The volume "Environmental Design, Global Challenges, Research Scenarios" has the dual objective of outlining a picture of the lines of research developed over the last decade in Italian universities belonging to the Environmental Design Cluster of the Italian Society of Architectural Technology and, at the same time, defining future trajectories with respect to scenarios arising from the international context.
The research presented demonstrates the ability of the scientific community of the Cluster to effectively and appropriately address emerging issues linking the environment, technology, and society in the main challenges of our time, such as climate change, human health, nature preservation, and the ecosystem compatibility of habitat transformations, interacting with scientific fields that apparently seem far from the world of architecture to propose approaches and solutions with real impacts on society and promoting lifestyles and resource management models aimed at supporting ecological transition.

Mario Losasso, Full Professor of Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II. President of SITdA- Italian Society of Architectural Technology and Coordinator of the Environmental Design Cluster of SITdA. He carries out research in Environmental Design and technological innovation in the building and urban sectors, with particular reference to strategies and design actions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in multi-risk scenarios.

Rosa Romano, Associate Professor of Architectural Technology at the Department of Architecture of the University of Florence. Representative of the Florence University of the Environmental Design Cluster of SITdA- Italian Society of Architectural Technology from 2018 to 2022. Her research focuses on Environmental Design and technological innovation applied to the ecosystem management of new and existing settlements and complex building processes, with a particular attention on the design of innovative envelope components to create resilient and adaptive habitats.