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Fostering the energy efficiency through the energy savings: The case of the University of Palermo

Barbara Lo CastoGiorgia PeriLaura CirrincioneGianfranco RizzoGianluca ScaccianoceGiancarlo SorrentinoFabio Bisegna

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Settore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica Ambientale020209 energyEnergy (esotericism)Energy performancePsychological intervention02 engineering and technology010501 environmental sciencesEnvironmental economicsEnergy planninglow-carbon01 natural sciencesFlywheelUniversity campusuniversity campus energy saving low-carbon energy efficiencyenergy savingScale (social sciences)energy efficiency; energy saving; low-carbon; university campus0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringBusinessuniversity campusenergy efficiency0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEfficient energy use

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This paper reports the strategy implemented by the Palermo University (Italy) aimed at fostering the energy performance of its campus, particularly towards financing energy saving measures. The basic idea is that the money saved through the energy efficiency actions, constitute the main flywheel to fund further savings and energy efficiency interventions. Results of this paper might bring a useful contribution to the energy planning of cities, since campuses may be regarded as emblematic case study of what can be done in cities because they reproduce, at a little scale, the functioning of wider urban contexts.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-06-01
10.1109/eeeic.2019.8783774http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1311693