Week 1 - The renovation wave: the European 2050 climate neutrality challenge

Week 1 - The 4RinEU approach to deep renovation

Week 2 - The role of façade tecnologies in deep renovation

  • Salvalai, G., Sesana M., M., Iannaccone G., Deep renovation of multi-storey multi-owner existing residential buildings: A pilot case study in Italy, Energy and Buildings, Volume 148, 2017, Pages 23-36.
  • Salvalai, G., Iannaccone G., Sesana M., M., Pizzi, E., Outer façade retrofitting trough precast insulation panels: method and planning tool applied to an Italian residential building. Tema v.3, n.2 (2017), pages 12-23.
  • Colinart, T., Bendouma, M., Glouannec, P., Building renovation with prefabricated ventilated façade element: A case study, Energy and Buildings, Volume 186, 2019, pages 221-229.
  • Masera, G., Iannaccone, G., Salvalai G., Retrofitting the existing envelope of residential buildings: Innovative technologies, performance assessment and design methods. Advanced Building Skins–Conference proceedings of the 9th Energy Forum, Economic Forum, 2014, Bolzano

Week 2 - Industrialization of the construction process

Week 2 - Pros and Cons of prefabrication in the deep renovation of buildings

Week 2 - Life cycle cost

Week 3 - Introduction to modeling and simulation for buildings

  • Francis Neelamkavil, Computer Simulation and Modelling, John Wiley & Sons, 1987.
  • J.A. Clarke, Energy simulation in building design, 2nd ed. Abingdon : Routledge, 2011.
  • X. Shi, W. Yang, Performance-driven architectural design and optimization technique from a perspective of architects, Autom. Constr. 32 (2013) 125–135.
  • J.A. Clarke, J.L.M. Hensen, Integrated building performance simulation: Progress, prospects and requirements, Building and Environment, September 2015, Vol.91, pp.294-306
  • M. M. Sesana, M. Grecchi, G. Salvalai, C. Rasica, Methodology of energy efficient building refurbishment: Application on two university campus-building case studies in Italy with engineering students; Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 6, June 2016, Pages 54-64.
  • Wang H, Zhai Z (2016). Advances in Building Simulation and Computational Techniques: A Review between 1987 and 2014. Energy and Buildings, 128: 319–335.

Week 3 - Building energy simulation: model development, results representation and analysis

  • Rachel Becker, Fundamentals of Performance-Based Building Design, Build Simul (2008) 1: 193–209
    DOI 10.1007/s12273-008-8527-8.
  • Tianzhen Hong, Kaiyu Sun and Jared Langevin, Building Simulation: Ten Challenges, Building Simulation, March 2018.
  • Niko Gentile, Jouri Kanters and Henrik Davidsson, A Method to Introduce Building Performance.
  • Simulation to Beginners, Energies 2020, 13, 1941;
    DOI:10.3390/en13081941.

Week 3 - Building energy simulation: parametric studies

  • Roberta Pernetti, Riccardo Pinotti, Babich Francesco, Lollini Roberto. Towards a Systemic Approach For Supporting Design Process Of Deep Renovation Packages Based On Prefabricated Façade Technologies. IBPSA 2019. Source: ResearchGate
  • H2020 project CRAVEzero: Cravezero

Week 3 - Building energy modeling: verification and validation

  • Bordass, B, R. Cohen, M. Standeven , and A. Leaman. (2001a). Assessing building performance in use 3: energy performance of the Probe buildings, Building Research & Information. 29 (2), 114–128.
  • Cohen, R., B. Austin, P Bannister, B. Bordass, and R. Bunn.( 2017). How the commitment to disclose in-use performance can transform energy outcomes for new buildings. Building Services Engineering Research & Technology.
  • Building Energy Performance Gap Issues. An International Review. IPEEC Building Energy Efficiency Taskgroup.
  • Ruiz, G.R.; Bandera, C.F. Validation of Calibrated Energy Models: Common Errors. Energies 2017, 10, 1587.
  • Salvalai, G.; Pfafferott, J.; Jacob, J. Validation of a low-energy whole building simulation model. Building simulation conference, NY, 2010.
  • Salvalai, G. Implementation and validation of simplified heat pump model in IDA-ICE energy simulation environment, Energy and Buildings, v. 49, 2012, Pages 132-141, ISSN 0378-7788.

Week 3 - Energy and thermal comfort results analysis for BEM

  • Engelmann, P., Kalz, D., Salvalai, G, Cooling concepts for non-residential buildings: A comparison of cooling concepts in different climate zones, Energy and Buildings, V. 82, 2014, Pages 447-456.
  • Salvalai, G.; Pfafferott, J.; Sesana, M.M. Assessing energy and thermal comfort of different low-energy cooling concepts for non-residential buildings, Energy Conversion and Management, V. 76, 2013, Pages 332-341.
  • Brambilla, A.; Salvalai, G.; Tonelli, C.; Imperadori, M. Comfort analysis applied to the international standard “Active House”: The case of RhOME, the winning prototype of Solar Decathlon 2014,
  • Journal of Building Engineering, V. 12, 2017, Pages 210-218.
  • EN ISO 7730: 2005. Ergonomics of the thermal environment, analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation of the PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria.
  • EN 15251:2007. Indoor environmental input parameters for design and assessment of energy performance of buildings addressing indoor air quality, thermal environment, lighting and acoustics.

