The enhancement of energy performance of buildings has become a pillar of energy
policies. The main target is the cut of energy consumption to reduce buildings footprint. This …

Building dynamic simulation tools, traditionally used to study the hygrothermal performance
of new buildings during the preliminary design steps, have been recently adopted also in …

The need to achieve energy efficiency standards in new and existing buildings has triggered
both research and design practice aimed at reducing their carbon footprint and improving …

Considering the amount of existing buildings, decarbonizing the building stock requires new
buildings designed to reach the highest performance. The nearly-Zero Energy Buildings …

Increasing energy demand in buildings with a 40% global share and 30% greenhouse gas
emissions has accounted for climate change and a consequent crisis encouraging …

In this work, we investigate the potential of using last generation photovoltaic systems in
traditional building components of historical buildings. The multifunctional photovoltaic …

Air pollution represents the biggest environmental risk for health. It is so widespread and it
represents one of the main problems of the worldwide, especially because it is emitted by so …

According to the last census of 2019, about two million Italian buildings are more than 100
years old. Building energy retrofitting involves a diverse mix of influencing factors …

Magnetic refrigeration is an ecofriendly solid state technology employing magnetocaloric
materials in an Active Magnetic Regenerating refrigerant cycle (AMR), a Brayton-based …

The traditional houses in Jiangnan, South China are mainly wooden structures and are quite
abundant. However, economic and social development and improvement in people's living …