Benedetto Nastasi

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  • Architectural and Building Engineer, Ph.D.
  • Professor (Associate) at University of Rome Tor Vergata

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Introduction
I am Senior Energy Planner & Associate Professor at Tor Vergata University of Rome. I got my PhD with Honors at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. My interest is for Energy Planning and Systems at different scales and the integration of high Renewable share in the energy mix by means of Power-to-Gas and Power-to-Heat solutions. Furthermore, I focus on Urban Energy Planning to decarbonize the building stock (Emissions, Urban Energy Supply and Eco-fuels use).
Current institution
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Current position
  • Professor (Associate)
Additional affiliations
March 2018 - March 2022
EDP Sciences
Position
  • Editor
Description
  • An interdisciplinary journal on the engineering and technical issues of building design, technology, energy and environmental performance. https://www.sustainable-buildings-journal.org/
December 2019 - February 2025
MDPI
Position
  • Editor
July 2019 - September 2020
Sapienza University of Rome
Position
  • Senior Researcher
Education
October 2013 - October 2013
Eindhoven University of Technology
Field of study
  • Urban Physics Autumn School 2013
June 2013 - June 2013
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Field of study
  • AIEAA PhD Summerschool
November 2006 - October 2011
Sapienza University of Rome
Field of study
  • Ingegneria

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Publications (144)
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District Energy Systems have seen growing attention for heat supply while, for meeting the cooling demand still, the applications are limited to tropical Countries. Given that, the deployment of district cooling systems has still many barriers, requires detailed planning and related dispatch to be found convenient in contexts with few applications...
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Electric power grids are increasingly vulnerable to disruptions from extreme weather events, resulting in prolonged outages. The rise of electric vehicles (EVs) offers benefits like improved sustainability and reduced maintenance but also introduces challenges such as voltage instability and higher power losses when integrated into radial distribut...
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The importance of development, generation, enhancement, and integration of renewable energy sources into the current energy network is excellent; however, the successful implementation of these technologies highly relies on the appropriate regulations, type of application, and the careful consideration of social-economic-technical-environmental ana...
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Water scarcity is a global concern that has become one of the main problems for agricultural activities, especially in countries with arid and semi-arid climates like Iran. Sirjan city, a sweltering and arid city in Iran, is one of the locations where its economy mainly relies on pistachio orchards and other agricultural activities, which are highl...
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Increasing renewable energy production and integrating it into the current energy systems may lead to conditional solutions linked to the context of applications as well as regulatory and techno-socioeconomic issues. The PRISMI Plus toolkit is a powerful tool that can be improved to entail rural areas and energy islands for effective planning of th...
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The research presented in this article aims at the modelling and optimization of hydrogen-fuel-cell-based distributed generation (HFC-DG) to minimize the effect of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) in a radial distribution system (RDS). The key objective of this work is to address various challenges that arise from the integration of EVCSs...
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Solar hydrogen technology, i.e. producing green hydrogen by electrolysis fed by solar panels, is gaining attention as studies show it can compete with traditional electric batteries. Contemporary, the interest in the realization of Renewable Energy Community driven by the recent adoption in almost all the EU Countries of the RED II Directive is inc...
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The investigated performance criteria of photovoltaic (PV) modules in the studies have been limited to current, voltage, power, and temperature. It means that a study with the aim of a comprehensive investigation of a number of key thermo-electrical indicators of the system, namely, photocurrent (I ph), parallel resistance (R p), thermal voltage of...
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Innovation technology in industries including manufacturing and aerospace is moving toward the use of Mixed Reality (MR) and advanced tools while Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector is still remaining behind it. Moreover, the use of immersive technologies in the AEC digital education, as well as for professional training, is sti...
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Electric vehicles could be a significant aid in lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Even though extensive study has been done on the features and traits of electric vehicles and the nature of their charging infrastructure, network modeling for electric vehicle manufacturing has been limited and unchanging. The necessity of wireless electric vehicle...
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The delivery of electricity employing an electromagnetic field that extends across an intervening region is called a wireless power transfer (WPT). This approach paves the way for electric vehicles (EVs) to use newly available options to reduce their environmental impact. This article is a review that examines the WPT technology for use in electric...
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Urban energy system analysis calls for setting the boundaries of the closed system to start the analysis. However, the Municipality limits are not actually the real ones of the energy supply. Moreover, the expansion of renewable energy installations leads to involving more territories as well as providing benefits to the local energy mix depending...
