Pubblicazioni

2025

L. Carnieletto, N. Borgato, L. Teso, E. Prataviera, M. Ditommaso, V. Costanzo, P. Romagnoni, G. Evola, A. Zarrella, Urban-scale energy simulations using building archetypes: methodological insights and limitations from a case study, submitted: CLIMA 2025 Conference, Milano, Italy. June, 4 – 6 2025
A. Banfi, C. Nardelli, M, Ferrando, X. Shi, F. Causone, Using UBEM to study decarbonisation strategies of urban neighbourhoods: a case study in Milan, submitted: CLIMA 2025 Conference, Milano, Italy. June, 4 – 6 2025
M. Ferrando, M. Chierici. A. Banfi, F. Causone, An analysis of Lombardy’s EPC database providing building archetypes for UBEM applications, submitted: CLIMA 2025 Conference, Milano, Italy. June, 4 – 6 2025
M.H. Khajedehi, E. Prataviera, S. Bordignon, A. Zarrella, M. De Carli, Geospatial clustering as a method to reduce the computational load in Urban Building Energy Simulation, SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETIES (2025). Vol. 122, 106247. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106247

2024

A. Banfi, M. Ferrando, J. Malik, T. Hong, F. Causone, An Analysis of Building Occupancy Patterns Based on Time Use Survey Data, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 553 (2024) 437 – 442. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8309-0_59
A. Banfi, M. Ferrando, P. Li, X. Shi, F. Causone, Integrating Occupant Behaviour into Urban-Building Energy Modelling: A Review of Current Practices and Challenges, Energies, 17 (2024) 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17174400
L. Cattani, A. Magrini, A. Chiari, A Method and Metrics to Assess the Energy Efficiency of Smart Working, Buildings 14(3) (2024) 741. doi:10.3390/buildings14030741
M. Piro, F. Bianco Mauthe Degerfeld, I. Ballarini, V. Corrado, The challenges for a holistic, flexible and through-life updated energy performance certificate, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 69 (2024) 103922. doi:10.1016/j.seta.2024.103922
V. Costanzo, F. Nocera, M. Detommaso, G. Evola, Decarbonizing cities through electrification: a strategic study for densely built residential districts in Southern Italy. Sustainable Cities and Society 113 (2024) 105651
V. Costanzo, G. Evola, F. Nocera, M. Detommaso, F. Nicoletti, N. Arcuri, The development of building archetypes for the energy modeling of the Italian building stock: preliminary results for Southern Italy, International Conference “Landscapes Across the Mediterranean (CrossMED)”, Reggio Calabria (Italy), 11-13 December 2024
L. Carnieletto, L. Teso, W. Pasut, A. Zarrella, The challenge of archetypes representativity for wide scale building investigation in Italy, Proceedings: 6th Building Simulation Applications Conference BSA 2024, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. June, 26th – 28st 2024.
L. Teso, L. Zardo, A. Zarrella, Green Transition: are Historical City Centres Residents Excluded? The Case of Venezia, Proceedings: 9th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2024), July 26-27, 2024, Toronto, Canada. In: Berardi, U. (eds) Multiphysics and Multiscale Building Physics. IABP 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 553. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8309-0_17.
C. Carletti, G. Cellai, L. Pierangioli, A. Riccomi, F. Sciurpi, Simulation of the energy performance of building archetypes according to Italian regulations, with the identification of up-grading solutions based on cost-benefit analysis in relation to climate change, E3S WEB OF CONFERENCES 53rd AiCARR International Conference “From NZEB to ZEB: The Buildings of the Next Decades for a Healthy and Sustainable Future” (2024), Milano, 12-14/03/2024, EDP sciences, vol. 523. doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202452301006
E. Prataviera, A. Zarrella, J. Morejohn, V. Narayanan, Exploiting district cooling network and urban building energy modeling for large-scale integrated energy conservation analyses, APPLIED ENERGY (2024) Vol. 356, 122368. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122368
M. Piro, I. Ballarini, V. Corrado, Building archetypes supporting the national building renovation plan, in: Proceedings of the 6th IBPSA-Italy Conference (2024). In print.

