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Prof. Francesco Martellotta
Department of Civil Engineering Sciences and Architecture (DICAR), Polytechnic University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy

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Editorial
Published: 11 July 2021 in Buildings
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Here, we overview the Buildings journal Special Issue dedicated to the following topic: “Novel Technologies to Enhance Energy Performance and Indoor Environmental Quality of Buildings” (https://www

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Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Francesco Fiorito. Novel Technologies to Enhance Energy Performance and Indoor Environmental Quality of Buildings. Buildings 2021, 11, 303 .

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Alessandro Cannavale, Francesco Martellotta, Francesco Fiorito. Novel Technologies to Enhance Energy Performance and Indoor Environmental Quality of Buildings. Buildings. 2021; 11 (7):303.

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Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Francesco Fiorito. 2021. "Novel Technologies to Enhance Energy Performance and Indoor Environmental Quality of Buildings." Buildings 11, no. 7: 303.

Editorial
Published: 14 April 2021 in Materials
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Materials with sound-absorbing or sound-insulating properties have been rapidly evolving in recent years due to several reasons

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Francesco Martellotta. Innovative Composite Materials for Sound Absorption and Insulation: Where We Are and Where We Are Going. Materials 2021, 14, 1954 .

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Francesco Martellotta. Innovative Composite Materials for Sound Absorption and Insulation: Where We Are and Where We Are Going. Materials. 2021; 14 (8):1954.

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Francesco Martellotta. 2021. "Innovative Composite Materials for Sound Absorption and Insulation: Where We Are and Where We Are Going." Materials 14, no. 8: 1954.

Journal article
Published: 30 January 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Due to the overall improvement of living standards and considering the priority to reduce the energy consumption, the adoption of efficient strategies, mainly in the building area is mandatory. In fact, the construction sector can be considered as one of the key field essential for the sustainability, due to the diversity of components and their life cycles. Reuse strategies may play an essential role in reducing the environmental impact of building processes. Within this framework, the reuse of textile waste to produce insulating materials represents one of the biggest opportunities for the promotion of a circular economy. It contributes significantly to improve the environmental sustainability reusing a waste as new raw matter involved to achieve high energy efficient buildings. This paper provides the results of an experimental campaign performed using wool waste derived from the industrial disposal of fabrics matched with phase change materials (PCMs) used in order to enhance the thermal mass of the final products. Physical and thermal parameters were measured in order to demonstrate the good performances of the textile materials and the essential role played by PCMs in shifting heat waves and reduce surface temperatures. Furthermore, DesignBuilder software was used to assess the energy consumption of a mobile shelter type structure under three different climatic scenarios. A comparison between the experimented materials and other solutions, currently available in the market, highlighted a significant reduction in energy consumption when adopting the materials under test.

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Chiara Rubino; Stefania Liuzzi; Francesco Martellotta; Pietro Stefanizzi; Pierfrancesco Straziota. Nonwoven Textile Waste Added with PCM for Building Applications. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 1262 .

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Chiara Rubino, Stefania Liuzzi, Francesco Martellotta, Pietro Stefanizzi, Pierfrancesco Straziota. Nonwoven Textile Waste Added with PCM for Building Applications. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (3):1262.

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Chiara Rubino; Stefania Liuzzi; Francesco Martellotta; Pietro Stefanizzi; Pierfrancesco Straziota. 2021. "Nonwoven Textile Waste Added with PCM for Building Applications." Applied Sciences 11, no. 3: 1262.

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Published: 01 December 2020 in Materials
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In order to limit the environmental impact caused by the use of non-renewable resources, a growing research interest is currently being shown in the reuse of agricultural by-products as new raw materials for green building panels. Moreover, the European directives impose the goal of sustainability supporting the investigation of passive solutions for the reduction of energy consumption. Thus, the promotion of innovative building materials for the enhancement of acoustic and thermal insulation of the buildings is an important issue. The aim of the present research was to evaluate the physical, acoustical, and thermal performances of building panels produced by almond skin residues, derived from the industrial processing of almonds. In this paper different mix designs were investigated using polyvinyl acetate glue and gum Arabic solution as binders. Air-flow resistivity σ and normal incidence sound absorption coefficient α were measured by means of a standing wave tube. Thermal conductivity λ, thermal diffusivity α, volumetric heat capacity ρc were measured using a transient plane source device. Finally, water vapor permeability δp was experimentally determined using the dry cup method. Furthermore, a physical characterization of the specimens in terms of bulk density ρb and porosity η allowed to study the correlation existing between the binder and the aggregates and the consequent acoustical and hygrothermal behavior occurring on the different mix designs. The achieved results suggested the investigated materials comparable to the main products currently existing on the market.

