14 research outputs found
Optimization of building energy performance by means of multi-scale analysis – Lessons learned from case studies
Influence of thermal storage mass on summer thermal stability in a passive wooden house in the Czech Republic
NZEB schools: global sensitivity analysis to optimize design features of school buildings
A full-scale experimental set-up for assessing the energy performance of radiant wall and active chilled beam for cooling buildings
High performance precast external walls for cold climate by a multi-criteria methodology
Implementation hypothesis of the Apulia ITACA Protocol at district level – part I: The model
The analysis of urban districts involves many critical issues and different design constraints related to the urban
context. The characteristics of district area are based on climatic properties, geometrical design, type and number
of buildings, places of construction, distances, shading patterns. This work proposes a tool able to integrate
heterogeneous data coming from different users on different spatial and territorial scales, to implement efficient
management of energy flows in the district. The proposed protocol is an extension of the Apulia ITACA – Building
Protocol to the assessment of urban areas. It permits to evaluate any type of district, without limitation of
extension and with any number of buildings. The objectivity of the evaluation using indicators applied to various
thematic areas including site quality, resource consumption, environmental loads, indoor environmental quality,
and quality of services is granted. It is based on a global scoring system, using the weighting on the usable surface
of the buildings present in the selected urban area. The protocol permits to display the interactions between
each variable within the district, evaluating the benefits in terms of costs of the targeted interventions. This work
is split into two parts: Part I: the model and Part II: the case study