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Dr. Marta Maria Sesana
Politecnico di Milano

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Journal article
Published: 23 December 2020 in Buildings
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Since 2002, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) has set up the path to improve the efficiency gains in the EU building sector, including measures that should accelerate the rate of building renovation towards more energy efficient systems. Under the 2010 EPBD, all EU countries have established independent energy performance certification systems supported by independent mechanisms of control and verification. The EU directive 2018/844 has introduced different novelties and one of these regards the possibility for the Member States, together with the Long-Term Renovation Strategies (LTRS), to introduce an optional Building Renovation Passport Article 2a.1(c), considered as an empowering document that gives more reliable and independent information on the potential for energy savings that is tied up in their buildings. On 14 October 2020, the European Commission launched its Communication and Strategy on the Renovation Wave initiative, intending to double the current Europe’s renovation rate to make the continent carbon neutral by 2050. However, current practices and tools of energy performance assessment and certification applied across Europe face several challenges. In this context, the ALDREN project is a methodological framework that aims to support decision-making and investment in deep energy renovation of nonresidential buildings, based on a set of procedures (modules) that consist in the step-by-step implementation of protocols to assess the energy performance, indoor environmental quality, and financial value of buildings, before and after the energy renovation. The paper presents the ALDREN overall procedure with a focus on the development of the Building Renovation Passport and its application to an Italian office building.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Graziano Salvalai; Diletta Brutti; Corinne Mandin; Wenjuan Wei. ALDREN: A Methodological Framework to Support Decision-Making and Investments in Deep Energy Renovation of Non-Residential Buildings. Buildings 2020, 11, 3 .

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Marta Maria Sesana, Graziano Salvalai, Diletta Brutti, Corinne Mandin, Wenjuan Wei. ALDREN: A Methodological Framework to Support Decision-Making and Investments in Deep Energy Renovation of Non-Residential Buildings. Buildings. 2020; 11 (1):3.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Graziano Salvalai; Diletta Brutti; Corinne Mandin; Wenjuan Wei. 2020. "ALDREN: A Methodological Framework to Support Decision-Making and Investments in Deep Energy Renovation of Non-Residential Buildings." Buildings 11, no. 1: 3.

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Published: 24 July 2020 in Sustainability
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Starting from an experimental activity, the paper describes research analysis that has been conducted on a real case construction with the aim to design its adaptation as a nearly zero energy building in three possible alternative scenarios: (i) a lab for students’ activities in the Lecco University Campus of Politecnico di Milano; (ii) an Alpine shelter for the implementation of a sustainable mountain tourism in Zermatt; (iii) an emergency shelter for poor communities in Burkina Faso. The use of an easily disassembled and lightweight steel structure coupled with dry-layered technologies allows a tailor-made envelope design, ensuring high thermal comfort, very low energy use, and limited construction times. The three case studies have been designed starting from the same architectural/structural concept. A detailed analysis, by means of finite element method and dynamic building thermal simulations, has been performed to predict the overall performances of each case study. The results show: (i) high replicability of the concept; (ii) high customization of the envelope technologies; (iii) high energy efficiency; and (iv) high thermal comfort of the architecture. The useful energy requirement in all the three analyzed scenarios is minimized and equal to 14.13, 23.88, and 41.83 kWh/m2 year, respectively, for the students’ lab, the Alpine shelter and the emergency shelter. According to this study the energy needs can be covered by renewable energy produced on site, making the architectural concept an interesting modular lightweight solution for a nearly zero energy building with high potential for replicability.

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Graziano Salvalai; Marta Maria Sesana; Diletta Brutti; Marco Imperadori. Design and Performance Analysis of a Lightweight Flexible nZEB. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5986 .

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Graziano Salvalai, Marta Maria Sesana, Diletta Brutti, Marco Imperadori. Design and Performance Analysis of a Lightweight Flexible nZEB. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (15):5986.

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Graziano Salvalai; Marta Maria Sesana; Diletta Brutti; Marco Imperadori. 2020. "Design and Performance Analysis of a Lightweight Flexible nZEB." Sustainability 12, no. 15: 5986.

