Cristina Carletti has been a researcher of building physics in the Department of Architecture (DIDA), University of Florence, Italy, since 1998; she holds a PhD in building physics and is a lecturer of several courses on the same subject. Her research activity deals with the following areas: sustainability and energy saving, indoor air quality, indoor comfort, environmental quality in museums, monitoring indoor air quality, Passivhaus target in Mediterranean areas, and the hygienic conditions of aeraulic systems in HVAC equipment. She is the co-author of three books and several papers on building physics.