Multi-scale Perspectives on Building Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Cities

Graziella Bernardo was born in Potenza on July 19, 1969. After graduating from classical high school Quinto Orazio Flacco in Potenza (Italy), in 1996, she graduated with honors in Engineering for the Environment and the Territory from the University of Basilicata. In 2000, she obtained the Ph.D. in Science and Technology of Minerals and Industrial By-products from the University of Sassari (Italy). She is a professor of material for architecture, material for restoration, sustainable materials, and technologies for cultural heritage at the Department for Humanistic, Scientific, and Social Innovation of Basilicata University. Her research activities are focused on sustainability of building processes and recovery, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage by means of the development of tailor-made green materials and heritage digital material passports (HDMPs).

Luis Manuel Palmero Iglesias was born in Valencia on December 2, 1957. He graduated in Building Engineering and Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) in 1987 and in Fine Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos (Valencia, Spain) in 2005. He received his European Ph.D. with honors in Architecture, Building, Urban, and Landscape from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and University of Florence (Italy). He was awarded the prize for best doctoral thesis in 2014. In 2018, he qualified as a full professor in the Italian disciplinary scientific sector CEAR 08/A Architectural Engineering. He is a professor of Construction and Building Systems at the Department of Building Constructions of Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). He has recognized international experience as a lecturer and researcher in the field of architectural heritage interventions