Architectural constraints are a crucial aspect in energy retrofitting of historic buildings. Usual global interventions are often not allowed since preserving historical values of the building stock is mandatory. In this paper, the authors provide an alternative procedure by identifying the most profitable local interventions in order to maintain the architectural values during the restoration and energy retrofitting operations. So, thermal zones prioritization is the key element considered in this study. Its aim is to analyse which energy efficiency measures could be applied to a listed building, but at certain technological elements rather than a unique choice for the entire building envelope. Thus it will prove that you can work with individual elements of the building without compromising the protection of architectural good. The attention was placed in promoting single measures and improving the quality of the built environment. The case study is an historical building in Rome, currently used for university purposes. The analysis was carried out through a building simulation model so that to assess the building energy performance before and after the selected interventions. The chosen software is TRNSYS. This approach shows how interventions, usually not applicable at the building scale, would be beneficial if applied at local scale such as a single thermal zone or a single technological unit. The authors built a reference scenario and, for each identified thermal zone, tested the energy efficiency improvement in terms of heating demand reduction coming from the hypothesized local intervention.

Local Energy Efficiency Interventions by the Prioritization of Thermal Zones in an Historical University Building / Carbonara, Elisa; Tiberi, Mariagrazia. - In: ENERGY PROCEDIA. - ISSN 1876-6102. - STAMPA. - 101:(2016), pp. 988-994. (Intervento presentato al convegno 71ST CONFERENCE OF THE ITALIAN THERMAL MACHINES ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION (ATI 2016) tenutosi a Torino) [10.1016/j.egypro.2016.11.125].

Local Energy Efficiency Interventions by the Prioritization of Thermal Zones in an Historical University Building

CARBONARA, ELISA;TIBERI, MARIAGRAZIA
2016

Abstract

Architectural constraints are a crucial aspect in energy retrofitting of historic buildings. Usual global interventions are often not allowed since preserving historical values of the building stock is mandatory. In this paper, the authors provide an alternative procedure by identifying the most profitable local interventions in order to maintain the architectural values during the restoration and energy retrofitting operations. So, thermal zones prioritization is the key element considered in this study. Its aim is to analyse which energy efficiency measures could be applied to a listed building, but at certain technological elements rather than a unique choice for the entire building envelope. Thus it will prove that you can work with individual elements of the building without compromising the protection of architectural good. The attention was placed in promoting single measures and improving the quality of the built environment. The case study is an historical building in Rome, currently used for university purposes. The analysis was carried out through a building simulation model so that to assess the building energy performance before and after the selected interventions. The chosen software is TRNSYS. This approach shows how interventions, usually not applicable at the building scale, would be beneficial if applied at local scale such as a single thermal zone or a single technological unit. The authors built a reference scenario and, for each identified thermal zone, tested the energy efficiency improvement in terms of heating demand reduction coming from the hypothesized local intervention.
2016
71ST CONFERENCE OF THE ITALIAN THERMAL MACHINES ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION (ATI 2016)
building energy performances; costs benefits analysis; energy efficiency; energy
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04c Atto di convegno in rivista
Local Energy Efficiency Interventions by the Prioritization of Thermal Zones in an Historical University Building / Carbonara, Elisa; Tiberi, Mariagrazia. - In: ENERGY PROCEDIA. - ISSN 1876-6102. - STAMPA. - 101:(2016), pp. 988-994. (Intervento presentato al convegno 71ST CONFERENCE OF THE ITALIAN THERMAL MACHINES ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION (ATI 2016) tenutosi a Torino) [10.1016/j.egypro.2016.11.125].
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