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Stefania Liuzzi; Chiara Rubino; Pietro Stefanizzi; Francesco Martellotta. Performance Characterization of Broad Band Sustainable Sound Absorbers Made of Almond Skins. Materials 2020, 13, 5474 .

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Stefania Liuzzi, Chiara Rubino, Pietro Stefanizzi, Francesco Martellotta. Performance Characterization of Broad Band Sustainable Sound Absorbers Made of Almond Skins. Materials. 2020; 13 (23):5474.

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Stefania Liuzzi; Chiara Rubino; Pietro Stefanizzi; Francesco Martellotta. 2020. "Performance Characterization of Broad Band Sustainable Sound Absorbers Made of Almond Skins." Materials 13, no. 23: 5474.

Journal article
Published: 26 August 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Reusing textile waste in building applications has the potential to reduce the environmental impact of two sectors considered the main sources of environmental pollution: the textile and the construction industries. Thus, the main goal of the present research study is to assess the potential conversion of wool waste into new raw materials suitable for building components. Hence, hygrothermal, acoustic and non-acoustic properties of nonwovens consisting of 100% wool waste fibers thermally bonded with polyester/copolyester bi-component fibers were explored. Five different density values (51, 90, 115, 136 and 167 kg/m3) were examined. Absorption coefficients ranging from 0.7 to almost 1 were measured above 1 kHz using 50 mm thick samples; thermal conductivity values from 0.044 to 0.057 W/(m·K) were obtained and a water vapour permeability close to 2·10-11 kg/(m·s·Pa) was found. Furthermore, a comparison between nonwovens under test and other previously experimented materials was carried out. Measurement results showed that the manufacturing processes mainly affected the sound absorption coefficients and the hygric properties of the fibrous nonwovens. Comparison between tested materials and those currently available on the market allows to state that the tested nonwovens may represent a valid alternative for building applications, thus opening a new research area.

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Chiara Rubino; Marilés Bonet Aracil; Stefania Liuzzi; Pietro Stefanizzi; Francesco Martellotta. Wool waste used as sustainable nonwoven for building applications. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 278, 123905 .

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Chiara Rubino, Marilés Bonet Aracil, Stefania Liuzzi, Pietro Stefanizzi, Francesco Martellotta. Wool waste used as sustainable nonwoven for building applications. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 278 ():123905.

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Chiara Rubino; Marilés Bonet Aracil; Stefania Liuzzi; Pietro Stefanizzi; Francesco Martellotta. 2020. "Wool waste used as sustainable nonwoven for building applications." Journal of Cleaner Production 278, no. : 123905.

Review
Published: 14 April 2020 in Energies
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This paper holds a critical review of current research activities dealing with smart architectural glazing worldwide. Hereafter, the main trends are analyzed and critically reported, with open issues, challenges, and opportunities, providing an accurate description of technological evolution of devices in time. This manuscript deals with some well-known, highly performing technologies, such as semitransparent photovoltaics and novel photoelectrochromic devices, the readiest, probably, to reach the final stage of development, to disclose the manifold advantages of multifunctional, smart glazing. The complex, overall effects of their building integration are also reported, especially regarding energy balance and indoor visual comfort in buildings.

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Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Francesco Fiorito; Ubaldo Ayr. The Challenge for Building Integration of Highly Transparent Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochromic Devices. Energies 2020, 13, 1929 .

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Alessandro Cannavale, Francesco Martellotta, Francesco Fiorito, Ubaldo Ayr. The Challenge for Building Integration of Highly Transparent Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochromic Devices. Energies. 2020; 13 (8):1929.

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Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Francesco Fiorito; Ubaldo Ayr. 2020. "The Challenge for Building Integration of Highly Transparent Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochromic Devices." Energies 13, no. 8: 1929.

