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Luca Papaiz
Founder of glassAdvisor
Luca is an Engineer specializing in energy efficiency studies for building facades and glazing systems. With nearly 17 years of professional experience he is founder of Glassadvisor GmbH. His expertise includes transparent façade design, algorithm development for energy simulations and research collaborations with national and international institutions.
Luca is multilingual (Italian, Portuguese, English, Spanish) and has an extensive academic profile as a lecturer at prestigious institutions including Politecnico di Milano, IUAV Venice, and Free University of Bozen. He has contributed significantly to his field through multiple scientific publications focused on solar protection, glass performance, and thermal dynamics in building envelopes, and holds multiple patents ranging from new materials, products and algorithms related to glass and solar shading simulations.