Buildings account for a large share of final energy consumption. To meet the requirements of the European Directives, computational tools and methodologies for the assessment of the energy performance of buildings have been developed over the years by ITC-CNR, Construction Technologies Institute of the National Research Council of Italy. The meeting of sophisticated scientific knowledge with technological know-how has led to the realization of the project XClimaEurope. XClimaEurope, as a web-based multi-language platform, is a meeting place for the exchange of knowledge and experience in relation to energy saving and renewable energy. The latest results of research are made available in the form of analytical and computational tools for energy consumption in buildings, renewable energy sources and in general for environmental protection. The first product of the new platform is DOCETpro2010, a diagnosis and energy certification tool, open to all stakeholders in the sector: from energy certifiers to architects, from research to industry, from public institutions to end users. The tool is focused on trying to identify methodological approaches to facilitate data entry via an online interface, making it more flexible and intuitive at the same time to allow energy certification to become a positive process of cultural identity. Customers can define the building model, creating several surfaces with different physical and construction characteristics, the heating system, with one or more traditional and non-traditional heating and domestic hot water plants. It is also possible to specify the thermal solar systems and the photovoltaic systems. The last part of the software consists of the cost/benefit analysis that allows the economic evaluation of several energy refurbishments. XClimaEurope operates independently from any operating system, location (office, building yard, home) and device (computer, laptop, iPhone, iPad). It only needs an Internet connection and a free standard-browser. Each update is provided automatically and requires no additional intervention or action. The platform is permanently evolving through the continuous integration of different tools and offers the possibility of widely disseminating of the concepts of sustainable living
Information technology meets scientific research on the web.DOCETpro10 and XClimaEurope: the italian experience on diagnosis and energy certification
L Belussi;L Danza;I Meroni
2011
Abstract
Buildings account for a large share of final energy consumption. To meet the requirements of the European Directives, computational tools and methodologies for the assessment of the energy performance of buildings have been developed over the years by ITC-CNR, Construction Technologies Institute of the National Research Council of Italy. The meeting of sophisticated scientific knowledge with technological know-how has led to the realization of the project XClimaEurope. XClimaEurope, as a web-based multi-language platform, is a meeting place for the exchange of knowledge and experience in relation to energy saving and renewable energy. The latest results of research are made available in the form of analytical and computational tools for energy consumption in buildings, renewable energy sources and in general for environmental protection. The first product of the new platform is DOCETpro2010, a diagnosis and energy certification tool, open to all stakeholders in the sector: from energy certifiers to architects, from research to industry, from public institutions to end users. The tool is focused on trying to identify methodological approaches to facilitate data entry via an online interface, making it more flexible and intuitive at the same time to allow energy certification to become a positive process of cultural identity. Customers can define the building model, creating several surfaces with different physical and construction characteristics, the heating system, with one or more traditional and non-traditional heating and domestic hot water plants. It is also possible to specify the thermal solar systems and the photovoltaic systems. The last part of the software consists of the cost/benefit analysis that allows the economic evaluation of several energy refurbishments. XClimaEurope operates independently from any operating system, location (office, building yard, home) and device (computer, laptop, iPhone, iPad). It only needs an Internet connection and a free standard-browser. Each update is provided automatically and requires no additional intervention or action. The platform is permanently evolving through the continuous integration of different tools and offers the possibility of widely disseminating of the concepts of sustainable livingI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