Review
Published: 20 March 2020 in Energies
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Electrochromic systems for smart windows make it possible to enhance energy efficiency in the construction sector, in both residential and tertiary buildings. The dynamic modulation of the spectral properties of a glazing, within the visible and infrared ranges of wavelengths, allows one to adapt the thermal and optical behavior of a glazing to the everchanging conditions of the environment in which the building is located. This allows appropriate control of the penetration of solar radiation within the building. The consequent advantages are manifold and are still being explored in the scientific literature. On the one hand, the reduction in energy consumption for summer air conditioning (and artificial lighting, too) becomes significant, especially in "cooling dominated" climates, reaching high percentages of saving, compared to common transparent windows; on the other hand, the continuous adaptation of the optical properties of the glass to the changing external conditions makes it possible to set suitable management strategies for the smart window, in order to offer optimal conditions to take advantage of daylight within the confined space. This review aims at a critical review of the relevant literature concerning the benefits obtainable in terms of energy consumption and visual comfort, starting from a survey of the main architectures of the devices available today.

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Alessandro Cannavale; Ubaldo Ayr; Francesco Fiorito; Francesco Martellotta. Smart Electrochromic Windows to Enhance Building Energy Efficiency and Visual Comfort. Energies 2020, 13, 1449 .

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Alessandro Cannavale, Ubaldo Ayr, Francesco Fiorito, Francesco Martellotta. Smart Electrochromic Windows to Enhance Building Energy Efficiency and Visual Comfort. Energies. 2020; 13 (6):1449.

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Alessandro Cannavale; Ubaldo Ayr; Francesco Fiorito; Francesco Martellotta. 2020. "Smart Electrochromic Windows to Enhance Building Energy Efficiency and Visual Comfort." Energies 13, no. 6: 1449.

Journal article
Published: 18 March 2020 in Buildings
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Research activities in the field of innovative fixtures are continuously aiming at increasing their thermal and optical performances to offer optimal exploitation of daylight and solar gains, providing effective climate screen, according to increasing standards for indoor comfort and energy saving. Within this work, we designed an innovative aerogel-based “thermal break” for window frames, so as to consistently reduce the frame conductance. Then, we compared the performance of this new frame both with currently used and obsolete frames, present in most of the existing building stock. Energy savings for heating and cooling were assessed for different locations and confirmed the potential role played by super-insulating materials in fixtures for extremely rigid climates.

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Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Umberto Berardi; Chiara Rubino; Stefania Liuzzi; Vincenzo De Carlo; Ubaldo Ayr. Modeling of an Aerogel-Based “Thermal Break” for Super-Insulated Window Frames. Buildings 2020, 10, 60 .

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Alessandro Cannavale, Francesco Martellotta, Umberto Berardi, Chiara Rubino, Stefania Liuzzi, Vincenzo De Carlo, Ubaldo Ayr. Modeling of an Aerogel-Based “Thermal Break” for Super-Insulated Window Frames. Buildings. 2020; 10 (3):60.

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Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Umberto Berardi; Chiara Rubino; Stefania Liuzzi; Vincenzo De Carlo; Ubaldo Ayr. 2020. "Modeling of an Aerogel-Based “Thermal Break” for Super-Insulated Window Frames." Buildings 10, no. 3: 60.

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Published: 26 February 2020 in Applied Sciences
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Sound absorbing surfaces are being increasingly requested for the acoustical treatment of spaces, like offices and restaurants, where high aesthetic standards are requested. In these cases, perforated and micro-perforated panels may represent the ideal solution in terms of low maintenance, durability, and mechanical resistance. In addition, such a solution might be conveniently realized while using optically transparent panels, which might offer extra value, as they could ensure visual contact, while remaining neutral in terms of design. The paper first investigates the reliability of prediction models by comparison with measured data. Subsequently, while taking advantage of a parametric optimization algorithm, it is shown how to design an absorber covering three octave bands, from 500 Hz to 2 kHz, with an average sound absorption coefficient of about 0.8.

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Lili Pan; Francesco Martellotta. A Parametric Study of the Acoustic Performance of Resonant Absorbers Made of Micro-perforated Membranes and Perforated Panels. Applied Sciences 2020, 10, 1581 .

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Lili Pan, Francesco Martellotta. A Parametric Study of the Acoustic Performance of Resonant Absorbers Made of Micro-perforated Membranes and Perforated Panels. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10 (5):1581.

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Lili Pan; Francesco Martellotta. 2020. "A Parametric Study of the Acoustic Performance of Resonant Absorbers Made of Micro-perforated Membranes and Perforated Panels." Applied Sciences 10, no. 5: 1581.

