Filippo Calcerano

Filippo Calcerano

Senior Researcher

+39 06 90672367
Rome
filippo.calcerano@cnr.it

Professional profile

Architecture |  Environmental Design |  Built heritage conservation | Building Performance Simulation | Interoperability | Culture-based climate action

expert in energy and environmental improvement of built heritage, mitigation and adaptation interventions, focusing on diagnostics, building and microclimate performance simulations (BPS), and Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM).

Responsible for the Energy and Environmental Analysis facility of the Mobile Laboratory (MOLAB) of E-RIHS.it, the Italian node of the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS).

Through extensive national and international professional and academic experience, he has developed a strong sensitivity to interdisciplinary research and to bridging knowledge gaps between diverse research fields and stakeholders. His work aims to streamline innovative, efficient, and sustainable digital workflows applied to built heritage.

His coordination and participation in numerous regional, national, European, and international research projects have deepened his expertise in integrating environmental design approaches within conservation theory, addressing the culture gap in climate policy and supporting culture-based climate action. He has led several interdisciplinary teams that have produced significant scientific advancements in workflows for energy and environmental improvement of built heritage and in the interoperability between Heritage BIM and numerical simulation.

As a member of the Climate Heritage Network, dr. Calcerano is also engaged in outreach and advocacy activities to address the “culture gap” in climate policy and support culture-based climate action and technological transfer activities.

Here are a couple of significant events from his professional experience:

CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors

  • SH8_6 Architecture, design, craft, heritage, knowledge, conservation, creative industries
  • SH5_11 Digital humanities; computational and digital approaches in the cultural sphere
  • PE8_11 Environmental engineering, e.g. sustainable design, waste and water treatment, recycling, regeneration or recovery of compounds, carbon capture & storage

Groups & Labs CNR ISPC

Built Heritage innovation Lab →

Publications

CNR IRIS platform →

Highlight

F. Calcerano, S. Thravalou, L. Martinelli, K. Alexandrou, G. Artopoulos, E. Gigliarelli. 2023. «Energy and Environmental Improvement of Built Heritage: HBIM Simulation-Based Approach Applied to Nine Mediterranean Case-Studies». Building Research & Information. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2204417

E. Verticchio, L. Martinelli, E. Gigliarelli, F. Calcerano. 2024. «Current practices and open issues on the whole-building dynamic simulation of historical buildings: A review of the literature case studies». Building and Environment 258 (June):111621. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111621

E. Verticchio, L. Martinelli, E. Gigliarelli, A. Potts, E. Lucchi, F. Calcerano. 2025. ‘Built Heritage Adaptation and Mitigation: The Need for a Joint Effort through Heritage Science’. In Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Cultural and Natural Heritage. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-34061-1.00010-X

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