By Dr Gloria Pignatta

Books

Nagappan B; Pignatta G; Dhass A, 2026, Advanced Energy Technologies for Green Buildings, CRC Press

Nagappan B; Pignatta G; Dhass AD, 2026, Advanced Energy Technologies for Green Buildings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003752837

Pignatta G; Lim N; Acero JA; Mughal MO, 2018, Tools for Cooling Singapore: A guide of 20+ simulation tools to assess urban heat island and outdoor thermal comfort, Pignatta G; Lim N, (ed.), http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000428031

Book Chapters

Pignatta G, 2024, 'The role of energy-efficient buildings in the post-carbon future', in Golubchikov O; Yennetti K (ed.), Smart Cities, Energy and Climate: Governing Cities for a Low-Carbon Future, Wiley, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118641156.ch19

Meir I; Isaac S; Pignatta G, 2023, 'Conclusions, or a more critical rethinking of the project', in Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities, Routledge, pp. 204 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003267171-17

Pignatta G, 2023, 'Leachability of spent chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood encapsulated in geopolymer cement', in , Springer, pp. 657 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33148-0_52

He BJ; Pignatta G; Jupesta J, 2023, 'An Era to Address Climate Change for Urban Resilience', in , pp. 3 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46109-5_1

Ullah KR; Santamouris M, 2023, 'Introduction to net-zero and positive-energy communities', in Isaac S; Meir I; Pignatta G (ed.), Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities: Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003267171-1

Pignatta G, 2023, 'Part 1: Italian case study', in Isaac S; Meir I; Pignatta G (ed.), Net Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the Zero Plus Project Experience, pp. 72 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003267171-6

Pignatta G; He B; Prasad D, 2022, 'Climate Emergency, Actions and Environmental Sustainability', in He B; Prasad D; Jupesta J; Pignatta G (ed.), Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, Springer Cham, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12015-2_1

Kolokotsa D; Pignatta G; Ulpiani G, 2022, 'Nearly Zero-Energy and Positive-Energy Buildings: Status and Trends', in Di Somma ML; Graditi G (ed.), Technologies for Integrated Energy Systems and Networks, pp. 239 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527833634.ch10

Pignatta G, 2017, 'Strategies for Cooling Singapore: A catalogue of 80+ measures to mitigate urban heat island and improve outdoor thermal comfort', in Ruefenacht L; Acero JA (ed.), , http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000258216

Edited Books

He B; Jupesta J; Pignatta G, (eds.), 2023, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, Springer Nature

Isaac S; Meir I; Pignatta G, (eds.), 2023, Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities: Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience, Routledge, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003267171

Isaac S; Meir I; Pignatta G, (eds.), 2023, Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities: Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience, Routledge

He B-J; Prasad D; Pignatta G; Jupestra J, (eds.), 2022, Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, Springer Charm, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12015-2

Kolokotsa D; Pignatta G; Gobakis K, (eds.), 2020, Demand-Response in Smart Buildings, MDPI, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03928-267-8

Journal articles

Manapragada NVSK; Pignatta G, 2026, 'ReCliDaR: An open-source ML-based tool to identify representative climate days for urban environmental modeling', Building and Environment, 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2026.114998

Abousaeidi M; Pignatta G; Nazarian N; Ghadiri SB, 2026, 'Balancing Thermal Comfort, Construction Feasibility, Carbon Emissions, and Cost: Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Passive Retrofits for High-Rise Social Housing', Energy and Buildings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2026.117269

Banifateme M; Zaroorian P; Behbahaninia A; Pignatta G, 2026, 'Development of an optimization genetic algorithm method for estimating municipal solid waste composition', Waste Management, 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115310

Pignatta G; Behbahaninia A, 2026, 'Enhancing Exergy Analysis of Waste-to-Energy Power Plants: A Novel Inverse Solution Method for Accurate Evaluation', Fuel

Xiao Y; Pan C; Zou W; Zhao B; Pignatta G; Xie H; You M; Lee D, 2025, 'Seasonal variability and multi-factor analysis of urban park cooling effects: A case study of Nanjing, China', Sustainable Cities and Society, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106711

Soutullo S; Seco O; Sánchez MN; Lima R; Montagnino FM; Pignatta G; Etminan G; Bukovszki V; Ashrafian T; Andreucci MB; Vettorato D, 2025, 'A Qualitative Methodology for Identifying Governance Challenges and Advancements in Positive Energy District Labs', Urban Science, 9, pp. 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9080288

Naderi S; Heim D; Heslop S; Chen D; MacGill I; Sproul A; Pignatta G, 2025, 'Reducing greenhouse emissions from Australia's housing stock through solar pre-cooling and pre-heating', Energy and Buildings, 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115556

Panjala P; Gumma MK; Mesapam S; Shukla AK; Pignatta G, 2025, 'Geospatial Analysis of Crop Residue Burn Areas and Their Dates for Emission Mitigation Strategies', Sustainability Switzerland, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su17062508

Javan K; Darestani M; Ibrar I; Pignatta G, 2025, 'Interrelated issues within the Water-Energy-Food nexus with a focus on environmental pollution for sustainable development: A review', Environmental Pollution, 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125706

Pignatta G, 2025, 'Economic analysis of passive heating/cooling techniques in a building through PV Trombe wall for local climatic conditions', Science and Technology for the Built Environment

