The consortium partners have collected a great deal of information about the regulatory and policy framework regarding potential support of bioclimatic design and training infrastructure. The project has also investigated bio- or geo- based and with low embedded energy. These findings are presented in a series of public reports (D2.1 D2.2 D2.3 D2.4 and D3.7).
A series of reports were published detailing concepts and definitions about energy performance, indoor environmental quality and energy flexibility in buildings.
D3.1 presents a critical review of the literature and international standards to identify suitable KPIs that can be used to assess the energy performance of bioclimatic buildings.
D3.2 provides a clear framework about the available methodologies, standards, tools and indicators to evaluate thermal, acoustic, visual comfort and air quality, up to date with the recent progress in thermal comfort models, with e.g. the introduction of the “Elevated Air Speed Comfort Zone Method” and “Adaptive model”.
D3.3 explores the topic of building energy flexibility with a focus on warm climates.
24 case studies in Africa and Europe have been selected and analyzed to document existing experiences of bioclimatic design. They are collected in D3.8 and D3.9 along with technical and design aspects and energy and comfort performance characterization.
The study of future weather is addressed in reports D3.4 and D3.5. as an urgently needed ingredient for designing buildings and solutions that will be resilient to global warming and higher frequency of extreme events.
D3.11 is based on the overall work performed in the project. Taking into account a review of pre-existing manuals, it attempts to produce design guidelines and tools updated to take into account the change in weather patterns, the availability of totally new materials such as surfaces for daytime radiation to the sky, the improvements in the manufacturing process and performances of bio- and geo- based materials, the new knowledge gained in terms of modeling thermal comfort and its recent incorporation in international standards such as EN 16798: 2017 and ASHRAE 55: 2020, the experiences in the application of passive techniques also to tall buildings.
A preexisting book and MOOC have been substantially updated and are freely available.
During COP26 and COP 27, we have participated to various side-events presenting the technical aspects of local materials for buildings, climate adaptation, and summer comfort. We also have participated to the organization of a “One-health” conference during the pre-COP in Milano. A final conference has been organized in Morocco, attracting students, building designers, practitioners, policymakers.
The work developed during the project and the call for papers for the conference have led to the publication of more than 15 academic papers, on journal and conference proceedings.
