Mr. Francesco Causone, Assistant Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Francesco Causone is an Associate Professor at the Politecnico di Milano. He holds a master degree in Architecture, a PhD in Technical Innovation for the Built Environment and he is a LEED AP. He was awarded the REHVA young scientist award 2012. Prof. Causone has gained world-class industry experience as a Sustainability Researcher at Foster + Partners in London. He is partner of several European research projects focussed on the development of energy and housing services. He has been PI of a 3-years project on the monitoring of energy performance of a zero-energy building in the Mediterranean climate and of a 2-years project focused on the assessment of outdoor comfort. From 2007 to 2010 he coordinated a team, for the design of a multi-functional sustainable centre in Italy and he won, in 2018, as environmental expert of the Co-Inventing Doria team, the international call Reinventing Cities promoted by C40, designing a carbon neutral hostel. He is author of more than 60 scientific publications. He has been visiting professor at Paris EST, teaching a PhD course about indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort assessment in buildings, and visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge.
Topic:Carbon neutrality: a building-scale goal or a city-wide goal? (Video Connection)
