The crisis of the western lifestyle models compared to problems linked to climate change, and the new roles that cities and buildings must take on the current globalization scenarios favor an emerging culture, and mark a necessary turning point for our civilization.
Energy renovation is instrumental for reaching the EU 2020 goals and smart districts are integral parts for the development of Smart Cities in the next future. At building scale, every structure runs differently and energy consumption profiles depends not only on climatic locations and technological quality of buildings, but also on occupancy levels and different types of public utility buildings (school, healthcare and homes for the elderly, office, university).
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