CARLUCCI SALVATORE

Salvatore Carlucci is a Full Professor at the University of Insubria (Varese), where he conducts research and teaching in the fields of environmental engineering physics and the design and management of high-performance buildings.

His scientific work focuses on building physics, occupant-centric building design and management, indoor environmental quality (thermal, visual, and acoustic comfort, air quality), microclimate simulation and climate change impacts, smart building technologies, and advanced building performance simulation and optimization methods.

He has gained significant international experience as a Full Professor at The Cyprus Institute (Energy, Environment, and Water Research Center, Nicosia) and, previously, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU (Trondheim). Throughout his career, he has also held academic and research positions at the Polytechnic University of Milan, combining his professional experience in building engineering.

He served as Subtask Leader of the IEA-EBC Annex 79 "Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation" and has held institutional and academic service roles, including coordinating initiatives on climate and the built environment and overseeing doctoral teaching at The Cyprus Institute.

The impact of his scientific output is documented by consolidated bibliometric indicators (Google Scholar: 130 publications, 6,953 citations, h-index 38; Scopus: 89 publications, 4,605 ​​citations, h-index 32; data updated as of January 27, 2025). He is the author of the book "Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Buildings" (Springer) and regularly contributes to the international literature on comfort, occupant behavior modeling, energy efficiency, and climate resilience of buildings.

He has received scientific and professional recognition, including inclusion in the Stanford database of the world's most cited researchers (top 2% for standardized indicators) and "Best Paper" awards/reviewer recognition from leading journals in the field.

He engages in international editorial and peer review activities: he is a member of the Editorial Boards of Building and Environment (Elsevier), Energy and Buildings (Elsevier), and Energy Efficiency (Springer); he has also conducted over 300 reviews for more than 50 journals. He is regularly involved as an external evaluator for international funding and academic selection bodies and programs (including FORMAS, Independent Research Fund Denmark, National Research Foundation Singapore, Canada Research Chair, and others).