Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings of the Lombardy Region (Italy), a Case Study of High-Energy Performance Buildings

Giuliano Dall'O', Valentina Belli, Mauro Brolis, Ivan Mozzi and Mauro Fasano
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Giuliano Dall'O': Department of Architecture, Building Environment and Construction Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan, Via E. Bonardi 9, Milan 10133, Italy
Valentina Belli: Finlombarda S.p.A., Energy Department, Via Taramelli 12, Milan 20124, Italy
Mauro Brolis: Finlombarda S.p.A., Energy Department, Via Taramelli 12, Milan 20124, Italy
Ivan Mozzi: Finlombarda S.p.A., Energy Department, Via Taramelli 12, Milan 20124, Italy
Mauro Fasano: Regione Lombardia, Department for Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development, Energy Unit, Piazza Città di Lombardia 1, Milan 20124, Italy

Energies, 2013, vol. 6, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: The topic of nearly zero-energy buildings (n-ZEB), introduced by the Directive 2010/31/EU will direct the building market toward ever greater energy efficiency of new buildings. In some contexts, however, the building market for high-efficiency buildings has evolved, in recent years, on the basis of national and regional laws that have contributed to the acceleration of the process. This paper analyses the case study of the Lombardy Region (Italy), which transposed and assimilated the Directive 91/2002 (Energy Performance Building Directive), as of 2006, with regional legislation for energy efficiency of buildings. Within a few years the market for high energy-performance of buildings in the Lombardy Region had grown substantially: to date nearly 7500 energy performance certificates for buildings of Class A and Class A+ have been issued. The paper therefore analyses a success story in what is a field of great current interest, namely n-ZEB buildings. In the first part of the work, the evolution in terms of energy efficiency of the housing market in the Lombardy Region has been analyzed, with particular reference to the high energy-performance of buildings. The second part focuses on a sample of 20 n-ZEB buildings in order to highlight the design choices applied to them.

Keywords: energy efficiency; near zero energy buildings; green buildings; high-performance buildings; energy certification; energy policies; CENED; Lombardy (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: 2013
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