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View article: Urban Area Sustainability Analysis by Means of Integrated Microclimatic Measurement Techniques Combined with Thermal Comfort Modelling—A Pilot Project Application
Urban Area Sustainability Analysis by Means of Integrated Microclimatic Measurement Techniques Combined with Thermal Comfort Modelling—A Pilot Project Application Open
Although the literature is rich in studies of indoor thermal comfort, there is a lack of research on outdoor thermal comfort, despite its importance in response to global warming and the rise of urban heat islands. Physics models addressin…
View article: New perspectives for environmental and social well-being oriented towards sustainable resilient cities and climate adaptation through the combination of thermodynamics and neuroscience
New perspectives for environmental and social well-being oriented towards sustainable resilient cities and climate adaptation through the combination of thermodynamics and neuroscience Open
Objectives This work offers a new perspective on social environment sustainability and resilient cities. It suggests how to address and find effective solutions to climate change and adaptation, and sustainable and resilient cities, toward…
View article: Energy Sustainability of Urban Areas by Green Systems: Applied Thermodynamic Entropy and Strategic Modeling Means
Energy Sustainability of Urban Areas by Green Systems: Applied Thermodynamic Entropy and Strategic Modeling Means Open
Global warming, anthropogenic pressure, and urban expansion at the expense of green spaces are leading to an increase in the incidence of urban heat islands, creating discomfort and health issue for citizens. This present research aimed at…
View article: Green System Effects on Energy Environmental Sustainability of Urban Built-Up Areas
Green System Effects on Energy Environmental Sustainability of Urban Built-Up Areas Open
This work presents a methodological approach for the assessment of the combined effects of air enthalpy variations due to the presence of green systems and building thermodynamics. It serves as a valuable tool for energy sustainability imp…
View article: Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Food Retail Buildings: Introducing a Novel Assessment Framework
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Food Retail Buildings: Introducing a Novel Assessment Framework Open
One of the primary global objectives is to decrease building energy consumption to promote energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. The large-scale food retail trade sector accounts for over 15% of total primary energy consumpti…
View article: Energy efficiency in the commercial sector. Thermodynamics fundamentals for the energy transition
Energy efficiency in the commercial sector. Thermodynamics fundamentals for the energy transition Open
Any building plays a pivotal role due to its global energy and environmental impact. In particular, food retail trade buildings have a large potential for improvement due to their high energy consumption per unit floor area. The main aim o…
View article: A Dimensionless Study Describing Heat Exchange through a Building’s Opaque Envelope
A Dimensionless Study Describing Heat Exchange through a Building’s Opaque Envelope Open
The urban environment represents one of the main contexts in which natural resources are exploited to support intensive human activities, especially from an energy perspective. In this context, there is still a lack of general methodologie…
View article: Il sistema verde: soluzioni per la tutela dell’ambiente e la riduzione delle emissioni di CO2. L’esempio di una scuola esistente.
Il sistema verde: soluzioni per la tutela dell’ambiente e la riduzione delle emissioni di CO2. L’esempio di una scuola esistente. Open
The public school building sector offers great opportunities for energy efficiency and CO2 emissions reduction. In this research a method for the energy evaluation of school buildings is proposed. It implements simple input information con…
View article: Towards Achieving Zero Carbon Targets in Building Retrofits: A Multi-Parameter Building Information Modeling (BIM) Approach Applied to a Case Study of a Thermal Bath
Towards Achieving Zero Carbon Targets in Building Retrofits: A Multi-Parameter Building Information Modeling (BIM) Approach Applied to a Case Study of a Thermal Bath Open
As the urgency to mitigate climate change intensifies, the achievement of zero carbon targets in the built environment has become a critical objective. Building retrofitting plays a vital role in reducing energy consumption and carbon emis…
View article: Natural light optimization in an existing primary school: human centred design and daylight retrofitting solutions for students wellbeing
Natural light optimization in an existing primary school: human centred design and daylight retrofitting solutions for students wellbeing Open
How the human centred design solutions will implement the benefit of daylighting in an existing primary school? This paper shows research experiences on students visual comfort inside the school building Don Milani , in Prato (Italy). The …
View article: A Study on Retrofitting Proposals for an Historic School Building in the Energy Transition Perspective
A Study on Retrofitting Proposals for an Historic School Building in the Energy Transition Perspective Open
In the current economic, energy and environmental situation, ecological and energy transition, would be achievable and effective if programmed over time by means of the use of advanced clean technologies for dealing with global warming. Ou…
