Prof. Dr. Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo is a Full Professor and Chair at the School of Architecture, University of Seville (Spain). He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Computer Simulation Applied to Historic Settlements (2000), an M.Sc. in Renewable Energies (1999), and a B.Sc. in Architecture (1997). He has led research projects funded by the European Union and in collaboration with Ibero-American universities (Mexico, Brazil, Peru). He has also been a Visiting Scholar at several institutions worldwide, including Tsinghua University, Tongji University, and Nanjing University in China; Kobe Design University and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Japan; as well as Columbia University, UCLA, Cal Poly Pomona, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the USA. He is the author or co-author of seven books and more than forty peer-reviewed papers in the fields of low-energy buildings, passive solar design, indoor environmental quality, the built environment, and architectural heritage. He received the City of Seville Award in the category of Architecture and Energy. In addition, he is proficient in Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese.