Position: Associate Professor of Building Physics and Thermotecnical Plants
Department: Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Buildings Engineering
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Phone: +39 050 2217156
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Research lines in Heritage Science
In the recent past, I cooperated with Museo S. Matteo of Pisa and Palazzo Vecchio in Florence to conduct analysis of temperature, humidity and external pollution problems in order to guarantee correct conservation of historical and artistic interest objects.
Instrumentation
I direct the T.E.A. laboratory (building physics and ThErmAl systems laboratory) inside DESTeC where we can perform:
• Investigations with infrared thermography for energy audits of buildings and thermal plants on the state of conservation of cultural heritage for structural diagnosis for condensation problems in walls .
• Measurements of thermal transmittance of building walls with specific instrument.
• Measurements of temperature and relative humidity in the internal and external environments.
• Measurements of air speed in confined spaces.
and also, in another laboratory collected with mine:
• Measurements of luminance and lighting in outdoor and indoor workplaces.
• Measurement of daylight factor in school buildings.
• Measurements of luminance in the case of mixed traffic streets illumination.
• Lighting measurements in the case of historic manufacts conservation.
• Lighting design with advanced calculation software (eg, Adeline, Dialux, Relux, ...).
• Measurement of reverberation and acoustic requirements in the halls.
• Measurement of sound insulation of building structures, impact sound level, plants noise.
• Measurement of acoustic characteristics for highway noise barriers.
• Measurements of human exposure to noise in workplaces.
• Acoustic design with advanced calculation software (eg CATT Acoustic, Raynoise, Zorba, ...).
Teaching in Heritage Science
I am teaching the concepts to control and improve internal conditions in many cases, in particular for museum environments.
Charges/Duties
Scientific manager of the DESTeC Lab TEA.
