Emanuele Naboni is Associate Professor in Sustainable Design and Climate Architecture at the Institute of Architectural Technology of the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. He teaches sustainable design courses and studios. He worked with and consulted foremost architectural offices in Europe and US. He has received his PhD in Building Science from Politecnico di Milano (2006) developing his studies at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) – with a thesis focusing on high performances buildings with the supervision of Ezio Arlati and Vladimir Bazjanac. Previously, he had his Masters in Architecture (2002) (cum laude) at Politecnico di Milano with a specialization in sustainable design. It was of the contributors to Winds – a web based intelligent tutoring system for architects (2003) promoted by the European Community in the area of Building Technology. He is a specialist of sustainable design concept developments and environmental performance simulation, consulting software tools developers such as Autodesk. Emanuele was, from 2007 to the end of 2009, sustainable design specialist and analyst at the “Performance Design Studio” of SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP). He was a guest researcher at EETD (Environment and Energy Technology Department) at LBNL (2007 to 09 and in summer 2011). Since 2002, he has been working on environmental project design and environmental research. He was involved with with SOM in the master plans of Nanchang and Shenzhen, the commercial towers in Nanchang and Guangzhou in China and the San Bernardino Courthouse. He previously worked at a prefabricated building and a demonstrative green building at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry with Michelle Kaufman Design (2006). Before he worked at prototypes for ventilated facades developed with Aderma and Laminam (2003-05) He has recently won a F7 EU programme for sustainable design with the use of simulation on a cloud computing environment. Other areas of research are: green cities, Architectural vs. Mechanical means in high performance buildings, daylighting and indoor comfort. Emanuele works together with humanitarian agencies to develop ecological and affordable houses in Tanzania, Thailand and other third world countries. He has received prizes in international competitions of environmental design. His projects are published on magazines such as Domus and Arca. He currently writes about sustainability topics on architectural and specialized magazines and has just finalized the book “Green Building Pays. Design, Productivity and Ecology” for Routledge with Brian Edwards. The book will be distributed worldwide in late 2012.

SUMMARY CV (UPDATED APRIL 22, 2012)

Current                                                                                                  

- Associate Professor in Climate Architecture at the Institute of Technology, Architecture, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen

- Founder of e3Lab / energy - environment – ecology.  E3Lab is Sustainable Design Laboratory that supports public and private institutions, architects and mechanical engineers in the development and implementation of sustainable concepts.

Past

- Sustainable Design Specialist at Performative Design Group - Skidmore Owings & Merrill, LLP

- Guest Researcher at the Environmental Energy Technology Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

- Environmental Simulation Specialist - Autodesk

- Sustainable Design Specialist of Efficient Prefabricated Buildings - Michelle Kaufmann Designs

- Part time collaboration as Energy Analyst - Loisos + Ubbelodhe

- Building Envelope Design Specialist - Prefabbricati Robbiati

- Research and Teaching Assistant - Politecnico di Milano / Building Environment Sciences and Technology

- Green Design Specialist - Ghigos ideas

Education

- PhD in Building Science Politecnico di Milano

- PhD visiting scholar at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California

- Master in Architecture Politecnico di Milano

Professional Licenses

- Architect License

- LEED Accredited Professional

Current Position

Associate Professor in Climate Architecture - Institute of Technology, Architecture, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen

Since 2010. Research, consultancy and teaching in the fields of Sustainable Design, Climate Architecture, Building Performance Simulation. Currently conducting research in sustainable building design in Asia and Africa. He is the leader of a project for the implementation of environmental simulation in the practice of architecture trough the development of cloud computing services (EU framework 7 founding).  He is Co-author of the book Green Buildings Pay, third Edition, published by Routledge with Brian Edwards.

Founder - e3Lab / energy - environment – ecology

Since 2009. E3Lab is a global research and consultancies company focusing on the development of strategies for effective building technologies, green buildings and sustainable cities. 