Review
Published: 15 January 2020 in Sustainability
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According to its strategic long-term vision, Europe wants to be a climate-neutral economy by 2050. Buildings play a crucial role in this vision, and they represent a sector with low-cost opportunities for high-level CO2 reduction. The challenge the renovation of the existing building stock, which must be increased to 3%/year, more than double compared to the current 1.2%/year. In this context, the ALliance for Deep RENovation (ALDREN) project has the goal of encouraging property owners to undertake renovation of existing buildings using a clear, robust, and comparable method. This paper aims to present the ALDREN approach and the ALDREN Building Renovation Passport (BRP), giving an overview of the connections and data links to other existing databases and certification schemes. To understand the data value potential of buildings, one requires reliable and trustworthy information. The Building Renovation Passport, introduced by the recent Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) recast 844/2018/EU, aims to provide this information. This paper presents the experience of the ALDREN BRP for non-residential buildings as well as the development procedure for its data model and the potential that this tool could have for the construction market. The ALDREN BRP has been structured into two main parts—BuildLog and RenoMap—with a common language that facilitates communication on the one hand and, on the other, the setting of renovation targets based on lifetime, operation, and user needs.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Mathieu Rivallain; Graziano Salvalai. Overview of the Available Knowledge for the Data Model Definition of a Building Renovation Passport for Non-Residential Buildings: The ALDREN Project Experience. Sustainability 2020, 12, 642 .

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Marta Maria Sesana, Mathieu Rivallain, Graziano Salvalai. Overview of the Available Knowledge for the Data Model Definition of a Building Renovation Passport for Non-Residential Buildings: The ALDREN Project Experience. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (2):642.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Mathieu Rivallain; Graziano Salvalai. 2020. "Overview of the Available Knowledge for the Data Model Definition of a Building Renovation Passport for Non-Residential Buildings: The ALDREN Project Experience." Sustainability 12, no. 2: 642.

Review
Published: 01 August 2018 in Energy and Buildings
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Marta Maria Sesana; Graziano Salvalai. A review on Building Renovation Passport: Potentialities and barriers on current initiatives. Energy and Buildings 2018, 173, 195 -205.

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Marta Maria Sesana, Graziano Salvalai. A review on Building Renovation Passport: Potentialities and barriers on current initiatives. Energy and Buildings. 2018; 173 ():195-205.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Graziano Salvalai. 2018. "A review on Building Renovation Passport: Potentialities and barriers on current initiatives." Energy and Buildings 173, no. : 195-205.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2018 in Energy and Buildings
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Greenhouse gas emissions have been recognized as one of the major cause of the global warming phenomena. The built environment accounts for more than 40% of the overall energy consumption and 36% of the overall CO2 emissions in Europe. Recent studies show that housing is one of the most responsible sector for world ecological impacts. The European Parliament developed the concept of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB), characterized by a very low energy demand and a high renewable energy on-site production. In fact, energy efficiency is the first step towards the ambitious aim to reduce of 80% by 2050 the EU carbon emissions. The zero-energy building target is an achievable goal, which relies on a careful design that encompasses a synergy between passive and low-energy strategies. However, considering the whole life cycle of buildings, NZEBs reduce the operational energy close to zero, increasing the relevancy of the embodied energy, which occurs during the construction phase. Balancing the values of the operational and embodied energy is necessary to minimize buildings footprint on the environment. In this paper the renovation and re-use of the Atika building, a demonstrative energy-efficient building, is presented as case study of an environmental efficient methodology for energy retrofitting. The case relies on the methodology developed by Active House, a holistic vision for sustainable buildings labeling.

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Arianna Brambilla; Graziano Salvalai; Marco Imperadori; Marta Maria Sesana. Nearly zero energy building renovation: From energy efficiency to environmental efficiency, a pilot case study. Energy and Buildings 2018, 166, 271 -283.

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Arianna Brambilla, Graziano Salvalai, Marco Imperadori, Marta Maria Sesana. Nearly zero energy building renovation: From energy efficiency to environmental efficiency, a pilot case study. Energy and Buildings. 2018; 166 ():271-283.

