Flavio Foradini
Flavio Foradini is the CEO of E4tech Software.
He specialises in building physics, sustainable buildings design and related software development from our Lausanne office. He leads our work on sustainable buildings and software development. He also has expertise in renewable energy projects and planning. Flavio has worked on these issues with industry, government and academic institutions. He has participated in a variety of Swiss and European research and development projects such as IAQ Audit and Airless, Hope, Euro Islas and Green Hotel. He is a member of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) and sits on the panel of SIA commission 2031 ("The building energy certificate"). Flavio has authored many journal and conference papers, and has participated as an expert evaluator for DG TREN for EU Framework Projects. He speaks French, English, Italian, German and Spanish.
Expertise
Building physics and Sustainable Buildings design, in particular indoor air quality, ventilation and thermal analysis. Related software applications. Renewable energy systems.
Edouard Westphal
Edouard Westphal is the CTO of E4tech Software.
He is an electrical engineer and IT expert. He is specialised in the
development of software and internet applications. In particular he has
extensive experience of programming languages such as Delphi, C++, Java,
Cold Fusion, ASP, ActiveX, Corba and SQL. Edouard speaks French and English.
Jean-Pierre Eggiman
Jean-Pierre Eggimann is a Senior Consultant based in E4tech's Lausanne office. At E4tech, he works exclusively on the LESOSAI software and provides training on the use of this software. Jean-Pierre holds a Master's degree in Engineering Physics (1984) as well as a Ph.D. in Physics (1990) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). He is highly experienced in the area of building energy savings and has participated in numerous EPFL research programs on this topic. He is the main author of the LESOSAI software and has participated in the development of the software since 1984. Jean-Pierre works part time at E4tech, and also holds another position at the Swiss MINERGIE® agency. Jean-Pierre speaks French and some German, English and Italian.
Expertise
Building physics and software development, deep knowledge of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) standards and MINERGIE® requirements, customer training.
Raffaella Chanson-Candiloro
Raffaella Chanson-Candiloro is based in E4tech’s Lausanne office. After training in architecture and construction, she received a degree in Media Management from the Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud (School of Business and Engineering Vaud). Raffaella brings her long standing interest in sustainable buildings as well as her experience in customer service and training to her role as Sales Engineer, supporting E4tech’s suite of software tools.
Expertise
Communications, IT, requirements analysis, market research
Maria-Cristina Munari Probst
Graduated in architecture in Venice (IUAV), she has worked few years as independent architect oriented to solar architecture, building in 2000 one of the first passive houses in Switzerland. She worked as a researcher at the Solar Energy Laboratory of EPFL (LESO-PB) from 2003 to 2009, where she completed a PhD. on architectural integration and design of solar thermal systems. She participated in several European and Swiss research and development projects (Solabs, Coloured Glazing, IEA Task 39, LESOSAI-P) and was elected a sub-task leader of IEA Task 41 “Solar Energy and Architecture”. Co-supervisor of 2 PhD thesis on the topic of building integration of solar systems, she co-started last year the new EPFL course UE-Enac "Intégration architecturale de l'énergie solaire"for third year students.
She is a reviewer for International Conferences such as PLEA and Eurosun, and member of the Solar Building Commission of Swissolar, authoring several papers for conferences and journals (Detail, Solar Energy). She speaks Italian, French and English.
Expertise
Architecture, building integration of solar energy, software interface concepts