Abstract
This paper highlights the development of strategies using a green approach that can be adopted to manage interventions to promote energy efficiency. It focuses on the result of a case study carried out on an existing residential building located in Naples, Italy. The green methodology adopted in this study met the needs and requests of the building owner, who asked for natural materials. We assessed the possibility of maximizing achievable thermal energy savings and hygrometric behavior, starting from the climatic characteristics. The first step was to evaluate the aspects related to sunshine, thermal inputs, natural lighting, and natural ventilation, and prevailing winds. Subsequently, the casing was redesigned with the aim of minimizing energy consumption by using natural materials. Such materials added value to the project by combining high performance and considerations of the residents’ health. The objective here was to identify strategies for the well-being of residents both in winter and summer, by reducing energy consumption and installation management costs as well as increasing livability.
Highlights
Today, there is a growing awareness of the multitude of ways by which building designers can exploit natural resources and renewable energy to create sustainable buildings [1]
It focuses on the result of a case study carried out on an existing residential building located in Naples, Italy
The green methodology adopted in this study met the needs and requests of the building owner, who asked for natural materials
Summary
There is a growing awareness of the multitude of ways by which building designers can exploit natural resources and renewable energy to create sustainable buildings [1]. Household residents are increasingly determined to enhance their quality of life, and natural solutions often offer the best way of achieving this goal [2] For these reasons, an accurately designed bioclimatic approach, using natural sources for construction elements and energy, is worth considering, and it would have methodological value for existing buildings, such as in the case study presented in this paper. Natural materials for construction, are increasingly used due to their potential to regenerate internal spatiality with a high technical level of consistency that is a profound innovation [1] This project proposal should be pursued for entire buildings. This case study has the methodological value of pursuing tangible energy requalification that is a sustainable and innovative green approach
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