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With the world still far off-track from averting relentless global warming, and most countries struggling in meeting their self-imposed goals, hydrogen can potentially play a crucial role in tackling the major challenge of decarbonising the global economy in the framework of a sustainable development. Capable to store, carry, and convert energy in...
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Increasing and inexorable urbanization calls for the involvement of all the stakeholders [...]
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Energy system modeling has a central role in assessing the future energy system and helping policy makers to set targets and subsidizing mechanisms. In the years, different energy system models have been developed with the aim of supporting political decision-makers in the design of energy policies. It is relevant to compare and cross-validate thes...
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To meet the exponentially growing demand for clean and green energy, the solar photovoltaic (PV) system’s importance is increasing day by day, for which PV modeling is considered to be one of the most important work in the current state-of-the-art methods. To effectively model a PV system, accurate PV parameter estimation is of the utmost importanc...
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Here, to provide extensive insight, the experimental data recorded on a summer day in August 2019, are employed to find and compare the impacts of shadow on the surface temperature distribution of a 10 W monocrystalline and a 10 W polycrystalline solar panels. A high-tech thermal imaging camera is employed to capture temperature distribution. In ad...
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This study aims to develop methods and strategies for integrating saving energy generation systems from Renewable Energy Systems (RESs) to manage port facilities. In addition, an infrastructure digitization policy has been implemented to optimize maintenance and energy efficiency processes to achieve ZED (Zero Energy District) in Lazio ports. Final...
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As non-renewable energy sources are in the verge of exhaustion, the entire world turns towards renewable sources to fill its energy demand. In the near future, solar energy will be a major contributor of renewable energy, but the integration of unreliable solar energy sources directly into the grid makes the existing system complex. To reduce the c...
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Energy enables the functioning of modern society. However, humanity's reliance on fossil fuels since the industrial revolution has contributed to many societal problems including climate change, environmental degradation and pollution, and the transition to a renewable and carbon-free energy system is one of the grand challenges for the 21st centur...
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This paper investigates the economic, energy and environmental benefits given by the installation of an anaerobic digester in a small island. Particularly, the island of Procida is chosen as a case study where the production of organic fraction of municipal solid waste is equal to 2477 t/year. Three scenarios are hypothesized for the use of the loc...
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p>The process of decarbonising stock will result in a considerable shift in consumption away from fossil fuels and toward electricity. The growing trend of building electrification necessitates a thorough examination from the standpoint of end-use efficiency and dynamic behaviour in order to fully understand the potential for grid flexibility. The...
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Islands have been identified as living labs for implementing innovative solutions so as to boost the green energy transition. In this context, energy modelling and planning are key to optimally design the future energy system and identify the most appropriate technologies for both power generation and energy system management. In this research, a M...
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In recent years, induction heating applications assisted by electronic power control have been very appealing. For melting applications, induction heating is widely used as it seems to be appropriate and provides higher efficiency, zero pollutants, non-contamination of material, etc. in comparison with conventional heating. The conventional variabl...
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In the present study, an Enhanced SSA (ESSA) has been proposed where the parameter of the SSA technique, which balances the exploration and exploitation phases, has been modified. Additionally, the variable scaling factor is engaged to regulate the salp’s position during the search procedure to minimize the random movement of salps. To demonstrate...
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This paper is the editorial for the virtual special issue (VSI) of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (RSER) dedicated to 4 SDEWES Conferences held in 2020, namely: (i) the 2nd Latin American Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (LASDEWES 2020) held from February 9 to 12, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argenti...
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Abandoned wells have a great potential for heat extraction. By integrating heat extraction from abandoned wells with renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind energy, not only a much more significant condition from energy efficiency perspective is achieved, but also a more desirable condition from economic and environmental aspects is obta...
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There are several abandoned wells all around the world which have high thermal potential. Such a great potential, in addition to energy and environmental issues, has been leading to an increasing tendency toward heat extraction from the abandoned wells. Considering the fact that modeling plays an important role in the design of technologies for hea...
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) techniques are of great interest for the renewable energy field [...]
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Due to the growing use of Green Energy Sources (GESs), the activities of mapping, monitoring, measurement, and detection of various GESs have become crucial. Assessing and measuring GESs are very complex since different environmental conditions occur. This importance is even greater when researchers face a shortage of measuring instruments and tool...
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In the current scenario, power electronic device-based induction heating (IH) technologies are widely employed in domestic cooking, industrial melting and medical applications. These IH applications are designed using different converter topologies, modulation and control techniques. This review article mainly focuses on the modelling of half-bridg...
