Niki Gaitani is Senior Researcher/Project Manager at the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN Centre). She is a Senior Researcher in the field of Building and Urban Physics. Her main research skills and expertise relate to the Energy Performance of Buildings, NZE building and neighbourhood concepts, Indoor Environmental Quality, Microclimate and Sustainable Design Strategies, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Regulations and Standards. She has participated in a number of EU projects with an active role in all stages.