Adapting to Urban Heat: Strategies and Tools for Resilience in Low Carbon Cities

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Dr. Carmen Galán-Marín Full Professor of Construction Technology and Sustainable Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Seville and head of the SATH research group (Sustainability in Architecture Technology and Heritage). She was educated as an architect and specialized MS in building construction. Her research interests concentrate on low-carbon buildings and cities urban climate under climate change scenarios new materials and innovative technologies applied to architecture and construction with special emphasis on environmental issues and sustainability. She has coordinated or participated in various energy-related projects funded by the EU national and regional governments. At the present she is involved in projects about the analysis of different adaptation strategies to climate change. She leads a multidisciplinary group involved in the elaboration of predictive tools for urban climate adaptation linking different urban intervention strategies to the outdoor thermal comfort perception by citizens. Edit Dr. Carlos Rivera-Gómez is Associate Professor of Building Construction Technology at the Faculty of Architecture and of Sustainable Urban Planning in the masters degree in Sustainable City and Architecture of the University of Seville. Their main scientific contribution focuses on the evaluation of microclimatic conditions and thermal comfort outdoors. The research he has conducted aims to meet societal demands and has been carried out in collaboration with companies technological centers and government agencies. In addition to analysis and simulations these works include environmental evaluation focused on prefabrication and sustainability in construction new material applications as well as evaluation of prototypes and passive energy-saving strategies in buildings. Edit Dr. Emanuele Naboni is a practitioner and researcher in Urban Design and Architectural Technology with a focus on Regenerative sciences parametric digital means onsite data gathering and 1:1 prototyping. His primary research interests are Design for Climate Change generating microclimatic conditions decarbonization and health. He is an Associate Professor of Building Technology at the Royal Danish Academy since 2010 and part-time from 2021 and at UniPR. He is an Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley UNSW and a frequent invited lecturer at several universities worldwide. He has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory He has provided consultancy services for the design of over 40 sustainable and energy-efficient buildings districts and master plans collaborating with well-known firms. He is a leading figure in innovative European Union projects and a reviewer for various agencies. Mat Santamouris is the Anita Lawrence Professor of High Performance Architecture in the University of New South Wales in Australia. He is a past a professor at the University of Athens Greece and visiting Professor at the Cyprus Institute Metropolitan University of London Tokyo Polytechnic University Bolzano University Brunnel University and National University of Singapore. Past President of the National Center of Renewable and Energy Savings of Greece. Editor and author of 15 international books on topics related to heat island solar energy and energy conservation in buildings published by Earthscan Springer etc. Guest editor of twelve special issues of various scientific journals. Scientific coordinator of many international research programs and author of almost 290 scientific papers published in peer reviewed international scientific journals. Reviewer of research projects in 15 countries including USA UK France Germany Canada Sweden etc. Expert in various International Research Institutions. Highly Cited researcher according to Clarivate in 2017 and 2018.