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Smart energy services and technologies are key components of energy transition and decarbonisation strategies for the built environment. On the one hand, the technical potential of the building stock in terms of energy, emissions and cost savings is large and exploited only partially at present. On the other hand, the increasing availability of dat...
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The main aim of this paper was to classify and to analyze the expeditious resource assessment procedure to help energy planners and system designers dealing with tides and tidal currents. Depending on the geographical features of the site to be evaluated, this paper reported the easiest methods to adopt for later working plans, crucial for prelimin...
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This paper reviews the existing bottom-up energy system models applied at island level. The aim of the paper is to answer the following research questions: i) which energy system models are mostly used at island level? ii) Are national scale models also used for island applications? If yes, which type of additional constraints or adaptations are im...
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Distributed multi-energy systems based on polygeneration are showing more and more the capability of significant primary energy savings and CO2 emissions reduction due to the high integration of mixed-energy sources and high penetration of renewable energy sources. Compared to the traditional power plants, the large variability in the end-user dema...
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In recent years, induction heating (IH) applications aided by electronic power control have gained significance. Particularly, for cooking applications, an appropriate control technique is required to feed power from a single source to multiple loads with minimum switching losses. Additionally, when multiple loads are used, it requires independent...
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Energy costs, carbon dioxide emissions, security of supply and system stability are common challenges in small islands all over the world. The European Union identified islands as perfect sites to implement innovative solutions to boost the energy transition towards a sustainable, independent, secure and low carbon energy system. In this framework,...
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An increasing number of data sources and models to handle them call for transparency and openness in assessing their goodness and practical use for people. The simplest and most robust tools to collect, process, and analyse data to offer solid data-based evidence for future projections in building and district and regional system planning are of in...
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The experimental data from the performance of a 300 W poly and a 300 W mono crystalline solar module are gathered during a year, and then, it is employed to evaluate the relation between the standard deviation of temperature distribution on the surface of module and error in prediction of different simulation approaches. The values of error in pred...
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The purpose of this investigation is to propose a way for acquiring the foremost window allocation scheme to have the best trade-off among energy, environmental, and comfort criteria in a building. An advanced decision-making tool, named the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), is utilized to find the best buildi...
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In this paper, a novel voltage equalization technique based on the hybridization of total cross-tied configuration and switching capacitor concept for enhancing the power generation of PV arrays during partial shading is proposed. The technique uses the charge balancing concept to maintain the voltage ratio between the total cross-tied array module...
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Providing an accurate and precise photovoltaic model is a vital stage prior to the system design, therefore, this paper proposes a novel algorithm, enhanced marine predators algorithm (EMPA), to identify the unknown parameters for different photovoltaic (PV) models including the static PV models (single-diode and double-diode) and dynamic PV model....
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The adoption of high-density phase change materials as cold thermal energy storage media have been considered as potential alternatives to water and ice. In this paper, the implementation of these media has been investigated in the context of district cooling in mixed-used building micro-grids whereby the cold thermal energy storage is retrofitted...
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Hydrogen is assuming a crescent role in the decarbonising initiatives. Moreover, hydrogen can supply the 3 most energy intense sectors, i.e. transport, heat and electricity, allowing the sector coupling. To do so, a production unit, the electrolyser, and a consumer one, the fuel cell, are needed. Actually, reversible Solid Oxide Cell technology pre...
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Solar Hydrogen applications are getting more and more attention since competitiveness with conventional electric batteries is proven by several studies. Remote areas or weakly connected Islands are interesting context to apply such a comparison especially needing for seasonal storage due to the contemporary strong change of production due to solar...
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Building performance from an energy and an environmental point of view is fundamental due to the large amount of GHG emissions related to the building sector [...]
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To implemet the code for optimizing the fraxtional order model. The user should click on fomcon-1.21b right click and select add to path ( then select folders and subfolders) to let all the inside files are readeable. Then use main to implement the optimization process
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Geographical Islands have been considered a challenge environment to test renewable energy integration strategies as well as cutting-edge technologies due to the alternation between actual grid-connected and island mode. This is due to the weak connection to the mainland and, subsequently, the Power Grid as well as the strong changes in seasonal en...
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Owing to the current challenges in energy and environmental crises, improving buildings, as one of the biggest concerns and contributors to these issues, is increasingly receiving attention from the world. Due to a variety of choices and situations for improving buildings, it is important to review the building performance optimization studies to f...
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This paper analyzes the intelligent use of time-varying electrical load via developing efficient energy utilization patterns using demand-side management (DSM) strategies. This approach helps distribution utilities decrease maximum demand and electrical energy billing costs. A case study of DSM implementation of electric energy utility for an educa...
