate Professor) has been an Associate Professor at Universita Politecnica ` delle Marche (Italy) since December 2018 and she teaches HVAC systems and Renewable Energy Systems in Buildings. Since October 2019, she has been working as a part-time Associate Professor at KU Leuven (Belgium). She spent several periods abroad in other institutions: she was a visiting researcher at the University of Ulster—Northern Ireland in 2011, TU/e—The Netherlands in 2012–2013, and KU Leuven—Belgium from 2013 to 2019, working on the topic of demand-side managemen<sup>t</sup> in the built environment. She has taken part in national and international research projects. She is the author of several papers published in international journals and presented at international conferences. Her research topics are:

