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School building heritage: Energy efficiency, thermal and lighting comfort evaluation via virtual tour
No full textSince the Italian school buildings cause huge energy waste, it is increasingly compelling to identify, quantify and eliminate energy deficits through integrated audits and coordinated actions of energy saving and retrofit. We developed a methodology that is based on a holistic approach that correlates students' post occupancy evaluation with instrumental survey and software simulations and, at the same time, we examined an innovative use of virtual tour to make the energy audit results friendly available to school managers and community. This methodology, validated on a school building of the 20s-30s, identified energy saving and retrofitting actions according to cost levels. © 2015 The Authors
Improving environmental comfort and energy saving in school buildings: A case study with the students' participation
No full textThe study seeks to develop a replicable procedure in relation to environmental parameters of objective and subjective comfort perception, both through the use of dedicated Information Technologies and diagnostic instrumental methods (thermal and lighting audit) and assessment data collected from users (students and teachers), actively participating in the quality judgment. The involvement of students is intended to increase their awareness towards sustainable building issues and the adoption of behaviours aimed at saving energy and improving comfort conditions. Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2013
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