Capozzoli Alfonso

Alfonso Capozzoli  graduated in Mechanical Engineering and obtained a PhD in Engineering of Mechanical Systems at University of Naples Federico II (Italy). Currently he works as Associate Professor at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Torino. From 2018, he is qualified for Full Professor position (Italian Ministry for University and Research). He teaches HVAC systems and building physics at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture in Politecnico di Torino. 

His research activity is related to energy saving strategies in air conditioning systems, building energy fault detection and diagnosis, energy management in buildings through data analytics technologies, thermal management in data centers and super insulating materials in building components.   His contribution in the energy and buildings research area is aimed at exploring solutions for bridging the gap between the building physics and data science in the modern context of smart buildings.

He was general chair of the International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB 2016) and chair in various technical sessions in international conferences on building energy performance.  He has been member of the Scientific or Organizing Committee of several conferences. He was involved as investigator in International Research Projects and in various research groups of the International Energy Agency (IEA-EBC) on building energy performance. He has been responsible for different research/consultancy scientific contracts of the Department of Energy at the Politecnico di Torino and for research projects financed by Italian National Energy Agency (ENEA). He is reviewer for some of the most relevant international journals in the building physics sector. His research activity is summarised in more than 100 scientific papers published in international journals and conference proceedings. In 2017 and in 2018 he spent a period as visiting principal fellow at the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) of the University of Wollongong (Australia).

Academic courses

• Bachelor's degree:
  • Building physics and HVAC systems
• Masters's degree:
  • Energy management and automation in buildings
  • Final design studio (techniques for the built environment control)

Institutional roles

• Executive commitee member of Specialising Master’s Programmes and Lifelong Learning School at Politecnico di Torino
• Board member of the Information Technology Strategies Commission at Politecnico di Torino
• Council member of Specialising Master’s Programmes and Lifelong Learning School at Politecnico di Torino

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