Proceedings of The International Conference on Academic Research in Science, Technology and Engineering, 2019
Sustainability and energy efficiency are among the priorities of UAE Government to limit energy c... more Sustainability and energy efficiency are among the priorities of UAE Government to limit energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission. The UAE construction sector is rapidly implementing green-building standards in the market by introducing energy efficient materials and techniques. However, the subsidized cost of electricity causes unfeasible payback periods to the initial investment for such techniques and materials. Therefore, the energy market needs to be boosted by creating a culture of sustainability. Such strategy requires educating a new generation of professionals, provided with the awareness and skills to serve the local community and operate in the challenging construction market. The University of Sharjah and the University of Ferrara, in cooperation with local and international authorities and industry, present the KNOW HOWse project, an energy efficient prototype house designed, built, and operated by students, that participated to the Solar Decathlon Middle East 201...
Abstract Retrofit strategies at urban scale may play a strategic role in promoting the regenerati... more Abstract Retrofit strategies at urban scale may play a strategic role in promoting the regeneration of existing towns and revitalizing the local building market, particularly in case of historical urban settlements where economic/societal changes have been amplified by natural calamities, accelerating depopulation and depletion of the local productive network. The paper presents the results of a statistical analysis and a detailed energy calculations applied to a historical town, partially abandoned after the 2009 Italian earthquake. In order to identify suitable retrofit guidelines, a baseline energy performance of the whole town was required. Given the use of the energy performance certificates (EPC) per each building was not feasible, a parametric approach was applied to the entire cluster to determine the town's baseline consumption and to test energy retrofit scenarios. This parametric energy calculation method, coherent to the Italian National legislation, was calibrated thanks to a bottom-up approach, allowing the calculation of the building's performance by surveying limited data, therefore easing the entire process and optimizing the Municipality's limited financial resources. The final results could allow the Municipality to endorse energy policies to revitalize the whole town.
Three correlated researches try to give operative answers to the problem of defining procedures a... more Three correlated researches try to give operative answers to the problem of defining procedures and tools for a correct survey and retrofit actions for the existing building stock. Starting from a first research on social housing energy retrofit, a fast audit protocol and different intervention scenarios have been defined, with the ultimate purpose of supporting the energy transformation of older urban aggregates; this cluster includes single buildings with high historical values, which necessarily need a deeper diagnosis with a future perspective of a wider promotion and evaluation of environmental sustainability issues.
The recovery and retrofit of Regions damaged by earthquake can be an opportunity to encourage the... more The recovery and retrofit of Regions damaged by earthquake can be an opportunity to encourage the revitalization, valorisation and partial repurposing of smaller towns. This paper presents the results of two studies that Architettura>Energia Research Centre of the Department of Architecture of Ferrara accomplished for Public Administrations as instrument for sustainable reconstructive interventions in areas with very complex environmental, social, economic and historic aspects. The two locations considered are Caporciano, a small town within the area around L’Aquila struck by the earthquake in 2009 and now only partially inhabited; and Apice Vecchia, near Benevento, damaged by two earthquakes in 1962 and 1980, which forced the population to settle a new town in the vicinity. The proposed procedure is structured into two phases. The first consists of a preliminary on-site survey aimed at simplifying the acquisition of a large amount of data which will facilitate a subsequent in de...
Proceedings of The International Conference on Academic Research in Science, Technology and Engineering, 2019
Sustainability and energy efficiency are among the priorities of UAE Government to limit energy c... more Sustainability and energy efficiency are among the priorities of UAE Government to limit energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission. The UAE construction sector is rapidly implementing green-building standards in the market by introducing energy efficient materials and techniques. However, the subsidized cost of electricity causes unfeasible payback periods to the initial investment for such techniques and materials. Therefore, the energy market needs to be boosted by creating a culture of sustainability. Such strategy requires educating a new generation of professionals, provided with the awareness and skills to serve the local community and operate in the challenging construction market. The University of Sharjah and the University of Ferrara, in cooperation with local and international authorities and industry, present the KNOW HOWse project, an energy efficient prototype house designed, built, and operated by students, that participated to the Solar Decathlon Middle East 201...
Abstract Retrofit strategies at urban scale may play a strategic role in promoting the regenerati... more Abstract Retrofit strategies at urban scale may play a strategic role in promoting the regeneration of existing towns and revitalizing the local building market, particularly in case of historical urban settlements where economic/societal changes have been amplified by natural calamities, accelerating depopulation and depletion of the local productive network. The paper presents the results of a statistical analysis and a detailed energy calculations applied to a historical town, partially abandoned after the 2009 Italian earthquake. In order to identify suitable retrofit guidelines, a baseline energy performance of the whole town was required. Given the use of the energy performance certificates (EPC) per each building was not feasible, a parametric approach was applied to the entire cluster to determine the town's baseline consumption and to test energy retrofit scenarios. This parametric energy calculation method, coherent to the Italian National legislation, was calibrated thanks to a bottom-up approach, allowing the calculation of the building's performance by surveying limited data, therefore easing the entire process and optimizing the Municipality's limited financial resources. The final results could allow the Municipality to endorse energy policies to revitalize the whole town.
Three correlated researches try to give operative answers to the problem of defining procedures a... more Three correlated researches try to give operative answers to the problem of defining procedures and tools for a correct survey and retrofit actions for the existing building stock. Starting from a first research on social housing energy retrofit, a fast audit protocol and different intervention scenarios have been defined, with the ultimate purpose of supporting the energy transformation of older urban aggregates; this cluster includes single buildings with high historical values, which necessarily need a deeper diagnosis with a future perspective of a wider promotion and evaluation of environmental sustainability issues.
The recovery and retrofit of Regions damaged by earthquake can be an opportunity to encourage the... more The recovery and retrofit of Regions damaged by earthquake can be an opportunity to encourage the revitalization, valorisation and partial repurposing of smaller towns. This paper presents the results of two studies that Architettura>Energia Research Centre of the Department of Architecture of Ferrara accomplished for Public Administrations as instrument for sustainable reconstructive interventions in areas with very complex environmental, social, economic and historic aspects. The two locations considered are Caporciano, a small town within the area around L’Aquila struck by the earthquake in 2009 and now only partially inhabited; and Apice Vecchia, near Benevento, damaged by two earthquakes in 1962 and 1980, which forced the population to settle a new town in the vicinity. The proposed procedure is structured into two phases. The first consists of a preliminary on-site survey aimed at simplifying the acquisition of a large amount of data which will facilitate a subsequent in de...
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