Publisher correction
Published: 06 January 2020 in Scientific Data
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

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Marcel Schweiker; Amar Abdul-Zahra; Maíra André; Farah Al-Atrash; Hanan Al-Khatri; Rea Risky Alprianti; Hayder Alsaad; Rucha Amin; Eleni Ampatzi; Alpha Yacob Arsano; Montazami Azadeh; Elie Azar; Bannazadeh Bahareh; Amina Batagarawa; Susanne Becker; Carolina Buonocore; Bin Cao; Joon-Ho Choi; Chungyoon Chun; Hein Daanen; Siti Aisyah Damiati; Lyrian Daniel; Renata De Vecchi; Shivraj Dhaka; Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo; Edyta Dudkiewicz; Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly; Jesica Fernández-Agüera; Mireille Folkerts; Arjan Frijns; Gabriel Gaona; Vishal Garg; Stephanie Gauthier; Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari; Djamila Harimi; Runa T. Hellwig; Gesche M. Huebner; Quan Jin; Mina Jowkar; Renate Kania; Jungsoo Kim; Nelson King; Boris Kingma; M. Donny Koerniawan; Jakub Kolarik; Shailendra Kumar; Alison Kwok; Roberto Lamberts; Marta Laska; M. C. Jeffrey Lee; Yoonhee Lee; Vanessa Lindermayr; MohammadBagher Mahaki; Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor; Laura Marín-Restrepo; Anna Marquardsen; Francesco Martellotta; Jyotirmay Mathur; Gráinne McGill; Isabel Mino-Rodriguez; Di Mou; Bassam Moujalled; Mia Nakajima; Edward Y Y Ng; Marcellinus Okafor; Mark Olweny; Wanlu Ouyang; Ana Ligia Papst De Abreu; Alexis Pérez-Fargallo; Indrika Rajapaksha; Greici Ramos; Saif Rashid; Christoph F. Reinhart; Ma. Isabel Rivera; Mazyar Salmanzadeh; Karin Schakib-Ekbatan; Stefano Schiavon; Salman Shooshtarian; Masanori Shukuya; Veronica Soebarto; Suhendri; Mohammad Tahsildoost; Federico Tartarini; Despoina Teli; Priyam Tewari; Samar Thapa; Maureen Trebilcock; Jörg Trojan; Ruqayyatu B. Tukur; Conrad Voelker; Yeung Yam; Liu Yang; Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster; Yongchao Zhai; Yingxin Zhu; Zahra Sadat Zomorodian. Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data 2020, 7, 1 -1.

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Marcel Schweiker, Amar Abdul-Zahra, Maíra André, Farah Al-Atrash, Hanan Al-Khatri, Rea Risky Alprianti, Hayder Alsaad, Rucha Amin, Eleni Ampatzi, Alpha Yacob Arsano, Montazami Azadeh, Elie Azar, Bannazadeh Bahareh, Amina Batagarawa, Susanne Becker, Carolina Buonocore, Bin Cao, Joon-Ho Choi, Chungyoon Chun, Hein Daanen, Siti Aisyah Damiati, Lyrian Daniel, Renata De Vecchi, Shivraj Dhaka, Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo, Edyta Dudkiewicz, Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly, Jesica Fernández-Agüera, Mireille Folkerts, Arjan Frijns, Gabriel Gaona, Vishal Garg, Stephanie Gauthier, Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari, Djamila Harimi, Runa T. Hellwig, Gesche M. Huebner, Quan Jin, Mina Jowkar, Renate Kania, Jungsoo Kim, Nelson King, Boris Kingma, M. Donny Koerniawan, Jakub Kolarik, Shailendra Kumar, Alison Kwok, Roberto Lamberts, Marta Laska, M. C. Jeffrey Lee, Yoonhee Lee, Vanessa Lindermayr, MohammadBagher Mahaki, Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor, Laura Marín-Restrepo, Anna Marquardsen, Francesco Martellotta, Jyotirmay Mathur, Gráinne McGill, Isabel Mino-Rodriguez, Di Mou, Bassam Moujalled, Mia Nakajima, Edward Y Y Ng, Marcellinus Okafor, Mark Olweny, Wanlu Ouyang, Ana Ligia Papst De Abreu, Alexis Pérez-Fargallo, Indrika Rajapaksha, Greici Ramos, Saif Rashid, Christoph F. Reinhart, Ma. Isabel Rivera, Mazyar Salmanzadeh, Karin Schakib-Ekbatan, Stefano Schiavon, Salman Shooshtarian, Masanori Shukuya, Veronica Soebarto, Suhendri, Mohammad Tahsildoost, Federico Tartarini, Despoina Teli, Priyam Tewari, Samar Thapa, Maureen Trebilcock, Jörg Trojan, Ruqayyatu B. Tukur, Conrad Voelker, Yeung Yam, Liu Yang, Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster, Yongchao Zhai, Yingxin Zhu, Zahra Sadat Zomorodian. Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data. 2020; 7 (1):1-1.

