Urban morphology and energy consumption in Italian residential buildings

2015 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1603-1608

  Delmastro, C ^a   Mutani, G ^a   Pastorelli, M ^a   Vicentini, G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Metropolitan City of Torino   (Italy)

Author keywords

energy consumption; Italy; residential buildings; solar factor; space heating; urban form

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; SPACE HEATING; ZONING;

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; ITALY; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; SOLAR FACTORS; URBAN FORM; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84964671341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRERA.2015.7418677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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