Energy performance buildings

Energy performance buildings, also known as energy-efficient buildings or green buildings, are structures designed and constructed to minimize energy consumption and reduce their environmental impact. These buildings employ various strategies and technologies to optimize energy efficiency, improve indoor environmental quality, and promote sustainability.

Key features and characteristics of energy performance buildings include:

Energy Efficiency: Energy performance buildings are designed to minimize energy demand and maximize energy efficiency. This involves incorporating energy-efficient building materials, insulation, windows, and doors to reduce heat transfer and air leakage. Efficient lighting systems, appliances, and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems are also installed to minimize energy consumption.

Renewable Energy Integration: Energy performance buildings often incorporate renewable energy sources to generate on-site power. This may include the installation of solar panels, wind turbines, or geothermal systems, allowing the building to generate its own clean energy and reduce reliance on traditional energy sources.

Passive Design Strategies: Passive design strategies focus on utilizing the natural features of the building site and climate to reduce the need for mechanical systems. These strategies may involve optimizing building orientation for natural lighting and ventilation, utilizing shading devices to minimize heat gain, and incorporating thermal mass for temperature regulation.

Efficient Water Usage: Energy performance buildings typically incorporate water-saving features and technologies. This may include low-flow fixtures, water-efficient irrigation systems, rainwater harvesting, and graywater recycling, reducing water consumption and promoting sustainable water management.

Indoor Environmental Quality: Energy performance buildings prioritize the health and comfort of occupants. They employ strategies to enhance indoor air quality, optimize natural lighting, and provide adequate thermal comfort. This includes efficient ventilation systems, use of low-emitting materials, and control systems that allow occupants to adjust their environment.

Life Cycle Assessment: Energy performance buildings consider the environmental impact of the entire building life cycle, including the construction, operation, and eventual demolition or recycling of the structure. This assessment helps minimize the carbon footprint and resource consumption throughout the building's life span.

Green Certifications: Energy performance buildings may pursue certifications such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), or other local green building standards. These certifications provide recognition and verification of the building's environmental performance and sustainability features.

By focusing on energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, indoor environmental quality, and sustainable practices, energy performance buildings aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, minimize resource consumption, and create healthier and more sustainable built environments.

Energy performance buildings benefit occupants by providing comfortable and healthy spaces while also reducing energy costs and promoting long-term environmental sustainability.

Detection using an infrared camera is able to highlight the presence of thermal bridges or discontinuities in the insulation which are mainly responsible for the formation of mold inside the building.

The push towards the use of renewable energy sources and alternatives to traditional fuels has recently been codified by numerous national and international provisions; in this regard, consultancy is offered for:

• Enrolled in the lists of energy certifiers of the Lombardy (n° 11837) and Lazio Regions.
• Detection using an infrared camera is able to highlight the presence of thermal bridges or discontinuities in the insulation which are mainly responsible for the formation of mold inside the building.
• The push towards the use of renewable energy sources and alternatives to traditional fuels has recently been codified by numerous national and international provisions; in this regard, consultancy is offered for:
• Surveys with thermal imaging cameras
• Energy Certifications: APE, AQE and improvements
• Ithaca Protocol Certifications
• Certificate of Environmental Sustainability (ITACA Protocol EXPERT)"
• Energy diagnoses
• Drafting of law 10, project, nZEB, redevelopment and Minimum Environmental Criteria
• Passive and zero consumption buildings
• Housing redevelopment interventions and Superbonus 110%
• Calculation of thermal bridges
• Passive acoustic requirements of buildings.

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