The energy and environmental certification of buildings is a strategic tool to evaluate the sustainability of a building from the beginning of construction to the final demolition and disposal, taking into account not only the energy consumption, but also many other aspects like quality of design and living. In this paper, some of the most used energetic and environmental certification procedures in Italy have been studied and applied to a residential building. Among them the following protocols were compared: ITACA in its reduced form, LEED Italy, VEA, BIOVER, SB100 and SBC. Particular attention was dedicated to the SBC protocol developed by IISBE (International Initiative for a sustainable Built Enviroment), developed for commercial, office, high rise and school buildings, which takes account of 5 thematic areas: selection of the site, energy and resources consumption, environmental impact, indoor ambient quality and quality of the services. Starting from this protocol and comparing it with the other ones, a novel proposal of a protocol for the energetic and environmental certification of residential buildings was developed. This novel protocol was created by joining the essential issues and eliminating those that are not applicable or not interesting for residential buildings. To this aim, a new calibration of the weights of the five thematic areas was also considered. The novel protocol was applied to a residential building located in Città di Castello (Umbria, Italy).
Development and application of an energy and environmental certification method for residential buildings
DESIDERI, UMBERTO;
2010-01-01
Abstract
The energy and environmental certification of buildings is a strategic tool to evaluate the sustainability of a building from the beginning of construction to the final demolition and disposal, taking into account not only the energy consumption, but also many other aspects like quality of design and living. In this paper, some of the most used energetic and environmental certification procedures in Italy have been studied and applied to a residential building. Among them the following protocols were compared: ITACA in its reduced form, LEED Italy, VEA, BIOVER, SB100 and SBC. Particular attention was dedicated to the SBC protocol developed by IISBE (International Initiative for a sustainable Built Enviroment), developed for commercial, office, high rise and school buildings, which takes account of 5 thematic areas: selection of the site, energy and resources consumption, environmental impact, indoor ambient quality and quality of the services. Starting from this protocol and comparing it with the other ones, a novel proposal of a protocol for the energetic and environmental certification of residential buildings was developed. This novel protocol was created by joining the essential issues and eliminating those that are not applicable or not interesting for residential buildings. To this aim, a new calibration of the weights of the five thematic areas was also considered. The novel protocol was applied to a residential building located in Città di Castello (Umbria, Italy).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
