Decarbonisation, Digitalisation, Distributed renewable energy generation: the life cycle perspective in the evolving energy sector

Maurizio Cellura

President of the Italian LCA Network Association

Prof. Maurizio Cellura is full professor of Building physics and energy systems since 2011 at the University of Palermo, his scientific activity is mainly oriented towards energy and environmental topics, with focus on energy efficiency in buildings, technologies powered by renewable energy and decarbonization strategies of systems and processes. His experience on international level on building science and LCA is clarified by the participation to many International Energy Agency work groups.
Since 2013 he is member of the Consultation Board of MIUR for Horizon 2020, Challenge "Secure, clean, and efficient energy", since 2014 he is representative for the University of Palermo of the "Sustainable Solutions Development Network", agency of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), since 2015 he was President of the Italian LCA Network Association. Since June 2014, he is coordinator of the Ph.D. course in "Energy and information Technologies" at the University of Palermo. Since December 2015 he is member of the Scientific Council of the University of Palermo.
He is also author of more than 280 publications in the fields of LCA, multicriteria decision making, industrial ecology, energy efficiency in buildings and building simulation.