Sdino Leopoldo

He performs teaching and research activities within the real estate appraisal and valuation context.He was the Scientific Coordinator of the Association for the Study and the Information on Local Real Estate Markets from 2000 to 2015. In 2013, he participated in the Bank of Italy’s Appraisers Execution Support for the performance of the Asset Quality Review (ECB) on real estate collaterals and, in 2005, he was the Transnational Coordinator for the economic and financial axis of the Interreg Project C.V.T. – Centers for Territorial Valuation.Within his activity in Polytechnic of Milan, he is also responsible for providing services for third parties, with specific reference to the drafting of valuations for Public Institutions and privately owned companies. He has recently focused his researching efforts on the application of standardized valuations within the real estate context, specifically aimed at the prevention and the management of the credit risk. He is the author of a number of publications on the appraisal of buildings, plans and projects. Alongside his academic commitment, he performs his professional activity transferring, technologically, his research work towards the operative practice.

Career

Associate Professor (tenured) in the Scientific Disciplinary Sector ICAR/22 – Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation (since 2022).

Member of the PhD Board, Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (ABC), Politecnico di Milano (2021–2025).

Assistant Professor (tenured) in the Scientific Disciplinary Sector ICAR/22 – Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation (2000–2021).

Member of the PhD Board in Building Systems and Processes (2003–2006).

PhD in Ergotechnical Engineering (1999).

Master’s Degree in Architecture, University of Genoa; licensed to practice as an Architect, University of Genoa (1991).

Research

Scientific Director of the First-Level University Master’s Program in Real Estate Development, Management and Enhancement (since 2024).

Scientific Coordinator of the Laboratory of Appraisal and Valuation (LiVest), Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering (ABC), Politecnico di Milano (since 2021).

Head of the Appraisal Area of the Real Estate Valuation Center, Politecnico di Milano (2013–2018).

Member, as Expert, of the Regional Urban Planning Technical Committee of the Liguria Region – General Assembly and Environmental Impact Assessment Section (2000–2005).

Scientific Coordinator of ASSIMIL – Association for the Study and Information on Local Real Estate Markets (1999–2015).

Member of Working Group 10 “Appraisal, Financial and Economic Valuation Techniques,” Subcommittee UNI/SC1 “Building,” Italian National Standardization Body (UNI – Ente Italiano di Normazione) (1998–2003).

Director of the Appraisal Center, Faculty of Architecture, University of Genoa (1996–2002).

Member of the Evaluation Committee (Art. 20, Legislative Decree 29/93) of the Autonomous Public Housing Institute of Genoa, serving as an expert in building and urban valuation (1997–1999).

Selected Publication

Gholamzadehmir M.; Pandolfi A. M.; Del Pero C.; Leonforte F.; Sdino L.; Increasing the market value of buildings through energy retrofitting: a comparison of actual retrofit costs and perceived values; Building; MPDI; Basilea; 2025

Sdino L.; Forte F.; Rosasco P.; The Regional price lists for the estimation of construction costs: a comparison at national level; in Science of Valuations Natural Structures, Technological Infrastructures, Cultural Superstructures; Springer; Berlin; 2024

Acampa G.; Sdino B.; Gola M.; Sdino, L.; P. Alessio; User evaluation of hospitals: service quality and hospitals’ physical obsolescence; Valori e Valutazioni vol. 35; DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile; Roma; 2024

Rosasco P., Sdino L.; The Social sustainability of the infrastructures: A Case Study in the Liguria Region; Land; MPDI Basilea; 2023

Cadamuro F.; Gholamzadehmir M.; Sdino L.; Rosasco P.; How to invest in the “market of sustainability”: evaluating the impacts of a Real Estate investment across ESG criteria; Valori e Valutazioni vol. 33; DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile; Roma; 2023

Pomè A.P.; Ciaramella A.; Sdino L.; Sustainable Real Estate development: how to measure the level of introduced sustainability? in Mediterranean Architecture and the Green-Digital Transition; Springer Innovative Renewable Energy; Cham; 2023

Sdino, L.; Rosasco, P.; Dell’Ovo, M.; Reclamation cost: an ecosystem perspective; in New Metropolitan Perspectives. Knowledge Dynamics and Innovation-driven Policies Towards Urban and Regional Transition Volume 2; C. Bevilacqua, F. Calabrò, L. Della Spina; Springer Nature; Cham, 2021

Rosasco P.; Sdino L.; Sdino B.; Immigration in Genoa: real estate demand survey in the Historic Centre; Valori e Valutazioni vol. 28; DEI Tipografia del Genio Civile; Roma; 2021

Sdino L.; Brambilla A.; Dell’Ovo M.; Sdino B.; Capolongo S.; Hospital construction cost affecting their lifecycle: an Italian overview; Healthcare; MPDI; Basilea; 2021

Sdino, L.; Rosasco, P.; Infrastructures and Sustainability: an estimation model for a new highway near Genoa; Sustainability; MDPI; Basilea; 2020

Sdino, L.; Rosasco, P.; Torrieri, F.; Oppio, A.; A mass appraisal model based on multi-criteria Evaluation: an application to the property portfolio of the Bank of Italy; in New Metropolitan Perspectives ISTH 2018; Springer; Berlino; 2019