Salvalai Graziano, building Engineer-Architect, PhD, associate professor at Politecnico di Milano (IT). MSc in Building and Architectural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, in 2006. PhD in Building Engineering cum laude in 2010 (at Politecnico di Milano). He was the visiting scientist at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy System in Freiburg (DE) in the Solar Building Dept. in 2009 and a visiting scientist at the Power System Design and Studies Group of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CO, US, in 2017. He was a visiting professor at Colorado University in Boulder, CO, US, and a guest researcher at Drexel University, Philadelphia, US, in 2018. He is an associate professor at Politecnico di Milano in the Dept. of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering. He is the scientific director of the Building Energy Efficiency Pilot Plant at Politecnico di Milano. His research focus is on innovative construction techniques and on the integration of building systems and their control through energy simulation tools. He is responsible for several consultancy works in the field of energy-efficient technologies. He is the local coordinator of four Horizon 2020-funded projects and two research work funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.