Lo sviluppo di metodologie per la certificazione energetica degli edifici è in atto con diverse modalità negli Stati Membri della Comunità Europea alla luce di quanto stabilito dalla Direttiva Europea 2002/91/EC, del 16 Dicembre 2002 sul rendimento energe

BEST Dept. has been involved with Regione Sicilia in a research work of the UE MéRITE program for the development of integrated territorial management experiences in pilot areas. Main project goal was to design appropriate retrofit solutions and technolog

Nella ventilazione a dislocamento, l’aria fresca e a bassa velocità è immessa direttamente nella zona occupata a livello del pavimento; essa quindi si muove verso l’alto per effetto delle forze di galleggiamento alimentate dai pennacchi termici all’intern

El estudio que se está llevando a cabo, surge de la inquietud provocada en varios usuarios de diferentes programas de simulación energética ante la inminente aprobación del nuevo Código Técnico de la Edificación, en el que se establece un programa como he

Generally, a CHP plant coupled with district heating is considered more efficient than traditional local heating systems from an economic and environmental point of view.This is certainly true for municipal waste CHP plants but for plants fuelled by natural gas the important developments intervened in these last years regarding both boilers (premixed and modulating burners, condensing boilers, etc.), mechanical vapour compression and absorption heat pumps can change the traditional view. At the same time also district heating plants improved.

An automotive part manufacturing plant in Southern Italy, which has just recently been modernized and extended, offers an interesting panorama of innovative cost-effective solutions for ventilating, air-conditioning and process cooling.

The new wards of the S. Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza (Italy) are air-conditioned by a mixed systems of radiant panels and primary air.

Efficient ventilation of indoor environments shall guarantee not only a proper oxygen flow for human breathing, but also an effective removal of pollutants released by human metabolism and building materials. Usually, high ventilation rates are adopted to reach these two goals, with a consequent high energy consumption for buiding climatization.

The growing interest in Italy for the tutelage, the restoration and the valorisation of the historical-cultural resources and the necessity of a better conservation of the artworks of great value require that the museums be provided with appropriate HVAC systems for the control of the ambient conditions. The suitable microclimate for the conservation of the works inside a
museum can be identified by means of a multisubject investigation.

The paper concerns the definition of guidelines in the design of a new urban settlement, based on system energy utilization and building environmental impacts and sustainability improvement. The study refers to a 160000 m2 area sited on the outskirts of Carmagnola, a city close to Torino, where the municipality decided to locate about 1260000 m3 of commercial buildings: offices, shopping centres, a trade fair area, a cattle market, a multi-hall cinema, hotels, restaurants, industrial sheds.