Luca Gugliermetti (PhD) is a researcher at the Department of Architecture and Design (DIAP) of the University of Studies of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy). With a background in energy engineering, after his doctorate in 2018, he spent two years as a research fellow at the Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering of “La Sapienza” University of Rome, and another two years at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA). Currently, he is working on the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan for the digitalization of the built environment by Digital Twin techniques. He has published more than 70 scientific works published, 54 of them traced on international databases. His research activities include thermo-fluid dynamics, sustainability, energy and digital systems, sensors, virtual technologies, space data, and satellite systems.
Federico Cinquepalmi (PhD) holds a master’s degree in architecture from the IUAV University of Venice (Italy) and a PhD in Science and Technology for Industrial Innovation from the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). Since March 2022, he has been a full professor of Project Management at the faculty of Architecture at Sapienza University. Previously, from 2009–2022, he was a senior researcher at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) and at the Italian National Agency for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA). In the meantime, he was appointed Director of International Affairs at the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research. In the last 30 years, he has focused his scientific research on the sectors of sustainable development and policies applied to built environments, digital technologies for building management, and cultural heritage.