Past Position

Affiliate at Environmental Energy Technology Division - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Summer 2011. Guest Researcher in Building Performance and Simulation.

Environmental Simulation Consultant – Autodesk. October 2009 – May 2011.  Simulation Specialist

Sustainable Design Specialist at Performative Design Group - Skidmore Owings & Merrill, LLP
2007 –2009, San Francisco. Development and design of green and efficient buildings and master plans - innovative environmental methodologies and building environmental simulations.  Main Projects: Nanchang Financial District Green Master Plan -  Agile Tower parametric model based on solar data  - Shenzen Master Plan Green Strategies - San Bernardino Courthouse daylighting and energy based design -  Nanchang Solar Tower design - Park Merced Wind Simulation (Cfd) - Salt Lake City Tower envelope optimization based on energy simulation – Park Merced Eco-unit Renovation

Guest Researcher at Environmental Energy Technology Division - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2008 –2009. Environmental simulation and geometry integration, high performances facades

Sustainable Design Specialist of Efficient Prefabricated Buildings - Michelle Kaufmann Designs
2006 -2007, Oakland. Sustainable design development of prefabricated buildings. Main Projects: Prefabricated prototype “Glidehouse” Kyhoara Residence; Prefabricated prototype “Sunset Breezehouse” - Whithun Residence, Burson, California; Demonstrational Prefabricated Building for the Museum Of Science And Industry, Chicago, Marycrest Syster’s prefabricated religious community, Denver; Prefab Competition, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Energy Modeling - Loisos + Ubbelodhe (part time). 2007 (4 months), Alameda. Collaborative analysis on nodal ventilation simulation applied to Helios Building, Berkeley. Collaborative generation of Energy Model for the Ratna Ling Fitness Center.

Green Design Specialist and Architect - Nilus Design / San Francisco. 2005, Sustainable design of commercial and residential buildings. Main Projects: Ntropic Offices – sustainable Retrofit, San Francisco; “Cloud view” – House Retrofit – Sausalito, California; Passive Building “Surfshop” – Graphic Designer Center – Halfmoon Bay, California

Building Envelope Design Specialist - Prefabbricati Robbiati. 2004, Milano. Main Projects: Covering Addition – Milan; Giambelli Headquarters . Design of Building Envelope; Milan, Green House Design

Research and Teaching Assistant - Politecnico di Milano / Building Environment Sciences and Technology. 2002 – 2004, Milano. Research at Building Environment Sciences and Technology / Politecnico di Milano, writing for WINDS - architecture and engineering university on line, assistant in teaching at Architecture Technology and Industrial Design with Ezio Arlati.

Co-Instructor/Lecturer for the following classes: Interior Design Studio, faculty of Industrial Design, 2004, Efficient Buildings Computer Assisted Design, 2003 

Ghigos ideas. 2000 –2003, Lissone, Italy. Green Concept Development. Group founded with the goal of experience architecture and sustainable design trough competitions

Architectural profession in Italy

Main Projects from 2000 to 2003: (with Riccardo Sala) Henkel Headquarters – Milan; Competition for Residential Building, Zelo Buon Persico; Multi-Residential Complex, Mediglia; / Dwelling, Terrace, Swimming Pool And Greenhouse - Residence Ravizza, Gruppo Ipi, Milan; House Renovation , Via Guerrini,  Milan, (with Borgoglio Motta) Historical Building Retrofit Besana Brianza – Milan; Multi Level Parking – Preliminary Design – Fabbrica Del Vapore – Milan; Multi Level Parking – Acquileia

Education

Politecnico di Milano, PhD, Building Science, 2004 – 2007, High Performance Building’s Facade Design and Simulation, Supervisor: Vladimir Bazjanac, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Visiting student, 2004 – 2007

UC Berkeley, Visiting student, 2005

Politecnico di Milano, Bachelor and Master cum laude, Architecture, Environmental Design
1995 – 2001

