A5072645845- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Structural Analysis of Composite Materials
- Architecture and Computational Design
- BIM and Construction Integration
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
- Hygrothermal properties of building materials
- Phase Change Materials Research
- Aerogels and thermal insulation
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Color Science and Applications
- Textile materials and evaluations
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Pigment Synthesis and Properties
- Architecture and Art History Studies
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
- Building materials and conservation
- Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
Polytechnic University of Turin
2013-2024
University of Turin
2022
University of Cambridge
2013-2017
Gray's Inn
2017
Turin Polytechnic University
2015
Adaptive building envelope systems have the potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy flexibility buildings, while maintaining high levels indoor environmental quality. The development such innovative materials technologies, as well their real-world implementation, can be enhanced with use performance simulation (BPS). Performance prediction adaptive facades can, however, a challenging task information on this topic is scarce fragmented. main contribution review...
The development of dynamic building envelope technologies, which adapt to changing outdoor and indoor environments, is considered a crucial step towards the achievement nearly Zero Energy Building target. It currently not possible evaluate energy saving potential innovative adaptive transparent envelopes in an accurate manner. This creates difficulties selecting between competing technologies barrier systematic these technologies. main aim this work develop method for devising optimal...
The development of adaptive building envelope technologies, and particularly switchable glazing, can make significant contributions to decarbonisation targets. It is therefore essential quantify their effect on energy use indoor environmental quality when integrated into buildings. evaluation performance presents new challenges compared conventional "static" systems, as they require design control aspects be evaluated together, which are also mutually interrelated across thermal visual...
This paper is the second of a two part study, which aims to evaluate performance adaptive insulation. Part 1 proposes simulation framework for optimising insulation design and control parameters, it describes its implementation, validates strategy qualitatively. applies framework, by means parametric study on specific building typology in particular climatic region, explore potential this context. Alternative configurations strategies opaque wall applications are evaluated, an office room...
The increasing insulation levels imposed by building regulations have the effect of reducing heating energy use, while cooling use and/or thermal comfort especially in summer. Adaptive technologies could provide an opportunity to reduce simultaneously improving indoor environmental quality, but there is a lack information about performance these novel technologies. This paper first two part study, which aims evaluate adaptive insulation. Part 1 proposes simulation framework for optimising...
Building energy simulation (BES) tools offer the possibility to integrate double skin façade (DSF) technologies into whole building through dedicated modules or possible workarounds. However, reliability of such in predicting dynamic heat and mass transfer processes within DSFs is still be determined. Therefore, this paper aims assess performance four popular BES (i.e. EnergyPlus, TRNSYS, IDA-ICE IES-VE) thermal behaviour one-storey naturally ventilated DSF three different ventilation modes....
Advanced building envelopes (ABEs) are innovative integrated systems that aim to increase the sustainability of buildings by providing flexible and efficient energy management solutions while safeguarding healthy comfortable indoor environments. These operate at cross-section architecture, engineering data science, often involving transient multi-physical parameters advanced material properties. The development ABEs has increasingly relied on performance simulation (BPS) tools improve...
The requirements for improvement in the energy efficiency of buildings, mandatory many EU countries, entail a high level thermal insulation building envelope. In recent years, super-insulation materials with very low conductivity have been developed. These provide satisfactory insulation, but allow total thickness envelope components to be kept below certain thickness. Nevertheless, order penetrate construction market, some barriers overcome. One main issues is that testing procedures and...
To achieve the EU targets in terms of ecological transition, and to assure people health, wellbeing comfort indoor environment, research building sector plays a fundamental role. In last decades energy efficiency environmental quality (IEQ) buildings have increased significantly, but gap between actual operational performances sensors expected measurement results still exists. The Italian project “MIRABLE - Measurement Infrastructure for Research on heAlthy zero Buildings novel Living lab...
The development of dynamic building envelope technologies, which are capable adapting to changing outdoor and indoor environments, is considered a crucial step towards the achievement nearly Zero Energy Building target. main aim this work present method for defining ideal/optimal range adaptive thermo-optical performance glazed façades with different reaction time, in order assess potential future façades. This achieved by means performance-oriented method, making use single-objective...
Monitoring airflow rates and fluid dynamics phenomena in the ventilated cavity is a challenging aspect of experimental assessment performance double-skin facades (DSF). There are various methods to characterize fluid-dynamics behavior DSF, but each these has its advantages drawbacks. This paper presents characterization façade installed full-scale outdoor facility through methods, and, more specifically, it compares two tracer gas with velocity traverse method. In paper, we highlight how...
A simplified approach to calculate the daylight glare comfort class (imperceptible, perceptible, disturbing, or intolerable glare) on annual basis and for a grid of points in space is presented. This method relies calculation vertical illuminance (Ev) each point only, which compared an Ev threshold value class. These values are determined through comparison with Daylight Glare Probability (DGP) fault-detection technique, reduced number points. Compared exact DGP certain grid, this able...
Double skin façades are adaptive envelopes designed to improve building energy use and comfort performance. Their principle relies on the dynamic management of cavity's ventilation flow and, when available, shading device. They can also be integrated with environmental systems for heating, cooling, ventilation. However, in most cases, possible exploitation airflow is not fully enabled, as adoption only one or two airpath limits possibility that this façade architecture offers, meaning...
Adaptive transparent building envelope technologies could play a significant role in decreasing energy use buildings and providing more comfortable indoor environment.In order to evaluate these potentials an economic accurate manner, it is essential have numerical models simulation tools which correctly reproduce the behaviour of such components at level.This paper presents discusses empirical validation for thermo-tropic glazing, specific adaptive by means whole performance tool,...
The development of responsive/dynamic building envelope technologies, adapting to transient external and internal boundary conditions, is considered a crucial step towards the achievement ZEB target. Current energy simulation tools only include models for established responsive controls either HVAC system or active technologies still based on rule control. Therefore there limited capability evaluating full potential state-of-the-art more innovative design optimal integration with services....