Ecosystems and the built environment are greatly impacted by climate change brought on by human activity. Due to its alterations, local extreme events occur more frequently and more severely, increasing their fatalities and economic costs. The Mediterranean area is particularly affected by heatwaves, which are extremely critical for health and productivity of people inside the dwellings as well as for energy consumptions related to cooling need. These events also increase the chance of power outages, which disable the operation of electrically powered cooling systems, raising the likelihood of indoor overheating. For these reasons, buildings play a crucial part in mitigating the effects of changing climate, in the optic of being resilient to new average conditions and extreme events.