Curriculum vitae Marco Merla Building engineer Politecnico di Milano
Updated to October 2018
MARCO MERLA Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION Address
Milano (MI) - Italy
Contacts
marco_merla@hotmail.com marco_merla +39 3398042142 www.linkedin.com/in/marcomerla
Nationality
Italian
Date of birth
3rd October 1987
BIO After the graduation in Building Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, in 2013 I started my experience at Deerns Italia in the Sustainability team, where my work mainly deals with energy analyses and simulations aimed at the optimization of the energy performance of buildings, at the maximisation of internal comfort and at the definition of innovative strategies and technical solutions, thanks to cutting edge technologies in the Real Estate field. Besides large-scale works, as the definition of energy strategies at masterplan level, my interest in issues such as building physics, thermal comfort and daylight pushes me to perform specific analyses, often applied to environmental certification schemes as LEED and BREEAM. My academic background and my professional experience, gained during the past years, allow me to understand and actively contribute during all the construction process’ phases, from the beginning to the execution phase, for projects both in Italy and abroad. Energy Certifier since 2012, I later acquired the qualifications as BREEAM International NC (in 2014) and RFO (in 2016) Assessor, and the qualification as BREEAM AP Accredited Professional (in 2017). Since 2018, as a Senior Sustainability Consultant, I am also in charge of job planning and supervising the activities of younger colleagues. I cooperated and cooperate with the Department of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering of Politecnico di Milano as a tutor for the course “Fundamentals of Integrated Building Design”, part of the “Building and Architectural Engineering” school. With a determined and willing mindset, I am used to work hard both in groups and alone and over the years I learned to work under pressure and punctually meet pressing deadlines and deliveries.
WORK EXPERIENCE 05/2013 DEERNS Italia Location: Milano - Italy Senior Sustainability consultant. Energy modelling, thermal comfort modelling, lighting and glare analyses, compliance to local and national energy codes. Definition of energy and environmental strategies for buildings and masterplans, energy and environmental certifications, BREEAM assessments. www.deerns.com 03/2016 - 06/2016 Politecnico di Milano Tutor at the course “Fundamentals of Integrated Building Design”.
Location: Milano - Italy
09/2014 - 02/2015 Politecnico di Milano Tutor at the course “Fundamentals of Integrated Building Design”.
Location: Milano - Italy
01/2013 - 04/2013 Mutability Energy and lighting analyses on buildings during the design phase. www.mutability.ch 09/2012 - 10/2012 Politecnico di Milano Tutor at the “Cluster International Workshop - Expo Milano 2015”. www.expo2015.org/eventi/cluster-international-workshop
Location: Mendrisio - Switzerland
Location: Milano - Italy
EDUCATION AND TRAINING 06/2017 Qualification as BREEAM Accredited Professional (AP) 09/2016 Qualification as BREEAM International Refurbishment and Fit-out (RFO) assessor 03/2014 Qualification as BREEAM International New Construction (NC) assessor 06/2012 - 10/2012 Qualification as Engineer - A section (Civil and Environmental engineer) Politecnico di Milano 09/2009 - 04/2012 Grade: 110/110 Master of Engineering (MEng) - Building Engineering Thesis: “Stone, Wellness and Innovation: requalification of a disused marble quarry area in Vila Viçosa, Portugal, by building a hotel - spa, a restaurant and exhibition spaces.” 02/2012 - 04/2012 Qualification as Energy Certifier of buildings in Lombardia area Politecnico di Milano 09/2006 - 09/2009 Grade: 107/110 Bachelor - Building Engineering Thesis: “Practice and critical analysis of energy and environmental rating systems: the CASBEE protocol applied to a case of residential building in Milan.” 03/2009 - 06/2009 Qualification as Construction Site Safety & Health Planning Coordinator
AWARDS AND WORKSHOPS Compasso Volante - Ettore Zambelli International Workshop, XXIII Edition (2011) “Stone, Wellness and Innovation: requalification of a disused marble quarry area in Vila Viçosa, Portugal, by building a hotel spa, a restaurant and exhibition spaces.” Second classified Cluster International Workshop - Expo Milano 2015 “Rhythm of discovery”. Design of an exhibition cluster themed Sea and Islands. Tutoring and supervision. Published on domusweb 25 Oct 2012 http://www.domusweb.it/it/news/cluster-workshop
PUBLICATIONS Diaferia R., Dibari G., Merla M.(2018), Cross-disciplinary design optimization: parametric façade design for an educational facility, to be published on The Plan Journal. Diaferia R., Dibari G., Merla M.(2016), Application of parametric study and generative algorithms to optimize building physics analyses, PLEA 2016 - 32th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Los Angeles.
Accredited designer of “Islands, sea and food” pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. Various authors (2014), Cluster pavilions Expo Milano 2015, Mondadori, pag. 92-101
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Mother tongue: Italian Other languages: English Operating Systems: - Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 Software: - Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project - Autodesk Autocad, Ecotect, Vasari - NREL OpenStudio, EERE EnergyPlus, eQuest, Radiance, IES-VE, MC4 - LBNL Therm, IBP Wufi, CENED+, CENED+2 - Graphisoft Archicad, Artlantis Studio, Google Sketchup - Rhinoceros + Grasshopper + Ladybug + Honeybee - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator