International standards, in particular the Italian one, evaluate buildings energy performance
assuming steady-state working conditions: currently, the study of the energy performance of …

An accurate assessment of a building's wall performance, defined through the thermal
transmittance, is essential to compute the annual energy consumption. Analyzing opaque …

Outdoor thermal comfort affects the health of the people and the quality of life in urban areas.
This is the reason why in the past few years different mitigation strategies for the …

A reference scheme of a multiple energy complementation system is of great importance of
Chongming's energy system development. In this paper, four feasible scenarios which are …

Space conditioning is responsible for the majority of carbon dioxide emission and fossil fuel
consumption during a building's life cycle. The exploitation of renewable energy sources …

Most of the world's population lives in urban areas and in inefficient buildings under the
energy point of view. Starting from these assumptions, there is the need to identify …

A systematic analysis of green-house gases emission (carbon footprint) and primary energy
consumption (energy footprint) of prefabricated industrial buildings during their entire life …

An empirical analysis involving 130 Italian industrial firms showed that the economic viability
of investments in energy efficiency technologies is mostly evaluated through indicators such …

During the last few years, the issues of energy efficiency and energy saving have dominated
the buildings research field. New constructions are based on efficient design and, because …

An innovative space-conditioning system is proposed and a life-cycle assessment (LCA) is
presented. The layout is obtained starting from a ground-source heat pump system (GSHP) …