Good indoor comfort and air quality are essential for correct educational development. Most reports in this field focus on primary and secondary school buildings, with numerous projects conducted in the Mediterranean Zone. However, little has been done in the context of university buildings. Data on indoor temperature and relative humidity data acquired trough field surveys of a seminar room lo...

The transition of the Net Zero Energy (NZE) concept from building to settlement scale has been theoretically approached in a number studies. This paper examines benefits and barriers associated with implementation NZE at scale, by adopting comprehensive approach for design, construction, monitoring settlements that was developed EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project implemented four case First, is ...

• Application of the representative weather data sets for present and mid-term future climate using CORDEX was investigated. The prototype multifamily building modeled based on latest specifications satisfied NZEB requirements. effect different cooling technologies set-points energy use were Primary use, CO 2 emission thermal comfort occupants evaluated. changes in expected extreme conditions f...

In order to achieve the ambitious objective of decarbonising the economy, it is mandatory, especially in Europe and in Italy, to include the retrofitting of existing buildings. In a country where a large share of existing buildings have heritage value, it is important to design effective retrofit solutions also in historical buildings. In this context, the paper describes the experience of re-d...

The study addressed the improvement of building energy performance along with a good thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ) in newly built Finnish daycare school buildings. Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), calculated actual performance, investment life cycle cost (LCC) were monitored. Ventilation airflow rates, temperature, CO 2 measured onsite five buildings during summer winter, an o...