The effect of roof-integrated solar technologies on the energy performance of public buildings : The case study of the City of Turin (IT)
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Energy communities. A new energy policy at territorial scale
The European Union is leading the global fight against climate change, and has made it one of its... top priority. The EU committed itself to reducing its overall emissions to at least 20 % below 1990 levels by 2020 and at 40% by 2030.
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Digital Transformation in Energy Transition
The emergence of the Internet of Things, which enables the connection of almost every building-el...ement to the Internet, provides a huge and appealing amount of data to the
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Eco-sustainability and energy performance of a straw house
Together with Maisonéco, a modular system has been developed to present a solution combining eco-... sustainability with versatility, low-costs and very rapid construction times.
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nZEB towards a nearly future. Critical issues and strengths of technological development
This work analyzes the results of a monitoring campaign on seventeen nZEBs which was promoted by ...the Piedmont Region.
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Pianificare per la resilienza dei territori. L’esperienza delle comunità energetiche
Declinare il paradigma della resilienza nella pianificazione territoriale dell’energia può contri...buire ad orientare la transizione energetica verso modelli sostenibili di sviluppo. L’articolo discute il progetto pioniere delle Comunità Energetiche piemontesi. Sono qui presentati gli esiti della sperimentazione di una metodologia multidimensionale di analisi e valutazione dei territori, al fine di supportare la transizione energetica verso modelli green di sviluppo territoriale.
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Un’esperienza didattica per approfondire la pianificazione strategica per la città resiliente | An educational experience to deepen the strategic planning for the resilient city
Il capitolo introduce il volume che racconta gli esiti del progetto formativo, finanziato dal ban...do 2019 per le attività integrative di didattica e di formazione della Giunta del Collegio di Pianificazione e Progettazione del DIST del Politecnico di Torino. Il viaggio studio aveva l’obiettivo di attivare tramite la modalità learning- by-doing uno spazio di approfondimento conoscitivo sul tema della pianificazione per la città resiliente.
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Preliminary investigation on thermal behavior of vehicles in different climate conditions
The objective of this paper is to provide an initial estimate, albeit rough, about the possible e...nergy savings that can be achieved by reducing the use of the air condition system in cars. A simplified numerical model of the car has been created to predict the cabin temperature in different climatic conditions.
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Tradition and innovation: nZEB hi-tech houses. A case study in Matera (Italy)
This work presents a project of hi-tech and supergreen ‘nZEB casale’ in Italy. The ‘nZEB casale’ ...is located in Matera, in the south of Italy. The project concerns the renovation of a medieval ‘casale’, a group of rural houses for residential use.
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Environmental protocol for Energy Communities
The Paris Agreement on climate change signed during the recent XXI United Nations Convention gener...ates further incentives towards sustainable development.
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