Anna Conzatti is a postdoctoral research fellow in energy, housing, and equity.
She is currently involved in the European research project HouseInc – Inclusive, Affordable, and Sustainable Housing for Marginalized Communities, funded under the EU’s Horizon program.
Anna is an architect with a specific focus on the impact of poor indoor environments and fuel poverty on human health. Her research particularly centres on the effects of inadequate indoor air quality on the health of displaced populations and vulnerable communities. She has also published the first paper reviewing the impact of shelter design on the health of displaced populations.
Anna originally trained as an architect in Italy, completing her studies at the University of Udine. After briefly working as an assistant architect in the UK, she began her PhD at the University of Bath in 2020, supported by the McIntyre Scholarship in Healthy Housing. Her research focuses on the impact of shelter design on delivering healthy ventilation and indoor air quality, utilising a variety of research methods, including building modelling, monitoring, and community interviews.
During her PhD, Anna’s research proposal on the role of occupant behaviour in the use of natural ventilation in Japanese temporary houses earned her the Sasakawa Research Grant. This grant allowed her to become a visiting researcher at the Rijal Lab at Tokyo City University, where she conducted a monitoring campaign in Japanese temporary houses built following natural disasters such as flooding and earthquakes.
Anna developed SheltAir, a modelling tool designed to assist shelter designers in addressing indoor air quality, natural ventilation, and airborne disease transmission risks. This tool is currently being tested in Afghanistan and Gaza.
Alongside her research, Anna has held several academic roles, including Lecturer of Architectural Technology at the Welsh School of Architecture, Associate Tutor of Building Physics for Interior Design at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and Graduate Teaching Assistant for the RIBA Part III course at the University of Bath. She also taught Architecture and Civil Engineering on the Pathway to Bath course.