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Arianna Brambilla; Graziano Salvalai; Marco Imperadori; Marta Maria Sesana. 2018. "Nearly zero energy building renovation: From energy efficiency to environmental efficiency, a pilot case study." Energy and Buildings 166, no. : 271-283.

Journal article
Published: 01 August 2017 in Energy and Buildings
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The present paper illustrates the Italian pilot action of the EASEE project (Envelope Approach to improve Sustainability and Energy Efficiency in existing multi-storey multi owner residential buildings), focusing on the analysis of energy refurbishment trends of the Lombardy region residential building stock.\ud \ud More than 60% of the existing building stock in Lombardy region has been built before the 70 s and it is among the main responsible causes of final energy absorption and corresponding CO2 emissions with a mean primary energy index for heating of about 202.0 kWh/m2y. The promotion of renovation measures for such buildings, also through innovative solutions, is becoming increasingly important for both containing the greenhouse gas emissions and supporting the growth of the construction sector. To this topic, the work presents the energy renovation of a residential building in the Province of Milan through the application of innovative prefabricated composite panels that integrate both thermal insulation and exterior finishing with textile reinforced mortar. In detail, the paper describes, on one hand, the main design strategies following the preliminary analysis and, on the other hand, the whole installation process; besides, the performance of the retrofitted envelope is documented by the results of the monitoring campaign

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Graziano Salvalai; Marta Maria Sesana; Giuliana Iannaccone. Deep renovation of multi-storey multi-owner existing residential buildings: A pilot case study in Italy. Energy and Buildings 2017, 148, 23 -36.

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Graziano Salvalai, Marta Maria Sesana, Giuliana Iannaccone. Deep renovation of multi-storey multi-owner existing residential buildings: A pilot case study in Italy. Energy and Buildings. 2017; 148 ():23-36.

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Graziano Salvalai; Marta Maria Sesana; Giuliana Iannaccone. 2017. "Deep renovation of multi-storey multi-owner existing residential buildings: A pilot case study in Italy." Energy and Buildings 148, no. : 23-36.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2016 in Journal of Building Engineering
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Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) has launched since 2011 the project “Città Studi Sustainable Campus” to improve the university’s sustainability performances within three main principles: building refurbishment, sustainable campus development and integration of facilities, research and education. The paper aims to discuss these issues, focusing on the energy efficient refurbishment on two university campuses in Milan, Italy. A Methodology for Energy Efficient Building Refurbishment (MEEBR) has been identified and tested on two case studies with students of the Integrated Design Refurbishment Laboratory of Building Engineering Faculty at POLIMI. In particular, the performance energy analyses were conducted on two university building case: the first at POLIMI campus, and the second located in the Università degli Studi di Milano (UNIMI) campus. These analyses were carried out using numerical simulations, considering the increasing important role which software are playing in refurbishment building design process also in early design phase. This preliminary experience with students on MEEBR application, with also the overview on building refurbishment methodologies, show that case study examples can help to: increase consideration of the integrated research approach and improve sustainability performance in historical buildings taking into account also the user’s participation of a university campus. The comparison of the energy assessment methodology, of the two software used for the analyses (CENED+ and Sefaira), leads to the statement that it is essential from the beginning, selecting a program in function of the particular job and the outputs that you want to reach with the tool.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Manuela Grecchi; Graziano Salvalai; Caterina Rasica. Methodology of energy efficient building refurbishment: Application on two university campus-building case studies in Italy with engineering students. Journal of Building Engineering 2016, 6, 54 -64.

