Paola Lassandro graduated summa cum laude in Civil Engineering (1993, Polytechnic of Bari). Then, she studied for a Master's in Science in European Construction Engineering in England (Loughborough University) and in Spain (Santander, Universidad de Cantabria), and after her final thesis on “Maintenance in Europe”, she obtained her Master's degree (1994). She holds a PhD in Building Engineering from the University “La Sapienza” of Rome (1999). Since 2001, she has been a researcher of the National Research Council of Italy Construction Technologies Institute (CNR-ITC) in the field of architectural technology. She is the Head of the BA Research Unit ITC-CNR, researching methodologies and technologies for the enhancement of the built environment and the territory, and the head of “Building survey and verification laboratory of the BA Research Unit” ITC-CNR, which is also a testing laboratory, System 3 (EN 14351-1:2006+A1:2010) of CNR-ITC (Notified Body –n.0970- Regulation EU No. 305/2011). She has carried out research related to sustainable construction.