Week 4 - Renovation needs and performance targets

Week 4 - Methods to aid the deep renovation process: risk evaluation, weighing of requirements

  • COSO. Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission website. 2019.  Available at: https://www.coso.org/Pages/default.aspx  
  • Calì, D., Osterhage, T., Streblow, R., & Müller, D.  Energy performance gap in refurbished German dwellings: Lesson learned from a field test. Energy and Buildings. 127 (2016), 1146-1158. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.05.020
  • Ayse, Y., & Nordal, B. Risk Management Practices, Decision Making and Corporate Governance. Paper presented at the International Conference on Strategic Management, Belgrade. 2015.
  • H2020 4RinEU project. Deliverable 4.1: Risk Assessment Guidance. Available at: REPORTS – 4RinEU project | Renovation of Residential buildings in EU

Week 4 - Indoor environmental quality: design and management

  • ASHRAE. Handbook - Fundamentals. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Atlanta. 2017.
  • de Dear, R., Akimoto, T., Arens, E., Brager, G., Candido, C., Cheong, D., Li, B., Nishihara, N., Sekhar, C., Tanabe, S., Toftum, J., Zhang, H., and Zhu, Y. Progress in thermal comfort research over the last twenty years. Indoor Air. 2013. 23:442-461
  • Parsons, K. Human Thermal Environments. CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon, 3rd edition, 2014.
  • Bluyssen, P. M. The healthy indoor environment: How to assess occupants' wellbeing in buildings. Routledge. 2013
  • CIBSE. TM62: Operational performance: Surveying occupant satisfaction. 2020.

Week 4 - Post-occupancy evaluation

  • ASHRAE. Handbook - Fundamentals. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Atlanta. 2017.
  • de Dear, R., Akimoto, T., Arens, E., Brager, G., Candido, C., Cheong, D., Li, B., Nishihara, N., Sekhar, C., Tanabe, S., Toftum, J., Zhang, H., and Zhu, Y. Progress in thermal comfort research over the last twenty years. Indoor Air. 2013. 23:442-461
  • Parsons, K. Human Thermal Environments. CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon, 3rd edition, 2014.
  • Bluyssen, P. M. The healthy indoor environment: How to assess occupants' wellbeing in buildings. Routledge. 2013
  • CIBSE. TM62: Operational performance: Surveying occupant satisfaction. 2020.

Week 5 - BIPV as a viable option in building renovation packages

Week 5 - BIPV technologies

  • Eurac Research, BIPV Building Integrated Photovoltaic website, available at BIPV - Building Integrated Photovoltaic | Eurac Research
  • L.Maturi, J. Adami, Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) in Trentino Alto Adige, 2018, Springer
  • SUPSI, Becquerel Institute, Building Integrated Photovoltaics.  A practical handbook for solar buildings' stakeholders - Status Report 2020, 2020, SUPSI
  • IEA PVPS Task15, COLOURED BIPV - Market, Research and Development, 2019
  • J. Adami, M. Lovati, L. Maturi, D. Moser, An integrated approach (database + tool) for the BIPV optimization since early design: a case study analysis, 2018, 13th Conference on Advanced Building Skins, pp. 832-839

Week 5 - Methodological approach for renewable harvesting optimisation

  • Lovati, M., Dallapiccola, M., Adami, J., Bonato, P., Zhang, X., & Moser, D. (2020). Design of a residential photovoltaic system: the impact of the demand profile and the normative framework. Renewable Energy, 160, 1458-1467.
  • Lovati, M., Salvalai, G., Fratus, G., Maturi, L., Albatici, R., & Moser, D. (2019). New method for the early design of BIPV with electric storage: A case study in northern Italy. Sustainable Cities and Society, 48, 101400.
  • Walker, L., Hofer, J., & Schlueter, A. (2019). High-resolution, parametric BIPV and electrical systems modeling and design. Applied Energy, 238, 164-179.
  • Merei, G., Moshövel, J., Magnor, D., & Sauer, D. U. (2016). Optimization of self-consumption and techno-economic analysis of PV-battery systems in commercial applications. Applied Energy, 168, 171-178.

Week 5 - Renewable use optimisation through building cluster domain

  • Lovati, M., Salvalai, G., Fratus, G., Maturi, L., Albatici, R., & Moser, D. (2019). New method for the early design of BIPV with electric storage: A case study in northern Italy. Sustainable Cities and Society, 48, 101400.
  • Lovati, M., Adami, J., Dallapiccola, M., Maturi, L., & Moser, D. (2019). From Solitary Pro-Sumers to Energy Community: Quantitative Assesment of the Benefits of Sharing Electricity.
  • Dóci, G., Vasileiadou, E., & Petersen, A. C. (2015). Exploring the transition potential of renewable energy communities. Futures, 66, 85-95.
  • Gui, E. M., & MacGill, I. (2018). Typology of future clean energy communities: An exploratory structure, opportunities, and challenges. Energy research & social science, 35, 94-107.
  • Karunathilake, H., Hewage, K., Mérida, W., & Sadiq, R. (2019). Renewable energy selection for net-zero energy communities: Life cycle based decision making under uncertainty. Renewable energy, 130, 558-573.

Week 5 - Practical approach for daylight optimisation

Week 5 - Ventilative cooling

  • IEA EBC Annex 62 – Ventilative cooling design guide. Available at Venticool
  • Annamaria Belleri, Marta Avantaggiato, Theofanis Psomas & Per Heiselberg (2018) Evaluation tool of climate potential for ventilative cooling, International Journal of Ventilation, 17:3, 196-208, DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2017.1388627 
  • Venticool- The platform for resilient ventilative cooling. Available at EBC Annex 62 - Venticool

Week 6 - Deep renovation technology packages

Week 6 - Measurement and verification post-renovation

  • EVO website. Available at https://evo-world.org/en 
  • EVO, International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), Core concepts, 2016. 
  • EVO, International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), Renewables Application Guide, 2016.
  • EVO, International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), Measurement & Verification - Issues and Examples, 2019.
  • EVO, International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), Uncertainty assessment for IPMVP Application Guides, 2019.