Within the doctoral program, the Building Physics sector develops research oriented towards the conservation, enhancement, use, and communication of the architectural heritage with the aim of the built environment decarbonization, indoor and outdoor environmental quality improvement, and the well-being, health, and safety of users.
Particular attention is paid to combining the current need for an ecological transition under the constraints of feasibility and conservation of both the architectural heritage and the landscape, and to studying the impact produced by the introduction of HVAC technologies in the context of the re-functionalization of buildings with historical and cultural value.
Such issues are addressed, with an interdisciplinary approach, through analytical, numerical, and experimental methods and they span from the scale of the artifact to the urban and territorial scales, integrating innovative technologies for environmental control, energy efficiency, and thermal, acoustic, and light characterization of the built environment.