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Marta Maria Sesana, Manuela Grecchi, Graziano Salvalai, Caterina Rasica. Methodology of energy efficient building refurbishment: Application on two university campus-building case studies in Italy with engineering students. Journal of Building Engineering. 2016; 6 ():54-64.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Manuela Grecchi; Graziano Salvalai; Caterina Rasica. 2016. "Methodology of energy efficient building refurbishment: Application on two university campus-building case studies in Italy with engineering students." Journal of Building Engineering 6, no. : 54-64.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2015 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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Energy efficiency in buildings will play a major role in responding to EU climate change and energy-savingpolicies, if sustainable actions are to be trigged at large scale involving EU, all Member States and theirregional and local authorities.The objective of this paper is to explain the Geocluster methodology developed within the European“GE2O” project aimed at developing a general framework for the assessment of the effectiveness of build-ing technologies for energy efficiency. The research aimed to locate similarities across the EU countriesby combining parameters and indicators structures in homogeneous layers and sub-layers (i.e. buildingtechnology, context, policies and regulations, climatic conditions, social aspects) in order to develop arepository to be used as source of data for a dynamic geo-database web service. The assessment has beenperformed on two selected technologies, thermal insulation for envelope retrofitting and solar cooling,respectively, for two pilot areas: Benelux and Mediterranean arc. The final goal was to create an OpenSource geo-portal named GeoCluster Mapping Tool, based on international standards in the GIS domain,which implements the methodology developed and becomes a decision-making tool for private or publicparties

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Marta Maria Sesana; Branka Cuca; Giuliana Iannaccone; Raffaella Brumana; Dominique Caccavelli; Charly Gay. Geomapping methodology for the GeoCluster Mapping Tool to assess deployment potential of technologies for energy efficiency in buildings. Sustainable Cities and Society 2015, 17, 22 -34.

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Marta Maria Sesana, Branka Cuca, Giuliana Iannaccone, Raffaella Brumana, Dominique Caccavelli, Charly Gay. Geomapping methodology for the GeoCluster Mapping Tool to assess deployment potential of technologies for energy efficiency in buildings. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2015; 17 ():22-34.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Branka Cuca; Giuliana Iannaccone; Raffaella Brumana; Dominique Caccavelli; Charly Gay. 2015. "Geomapping methodology for the GeoCluster Mapping Tool to assess deployment potential of technologies for energy efficiency in buildings." Sustainable Cities and Society 17, no. : 22-34.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2015 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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The environmental concern in light of anthropogenic climate change is directly concerning the building sector as one of the major energy consumers and CO2 producers. To reduce the environmental impact of new and refurbished buildings, one of the most promising policies is the widespread adoption of Building Energy Regulation Codes (BERC), since they have a direct impact on the everyday work of local planners, architects, engineers and building companies. This article will look at how BERCs were implemented in Italy, where Regions and municipalities have developed in recent years a number of local regulations trying to drive the market towards more energy efficient practices. This happened in a legislative vacuum because the Italian Government implemented the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (2002/91/EC) only in 2005 and defined the related National Guidelines only in 2009. This article provides an overview on EPBD implementation in Europe and a Geocluster Italian distribution of BERCs in order to show their geographical distribution and their influence on the construction sector practices, focusing in particular on the region of Lombardy. Then the article describes the methodology followed for the definition of BERCs in nine municipalities in the same region. In conclusion, the paper presents the practical application of one of the nine BERCs to a NZEB residential case study as an example of what the EBPD recast define as nZEB

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Graziano Salvalai; Gabriele Masera; Marta Maria Sesana. Italian local codes for energy efficiency of buildings: Theoretical definition and experimental application to a residential case study. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2015, 42, 1245 -1259.

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Graziano Salvalai, Gabriele Masera, Marta Maria Sesana. Italian local codes for energy efficiency of buildings: Theoretical definition and experimental application to a residential case study. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2015; 42 ():1245-1259.

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Graziano Salvalai; Gabriele Masera; Marta Maria Sesana. 2015. "Italian local codes for energy efficiency of buildings: Theoretical definition and experimental application to a residential case study." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 42, no. : 1245-1259.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2014 in Open Geosciences
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Steady technological progress has led to a noticeable advancement in disciplines associated with Earth observation. This has enabled information transition regarding changing scenarios, both natural and urban, to occur in (almost) real time. In particular, the need for integration on a local scale with the wider territorial framework has occurred in analysis and monitoring of built environments over the last few decades. The progress of Geographic Information (GI) science has provided significant advancements when it comes to spatial analysis, while the almost free availability of the internet has ensured a fast and constant exchange of geo-information, even for everyday users’ requirements. Due to its descriptive and semantic nature, geo-spatial information is capable of providing a complete overview of a certain phenomenon and of predicting the implications within the natural, social and economic context. However, in order to integrate geospatial data into decision making processes, it is necessary to provide a specific context, which is well supported by verified data. This paper investigates the potentials of geo-portals as planning instruments developed to share multi-temporal/multi-scale spatial data, responding to specific end-users’ demands in the case of Energy efficiency in Buildings (EeB) across European countries. The case study regards the GeoCluster geo-portal and mapping tool (Project GE2O, FP7), built upon a GeoClustering methodology for mapping of indicators relevant for energy efficiency technologies in the construction sector.

