Energy and Microclimate Simulation in a Heritage Building: Further Studies on the Malatestiana Library

Lamberto Tronchin and Kristian Fabbri
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Lamberto Tronchin: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Kristian Fabbri: Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Viale Europa 596, 47521 Cesena, Italy

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Historical and heritage (especially UNESCO) buildings need a specific, peculiar approach regarding energy performance, energy behavior, and indoor microclimate. Comparing a new building with a historical (UNESCO) building, it is evident that the degrees of freedom for implementing energy efficiency in historical buildings are strongly limited. Several constraints about the materials, the geometry, and the structures do not allow a comprehensive enhancement of energy performance or microclimate parameters. In this paper, we describe an energy building performance criterion adopted in order to find out the energy behavior in the Malatestiana Library. The challenge consists of optimizing energy efficiency and microclimate as well as a full preservation of ancient manuscripts. The study adopts Google Sketchup software to model three-dimensional (3D) buildings, and IESVE software to simulate an indoor microclimate. Software building models allow for the evaluation of different types of natural ventilation and section forms, e.g., original, without attic, and without ground floor. The results of the software modeling allow for a comparison of several building use modality effects and the effect of the presence of an attic and ground floor on indoor microclimate parameters in order to conserve and preserve ancient manuscripts.

Keywords: building simulation; heritage building; indoor microclimate; Malatestiana Library (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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