In the European Union, 40% of the overall final energy consumption is attributable to the
buildings sector. A reason for such data may be found considering that the great majority of …

When a new ground source heat exchanger field is planned, underground thermal
properties input data are necessary for the correct sizing of the geo-exchange system. To …

The Italian building stock consists of buildings mainly constructed until the mid-20th century
using pre-industrial construction techniques. These buildings require energy refurbishment …

The issue of transmittance of thermal bridges in existing buildings has been addressed
aiming to achieve correlations able to evaluate the ground-contact thermal bridges. A bi …

According to the recent policies regarding energy use in buildings and the need of retrofit
strategies, the aim of this work is to support policies concerning the installation of ground …

This paper investigates and optimises the thermal performance of deep closed-loop heat
exchanger (DCHE) systems by applying a computational numerical approach. The …

The main objective of this article is to propose possible requirements for cost-optimal plus
energy building in a cold, heating dominated climate. The open question is what is more …

This article presents comparative results on the energy performance of buildings in the
Mediterranean. Many buildings in the Mediterranean exhibit low energy performance …

Featured Application The article highlights the huge potential for energy saving in the
building stock in the Mediterranean region and analyzes the parameters and possibilities for …

Malaysia is a nation that has undergone a massive development based on its abundance of
fuel supply. The imbalance ratio between gross domestic products and energy demand …