Matteo Formolli is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Unversity of Science and Technology (NTNU), working at the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhood in Smart Cities (FME ZEN). He holds a BSc in Architectural Design from the Polytechnic University of Milan and an MSc in Sustainable Architecture from NTNU. The aim of his PhD research is to explore planning and design solutions for zero-emission neighbourhoods at high latitudes, with the optimization and integration of solar energy use at different scales of the project. The mutual interaction among different aspects such as building form, energy generation and use, daylight, materials, and architectural qualities, are all taken into account and investigated along the process.