Francesca Olivieri is an Associate Professor (Profesora Titular de Universidad) at the Department of Construction and Technology in Architecture (DCTA) of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain. She teaches building physics, sustainable design, and energy efficiency in buildings. Her research activity currently focuses on Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) and their potential to improve the energy performance of buildings and help cities adapt to climate change. She also researches and writes about BIPV systems and Positive Energy Districts (PEDs). She holds a master’s degree in Architecture from Univesità degli Studi di Camerino, Italy, and a Ph.D. in thermal-energy performance and predictive models of green roofs and walls from UPM. She has participated as a researcher in more than 30 research projects, being the principal investigator in 10 of them. In the last few years, she has been the principal investigator of two international projects. She has published more than 30 research articles in indexed journals, and she dreams of writing a book on NBSs for architects. She holds two six-year research quality premiums (sexenios de investigación 2009–2014 and 2015–2020) and also has positions of responsibility in the management of academic bodies, being the Deputy Director for Research, Innovation and Doctoral Studies of the School of Architecture (ETS Arquitectura) and a member of the steering committee of the Innovation and Technology for Development Center (itdUPM).