2023

M. Ferrando, A. Banfi, F. Causone, Changes in energy use profiles derived from electricity smart meter readings of residential buildings in Milan before, during and after the COVID-19 main lockdown, Sustainable Cities and Society 99 (2023) 104876. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2023.104876
M. Piro, I. Ballarini, V. Corrado, From Building Energy Models (BEM) to Urban Building Energy Models (UBEM): input data and modelling approaches, in: Proceedings of the 18th IBPSA Conference (2023) 2944-2951. doi:10.26868/25222708.2023.1662

2022

M. Ferrando, S. Ferroni, M. Pelle, A. Tatti, S. Erba, F. Causone, Ubem’s Archetypes Improvement Via Data-Driven Occupant-Related Schedules Randomly Distributed and Their Impact Assessment, SSRN Electron. J. (2022). doi:10.2139/SSRN.4080326.
C. Wang, M. Ferrando, F. Causone, X. Jin, X. Zhou, X. Shi, Data acquisition for urban building energy modeling: A review, Build. Environ. (2022) 109056. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109056.
C. Wang, M. Ferrando, F. Causone, X. Jin, X. Zhou, X. Shi, An innovative method to predict the thermal parameters of construction assemblies for urban building energy models, Build. Environ. 224 (2022) 109541. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109541.
C. Carpino, R. Bruno, V. Carpino, N. Arcuri, Improve decision-making process and reduce risks in the energy retrofit of existing buildings through uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, Energy for Sustainable Development 68 (2022), 289–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ESD.2022.04.007
R. Bruno, V. Ferraro, P. Bevilacqua, N. Arcuri, On the assessment of the heat transfer coefficients on building components: A comparison between modeled and experimental data, Build. Environ. 216 (2022) 108995. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BUILDENV.2022.108995
L. Teso, L. Carnieletto, K. Sun, W. Zhang, A. Gasparella, P. Romagnoni, A. Zarrella, T. Hong, Large scale energy analysis and renovation strategies for social housing in the historic city of Venice, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 52 (2022) 102041. https://doi.org/1016/j.seta.2022.102041
E. Prataviera, J. Vivian, G. Lombardo, A. Zarrella, Evaluation of the impact of input uncertainty on urban building energy simulations using uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, Applied Energy Vol. 311 (2022) 118691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118691

2021

L. Carnieletto, M. Ferrando, L. Teso, K. Sun, W. Zhang, F. Causone, P. Romagnoni, A. Zarrella, T. Hong, Italian prototype building models for urban scale building performance simulation, Build. Environ. 192 (2021) 107590. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107590.
F. Causone, R. Scoccia, M. Pelle, P. Colombo, M. Motta, S. Ferroni, Neighborhood energy modeling and monitoring: A case study, Energies. 14 (2021). doi:10.3390/en14123716.
E. Prataviera, P. Romano, L. Carnieletto, F. Pirotti, J. Vivian, A. Zarrella, A., EUReCA: An open-source urban building energy modelling tool for the efficient evaluation of cities energy demand, Renewable Energy 173 (2021) pp.544-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.03.144
P. Romano, E. Prataviera, L. Carnieletto, J. Vivian, M. Zinzi, A. Zarrella, Assessment of the Urban Heat Island Impact on Building Energy Performance at District Level with the EUReCA Platform. CLIMATE – ISSN:2225-1154 vol. 9 (3), (2021), pp. 48 https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9030048
T. Dalla Mora, L. Teso, L. Carnieletto, A. Zarrella, P. Romagnoni, Comparative analysis between dynamic and quasi‐steady‐state methods at an urban scale on a social‐housing district in Venice, Energies 14 (2021) 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165164
I. Ballarini, V. Corrado, M. Piro, Building Stock Energy Models and ICT Solutions for Urban Energy Systems. In: M. Del Giudice M., A. Osello, Handbook of Research on Developing Smart Cities Based on Digital Twins. chapter 22, p. 490-514, HERSHEY: IGI Global, ISBN13: 9781799870913, EISBN13: 9781799870937, (2021) doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7091-3.ch022.
V. Costanzo, G. Evola, L. Marletta, Understanding heat and mass transfer at the urban scale. In “Urban Heat Stress and Mitigation Solutions: An engineering perspective“, Edited by V. Costanzo, G. Evola, L. Marletta, Taylor and Francis, 2021. ISBN 9780367493639.
M. Detommaso, V. Costanzo, F. Nocera, Application of weather data morphing for calibration of urban Envi-Met microclimate models. Results and critical issues. Urban Climate 38 (2021) 100895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100895
G. Evola, V. Costanzo, M. Infantone, L. Marletta, Typical-year and multi-year building energy simulation approaches: a critical comparison. Energy 219 (2021) 119591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.119591

