Luisa Pastore

Luisa Pastore is a Scientific Project Manager at the intersection of sustainable design, technology, and social impact. Experienced in developing and managing complex international programs bridging academia, foundations, policy and industry. Since 2022, she has been in charge of the management of SWICE, a trans- and interdisciplinary 8-year-long research project aimed to explore and test sustainable social change practices and technological solutions towards the Swiss energy transition.She also works for the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction where she oversees different programs offered by the Foundation to promote and democratize the latest leading-edge thinking and best practice on sustainable design and construction from around the globe.With a background in Architectural Engineering, Luisa specialised in sustainable architecture, bioclimatic design and comfort in buildings through a PhD from the University of Palermo (2013) followed by a Post-doc at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID) of EPFL (2014-2019). ResearchCurrent Research Fields SWICESustainable Wellbeing for the Individual and the Collectivity in the Energy transitionThe project is sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy’s SWEET programme (Call 1-2021 “Living and Working) Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Minu Agarwal Courses Comfort and architecture: sustainable strategies AR-442 This class offers an overview about comfort evaluations in architectural design and suggests passive and low-energy strategies suited to ensure the highest possible indoor environment quality for buildings. UE K : Architecture and Sustainability : performance studies AR-440 This course is based on the team design of a temporary, mobile and sustainable theater. A pedagogical approach which will focus on the introduction of the concepts of sustainability applied to the design of a project with a short life span. Chargée de cours Lecturer for the following classes- Comfort and architecture: sustainable strategies (2015-2025)- UE K : Architecture and Sustainability : performance studies (2022-2025)- Renewable energy and solar architecture in Davos (2015-2019)