Pignatta G; Manapragada N, 2025, 'Energy conservation potential of a mixed-mode ventilation strategy in residential buildings', Building and Environment

Ullah KR; Prodanovic V; Pignatta G; Deletic A; Santamouris M, 2024, 'Assessing the impact of heat mitigation measures on thermal performance and energy demand at the community level: A pathway toward designing net-zero energy communities', Building Simulation, 17, pp. 1379 - 1400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12273-024-1140-7

Li J; Shirowzhan S; Pignatta G; Sepasgozar SME, 2024, 'Data-Driven Net-Zero Carbon Monitoring: Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Building Information Modelling, Remote Sensing, and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Cities', Sustainability Switzerland, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16156285

Sadeghibakhtiar E; Naeimi A; Naderi S; Pignatta G; Behbahaninia A, 2024, 'Size optimization of a stand-alone solar-wind-battery hybrid system for net zero energy buildings: A case study', Energy and Buildings, 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114204

Gupta A; De B; Shukla AK; Pignatta G, 2024, 'Vulnerability Assessment of a Highly Populated Megacity to Ambient Thermal Stress', Sustainability Switzerland, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16083395

Javan K; Altaee A; BaniHashemi S; Darestani M; Zhou J; Pignatta G, 2024, 'A review of interconnected challenges in the water–energy–food nexus: Urban pollution perspective towards sustainable development', Science of the Total Environment, 912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169319

Ranjbar N; Balali A; Valipour A; Pignatta G; Wei S, 2023, 'IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY USING THE HYBRID SWARA-BIM MODEL', Journal of Green Building, 18, pp. 37 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.18.1.37

Naderi S; Heslop S; Chen D; Watts S; MacGill I; Pignatta G; Sproul A, 2023, 'Clustering based analysis of residential duck curve mitigation through solar pre-cooling: A case study of Australian housing stock', Renewable Energy, 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119064

Pingle P; Pignatta G; Schiavoni S, 2023, 'Unifying low and high-frequency noise mitigation: A novel dual noise barrier approach', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154, pp. a65 - a65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0022815

Banifateme M; Behbahaninia A; Pignatta G, 2023, 'Estimating the chemical composition of municipal solid waste using the inverse method', Journal of Cleaner Production, 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136156

Tambrallimath V; Keshavamurthy R; Davim P; Pradeep Kumar GS; Pignatta G; Badari A; Yunus Khan TM; Badruddin IA, 2022, 'Synthesis and characterization of flyash reinforced polymer composites developed by Fused Filament Fabrication', Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 21, pp. 810 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.09.059

Naderi S; Pignatta G; Heslop S; MacGill I; Chen D, 2022, 'Demand response via pre-cooling and solar pre-cooling: A review', Energy and Buildings, 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112340

Naderi S; Heslop S; Chen D; MacGill I; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Consumer cost savings, improved thermal comfort, and reduced peak air conditioning demand through pre-cooling in Australian housing', Energy and Buildings, 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112172

Desai S; Manapragada NVSK; Shukla AK; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Mould-Growth Study in Building Materials Exposed to Warm and Humid Climate Using Heat and Mass Transfer (HAMT) EnergyPlus Simulation Method', Sustainability Switzerland, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14148292

Behbahaninia A; Banifateme M; Azmayesh MH; Naderi S; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Markov and monte carlo simulation of waste-to-energy power plants considering variable fuel analysis and failure rates', Journal of Energy Resources Technology Transactions of the ASME, 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4051760

Pignatta G; Balazadeh N, 2022, 'Hybrid Vehicles as a Transition for Full E-Mobility Achievement in Positive Energy Districts: A Comparative Assessment of Real-Driving Emissions', Energies, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15082760

Jallu SB; Shaik RU; Srivastav R; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Assessing the effect of covid-19 lockdown on surface urban heat island for different land use /cover types using remote sensing', Energy Nexus, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2022.100056

Buratti C; Belloni E; Merli F; Mastoori M; Sharifi SN; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Analysis of Nano Silica Aerogel Based Glazing Effect on the Solar Heat Gain and Cooling Load in a School under Different Climatic Conditions', , pp. 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012015

Newhouse O; Han H; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Enabling Decision-Making Analytics for Collaborative Information Exchanges of Digital Precinct Models', , pp. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012014

Pignatta G; Alibrandi U, 2022, 'Risk-Informed Digital Twin (RDT) for the Decarbonization of the Built Environment: The Australian Residential Context', , pp. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012010

Bakhtiar E; Naeimi A; Behbahaninia A; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Size Optimization of a Grid-Connected Solar–Wind Hybrid System in Net Zero Energy Buildings: A Case Study', The 3rd Built Environment Research Forum, pp. 12 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012012

Sajadian A; Niazmardi S; Argany M; Arababadi R; Pignatta G, 2022, 'Investigating the Relative Importance of Spatial and Environmental Factors on Energy Consumption in the Residential Sectors Using GIS (Case Study: Kerman)', , pp. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012006

Pignatta G; Wong V; Koshy P; Sorrell CC, 2022, 'Can Geopolymer Materials Be Optimized for Sustainable Building Envelope Applications? A Preliminary Development and Characterization Study', , pp. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2021012011

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