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ing global issues. Governmental institutions, industry, academia, and civil society are all participating to this global change, playing different roles. Open energy models and associated data are essential to promote open science practices, and create an effective science-policy interaction. For example, they can foster multi-disciplinary research...
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In 2008, the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE TM46 UC) presented an annual-fixed thermal energy benchmark of 240 kWh/m²/yr for university campus (UC) buildings as an attempt to reduce energy consumption in public buildings. However, the CIBSE TM46 UC benchmark fails to consider the difference between energy demand in warm...
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The reduction of energy usage and environmental impact of the built environment and construction industry is crucial for sustainability on a global scale. We are working towards an increased commitment towards resource efficiency in the built environment and to the growth of innovative businesses following circular economy principles. The conceptua...
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This paper reviews the classification schemes used for bottom-up energy system modelling and proposes a novel one as re-elaboration of the previous schemes. Moreover, this paper identifies that the main challenges of this research field rotate around the concept of resolution. A matrix of challenges in which four main fields are identified: resolut...
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Hourly energy consumption profiles are of primary interest for measures to apply to the dynamics of the energy system. Indeed, during the planning phase, the required data availability and their quality is essential for a successful scenarios’ projection. As a matter of fact, the resolution of available data is not the requested one, especially in...
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p>Acoustic performance of concert halls and opera houses is usually assessed by measuring the BIRs (Binaural Impulse Responses). Anechoic music convoluted with BIRs constitutes the virtual sound in the way it is played in the sound field, i.e. the room. From BIRs, the IACC (Inter-Aural Cross Correlation) can be computed. This parameter makes it pos...
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p>The design of auditoria and opera houses requires particular care for the stage area, where several different requirements should be achieved for the performers. Among these, the acoustic quality represents a fundamental aspect, and it differs from the listeners' perspective. Moreover, the performing area in concert halls is often an important ar...
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p>The acoustic quality in auditorium and concert halls is normally evaluated by the measurements of Impulse responses (monaural, binaural or even MIMO). The subjective evaluation is often obtained by convolving anechoic music with the measured IRs. The psycho-acoustical experiment is achieved using a virtual sound field representation. At the Unive...
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p>The acoustic quality of concert halls is extremely relevant for the modeling and simulation of the global music experience and for improving the acoustic design of music spaces. Furthermore, the acoustic characteristics of historical opera houses are considered to be one of the most important intangible elements of the cultural heritage of Italia...
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Soundfield diffuseness in rooms is considered a fundamental aspect of a high-quality room acoustics. Since early studies by Hodgson up to more recent studies of Shtrepi and Embrechts, it was shown that high levels of sound diffuseness could guarantee blending of music, as well as spatial sound perception by listeners, and this could enhance the glo...
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During the renovation of auditoria and concert halls, the acoustic quality is normally evaluated from measurements of impulse responses. One possibility for evaluating the acoustic quality from the measurements (the simulations) consists of convolving anechoic music with the measured (or simulated) impulse responses. In this way, a psycho-acoustic...
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This pioneering Special Issue aims at providing the state-of-the-art on open energy data analytics; its availability in the different contexts, i.e., country peculiarities; and at different scales, i.e., building, district, and regional for data-aware planning and policy-making. Ten high-quality papers were published after a demanding peer review p...
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This pioneering Special Issue aims at providing the state-of-the-art on open energy data analytics; its availability in the different contexts, i.e., country peculiarities; and at different scales, i.e., building, district, and regional for data-aware planning and policy-making. Ten high-quality papers were published after a demanding peer review p...
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Increasing electrification of final uses can be a viable solution towards low-carbon energy systems, when coupled with local renewable power generation. Mountain areas can already benefit from high shares of hydro-power generation, but, at the same time, rely on oil products for transport and for the heating sector in remote areas where natural gas...
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High efficiency paradigms and rigorous normative standards for new and existing buildings are fundamental components of sustainability and energy transitions strategies today. However, optimistic assumptions and simplifications are often considered in the design phase and, even when detailed simulation tools are used, the validation of simulation r...
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EU targets for sustainable development call for strong changes in the current energy systems as well as committed protection of environmental resources. This target conflicts if a policy is not going to promote the compatible solutions to both the issues. This is the case of the additional renewable energy sources to be exploited for increasing the...
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Simple and robust data analysis methodologies are crucial to learn insights from measured data and reduce the performance gap in building stock. For this reason, continuous performance monitoring should become a more diffuse practice in order to improve our design and operation strategies for the future. The research presented aims to highlight pot...
