eERG, one of the scientific laboratories of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) of Politecnico di Milano, provides technical support in the field of energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality of buildings (Indoor Environmental Quality, IEQ), with a strong link to scientific research on these topics, in particular in the context of Europe funded projects.
The eERG laboratory is dedicated to monitoring the energy performance of buildings, monitoring and evaluation of short and long-term thermo-hygrometric comfort indicators, Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE), through standardized comfort interviews according to ASHRAE 55, winter and summer energy flexibility tests, measurements aimed at calibrating dynamic simulation models of buildings, air quality measurements.
Meet our team
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Lorenzo Pagliano
Full Professor in Building Physics at DAStU, Politecnico di Milano, PhD in Energy Engineering, Visiting at LBNL in energy economics and regulation. In 1997 Prof. Pagliano created a research group at Politecnico di Milano, whose aim was to lead competences about low energy buildings, comfort models, analysis of energy efficiency technologies and programmes, efficiency and sufficiency policies. Since then, he still leads the eERG, end-use Efficiency Research Group.
Has participated in, promoted and directed more than 50 research projects and studies funded by public (e.g. Regional Governments, National Ministries, European Union) and private bodies (e.g. Electric Companies) on various aspects of buildings analysis and simulation, buildings monitoring, comfort surveys and energy economics and planning, with a special focus on end use efficiency and sufficiency.
lorenzo.pagliano@polimi.it
Izabella Jadwiga Milto
Izabella Jadwiga Milto is a Ph.D. candidate in Sustainable Development and Climate Change at the Polytechnic University of Milan and IUSS Pavia, researching innovative passive cooling technologies for climate resilient buildings. She holds a Master’s in Architecture from IUAV Venice (specializing in Architectural Conservation and Urban Restoration) and a Bachelor’s from BTU Cottbus (focus: Building Physics and Structures).
izabellajadwiga.milto@polimi.it
Silvia Erba
Silvia Erba is a Senior Researcher (RTDB) at Politecnico di Milano within the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), specializing in building physics, energy design, and the sustainable use of territorial energy resources. She holds both an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Building Engineering, earned with honors from Politecnico di Milano.
silvia.erba@polimi.it
Seyedshayan Shahrestani
Shayan Shahrestani is a research fellow at the Polytechnic University of Milan, specializing in the analysis of comfort performance and energy use in buildings through on-site measurements and simulations. This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of strategies such as natural ventilation, using ceiling fans, and night ventilation to provide comfort and reduce building energy use.
seyedshayan.shahrestani@polimi.it
Federico Del Prete
Federico Del Prete, PhD is a fellow researcher at DAStU. His expertise spans from the dissemination of energy efficiency and sufficiency matters to the stakeholders engagement, taking also care of the communication of eERG activities.
federico.delprete@polimi.it
Andrea Sangalli
Andrea Sangalli, building engineer, has been collaborating with eERG since 2010. Former research fellow and technician at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano he is Senior technician at DAStU and eERG-Lab’s Technical Manager. He also coordinates the Laboratories System of DAStU for the year 2025.
andrea.sangalli@polimi.it
Humera Mughal
Humera Mughal has been affiliated with the eERG as a research collaborator, contributing to interdisciplinary research focused on energy efficiency and sustainable architecture. She is an architectural professional with a foundation in design and a specialized focus on computational and algorithmic methods in architecture. She holds a PhD in Computational Design in Architecture, earned through a double degree program between the University of Palermo in Italy and the University of Lisbon in Portugal.
humera.mughal@polimi.it
Abdelaalim Mabrouki
Abdelaalim Mabrouki is currently a research fellow at the Department of Architecture and
Urban Studies at Politecnico di Milano, where he is part of the End-Use Energy Efficiency
Research Group.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physical-Chemistry of Materials from the Faculty of Science
and Technology (FST) at Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) in Marrakech, and a Master of
Science in Sustainable Energy Management from the School of Science and Engineering
(SSE) at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI), Morocco.
abdelaalim.mabrouki@polimi.it
Andrea Roscetti
Andrea Roscetti is
Lecturer and researcher at Academy of Architecture at Università della Svizzera Italiana where he teaches Building physics, Energy sufficiency, Mechanics and processes, Physics of confined environments, and Rational use of energy.
andrea.roscetti@mail.polimi.it
Roberto Armani
Designer and consultant in the realm of comfort, cost-optimal design and energy flexibility of buildings. Expert in energy simulations of buildings and HVAC systems. Competent in commissioning activities.
Co-author of several academic articles, he collaborates with the eERG.
Teacher and coordinator of the Ridef – reinventare l’energia Master at Politecnico di Milano
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ing.armani@gmail.com
Anwar Endris Hassen
Anwar Endris Hassen is a PhD candidate in the National PhD Program in Sustainable Development and Climate Change, between the University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia and Politecnico di Milano. His research focuses on the role of the building envelope as a thermal storage system for enhanced building energy flexibility and the integration of natural ventilation strategies. He brings strong expertise in data science, energy modeling, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to support his interdisciplinary work. Anwar holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Thermal and Energy Systems Engineering from Addis Ababa University.
anwarendris.hassen@polimi.it