Roberto Giordano

Full Professor
Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)

Profile

Research interests

Advanced and sustainable manufacturing
Building and construction eco-rating
Circular economy
Design for recycling and reuse
Embodied carbon (ec) and embodied energy (ee)
Life cycle assessment (lca)
Nature based solutions and architecture
Whole life-cycle carbon (wlc)

Curriculum

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Scientific branch

ICAR/12 - ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Research topics

  • Carbon emissions accounting (Embodied Carbon) of products, buildings and infrastructures
  • Circular Construction: Circular principles in the construction sector; design and development of new materials based on byproducts and waste
  • Life Cycle Assessment: environmental effects study (e.g. Global Warming Potential, Non renewable resources depletion) of products and systems
  • Nature-Based Solutions: design and developing of Living Wall Systems and Rain Gardens

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_3 - Civil engineering, architecture, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment
SH2_7 - Environmental and climate change, societal impact and policy
PE8_12 - Lightweight construction, textile technology
PE8_11 - Sustainable design (for recycling, for environment, eco-design)

SDG

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 13: Climate action

Awards and Honors

  • Premio per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile conferred by Fondazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile ed Ecomondo, Italy (2013)

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Ricercatore, presso Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (1/5/2013-9/5/2013)

Non-commercial collaboration agreements

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • DESIGN E TECNOLOGIA. PERSONE, AMBIENTE, SISTEMI, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Master of Science

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Bachelor of Science

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Teaching and training projects

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Research

Research fields

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

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Supervised PhD students

Publications

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties