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Geographical location and climate play a central role in determining whether the improvement measures focus more on comfort in winter or summer within a bioclimatic design approach. Additionally, the occupant’s profile, whether an owner or tenant, and their lifestyle significantly influence the choice...
As the world’s third-largest oil and natural gas producer, Iran consumed enormous amounts of non-renewable energy during the last twenty years. There are many obsolete buildings in the Iranian building stock, which required energy renovation. Many studies in the literature proposed energy retrofitt...
Figure 1 shows the data under specific conditions—namely in winter, with an outside temperature lower than −5 °C, during an almost windless evening, without precipitation, and with inversion. Such weather conditions are rare but this is when the effects of burning fossil fuels are clearly ...
Mediterranean cities face many challenges concerning their sustainable development. The mild Mediterranean climate compared to that of the European central or northern countries and the fact that there are longer periods of solar availability [4] favor both the lower energy demand for the heating of ...
In contrast, for winter conditions, the results can vary and are dependent on the conditions in which the research was conducted. The high absorption of solar radiation in urban areas may cause heat island effects. As a consequence, the temperature in the city center is significantly higher ...
such as indicators comparing spending on energy with income; indicators based on self-assessment (for example, households are asked to what extent they feel able to afford energy to keep their home warm enough in winter and cool enough in summer); and indirect indicators such as housing quality...
The paper presents the analysis of energy retrofitting, integration of renewable energy and activation of energy flexibility in a cluster of buildings in the surroundings of a port on the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Italy, with the aim of checking the
March happened to be the only month with precipitation higher than the long-term average, and the soil moisture deficiency in the remaining months was significant. As in the previous year, only three sward cuts were collected. During the experiment, the weather conditions in the winter season ...
Additional Eurostat data also highlight significant percentages related to technical-qualitative deficiencies in the building stock of EU Member States: 6.9% of buildings have serious deficiencies that do not allow heating during winter; 1.6% lack sanitary systems; and finally, as many as 12.7% ...