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Fifty Years of PMV Model: Reliability, Implementation and Design of Software for Its Calculation
2019
In most countries, PMV is the reference index for the assessment of thermal comfort conditions in mechanically conditioned environments. It is also the basis to settle input values of the operative temperature for heating and cooling load calculations, sizing of equipment, and energy calculations according to EN 16798-1 and 16798-2 Standards. Over the years, great effort has been spent to study the reliability of PMV, whereas few investigations were addressed to its calculation. To study this issue, the most significant apps devoted to its calculation have been compared with a reference software compliant with EN ISO 7730 and the well-known ASHRAE Thermal Comfort Tool. It has been revealed …
Recupero e valorizzazione del quartiere Medaglie d’Oro attraverso l’utilizzo della vegetazione
2014
Lo stock edilizio costruito a partire dal secondo dopoguerra, che ha profondamente modificato durante il secolo scorso l’aspetto della città di Palermo, mostra oggi visibili segni di degrado e basse caratteristiche di efficienza energetica. In particolare, per il comparto della residenza sociale, risultano ancora molto carenti le politiche e gli strumenti pubblici per la riqualificazione energetica a scala di quartiere e di edificio. A partire da queste considerazioni è stata messa a punto una metodologia innovativa per la verifica dell’efficacia di interventi di retrofit energetico in cui la vegetazione occupa un ruolo distintivo per la mitigazione del microclima e l’ottimizzazione del com…
Strategie di re-uso compatibile per i borghi montani siciliani del Parco delle Madonie: il caso di Pusterna
2021
Il patrimonio edilizio storico è da sempre oggetto di studio per ogni riqualificazione per rispondere alle nuove esigenze della società. Le attuali trasformazioni devono tenere conto della compatibilità delle nuove esigenze con la conservazione delle testimonianze storiche; particolare attenzione va riservata ai borghi storici che devono essere riconosciuti come dotati di un patrimonio inestimabile. Lo studio mira alla valorizzazione e al recupero di edifici residenziali storici a Pusterna, frazione del borgo medievale di Petralia Sottana, centro minore delle Madonie, in Sicilia, con approccio bioclimatico e strategie passive. L'obiettivo della ricerca è migliorare la qualità della vita nei…
Aspects and issues of daylighting assessment: A review study
2016
Abstract Proper assessment of indoor daylighting conditions can significantly reduce energy consumption due to artificial lighting and can improve indoor visual comfort. This paper gives a critical review of the fundamental aspects of daylighting indices with the aim to provide a broad overview of methods and indices available to assess daylighting from varying points of view. Assessments cover distribution, availability over time and in specific climatic contexts, uniformity in the space, visual comfort issues and the relations between each of these aspects and a proper building and lighting design. A special focus on the assessment of indoor spatial and temporal uniformity is given. An an…
Daylight-Transfer Systems: Physiological And Energetic Advantages
2004
Daylight-transfer systems are devices designed to operate according to the law of reflection: they collect and transfer it to rooms lacking in light. On the whole, possible applications can deal with rooms which do not communicate directly with the outside. For instance, it can be the case of both basements and large-sized buildings like those devoted to the service industry. In recent years, the considerable attention devoted to sustainable development has prompted planners to reconsider the use of daylighting in architecture. Current research, partly examined in this article, aims at producing a range of systematised products and techniques according to some specific characteristics in or…
Technical‐economic evaluation of the effectiveness of measures applied to the artificial lighting system of a school
2021
Ensuring optimum interior lighting is a topic of great importance, as this influences not only the well-being of users but also the optimal performance of visual tasks. Lighting can be natural, but if not sufficient, it can be compensated with artificial lighting. This study highlights a methodology for designing a new lighting system that takes into account both technical and economic aspects. The method was applied to an existing school located in southern Italy, in which the electricity consumption is related to the current lighting system. The school is chosen as being representative of the construction type and layout of many local schools. In addition, the coexistence of several visua…
Energy Performance and Indoor Comfort of a 1930s Italian School Building: A case study
2021
Reducing energy consumption in the building tertiary sector, which accounts for a big share of the total energy use (and related CO 2 emissions) at European and Italian level, represent a strong element of safety for the EU-28. On the other hand, it is important to improve the, often overlooked, indoor comfort conditions of Italian schools since they have a significant impact on the well-being, productivity, health and safety of their occupants. Thus, it is appropriate to take into account the combination of both needs, also in light of the climate change scenario, in order to identify adequate improvement measures and justify such economic investment. This paper brings a contribution to th…
The Rail Quality Index as an Indicator of the “Global Comfort” in Optimizing Safety, Quality and Efficiency in Railway Rails
2012
AbstractThe proposed model uses the stochastic dynamic programming and in particular Markov decision processes applied to the Rail Quality Index (RQI - Italian Indice di Qualità del Binario, IQB).By performing the integrated analysis of the classes of variables which characterize the overall service quality (in terms of comfort and safety), the proposed mathematical approach allows to find the solutions to the decision-making process in function of the probability of deterioration of the state variables of the infrastructure over time and of the flow of available resources.
The global comfort criteria as a tool for the optimization of the safety, quality and efficiency in the railway tracks.
2012
From the results of some memories already introduced in the VI International Conference of "Stochastic Geometry, Convex Bodies, Empirical Measure & Applications To Mechanics And Engineering Of Train-Transport", it’s improved now a criteria, based on global comfort analyses , that allows to optimize the safety of the exercise, the quality and the economic efficiency into the available resources.
SISTEMI PASSIVI PER L’INDOOR COMFORT: LA GESTIONE DELLE SERRE SOLARI IN REGIME ESTIVO
2019
La radiazione solare costituisce una fonte inesauribile di energia. Negli ultimi anni il mercato edilizio è stato invaso dall’applicazione di sistemi attivi (pannelli solari, etc...), non considerando le più valide alternative passive per il risparmio energetico. Oggi le mutate esigenze connesse all’evoluzione del concetto stesso di benessere ambientale richiedono una nuova coniugazione delle esperienze della tradizione costruttiva con le complessità dell’organizzazione tecnologica e i bisogni dell’utenza. La serra solare è un elemento architettonico complesso che consente un condizionamento sia invernale che estivo. Progettare sistemi passivi vetrati integrati con l’involucro permette al c…