Giorgos Panaras is an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Western Macedonia, specializing on Building Energy Systems and Thermal Comfort/Indoor Environmental Quality. His PhD Thesis is on Solar Air-conditioning, while he has served as Research Fellow on Solar & other Energy Systems Laboratory of Demokritos Research Center, on the field of Accredited Testing and Optimized Design of Renewable Energy Sources Systems. He has participated in 23 Research Programmes (as a researcher or scientific responsible), while having co-authored more than 70 publications in international journals, or international and national conferences. He is Guest Editor of two special issues.