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Alessandro is a Senior Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic University of Bari. He has been working in the field of Nanotechnologies for energy efficiency since the beginning of his doctoral studies, in 2008. His current research activity deals with applied thermodynamics and smart materials/devices for energy saving, heat pumps, HVAC. He earned a Qualification for the role of Associate Professor in 2018. He collaborates with several scientific journals, as an Editor and Editoral Board Member.

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Climate Change Potential of Building Envelopes: The Role of Materials with Variable Thermo-Optical Properties

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Francesco Fiorito (MEng, PhD) is Full Professor of Architectural Engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry (DICATECh) of Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy), and Visiting Professorial Fellow in the School of Built Environment of the University of New South Wales (Australia). Prior to joining the Polytechnic University of Bari, he has been Associate Professor of High-Performance Architecture at the University of New South Wales, Australia (2016) and Senior Lecturer in Architectural Technology at the University of Sydney, Australia (2011-2016). His main research expertise is in facade engineering and design. In recent years his research has focused on the development of technologies and systems for adaptive facades, which actively respond to variable outdoor conditions, mitigating Urban Heat Island effects and improving indoor comfort. Francesco in the last 10 years has been involved as Chief Investigator in several research projects funded by public and private bodies in Europe and Australia. Moreover, he authored about 150 research outputs (monographs, journal articles, chapters of books, conference proceedings). Based on the impact of his research outputs, Francesco has been recently included in the list of best 2% researchers within Ioannidis’ database. Francesco is the Special Issue Editor of the international Journal Energy and Buildings and Associate Editor of the international journals Architectural Science Review and e-Prime; moreover, he is member of the editorial board of several international journals (Energy and Buildings, Climate, Energies). For his outstanding contribution to science and technology, in 2020 Francesco has been elected as fellow of the World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies.

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Various Tungsten Oxide Smart Window Technologies: Device Architecture and Material Design

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Urša Opara Krašovec is a Scientific Counsellor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana. As a Marie Curie fellow she has performed her postdoc at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy System in Freiburg, Germany. She has been involved in the development of new materials for solar cells and smart windows. Her R&D activities focus on development of materials in thin layer or powder form using sol-gel chemistry approaches, studying their structural, electrochemical, optical and optoelectronic properties and evaluating their integration to the (opto)electronic devices. Her research field covers also the development of the inks, suspensions and pastes that enable the deposition of the layers using different printing techniques. She has been responsible for the research activities in many national and European level research projects and supervised four PhD students. Since 2003 she is acting as an evaluator for the European Commission.

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Photochromic and Thermochromic Nanostructured Materials

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Loredana Latterini has been a Professor at the University of Perugia since 2006 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2018. Under her guidance, the Nano4- Light Lab has been established and it is continuously developing. Her research interests are photo-active materials and photoinduced processes. Loredana's current research activities aim to develop nano‐ structured materials for light conversion and photonic applications.

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Hybrid Electrochromic Devices Based on Cobalt or Iodide/Triiodide Redox Electrolytes

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Dr. George Syrrokostas is currently an Assistant Professor at the Physics Department of University of Patras, Greece, where he also received his Ph.D. degree. His current research is focused on the synthesis, characterization, and application of nanomaterials for third generation solar cells, mainly dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells. He works also on the development of novel photoelectrochromic devices and hybrid electrochromic devices for energy efficient buildings. His research activity has led to the publication of 23 papers in refereed international journals. He has about 690 citations (H-index 16).