The process of digitalization of the urban environment for the development of sustainable and circular cities: A case study of Bologna, Italy

AC Benedetti, C Costantino, R Gulli, G Predari - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The residential heritage that was built during the great expansion of real estate after the
Second World War has severe deficiencies in structural safety, fire resistance, energy …

Simplified multi-life cycle assessment at the urban block scale: GIS-based comparative methodology for evaluating energy efficiency solutions

C Costantino, AC Benedetti, R Gulli - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Italian residential building stock consists of 12.2 million buildings, with 7.2 constructed
post-World War II during the economic boom. These structures were designed without …

A GIS-Based Procedure for Estimating the Energy Demand Profiles of Buildings towards Urban Energy Policies

S Ferrari, F Zagarella, P Caputo, G Dall'O' - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Assessing the existing building stock's hourly energy demand and predicting its variation
due to energy efficiency measures are fundamental for planning strategies towards …

Mapping seasonal variability of buildings electricity demand profiles in mediterranean small islands

S Ferrari, F Zagarella, P Caputo, M Beccali - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In communities with a high tourist influx and warm climate, such as Mediterranean small
islands, the energy demands for space cooling and domestic hot water are expected to …

DESCity: district energy simulation using CityGML models

A Malhotra, CA van Treeck, J O'Donnell - 2023 - publications.rwth-aachen.de
Kurzfassung Global gesteigerte Energiebedarfe bedingen Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung
der energetischen Performance des Gebäudebestands auf dem Quartiers-und …

Exploiting geographic open data to improve urban building energy simulations: The Padova city center case study

MH Khajedehi, E Prataviera… - E3S Web of …, 2024 - e3s-conferences.org
In recent years, building stock models have been developed by researchers to examine the
aggregate performance of stacks of buildings within large areas, thereby giving rise to the …