Roberto Fioretti

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the performance of green roofs in terms of their expected benefits for the building and the urban environment, due to their recognised energy and water management potential scores.

TL;DR: In this paper, a life cycle assessment of two lighting technologies based on compact fluorescent (CFL) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) luminaires for general lighting of the office is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discussed the possibility of increasing the energy performance of thermal bricks through integration with two different technologies: the first is based on the insertion of phase change material (PCM) inside the enclosures of the bricks, while the second involves covering the internal surface with low emissivity coating.

TL;DR: In this article, an external phase change material (PCM) layer was integrated with an insulated sandwich panel, in order to reduce and displace the heat flux phase caused by the external climatic conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical evaluation of the energy benefits derived from the application of phase change materials (PCMs) to a traditional refrigerated container envelope is presented. And the authors also provide a numerical tool to be used in the prediction of the thermal performance of the envelope with PCM in the Italian context.