2020

M. Ferrando, F. Causone, T. Hong, Y. Chen, Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches, Sustain. Cities Soc. 62 (2020) 102408. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102408.
C. Carpino, E. Loukou, P. Heiselberg, N. Arcuri, Energy performance gap of a nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) in Denmark: the influence of occupancy modelling, Building Research & Information, 48(8), (2020), 899–921. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2019.1707639
C. Carpino, R. Bruno, N. Arcuri, Social housing refurbishment for the improvement of city sustainability: Identification of targeted interventions based on a disaggregated cost-optimal approach, Sustainable Cities and Society 60 (2020) 102223. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCS.2020.102223
A. Zarrella, E. Prataviera, P. Romano, L. Carnieletto, J. Vivian, Analysis and application of a lumped-capacitance model for urban building energy modelling, Sustainable Cities and Society 63 (2020) 102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102450
J. Vivian, D. Quaggiotto, A. Zarrella, Increasing the energy flexibility of existing district heating networks through flow rate variations, Applied Energy Vol. 275 (2020) 115411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115411
M. Piro, I. Ballarini, V. Corrado, Use of Energy Performance Certificates data repositories in Urban Building Energy Models, AiCARR JOURNAL, vol. 64, n. 5, p. 44-48, ISSN: 2038-2723 (2020) doi: 10.36164/AiCARRJ.64.05.03.
G. Evola, V. Costanzo, C. Magrì, G. Margani, L. Marletta, E. Naboni, A novel comprehensive workflow for modelling outdoor thermal comfort and energy demand in urban canyons: results and critical issues. Energy and Buildings 216 (2020) 109946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109946
V. Costanzo, G. Evola, M. Infantone, L. Marletta, Updated Typical Weather Years for the Energy Simulation of Buildings in Mediterranean Climate. A Case Study for Sicily. Energies 13 (2020) 4115. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13164115

2019

M. Ferrando, F. Causone, T. Hong, Y. Chen, Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches, Sustain. Cities Soc. 62 (2020) 102408. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102408.
V. Costanzo, R. Yao, X. Li, M. Liu, B. Li, A multi-layer approach for estimating the energy use intensity on an urban scale, Cities 95 (2019) 102467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.102467

2018

X. Li, R. Yao, M. Liu, V. Costanzo, W. Yu, W. Wang, A. Short, B. Li, Developing urban residential reference buildings using clustering analysis of satellite images, Energy and Buildings 169 (2018) 417-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.03.064

2017

P. Bevilacqua, D. Mazzeo, R. Bruno, N. Arcuri, Surface temperature analysis of an extensive green roof for the mitigation of urban heat island in southern Mediterranean climate, Energy and Buildings, 150 (2017) 318–327. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENBUILD.2017.05.081
C. Carpino, R. Bruno, N. Arcuri, Statistical analysis of the heating demand in residential buildings located in Mediterranean climate and proposals for refurbishment, Energy Procedia, 133 (2017) 16–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EGYPRO.2017.09.365
I. Ballarini, V. Corrado, A New Methodology for Assessing the Energy Consumption of Building Stocks, Energies, S.I. “17th CIRIAF National Congress – Sustainable Development, Environment and Human Health Protection”, Energies, 10(8) (2017) 1102, https://doi.org/10.3390/en10081102
I. Ballarini, V. Corrado, F. Madonna, S. Paduos, F. Ravasio, Energy refurbishment of the Italian residential building stock: energy and cost analysis through the application of the building typology, Energy Policy, 105 (2017) p. 148-160, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.02.026
L. Pierangioli, C. Cristina, G. Cellai, F. Sciurpi, Energy refurbishment of social housing stock in Italy: analysis of some scenarios from the impact of climate change to occupant behaviour, Preprints of BSA 2017 ‐ Building Simulation Applications 3rd IBPSA Italy Conference (2017), Bolzano, 8-10/2/2017, Free University of Bozen‐Bolzano, pp. 1-8, ISBN:978-88-6046-136-0

2016

V. Corrado, I. Ballarini, Refurbishment trends of the residential building stock: analysis of a regional pilot case in Italy, Energy And Buildings, Energy and Buildings, Volume 132 (2016) Pages 91-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.06.022

2014

I. Ballarini I., S.P. Corgnati, V. Corrado, Use of reference buildings to assess the energy saving potentials of the residential building stock: the experience of TABULA Project. Energy Policy, vol. 68 (2014) p. 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.027