Elena Verticchio

Elena Verticchio

Research Fellow

Rome
elenaverticchio@cnr.it

Professional profile

Conservation Scientist | Preventive conservation | Microclimate study | Energy and Environmental simulation | Culture-based climate action

Conservation scientist, specialised on the study of microclimate data for the preventive conservation of cultural heritage. She earned a PhD in Environment and cultural heritage at Sapienza University of Rome, with a project focussing on the combined use of field measurements and building dynamic simulation for the climate-induced risk assessment in historic libraries.

She currently works on the integration of non-invasive diagnostics techniques and digital models for the energy and environmental improvement of historical buildings and on culture-based adaptation and mitigation of built heritage to climate change.

Her research activities focus on:

  • implementation of integrated approaches leveraging non-invasive diagnostic techniques for the energy and environmental analysis of built heritage (environmental monitoring, thermal imaging, heat flux meter, blower door test, etc.);
  • interoperable simulative approaches based on dynamic building performance simulation (BPS), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and heritage building information modelling (HBIM) to study historical buildings and traditional architectural settlements as a function of their specific characteristics and local climate conditions.

CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors

  • SH8_1 Science and Technologies for Cultural Heritage
  • SH8_6 Architecture, design, craft, heritage, knowledge, conservation, creative industries
  • PE10_2 Meteorology, atmospheric physics and dynamics

Groups & Labs CNR ISPC

Built Heritage Innovation Lab →

Publications

CNR IRIS platform →
ORCID →

Highlight

Verticchio E., Calcerano, F., Martinelli L., Gigliarelli E., Potts A., and Lucchi E. (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. From Conceptualization to Action” Elsevier. ISBN: 9780443340611. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-34061-1.00010-X

Frasca, F., Verticchio, E., Bosco, E., Kuka, E., Lee, D. S. H., Andersen, C. K., … & Siani, A. M. (2024). “Assessing microclimate thresholds for heritage preventive conservation to achieve sustainable and energy efficiency goals in a changing climate”. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 18707. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-69395-3

Verticchio E., Martinelli L., Gigliarelli E., and Calcerano, F. (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: 111621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111621

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