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- Architectural and Urban Design
- Environmental Technological Design
- Energy Infrastructure
- Green infrastructure
- Inter and trans disciplinary approaches
- socio-technical low-carbon transition
- Design with sun and wind
- Decentralised Energy Systems in the Built Environment
- Energy Retrofit
- Positive Energy Blocks
Teaching staff:
- Qualifications:PhD in Environmental Design, MSc in Ecology of Landscape and Environmental Planning, 5-year Master's Degree in Architecture
- Position:Associate Professor of Architecture and Building Performance
- Department:School of Architecture and Environment
- Email:Maurizio.Sibilla@uwe.ac.uk
Area of expertise
Dr Maurizio Sibilla is an internationally recognised expert in sustainable architecture and building performance, with a distinctive focus on integrating architectural design, energy systems, and urban resilience. His pioneering research on Buildings-as-Energy-Service and Positive Energy Blocks has significantly influenced EU innovation agendas and driven transformative change in architectural practice in response to climate challenges.
As Principal Investigator, Dr Sibilla has secured over £1.1 million in competitive research funding, leading interdisciplinary projects across the UK and Europe. His work is widely published in leading academic journals and regularly presented at international conferences and industry forums.
At UWE, Dr Sibilla serves as Research Lead for the Sustainable Design, Materials and Building Performance theme within CABER, where he also mentors early-career researchers. He contributes to the academic community through editorial board memberships, guest editing roles in Q1 journals, and peer review for national and international funding bodies.
His academic excellence has been recognised through several prestigious awards, including:
- Oxford Brookes Research Excellence & Impact Award (2021)
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, European Commission (2017)
- Seal of Excellence – Scientific Independence of Young Researchers (SIR), Italian Ministry of Research (2014)
Current research interests include:
- Application of AI techniques in architectural and urban design for energy-positive environments
- Development of new urban models for community energy and decentralised renewable energy systems
- Use of Augmented Reality to implement micro-green infrastructure
- Creation of new metrics to evaluate the ecological value of nature-based solutions in built environments
Dr Sibilla’s interdisciplinary pedagogy—developed through multiple Erasmus+ programmes (e.g., InCLIMATE, EH-CMap: NET_Learning, Advanced Training on Energy Efficiency in Historic Heritage)—has been recognised by UKRI and COP26, and continues to inspire innovation in architectural education.
Dr Sibilla led relevant projects as applied research for a total budget of c. €120,000,000. For example, he was a lead designer of two of the most important public-funded urban programmes in Italy, such as Neighbourhood Contract II (2005-2010) and Plus programmes (2011-2015). He coordinated the Sapienza University team for developing one of the new urban centrality of the master plan of Rome. As a consultant, he also conducted applied research within the international arena (e.g. urban regeneration programme - Lin'an Heritage Park, Hangzhou, China; LIFE+ and Interreg MED funded by EC).
He has also achieved prizes and accolades within the framework of international architectural contests (e.g. Guggenheim Helsinky, Neighbourhood the City of Science, Rome, and Master Plan Chioggia, among others).
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