Fabio Zanghirella holds a degree in Civil Engineering (2005) and earned a PhD in Energetics from the Polytechnic University of Torino in 2008. Since 2013, he has been a Researcher at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), within the Department for Energy Efficiency. His research activities span building physics; transparent, active, and green building envelope technologies; energy systems for buildings and districts; methods for estimating residential energy consumption; and approaches for evaluating the energy performance of the Italian building stock. More recently, his work has increasingly focused on the interactions between urban heat island mitigation and adaptation strategies and building energy use. His goal is to support the development of integrated solutions and policy frameworks that simultaneously address building energy efficiency, climate change mitigation, and climate adaptation. He recently led, for ENEA, the projects H2020 X-tendo and LIFE22-CET-EPBD.wise.  In addition to his research, he provides technical support to EU Member States in implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), facilitating the exchange of knowledge, best practices, harmonized procedures, and developing guidelines. He is a member of the Concerted Action EPBD team and currently leads Central Team 5, which is dedicated to decarbonization and zero‑emission buildings.