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The Building|s for People Symposium is organised by the Department of Environment and Mobility and the Department of Research and Doctoral Studies at ITBA. Building|s for People is financially supported by the Department of Environment and Mobility.
Organizing Team
Prof. Dr. Romina Rissetto
Symposium Chair
Dr. Isabel Mino Rodríguez
Organizer
Dr. Carlos Alberto Martínez
Co-organizer
Dr. Raul Marino
Co-organizer
Ing. Lautaro Capasso
Co-organizer
Scientific Committee
Isabel Miño Rodríguez
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Research Associate
Isabel is a multidomain indoor environment researcher whose work examines how thermal, visual, acoustic, and air-quality conditions interact to shape occupant comfort, wellbeing, and adaptive responses in buildings.
Laura Arpan
State University of New York at Buffalo
Professor
Studies environmental, health, and risk communication as well as consumer acceptance of renewable energy and psychological predictors of residential energy-related technology adoption.
Michael Kane
Northeastern University
Associate Professor
Citizen-centric controls, infrastructure automation; community resilience; grid-interactive efficient buildings; sustainability
Natalia Giraldo Vasquez
Technical University of Denmark, International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy
Assistant professor
Her research focuses on daylighting and lighting in buildings and occupants’ perception and well-being.
Ricardo Forigiarini Rupp
Sustainable buildings specialist
Key topics include thermal comfort, and sustainability in buildings.
Romina Rissetto
Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
Professor
Romina’s work focuses on sustainability and energy-related issues, with extensive experience in building science, indoor environmental quality, sustainable energy systems, and occupant comfort.
Sarah Outcault
University of California, Davis
Market Transformation Research Director
Social scientist whose research focuses on stakeholder perspectives, user experience, and technology adoption related to space conditioning and air quality in the built environment.
Sherif Goubran
The American University in Cairo
Assistant professor
Research examines the intersection of building performance, green governance, and sustainable finance, spanning empirical measurement, SDG policy frameworks, and design-led dissemination, to enable transformational decarbonization of the built environment.
Stephanie Gauthier
University of Southampton
Associate Professor
Research on occupant behaviour in buildings and its implications for energy systems and indoor environmental quality.