View article: Microclimate Assessment at Real Experimental Conditions for Green Energy Urban Policy
Microclimate Assessment at Real Experimental Conditions for Green Energy Urban Policy Open
The incoming transformation of urban built-up areas, surroundings morphology, and local climate due to global warming connected to the necessity of renewable energy use maximization is the fundamental to the main aim of the present researc…
View article: Adaptive and Sustainability for Visual and Perceptive Comfort: Neuroscience and Architecture
Adaptive and Sustainability for Visual and Perceptive Comfort: Neuroscience and Architecture Open
Designing light and with light for historical buildings and the newly designed means conveying information, communicating, and enhancing, also making the spaces usable and visible and finally recovering the architectural, historical, and s…
View article: Sustainable Well-Lighting Design for Cultural Heritage. Natural Light Control by Biological Elements and Digital Technologies
Sustainable Well-Lighting Design for Cultural Heritage. Natural Light Control by Biological Elements and Digital Technologies Open
The aim of our research was to define a methodological approach useful for sustainable lighting design, vision and perception quality, new visual paths and perceptive emotional experiences, in historic building. Ermanno Scervino’s boutique…
View article: Sustainability and Wellbeing in Healthcare Facilities. An Investigation Inside a Historic Hospital
Sustainability and Wellbeing in Healthcare Facilities. An Investigation Inside a Historic Hospital Open
Sustainability, health and well-being are strictly connected. The WHO has recently highlighted the importance of designing, management, organization and also retrofitting and refurbishment interventions for health care facilities based on …
View article: Microclimatic and Ventilation Conditions in Existing Healthcare Facilities. A Study in the Waiting Room-Testing Centre of a Florentine Historic Hospital
Microclimatic and Ventilation Conditions in Existing Healthcare Facilities. A Study in the Waiting Room-Testing Centre of a Florentine Historic Hospital Open
The pandemic COVID-19 era we are experiencing has changed our way of seeing, thinking and designing indoor and outdoor environments and, above all, plant systems and building-plant management. Energy environmental sustainability is a commo…
View article: Development of a New Heat Flux Sensor for Building Applications
Development of a New Heat Flux Sensor for Building Applications Open
Buildings account for more than 40% of EU final energy demand. Most of the existing buildings will be standing over 30 years time, when the new construction rate is still low. This means that the existing building refurbishment represents …
View article: Modelling Sustainable Lighting with Eyetracker and Spatial Syntax techniques
Modelling Sustainable Lighting with Eyetracker and Spatial Syntax techniques Open
This research provides an integrated methodological approach based on the combined use of spatial syntax modelling and eyetracker analysis techniques for lighting sustainability aimed to adaptive reuse of all the spaces with high historica…
View article: Adaptive reuse, refurbishment and conservative rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage by means of Quality and Energy Sustainable Lighting.
Adaptive reuse, refurbishment and conservative rehabilitation of Cultural Heritage by means of Quality and Energy Sustainable Lighting. Open
Sustainable lighting designs, with a view to achieve an adaptive reuse, refurbishment and conservative rehabilitation of cultural heritage, focusing on lighting quality, mainly obtained from the optimal use of natural light combined with a…
View article: Energy Cost for Effective Ventilation and Air Quality for Healthy Buildings: Plant Proposals for a Historic Building School Reopening in the Covid-19 Era
Energy Cost for Effective Ventilation and Air Quality for Healthy Buildings: Plant Proposals for a Historic Building School Reopening in the Covid-19 Era Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the engineering/technical approach to building and plant design. In Italy, most of the school heritage belongs to historical buildings, which are not only under constraints for the protection and preventio…
View article: Lighting Effects on Human Behaviour and Movements: a Correlation between Space Syntax and Modelling Index in a Museum Environment
Lighting Effects on Human Behaviour and Movements: a Correlation between Space Syntax and Modelling Index in a Museum Environment Open
The aim of the paper is to find a correlation between lighting parameters and spatial properties in a museum environment to understand how artificial lighting influences visitor movements and behaviours. Lighting parameters are represented…
View article: The Influence of Surgical Staff Behavior on Air Quality in a Conventionally Ventilated Operating Theatre during a Simulated Arthroplasty: A Case Study at the University Hospital of Parma
The Influence of Surgical Staff Behavior on Air Quality in a Conventionally Ventilated Operating Theatre during a Simulated Arthroplasty: A Case Study at the University Hospital of Parma Open
Surgical staff behavior in operating theatres is one of the factors associated with indoor air quality and surgical site infection risk. The aim of this study was to apply an approach including microbiological, particle, and microclimate p…