Building insulation is commonly realized using materials obtained from petrochemicals
(mainly polystyrene) or from natural sources processed with high energy consumptions …

A systematic review of the technological options and strategies to achieve zero energy
buildings was carried out to establish today state-of-the-art knowledge base and to present …

Climate change is considered an important global threat, with a significant impact on the
energy performance, since buildings will be subjected to higher average outdoor …

Nowadays, as the role of energy retrofit on the existing building stock is recognized towards
energy savings and emissions' reductions, the actions to be undertaken towards this aim …

The increasingly hot and long summers due to the climate change will cause a significant
increase in energy demand for cooling systems, especially in highly-densely populated …

The energy requalification of existing buildings entails the fulfillment of different, often
conflicting, criteria, such as the reduction of the specific annual energy demand, the …

The Mediterranean area is especially vulnerable to climate change and is already
experiencing a notable increase in the demand for cooling residential buildings. This study …

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

This work aims to improve water productivity in solar stills by reducing heat loss through
green composite insulators to ensure storage of the absorbed thermal energy. Two green …

The simulation of the energy consumptions in an hourly regime is necessary in order to
perform calculations on residential buildings of particular relevance for volume or for …