Prof. Dr. Luca Baldini

Work at ZHAW

Position

Co-head Institute for Building Technology and Process / Lecturer - Research in Building Energy Systems and Technologies

Focus

Energy in buildings, Renewable energies, Building energy systems / building technologies, Thermal energy storage, Simulations

Teaching

Building Systems - Master of Integrated Building Systems MIBS, ETH Zurich

Professional development teaching

CAS Energiesysteme für klimaneutrale Areale und Quartiere

Experience

• Lecturer in Master of Integrated Building Systems MIBS, ETH Zurich
  ETH Zurich
  03 / 2017 - today
• Head of research group BEST - Building Energy Systems and Technologies
  Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
  03 / 2016 - 05 / 2021
• Innovation manager - NEST
  Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
  05 / 2014 - 03 / 2016
• CEO / Head Development and Distribution of Buidling Technology Components
  BS2 AG
  11 / 2009 - 12 / 2013

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. sc. ETH / Building Energy Systems
  ETH Zurich
  10 / 2005 - 12 / 2009
• Dipl. Masch.-Ing. ETH / Mechanical Engineering - Fluid dynamics and Turbomachinery
  ETH Zurich
  09 / 1997 - 09 / 2003

Continuing Education

CAS Leadership in Science
FHNW
12 / 2017

Network

Membership of networks

AEE Suisse - member and speaker of the scientific council/board/working group thermal storage

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9513-4877

Social media

Prof. Dr. Luca Baldini

Projects

• An exploratory approach for the design of building-level multi-energy systems (B-MES), leveraging integration of renewables and grid-friendly operation / Project leader / laufend
• Swiss Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Action Plan and Implementation / Project leader / laufend
• Occupant-centric, mobile, radiant panel cooling for increasing summer comfort in offices / Project leader / laufend
• Decarbonisation of Cooling and Heating in Switzerland (SWEET DeCarbCH) / Project leader / laufend
• Chinese Zero Emission Buildings with Swiss Know-How: Impact Study / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• From high-fidelity to data-driven building energy performance simulation / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• “Humans-in-the-loop” – An occupant-centric digital framework for sustainable building operation / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Carbon Negative Biochar-based Building Insulation Materials / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• TCology - Thermo-Chemical Network Ecology / Project leader / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Mahecha Zambrano, Juan; Baldini, Luca,

  2025.

  Integrating CFD and thermoregulation models : a novel framework for thermal comfort analysis of non-uniform indoor environments.

  Energy and Buildings.

  335(115570).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115570

• Weber, Robert; Fumey, Benjamin; Baldini, Luca,

  2025.

  Liquid sorption storage for high solar fraction heat supply in residential buildings under different climatic conditions.

  Energy and Buildings.

  332(115446).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115446

• Kim, Moon Keun; Liu, Jiying; Baldini, Luca,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.11.050

• Fumey, Benjamin; Weber, Robert; Baldini, Luca,

  2023.

  Heat transfer constraints and performance mapping of a closed liquid sorption heat storage process.

  Applied Energy.

  335(120755).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120755

• Fiorentini, Massimo; Heer, Philipp; Baldini, Luca,

  2022.

  Design optimization of a district heating and cooling system with a borehole seasonal thermal energy storage.

  Energy.

  262, Part B(125464).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125464

• Fumey, Benjamin; Borgschulte, Andreas; Stoller, Sascha; Fricker, Reto; Knechtle, Ralf; Kaestner, Anders; Trtik, Pavel; Baldini, Luca,

  2022.

  Enhanced gas-liquid absorption through natural convection studied by neutron imaging.

  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

  182(121967).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121967

• Hadengue, Bruno; Morgenroth, Eberhard; Larsen, Tove A.; Baldini, Luca,

  2022.

  Performance and dynamics of active greywater heat recovery in buildings.

  Applied Energy.

  305(117677).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117677

• Fiorentini, Massimo; Baldini, Luca,

  2021.

  Control-oriented modelling and operational optimization of a borehole thermal energy storage.

  Applied Thermal Engineering.

  199(117518).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117518

• Tzinnis, Efstratios; Baldini, Luca,

  2021.

  Combining sorption storage and electric heat pumps to foster integration of solar in buildings.

  Applied Energy.

  301(117455).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117455

• Silva, Ricardo; Eggimann, Sven; Fierz, Léonie; Fiorentini, Massimo; Orehounig, Kristina; Baldini, Luca,

  2021.

  Opportunities for passive cooling to mitigate the impact of climate change in Switzerland.

  Building and Environment.

  208(108574).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108574

• Fumey, Benjamin; Baldini, Luca,

  2021.

  Static temperature guideline for comparative testing of sorption heat storage systems for building application.

  Energies.

  14(13), pp. 3754.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14133754

• Baldini, Luca; Zambrano, Juan Mahecha,

  2023.

  Thermochemical storage networks for integration of renewable energy sources through seasonal load shifting[paper].

  In:

  Journal of Physics: Conference Series.

  CISBAT International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 13-15 September 2023.

  IOP Publishing.

  pp. 42001.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/4/042001

• Jenny, David; Graser, Konrad; Baldini, Luca,

  2023.

  “rubber band” – a practical support tool for integrated and resource-efficient early design in construction[paper].

  In:

  Journal of Physics: Conference Series.

  CISBAT International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 13-15 September 2023.

  IOP Publishing.

  pp. 202002.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/20/202002

• Fiorentini, Massimo; Vivian, Jacopo; Heer, Philipp; Baldini, Luca,

  2022.

  Design and optimal integration of seasonal borehole thermal energy storage in district heating and cooling networks[paper].

  In:

  CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress.

  14th RHEVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 22-25 May 2022.

  TU Delft OPEN.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.34641/clima.2022.64

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

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