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Annamaria's research focuses on passive cooling solutions, strategies, and design methods to effectively exploit the potential of natural ventilation when available, with the objective of providing a healthy and comfortable indoor environment and addressing the increasing cooling demand in buildings.

She has developed tools to support ventilation design, promoted the use of natural ventilation in case studies, and provided scientific consultations to companies and designers. Annamaria was involved as a task co-leader in the IEA Annex 62 “Ventilative cooling” project and is currently involved as an external expert in the CEN/TC 156/WG21 on "Ventilative cooling systems" standardization. Her interests also lie in user-centric design to improve user interaction with ventilation controls and window openings. She is currently coordinating the H2020 Cultural-E project, which aims to define modular and replicable solutions for Plus Energy Buildings (PEBs), considering climate and cultural differences.