Cinzia Abbate Editor

Cinzia Abbate is an architect and a professor at Temple University in Rome. She was the former director of the Rensselaer Politecnico di Roma, and the Italian representative at the International Energy Agency for architectural integration of renewable energy. Since 2011, she has been an architectural advisor at the American Academy in Rome and a member of the scientific committee of the Energy Forum.

Carlo Vigevano, architect, is an expert in the field of heritage historic building restoration and sustainable architecture. He has been an architectural advisor at the American Academy in Rome since 2011. He has taught as guest professor at several universities and has participated in research projects on urban quality for sustainability in Europe with the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Università di Roma. As team leader, he has won several Italian architectural competitions.