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Branka Cuca; Raffaella Brumana; Daniela Oreni; Giuliana Iannaccone; Marta Maria Sesana. Geo-portal as a planning instrument: supporting decision making and fostering market potential of Energy efficiency in buildings. Open Geosciences 2014, 6, 121 -130.

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Branka Cuca, Raffaella Brumana, Daniela Oreni, Giuliana Iannaccone, Marta Maria Sesana. Geo-portal as a planning instrument: supporting decision making and fostering market potential of Energy efficiency in buildings. Open Geosciences. 2014; 6 (1):121-130.

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Branka Cuca; Raffaella Brumana; Daniela Oreni; Giuliana Iannaccone; Marta Maria Sesana. 2014. "Geo-portal as a planning instrument: supporting decision making and fostering market potential of Energy efficiency in buildings." Open Geosciences 6, no. 1: 121-130.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2013 in Energy Conversion and Management
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Graziano Salvalai; Jens Pfafferott; Marta Maria Sesana. Assessing energy and thermal comfort of different low-energy cooling concepts for non-residential buildings. Energy Conversion and Management 2013, 76, 332 -341.

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Graziano Salvalai, Jens Pfafferott, Marta Maria Sesana. Assessing energy and thermal comfort of different low-energy cooling concepts for non-residential buildings. Energy Conversion and Management. 2013; 76 ():332-341.

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Graziano Salvalai; Jens Pfafferott; Marta Maria Sesana. 2013. "Assessing energy and thermal comfort of different low-energy cooling concepts for non-residential buildings." Energy Conversion and Management 76, no. : 332-341.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2013 in Building and Environment
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Marta Maria Sesana; Graziano Salvalai. Overview on life cycle methodologies and economic feasibility for nZEBs. Building and Environment 2013, 67, 211 -216.

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Marta Maria Sesana, Graziano Salvalai. Overview on life cycle methodologies and economic feasibility for nZEBs. Building and Environment. 2013; 67 ():211-216.

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Marta Maria Sesana; Graziano Salvalai. 2013. "Overview on life cycle methodologies and economic feasibility for nZEBs." Building and Environment 67, no. : 211-216.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2013 in Computer Vision
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The paper illustrates the potentials of geospatial information (GI) and related services that can enable structuring, access and sharing information regarding energy efficiency in buildings. This work refers on one side to European initiative that foresees a creation of macro-regions that are defined by their similarities in terms of climate, culture, construction typologies, economy, energy prices and energy policies and on the other side to the INSPIRE Directive that aims to ensure compatibility and usability Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) across Europe . The research here illustrated regards a geo-portal and geo-mapping tool that are able to provide new scenarios for retrieving geospatial knowledge regarding energy efficiency of European built environment.

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Branka Cuca; Marta Maria Sesana; Giuliana Iannaccone; Daniela Oreni; Dominique Caccavelli. Integration of the Multi-scale Heterogeneous Data for the Deployment of the Concept of Energy Efficiency in Buildings within an SDI Framework. Computer Vision 2013, 358 -374.

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Branka Cuca, Marta Maria Sesana, Giuliana Iannaccone, Daniela Oreni, Dominique Caccavelli. Integration of the Multi-scale Heterogeneous Data for the Deployment of the Concept of Energy Efficiency in Buildings within an SDI Framework. Computer Vision. 2013; ():358-374.

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Branka Cuca; Marta Maria Sesana; Giuliana Iannaccone; Daniela Oreni; Dominique Caccavelli. 2013. "Integration of the Multi-scale Heterogeneous Data for the Deployment of the Concept of Energy Efficiency in Buildings within an SDI Framework." Computer Vision , no. : 358-374.