Anna Dalla Valle, Architect, Ph.D., she is Researcher at the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (DABC) of Politecnico di Milano and member of the research unit LifeCycleTEAM, where her effort is to bridge the gap between theory and practice. She is associated with Associazione Rete Italiana LCA and Società Italiana della Tecnologia dell’Architettura (SITdA); representative of PoliMI DABC in New European Bauhaus; member of the LCA working group of Green Building Council (GBC, Italy) and Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ICESP). Anna is an expert of the environmental sustainability of building sector with a view to the whole life cycle and beyond from a circular economy perspective. She obtained a Doctor of Philosophy with the Thesis “Environment-driven change management in AEC firms. Life Cycle Perspective in Practice”, aimed at integrating life cycle thinking into the decision-making process. Anna has presented her work at national and international conferences, publishing several articles about Life Cycle Assessment at the different scales – from construction materials, to building systems, up to urban districts – sustainable assessment methods and tools for eco-design and circular practice, technological process optimization, flows analysis of resources, information and workflow.
