**About the Editors**

#### **Tiziana Poli**

PhD and MSc Architect from Politecnico di Milano; Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano – ABC Department; Coordinator of Scientific Board DABC – Politecnico di Milano; Coordinator of research Group SEEDLab@Polimi; PI or Associate PI in national and international research projects, coordinator of several contracts for research and industrial development and several scientific collaborations in research projects, co-owner of two patents. Research interests concentrated on daylighting design and adaptive comfort for smart and cognitive buildings; building envelope design and performance evaluation (including variations over time); development, modelling and testing of new building envelope materials and components; climate-based design and impact of building envelopes on urban microclimate mitigation.

#### **Andrea Giovanni Mainini**

PhD, MSc and BSc Engineer from Politecnico di Milano; Post-doc Researcher and an Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano – ABC Department; Collaborator in nationally and internationally funded scientific and industry projects, and co-owner of three patents. Research interests are focused on building envelope technology design, innovation, technology transfer and integration of IoT devices for building system performance. Such research interests are also directed towards building energy performance analysis targeting high-performance envelope design, and intensively on thermal and visual comfort in indoor and outdoor environments.

#### **Gabriele Lobaccaro**

PhD, MSc Building Engineering and Architecture from Politecnico di Milano; Coordinator of the Research Group Building Technology – Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; PI of NFR FRIPRO FRINATEK project HELIOS - enHancing optimal ExpLoItation of solar energy in NOrdic citieS through the digitalization of the built environment. Research interests and technical expertise include: integrated solar energy systems at district and building levels; energy, urban planning and climate-based solutions, mitigation, and adaptation strategies; environmental, microclimate and energy analyses; monitoring data; building simulation tools; building technology; daylighting; sustainable architecture; energy-efficient buildings; resilient cities; parametric modelling.

#### **Mitja Koˇsir**

PhD Civil Engineering, MSc Architecture from University of Ljubljana; Associate Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Slovenia, head of the Chair of Buildings and Constructional Complexes. PI of YCPdeep - Calculation of Yearly Circadian Potential in Buildings Using Deep Learning Techniques project funded by the Slovenian Research Agency and PI of the Slovenian part of the ECOnanoVIP— Study of thermal properties and reduced life-cycle impact of alternative hybrid eco-nanomaterials under low pressure–a project funded by the Slovenian and Czech Research Agencies. Research interests include building physics, focusing on building energy performance and daylighting in connection with the design of high-performance buildings, study of climate change impacts on buildings' past, present and future energy performance, utilization of bioclimatic adaptations to counter climate change impacts on building performance and life-cycle assessment of buildings.

#### **Juan Diego Blanco Cadena**

PhD and MSc Engineer from Politecnico di Milano; BSc Civil Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Post-doc Research Associate at Politecnico di Milano – ABC Department Member of Research Group SEEDLab@Polimi. Research interests include building performance analysis, operational boosting with digital technologies, sustainable design and operation, personalized visual comfort and thermal comfort.
