Alessio Mastrucci
Research Scholar
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Research Scholar
Sustainable Service Systems Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
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Biography
Alessio Mastrucci is a research scholar jointly associated with the Sustainable Service Systems and Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions research groups of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Program. His research focuses on modeling the energy demand of buildings at regional and global scales, assessing access to decent housing and thermal comfort in the Global South, and developing scenarios for the building sector toward achieving climate and sustainable development goals. His research interests include energy and technology scenarios, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and linkages between energy and human development. His methods include building energy demand modeling, thermal comfort analysis, life cycle assessment (LCA), and policy analysis.He is currently working on assessing energy demand transformation scenarios for the building sector and developing energy, materials, and greenhouse gas emissions projections as part of the European projects NAVIGATE, SHAPE, and CircEUlar. He is co-lead of the Buildings working group of the international Energy demand changes induced by technological and social innovations (EDITS) project.
Mastrucci holds a PhD in Buildings, Architecture, and Structures and a master's degree in Building Engineering and Architecture from Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. Before joining IIASA in 2016, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universita Politecnica delle Marche and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg, and was involved in a number of national and European research projects.
Last update: 31 JAN 2023
Publications
Huppmann, D. , Gidden, M. , Fricko, O. , Kolp, P., Orthofer, C., Pimmer, M., Kushin, N., Vinca, A. , Mastrucci, A. , Riahi, K. , & Krey, V. (2019). The MESSAGEix Integrated Assessment Model and the ix modeling platform (ixmp). Environmental Modelling & Software 112 143-156. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.11.012.
Mastrucci, A. & Rao, N. (2019). Bridging India’s housing gap: lowering costs and CO2 emissions. Building Research & Information 47 (1) 8-23. 10.1080/09613218.2018.1483634.
Rao, N. , Mastrucci, A. , & Min, J. (2018). Applying LCA to Estimate Development Energy Needs: The Cases of India and Brazil. In: Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies. Eds. Benetto, E., Gericke, K., & Guiton, M., pp. 397-406 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-66981-6 10.1007/978-3-319-66981-6_44.
Mastrucci, A. & Rao, N. (2017). Decent housing in the developing world: Reducing life-cycle energy requirements. Energy and Buildings 152 629-642. 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.07.072.
Rao, N. , Min, J. , Mastrucci, A. , & Pachauri, S. (2017). Decent Living Energy: How much energy do we ‘need’
to provide minimum living standards to all? In: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017, 27 February-1 March 2017, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.