After the positive feedback from the “AIA meets the Associations” meetings in 2023, and while awaiting the 50th AIA National Conference, the Acoustical Society of Italy is organizing two further webinars, each dedicated to the in-depth analysis of an interdisciplinary topic covered together with one of the Associations with which AIA has signed collaboration agreements.
On 22 February 2024 we will talk about “Building Information Modeling (BIM) and energy and acoustic simulation of buildings”, together with IBPSA Italia (International Building Performance Association Simulation); it will continue in March 2024 with a webinar dedicated to office acoustics, together with SIE (Italian Society of Ergonomics).
The two webinars are free for AIA members and non-members.
Thrsday, 22nd February 2024 1.30-2.30 pm
AIA-IBPSA Italia Webinar “Building Information Modeling (BIM) and energy and acoustic simulation of buildings”
Moderator: Patrizio Fausti (University of Ferrara)
Greetings: Andrea Gasparella (President of IBPSA Italy) and Francesco Asdrubali (President of AIA)
Established in recent years, the BIM (Building Information Modelling) approach is the basis of digital transformation in the architecture, engineering and construction sector. It is a holistic process of creating and managing information relating to a construction; Based on an intelligent model and supported by a cloud platform, BIM integrates multidisciplinary structured data to create a digital representation of the various aspects of a building throughout its life cycle, from design to construction, from commissioning to maintenance. In the webinar, several experts, each from their own point of view, will discuss the issues relating to the dialogue and integration between the BIM approach and the main calculation codes and software for the energy and acoustic simulation of buildings.
In collaboration with ANIT
Speakers
Matteo Borghi, Building Engineer, Competent Technician in Acoustics, ANIT technical staff. Since 2004 he has been dealing with building acoustics, both as a professional and as a contact person for ANIT activities, actively participating in regulatory discussions. He works for TEP srl, an engineering company specialized in consultancy for energy efficiency and acoustic insulation of buildings.
Maria Ferrara, PhD in Energetics, is currently a researcher and member of the Academic Senate of the Polytechnic of Turin, where she carries out teaching and research activities in the sector of environmental technical physics for which she has been qualified for the position of Associate Professor since 2021. She is an invited researcher at INSA-Lyon (France, 2014) and Princeton University (USA, 2016-2017), she is involved in several research projects for the study of digital methods and models to optimize the energy design of high-rise buildings high performance. Coordinator of multidisciplinary projects on technological and social innovation and policy-making support for smart and sustainable communities and cities, she has received national and international awards for her academic excellence and leadership in the field of energy. She is the author of over 60 publications and is a member of the editorial boards of renowned international journals. Since 2022 you have been part of the elective Board of Directors of IBPSA-Italy.
Costantino Carlo Mastino, graduated in engineering with a thesis in environmental technical physics on the acoustic and energy design of buildings, subsequently obtained his PhD dealing with the modeling of the energy and acoustic aspects of buildings based on BIM (Building Information Modelling) models at the University of Cagliari. He subsequently continued his university career, winning numerous scholarships and research grants activated by the University of Cagliari and the Sardinia region on topics relating to environmental and architectural acoustics, energy production systems and efficiency. energy-environmental of building materials and systems. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in the field of acoustics, building energy and the use of digital procedures related to BIM. For several years he has been an examiner for the certification of professional figures linked to the BIM world. He is currently a researcher in environmental technical physics at the faculty of engineering and architecture of the University of Cagliari.
Friday 22 March 2024 1.30pm-2.30pm
AIA-SIE Webinar “Acoustic ergonomics in offices”
Greetings: Francesco Draicchio (SIE President) and Francesco Asdrubali (AIA President)
Moderator: Arianna Astolfi (Polytechnic of Turin)
Acoustics and the effects of noise on the well-being and health of humans and workers play a role of great importance for ergonomics. The noise generated by conversations, and human noise in general, is one of the main causes of disturbance to workers in shared offices and open space offices. Symptoms such as headaches, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, reduced productivity and loss of motivation are negative factors related to such environments. Acoustic comfort is influenced by the architectural characteristics of the office, which must respond to a complex compromise between understandable verbal communication and sufficient vocal privacy, but also by the vocal behavior of the users themselves.
Speakers
Dario D’Orazio, electronic engineer, researcher at the University of Bologna. It deals with the acoustic quality of environments (performance, work and teaching), innovative materials and measurement techniques. Contributes, as an expert member, to the ISO and UNI groups for the acoustic quality of environments.
Linda Parati, she obtained a degree in engineering in 2000 and a European Doctorate in Sound and Vibration Studies – EDSVS in 2004, partly in Italy at the Faculty of Engineering – University of Ferrara and partly in Denmark at Acoustic Technology Department – Technical University of Denmark, where she was also Assistant for the Architectural Acoustics course in 2008. She is Coordinator of the UNI/CT002/SC01/GL07 Working Group responsible for the UNI 11532 Technical Standard and is the author of multiple publications. He works as an Acoustic Consultant, with particular attention to the construction sector, with a specific focus on schools and offices with interventions both on existing assets and on new buildings. The experience acquired in the field allows her to make a concrete and objective contribution to the working group of the standard she coordinates.
Erberto Sandon, certified European Ergonomist (Eur.Erg.), member of the Board of Directors of SIE, the Italian Society of Ergonomics and Human Factors of which he has been a member since 2005, specialist in the cognitive interaction between man and artefacts. Graduated in Engineering at the University of Bologna, he followed an Annual Specialization Course in Acoustics at the University of Ferrara. He is a competent technician in environmental acoustics. In 2015 he completed the Master in Ergonomics and Human Factors organized by SIE-Lazio and SIE-Emilia Romagna in collaboration with La Sapienza University of Rome and INAIL. As a freelancer he deals with Ergonomics, Environment, Hygiene and Work Safety with particular reference to Acoustics (environmental, construction, architectural), Human-Machine Interaction (HMI, cognitive ergonomics, usability, user experience) and human exposure to Agents Physical (noise, electromagnetic fields, non-ionizing radiation). Already a teacher of professional training courses at IFOA and ENAIP, he has carried out numerous consultancy on cognitive ergonomics and user-experience at companies and research centres. Since 2015 he has been teaching at Masters in Ergonomics organized by SIE. He taught at the “Higher Training in Ergonomics” course at the Aldini Valeriani Foundation in Bologna. He carried out research activities as a team leader in the European project ‘E-LERCO’ (Cognitive Ergonomics in Human-Computer interaction and for e-Learning applications) within the European ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ program for Professional Training .