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Climate and cultural based design and market valuable technology solutions for Plus Energy Houses

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Deliverables

Active window configurator tool (opens in new window)

tool to support the early design phase of window system definition based on building features

Tool for economical assessment of life cycle costs in PEHs (opens in new window)

excelbased tool to assess investment costs total and per living area and cost of whole life cycle of building and concept total and per living area over a period of 30 years allowing for comparison of solution sets

Repository of reference building models and related solution-sets (opens in new window)

Repository of reference buildings energy models available for download

Data visualization library (opens in new window)

library of custom and ready-made scripting for simulation input report and output post-processing uploaded on a crowd-source platform and organized by targeted questions and topic tags to support the decision-making process and topic tags

Vademecum to guide the designers through PEH climate and cultural design (opens in new window)

vademecum in a form of check list to guide the investors in developing a climate and cultural driven positive energy house project

Report on redefined comfort zones for each climate-cultural cluster (opens in new window)

open access paper redefining comfort zones for each climate-cultural cluster (first draft at M12)

Evaluation framework for PEHs (opens in new window)

open access paper that defines a consistent evaluation framework for PEHs including calculation methodology for the plus energy balance and a comprehensive set of indicators

Decision tracking report (opens in new window)

Factsheets generated by the decision tracking system tool, including information and technical data about the buildings, the adopted strategies and the technologies, as well as track of all the design and construction phases of the technologies that are integrated in the demo cases.

Guidelines to assess co-benefits at household and community level (opens in new window)

guideline to assess co-benefits for the building occupants and used as input for marketing strategies for the developed technologies (T3.9), business models (T4.8) and the cost assessment of demo cases (T6.3) - (first version to be used in other tasks ready at M33)

Design guidelines for PEHs (opens in new window)

guidelines to support designers and architects work through the different steps of climate and cultural design.

Factsheets reporting solution set description and metrics for each climate-cultural geo-cluster (opens in new window)
Guidelines for PEHs business models (opens in new window)

Guidelines for building owners/investors to set PEHs business models and canvas business models for each demo case.First draft due at M33.

Local policies and boundary conditions for PEHs (opens in new window)

analyses of national funding schemes, local policies, local energy market, foreseen developments and environmental targets by the local government.

Climate and cultural differences in energy use in domestic buildings (opens in new window)

report documenting meta-analysis described in T2.1

Position paper on policy development to foster the construction of PEHs (opens in new window)

policy paper to support the construction of PEHs, including main findings on legal barriers in various EU Member States, as well as the best examples of practices already used and implemented.

Report on multi-system control strategies for HMS (opens in new window)

harmonized advanced control strategies for optimized HVAC operation and for energy management

Methodological approach to identify the optimal balance between IEQ and operational costs in PEHs under specific boundary conditions (opens in new window)
Guidelines and calculation methods for life cycle environmental impact assessment of PEHs (opens in new window)

guidelines for life cycle environmental impact assessment of PEHs

Report on strategy for building flexibility (opens in new window)

clear strategy to manage the flexibility of the HVAC systems and the building as a whole (first draft at M36)

Strategy to harmonize user's behaviour in PEHs (opens in new window)

three-part strategy for an harmonious integration of users behavior with building/systems operation (first draft at M25)

Position paper for policy makers showing impact of PEHs (opens in new window)

position paper for policy makers to underline the importance to support PEHs with adequate policies.

Design guidelines for Plus Energy Social Housing in France (opens in new window)

The guidelines will formalize the method applied to the French demo-case in Leers to make it easily replicable by French designers in future projects. This deliverable will be translated in French.

Project website (opens in new window)

on-line by M3 – continuously updated

Newsletter publication (opens in new window)

Periodic project e-newsletter issued every 6 months (depending on the relevant information available) providing information on project progress and results, links to public deliverables, articles, interviews, videos and experts and stakeholders opinions on specific issues.

Active Habitant App for citizen engagement (opens in new window)

application for the citizens to understand benefits of PEHs and which impact IEQ conditions have on their health and well-being.

Visual identity (opens in new window)

visual identity and identity kit guideline defining the rules for using the logo and other visual elements (e.g. colours, fonts, size) assuring a common usage by all PPs

Value chain international workshops (opens in new window)

Two international dissemination workshops in France (NBK at M18) and Italy (EURAC at M54) with value chain representatives (public authorities, building owners, architects, contractors, as well as final users and general public)

Off-line printed material (opens in new window)

leaflet to inform relevant project audience about the project objectives, features and expected results; designed for wide distribution to fairs, conferences and workshops

4 demo-cases videos and overall project video (opens in new window)

Video for the 4 demo-cases, describing the local context and technologies both used and developed by the CULTURAL-E project.