Professional Licenses

-LEED AP, Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design, Accredited professional for New Construction and Major Renovation, 2007

- Italian license to practice architectural design, 2003

Teaching

Teaching at the Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture, Copenhagen

Bachelor in Architecture:
- Technology 1 - Space and Climate
- Technology 2 - Building and Climate
- Technology 4 - Sustainable Design and Technology 

Master in Architecture

- Technology 5 –Sustainability in practice and Environmental Simulation

Royal Danish Academy courses for professionals

-Energy simulation and BIM course, 2012

Special lectures and other Teaching at seminars, workshops, courses:

- Danish Architectural Center (2012)
- University of Pennsylvania Program in Scandinavian countries (2011)
- Venus C, Brussels (2011)
- Social Housing Workshop at Ecoweek, Milan (2011)
- Historical Building Energy Retrofit, University of Arkansas in Rome (2011)
- Daylighting in Architecture, Copenhagen (2011) 
- High Performance Passive Design with Building Simulation course, Autodesk, Milano, 2010
- AAA Cercasi, residential design, member of Jury, Milan (2011)
- Energy Modeling course, Modena, 2010
- Passive Design, School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark (2010)
- Transolar Energy Design Workshop, with Aarhus School of Architecture and RDA (2010)
- Pushing the Envelope Master class, TU Delft and RDA, Copenhagen (2010)
- TU Delft, research meetings, Delft (2009)
- Made Expo, Milan (2009)
- Lectures at Department BEST, Master in Architecture, Politecnico di Milano (2007 and 2009)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, (2006) 

Main Research Projects

- (on going) Venus C, Cloud computing for Sustainable Parametric Design in different Climates, EU F7 founding, 2011-12

- (on going) Healthy Homes, Sustainable Housing in third world place in Africa and Asia. Prototype development. International Association for Health, 2011-12

- Green Material Research, 2009, For Skidmore Owings and Merril LLP, San Francisco (USA)
- Energy Performances of Prefabricated Houses, 2007, For Michelle Kauffman Designs, Oakland (USA)
- Prescriptive Energy Code verification with the use of Building Information Models, 2007
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, for prof. Vladimir Bazjanac
 - Ventilated Façade testing,  2005, Politecnico di Milano with prof. Ezio Arlati
- Aderma spa- Facade components development, Turate, Italy, 2004, with Ezio Arlati
- Laminam spa – Green components design and development, Fiorano, Italy, 2004, with Ezio Arlati
- Winds - Web based intelligent tutoring system. On line virtual institute for arch. and engineer, Department of Environmental and Building Technology, 2002-2003 Politecnico di Milano with prof. Ezio Arlati
Co-author for the Italian chapter on the subject of green buildings technologies.

Architectural Competitions Award

- Concorso Internazionale di Progettazione di Housing Sociale "Una Comunità per Crescere", 2009
(best 16) 
- Guido Nardi Prize – Ceramic Materials Applications in Constructions, Milan, Italy,  2005 (Nominated)
- Bioclimatic Houses – Rome, Italy, 2004 (Nominated)
- Was Kommt Aufs Dach? (Green Roof Technology Design), Munich, Germany, 2003. (Third Prize)
- Università Bocconi: Un Campus Per Il Terzo Millennio, Milan, Italy,  2002. Featured on Domus (Fifth Prize)
- Mobilità, Turismo, Cultura: Tre Luoghi Pubblici Per Abbiategrasso, Italy, 2002, Featured on Arca (Nominated) (Italy)
- Feidad 2001 Taiwan University, 2001, Featured on Arca (Best 16)
-  16 Tm Membrane Design Competition 2001, Taiyo Kogyo Corporation, Japan, 2001 (Best 36 – Mention of Shigeru Ban)

Academic Awards and Grants

- Progetto DRIN Grant, for research abroad, 2005
- Institute of Student Grant, for outstanding school merits, 1997, 1998,1999, 2000, 2001