Prof. Dr. Luca Baldini
Prof. Dr. Luca Baldini
ZHAW
Architektur, Gestaltung und Bauingenieurwesen
Institut Bautechnologie und Prozesse
Tössfeldstrasse 11
8400 Winterthur
Arbeit an der ZHAW
Tätigkeit
Institutsleitung / Dozent - Forschung im Bereich Gebäude- und Energietechnik
Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte
Energie in Gebäuden, Erneuerbare Energien, Gebäudeenergiesysteme / Gebäudetechnik, Thermische Energiespeicher, Simulationen
Lehrtätigkeit
Building Systems - Master of Integrated Building Systems MIBS, ETH Zürich
Lehrtätigkeit in der Weiterbildung
CAS Energiesysteme für klimaneutrale Areale und Quartiere
Berufserfahrung
- Dozent im Master of Integrated Building Systems MIBS, ETH Zürich
ETH Zürich
03 / 2017 - heute - Wissenschaftlicher Gruppenleiter BEST - Building Energy Systems and Technologies
Empa - Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt
03 / 2016 - 05 / 2021 - Innovationsmanager - NEST
Empa Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt
05 / 2014 - 03 / 2016 - Geschäftsleiter / Leiter Entwicklung und Vertrieb von Gebäudetechnik
BS2 AG
11 / 2009 - 12 / 2013
Aus- und Weiterbildung
Ausbildung
- Dr. sc. ETH / Gebäudeenergiesysteme
ETH Zürich
10 / 2005 - 12 / 2009 - Dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH / Maschinenbau - Strömungslehre und Strömungsmaschinen
ETH Zürich
09 / 1997 - 09 / 2003
Weiterbildung
CAS Leadership in Science
FHNW
12 / 2017
Netzwerk
Mitglied in Netzwerken
AEE Suisse - Mitglied u. Sprecher des wiss. Beirats/Vorstand/Arbeitsgruppe Wärmespeicher
ORCID digital identifier
Social Media
Projekte
- Entwurfsanalyse und Netzintegration von unterirdischen thermischen Energiespeichern für Städte / Stellv. Projektleiter:in / laufend
- Ein explorativer Ansatz für die Dimensionierung von Gebäude-Multienergiesystemen zur Ausnutzung der Integration erneuerbarer Energien und des netzfreundlichen Betriebs / Projektleiter:in / laufend
- Swiss Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Action Plan and Implementation / Projektleiter:in / laufend
- Decarbonisation of Cooling and Heating in Switzerland / Projektleiter:in / laufend
- Chinese Zero Emission Buildings with Swiss Know-How: Impact Study / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- From high-fidelity to data-driven building energy performance simulation / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- “Humans-in-the-loop” – An occupant-centric digital framework for sustainable building operation / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
- Nutzerzentrierte, mobile, strahlungsbasierte Paneelkühlung zur Steigerung des Sommerkomforts in Büroräumen / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- CO2-negative Dämmmaterialien basierend auf Pflanzenkohle / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- TCology - Thermo-chemische Netzwerk-Ökologie / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Frigero - Towards energy autonomous temperature-controlled supply chains / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
Publikationen
Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed
- Mahecha Zambrano, J. and Baldini, L. (2025) 'Integrating CFD and thermoregulation models : a novel framework for thermal comfort analysis of non-uniform indoor environments', Energy and Buildings, 335(115570). doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115570.
- Weber, R., Fumey, B. and Baldini, L. (2025) 'Liquid sorption storage for high solar fraction heat supply in residential buildings under different climatic conditions', Energy and Buildings, 332(115446). doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115446.
- Kim, M. K., Liu, J. and Baldini, L. (2024) 'Numerical analysis, design and application of a decentralized ventilation system with a heat recovery unit adapting to Nordic climates : a case study in Norway', Energy Reports, 11, pp. 3863–3875. doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.11.050.
- Fumey, B., Weber, R. and Baldini, L. (2023) 'Heat transfer constraints and performance mapping of a closed liquid sorption heat storage process', Applied Energy, 335(120755). doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120755.
- Fiorentini, M., Heer, P. and Baldini, L. (2022) 'Design optimization of a district heating and cooling system with a borehole seasonal thermal energy storage', Energy, 262, Part B(125464). doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.125464.
- Fumey, B. et al. (2022) 'Enhanced gas-liquid absorption through natural convection studied by neutron imaging', International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 182(121967). doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121967.
- Hadengue, B. et al. (2022) 'Performance and dynamics of active greywater heat recovery in buildings', Applied Energy, 305(117677). doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117677.
- Fumey, B. and Baldini, L. (2021) 'Static temperature guideline for comparative testing of sorption heat storage systems for building application', Energies, 14(13), p. 3754. doi: 10.3390/en14133754.
- Silva, R. et al. (2021) 'Opportunities for passive cooling to mitigate the impact of climate change in Switzerland', Building and Environment, 208(108574). doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108574.
- Fiorentini, M. and Baldini, L. (2021) 'Control-oriented modelling and operational optimization of a borehole thermal energy storage', Applied Thermal Engineering, 199(117518). doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117518.
- Tzinnis, E. and Baldini, L. (2021) 'Combining sorption storage and electric heat pumps to foster integration of solar in buildings', Applied Energy, 301(117455). doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117455.
Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed
- Yigit, S., Mahecha Zambrano, J. and Baldini, L. (2025) 'A GIS and bottom-up simulation-based framework to assess the role of zero-emission building standards in achieving low-carbon goals : insights from a case study for China', in Berardi, U., António, J., and Simões, N. (eds) Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability : Proceedings of CEES 2025 (Volume 2: Energy). Singapore: Springer, pp. 413–422. doi: 10.1007/978-981-95-1826-5_44.
- Yigit, S. and Baldini, L. (2025) 'Geospatial analysis for identifying suitable sites for subsurface seasonal thermal energy storage : a case study of city of Zurich', in European Geothermal Congress, Zurich, Switzerland, 8-10 October 2025. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34927.
- Mahecha Zambrano, J. and Baldini, L. (2025) 'Energy and thermal comfort performance of occupant-centric radiant cooling systems : linking CFD, thermoregulation, and building performance simulations', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series. IOP Publishing, p. 072004. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/3140/7/072004.
- Baldini, L. and Mahecha Zambrano, J. (2025) 'Exploring the feasibility of thermochemical networks in district heating applications with high renewable fraction', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series. IOP Publishing, p. 022014. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/3140/2/022014.
- Jenny, D., Graser, K. and Baldini, L. (2023) '"rubber band" – a practical support tool for integrated and resource-efficient early design in construction', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series. IOP Publishing, p. 202002. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/20/202002.
- Baldini, L. and Zambrano, J. M. (2023) 'Thermochemical storage networks for integration of renewable energy sources through seasonal load shifting', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series. IOP Publishing, p. 42001. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2600/4/042001.
- Fiorentini, M. et al. (2022) 'Design and optimal integration of seasonal borehole thermal energy storage in district heating and cooling networks', in CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress. TU Delft OPEN Publishing. doi: 10.34641/clima.2022.64.