Understanding the smart city domain: A literature review

LG Anthopoulos - Transforming city governments for successful smart …, 2015 - Springer
Smart cities appeared in literature in the late 1990s and various approaches have been
developed so far. Until today, smart city does not describe a city with particular attributes but …

[HTML][HTML] Smart cities as hybrid spaces of governance: Beyond the hard/soft dichotomy in cyber-urbanization

O Golubchikov, MJ Thornbush - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper problematizes the dichotomy of hard (technocratic) and soft (societal)
approaches to the smart city. Smart cities are reviewed as hybrid spaces that transcend the …

Building energy performance analysis: A case study

RDL Vollaro, C Guattari, L Evangelisti, G Battista… - Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
International standards, in particular the Italian one, evaluate buildings energy performance
assuming steady-state working conditions: currently, the study of the energy performance of …

[HTML][HTML] In Situ Thermal Transmittance Measurements for Investigating Differences between Wall Models and Actual Building Performance

L Evangelisti, C Guattari, P Gori, R De Lieto Vollaro - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
An accurate assessment of a building's wall performance, defined through the thermal
transmittance, is essential to compute the annual energy consumption. Analyzing opaque …

Is urban development ecologically sustainable? Ecological footprint analysis and prediction based on a modified artificial neural network model: A case study of …

M Wu, Y Wei, PTI Lam, F Liu, Y Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Cities face significant challenges in moving forward with sustainable development.
Examples of such challenges are the conflict between economic growth and shortage of …

Evaluation of different urban microclimate mitigation strategies through a PMV analysis

F Salata, I Golasi, E de Lieto Vollaro, F Bisegna… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Outdoor thermal comfort affects the health of the people and the quality of life in urban areas.
This is the reason why in the past few years different mitigation strategies for the …

Thermal characterization of insulating materials

R Ricciu, LA Besalduch, A Galatioto, G Ciulla - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
The strict energy saving standards are based on the declared values of the materials, ie U-
value, thermal conductivity or thermal capacity. To this end, proper knowledge of the …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of the thermal inertia in the European simplified procedures for the assessment of buildings' energy performance

L Evangelisti, G Battista, C Guattari, C Basilicata… - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
This study aims to highlight the importance of thermal inertia in buildings. Nowadays, it is
possible to use energy analysis software to simulate the building energy performance …

[HTML][HTML] Buildings energy efficiency: Interventions analysis under a smart cities approach

G Battista, L Evangelisti, C Guattari, C Basilicata… - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
Most of the world's population lives in urban areas and in inefficient buildings under the
energy point of view. Starting from these assumptions, there is the need to identify …

Low impact energy saving strategies for individual heating systems in a modern residential building: A case study in Rome

L Mauri, A Vallati, P Ocłoń - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
The goal of this paper is to evaluate the advantages achieved through the adoption of low
impact energy saving strategies for an independent natural gas fired boiler heating system …