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p>Simple and robust data analysis methodologies are crucial to learn insights from measured data and reduce the performance gap in building stock. For this reason, continuous performance monitoring should become a more diffuse practice in order to improve our design and operation strategies for the future. The research presented aims to highlight p...
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The increase of climate change effects is becoming a major challenge to be urgently tackled with a combination of measures, particularly effective when deployed in a Smart Energy System context, when positive interactions among sectors can be exploited to meet the challenging targets that are being set at different governance levels. Local energy p...
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Smart multi-energy systems based on distributed polygeneration power plants have gained increasing attention for having shown the capability of significant primary energy savings and reduced CO2 pollutant emissions due to the high renewable energy sources penetration. Compared to the traditional power plants, the large variability in the end-user d...
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Hydrogen coming from renewable electricity is identified by energy policies as promising strategy due to its greening effect on power generation and its use as driver of a renewable fuel economy. The decrease in renewable electricity production costs as well as the balancing and power stability issues induced by the dramatic expansion of renewable...
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Electrification of the built environment is foreseen as a main driver for energy transition for more effective, electric renewable capacity firming. Direct and on-time use of electricity is the best way to integrate them, but the current energy demand of residential building stock is often mainly fuel-based. Switching from fuel to electric-driven h...
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Data analysis methodologies are crucial to learn insights from data and to create more trust in the assumptions used for energy performance assessment. Indeed, continuous performance monitoring should become a more diffuse practice in order to improve our design and operation strategies for the future. This is an essential step to reduce incrementa...
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This paper investigates the relationship between Indoor Environmental Quality index (IEQ): thermal comfort index and indoor temperature trend in moderate thermal environments, in buildings that belong to the Class A with reference to the Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD). The work consists of the measurement of IAQ and energy efficien...
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The identification of techno-economically feasible decarbonisation paths and sustainability transitions for the built environment is a necessary task for research today and building stock renovation processes can act in synergy with innovative economic and technological development paradigms to achieve different types of benefits such as economic g...
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p>The identification of techno-economically feasible decarbonisation paths and sustainability transitions for the built environment is a necessary task for research today and building stock renovation processes can act in synergy with innovative economic and technological development paradigms to achieve different types of benefits such as economic...
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The present paper aims at assessing the carbon and energy footprint of an innovative process for carbon dioxide recycling, with flue gas as feedstock of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Nitrogen is converted into ammonia through the Haber-Bosch process and carbon dioxide into methane via Sabatier reaction using hydrogen produced by renewable electricit...
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High Renewable Energy Sources (RES) share in energy systems entails environmental advantages in its use but drawbacks in its distribution, management and effectiveness. The interconnection between electricity, heat and transport sector seems to be a comprehensive answer. Its actual link is on-going and, currently, involves electricity and heat. Ind...
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In the European Union (EU), where architectural heritage is significant, enhancing the energy performance of historical buildings is of great interest. Constraints such as the lack of space, especially within the historical centers and architectural peculiarities, make the application of technologies for renewable energy production and storage a ch...
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The transition towards energy systems characterized by high share of weather dependent renewable energy sources poses the problem of balancing the mismatch between inflexible production and inelastic demand with appropriate solutions, which should be feasible from the techno-economic as well as from the environmental point of view. Temporal and spa...
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The identification of techno-economically feasible decarbonisation paths and sustainability transitions for the built environment is a necessary task for research today and building stock renovation processes can act in synergy with innovative economic and technological development paradigms to achieve different types of benefits such as economic g...
Conference Paper
High efficiency paradigms and rigorous normative standards for new and existing buildings are fundamental components of sustainability and energy transitions strategies today. However, optimistic assumptions and simplifications are often considered in the design phase and, even when detailed simulation tools are used, the validation of simulation r...
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Stationary and dynamic heat and mass transfer analyses of building components are an essential part of energy efficient design of new and retrofitted buildings. Generally, a single constant thermal conductivity value is assumed for each material layer in construction components. However, the variability of thermal conductivity may depend on many fa...
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Power Grids face significant variability in their operation, especially where there are high proportions of non-programmable renewable energy sources constituting the electricity mix. An accurate and up-to-date knowledge of operational data is essential to guaranteeing the optimal management of the network, and this aspect will be even more crucial...
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Heating and cooling in buildings is a central aspect for adopting energy efficiency measures and implementing local policies for energy planning. The knowledge of features and performance of those existing systems is fundamental to conceiving realistic energy savings strategies. Thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) development...

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