European Climate and Cultural Atlas for Plus Energy Building Design (opens in new window)

Spatial, cultural and social map of built-environment-related cultural and climate differences that have a direct link with building energy consumption. Beta version forseen at M18. The map has a website landing page designed to create a 'Wiki PEB Community' and includes design guidelines as well as social and cultural insights on PEB demo cases and other case studies.

Publications

Analysis of energy demand in a residential building using TRNSYS (opens in new window)

Author(s): Hussam Jouhara; Magdi Rashad; Alina ZABNIENSKA- Gora; Les Norman
Published in: Energy, Issue Volume 254, Part B, 2022, ISSN 0360-5442
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124357

Indirect Effects of High-Performance Buildings at Household and Community Level: A Systematic Literature Review (opens in new window)

Author(s): Pistore, Lorenza; Tintinaglia, Francesca; Pernetti, Roberta; Stivanello, Pietro; Pasut, Wilmer
Published in: Energies, Issue Energies 2023, 16(5), 2499, 2023, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en16052499

Plus energy building: Operational definition and assessment (opens in new window)

Author(s): Abed Al Waheed Hawila, Roberta Pernetti, Cristian Pozza, Annamaria Belleri
Published in: Energy and Buildings, Issue Volume 265, 15 June 2022, 2022, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112069

Thermal comfort and perceived air quality (PAQ) using automatic ceiling fans in residential buildings (opens in new window)

Author(s): Akshit Gupta, Giulia Torriani, Simone Torresin, Lorenza Pistore, Matteo Pellegatti, Lucia Piazza, Fabrizio Miorin, Wilmer Pasut, Annamaria Belleri, Roberto Lollini, Francesco Babich
Published in: Energy and Buildings, 2025, Page(s) 115317, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115317

Development of climate-based thermal comfort ranges from existing data: Analysis of the Smart Controls and thermal comfort (SCATS) database (opens in new window)

Author(s): L. Pistore, C. Varin, W. Pasut
Published in: Energy and Buildings, Issue Volume 298, 1 November 2023, 113509, 2023, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113509

Effectiveness and sustainability of solutions sets aimed at plus energy buildings. A multi-case and multi-domain investigation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Roberta Di Bari, Francesco Turrin, Hermann Leis, Francesco Isaia, Annamaria Belleri
Published in: Journal of Building Engineering, Issue Volume 94, 2024, ISSN 2352-7102
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109914

Plus Energy Building Flexibility: Impact of BESS Control Strategy and PV Power Forecasting (opens in new window)

Author(s): Grazia Barchi, Enrico Dalla Maria, Marco Pierro, Annamaria Belleri
Published in: 2024 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST), Issue pp. 1-6, 2024, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 979-8-3503-8649-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/sest61601.2024.10694512

Environmental lifecycle impact assessment for CULTURAL-E climate and cultural based solution sets (opens in new window)

Author(s): R Di Bari, O Jorgji, F Turrin, R Pinotti and C Pozza
Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES), Issue IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1085 012061, 2023
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012061

Workshop on Positive Energy Buildings — Definition (opens in new window)

Author(s): M Ala-Juusela, Cristian Pozza, J Salom, I Luque Segura, A Tuerk, Roberto Lollini, N Gaitani and Annamaria Belleri
Published in: Environmental Sciences Proceedings, Issue Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2021; 11(1):26. The 9th Annual Edition of Sustainable Places (SP 2021). Sustainable Places 2021 (Rome, 28/09/2021 - 01/10/2021). 02/12/2021., 2021, ISSN 2673-4931
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/environsciproc2021011026

Transient three-dimensional CFD modelling of ceiling fans: a comparison between detailed and simplified models (opens in new window)

Author(s): Babich, Francesco; Gupta, Akshit; Pasut, Wilmer
Published in: Building Simulation Applications BSA 2022, Issue 5th IBPSA-Italy Conference Bozen-Bolzano, 29th June –1st July 2022, 2023, Page(s) 9 - 16, ISBN 978-88-6046-191-9
Publisher: Bozen-Bolzano University Press
DOI: 10.13124/9788860461919_02

Implementation and Calibration of a Model to Treat Naturally Ventilated Complex Fenestration Systems in TRNSYS (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ingrid Demanega; Giovanni; Giuseppe; Francesco; Fabio; Stefano
Published in: Building Simulation Applications BSA 2022, Issue 5th IBPSA-Italy Conference Bozen-Bolzano, 29th June –1st July 2022, 2023, Page(s) 41 - 48, ISBN 978-88-6046-191-9
Publisher: Bozen-Bolzano University Press
DOI: 10.13124/9788860461919_06

Roots and Mechanisms of Thermal Comfort Expectations: From Individuals’ Own Background to Adaptation and Change (opens in new window)

Author(s): Pistore, L., Pasut, W.
Published in: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment 2023. COBEE 2022., 2023, ISBN 978-981-19-9822-5
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_251

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