Emanuele Naboni

Professor / Consultant for Architectural Regenerative (Digital) Design for Climate Change, Ecology, Carbon and Health

Italy

About

• Practice: architectural techology + physics consultancy on 20+ districts and 100+ buildings, with 200+ full‑scale prototypes in 14+ countries. Collaborations include Renzo Piano, BIG, Kengo Kuma, William McDonough, Loisos + Ubbelohde, Google Technology, Mario Cucinella Architects, VELUX and Autodesk. • Education: 236+ courses in 26 countries at 25+ tier‑one universities; MSCA postdoctoral mentorship; NTNU Outstanding Academic Fellows mentoring; professorship review panels at Oxford and DTU; accredited Full Professor since 2020. • Recognition: prototypes exhibited at MoMA (NY), the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), London Building Centre and the Museum of the Future (Dubai). First‑prize wins: Lavazza Headquarters (Turin) and Telecom (Rome). Advisor to Italian Railways (net‑zero stations by 2050). Consultant to New Murabba (≈35 km²) and the Mukaab (400 × 400 × 400 m) in Riyadh. • Research & service: 45+ projects including EU initiatives—Go2CHANGE, CircularB, SHIFT, RESTORE, SHELDON, Positive Energy Districts, NLited, BeInterBaltic; FP7 VENUS‑C and ASCETiC. European Commission TAIEX consultant; Build Up Ambassador; Board Member, Living Future Institute; reviewer for CINEA and COST; Section Editor, Energy & Buildings (Decarbonisation). PLEA associate; formerly CISBAT; juror, Architizer Global Awards. • Publications: 100+ papers. Books: Green Buildings Pay (Routledge, 2015) and Regenerative Design in the Digital Practice (2020). Editor: Adapting to Heat (Elsevier, 2025). 130+ keynotes in 27 countries (ASHRAE, PLEA, Dubai Museum of Science). Director of YouBuild.

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