Optimized Energy and Air Quality Management of Shared Smart Buildings in the COVID-19 Scenario

Giuseppe Anastasi; Carlo Bartoli; Paolo Conti; Emanuele Crisostomi; Alessandro Franco; Sergio Saponara; Daniele Testi; Dimitri Thomopulos; Carlo Vallati

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LAPSE:2023.31600

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LAPSE:2023.31600

Optimized Energy and Air Quality Management of Shared Smart Buildings in the COVID-19 Scenario

Giuseppe Anastasi, Carlo Bartoli, Paolo Conti, Emanuele Crisostomi, Alessandro Franco, Sergio Saponara, Daniele Testi, Dimitri Thomopulos, Carlo Vallati

April 19, 2023

Worldwide increasing awareness of energy sustainability issues has been the main driver in developing the concepts of (Nearly) Zero Energy Buildings, where the reduced energy consumptions are (nearly) fully covered by power locally generated by renewable sources. At the same time, recent advances in Internet of Things technologies are among the main enablers of Smart Homes and Buildings. The transition of conventional buildings into active environments that process, elaborate and react to online measured environmental quantities is being accelerated by the aspects related to COVID-19, most notably in terms of air exchange and the monitoring of the density of occupants. In this paper, we address the problem of maximizing the energy efficiency and comfort perceived by occupants, defined in terms of thermal comfort, visual comfort and air quality. The case study of the University of Pisa is considered as a practical example to show preliminary results of the aggregation of environmental data.

Record ID

LAPSE:2023.31600

Keywords

building dynamics, COVID-19 scenario, Energy Efficiency, human interaction, information and communication technologies, occupants’ comfort

Subject

Energy Systems

Suggested Citation

Anastasi G, Bartoli C, Conti P, Crisostomi E, Franco A, Saponara S, Testi D, Thomopulos D, Vallati C. Optimized Energy and Air Quality Management of Shared Smart Buildings in the COVID-19 Scenario. (2023). LAPSE:2023.31600

Author Affiliations

Anastasi G: Department of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy
Bartoli C: Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy
Conti P: Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy [ORCID]
Crisostomi E: Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy [ORCID]
Franco A: Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy [ORCID]
Saponara S: Department of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy
Testi D: Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy [ORCID]
Thomopulos D: Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Constructions Engineering (DESTEC), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy [ORCID]
Vallati C: Department of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, Italy

Journal Name

Energies

Volume

14

Issue

8

First Page

2124

Year

2021

Publication Date

2021-04-10