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Marcel Schweiker; Amar Abdul-Zahra; Maíra André; Farah Al-Atrash; Hanan Al-Khatri; Rea Risky Alprianti; Hayder Alsaad; Rucha Amin; Eleni Ampatzi; Alpha Yacob Arsano; Montazami Azadeh; Elie Azar; Bannazadeh Bahareh; Amina Batagarawa; Susanne Becker; Carolina Buonocore; Bin Cao; Joon-Ho Choi; Chungyoon Chun; Hein Daanen; Siti Aisyah Damiati; Lyrian Daniel; Renata De Vecchi; Shivraj Dhaka; Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo; Edyta Dudkiewicz; Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly; Jesica Fernández-Agüera; Mireille Folkerts; Arjan Frijns; Gabriel Gaona; Vishal Garg; Stephanie Gauthier; Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari; Djamila Harimi; Runa T. Hellwig; Gesche M. Huebner; Quan Jin; Mina Jowkar; Renate Kania; Jungsoo Kim; Nelson King; Boris Kingma; M. Donny Koerniawan; Jakub Kolarik; Shailendra Kumar; Alison Kwok; Roberto Lamberts; Marta Laska; M. C. Jeffrey Lee; Yoonhee Lee; Vanessa Lindermayr; MohammadBagher Mahaki; Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor; Laura Marín-Restrepo; Anna Marquardsen; Francesco Martellotta; Jyotirmay Mathur; Gráinne McGill; Isabel Mino-Rodriguez; Di Mou; Bassam Moujalled; Mia Nakajima; Edward Y Y Ng; Marcellinus Okafor; Mark Olweny; Wanlu Ouyang; Ana Ligia Papst De Abreu; Alexis Pérez-Fargallo; Indrika Rajapaksha; Greici Ramos; Saif Rashid; Christoph F. Reinhart; Ma. Isabel Rivera; Mazyar Salmanzadeh; Karin Schakib-Ekbatan; Stefano Schiavon; Salman Shooshtarian; Masanori Shukuya; Veronica Soebarto; Suhendri; Mohammad Tahsildoost; Federico Tartarini; Despoina Teli; Priyam Tewari; Samar Thapa; Maureen Trebilcock; Jörg Trojan; Ruqayyatu B. Tukur; Conrad Voelker; Yeung Yam; Liu Yang; Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster; Yongchao Zhai; Yingxin Zhu; Zahra Sadat Zomorodian. 2020. "Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales." Scientific Data 7, no. 1: 1-1.

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Published: 03 December 2019 in Materials
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In recent years, the interest in reusing recycled fibers as building materials has been growing as a consequence of their ability to reduce the production of waste and the use of virgin resources, taking advantage of the potential that fibrous materials may offer to improve thermal and acoustic comfort. Composite panels, made of 100% wool waste fibers and bound by means of either a chitosan solution and a gum Arabic solution, were tested and characterized in terms of acoustic and non-acoustic properties. Samples with a 5 cm thickness and different density values were made to investigate the influence of flow resistivity on the final performance. Experimental results demonstrated that the samples had thermal conductivity ranging between 0.049 and 0.060 W/(m K), well comparable to conventional building materials. Similarly, acoustic results were very promising, showing absorption coefficients that, for the given thickness, were generally higher than 0.5 from 500 Hz on, and higher than 0.9 from 1 kHz on. Finally, the effects of the non-acoustic properties and of the air gap behind the samples on the acoustic behavior were also analyzed, proving that the agreement with absorption values predicted by empirical models was also very good.

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Chiara Rubino; Marilés Bonet Aracil; Jaime Gisbert Paya; Stefania Liuzzi; Pietro Stefanizzi; Manuel Zamorano Cantó; Francesco Martellotta. Composite Eco-Friendly Sound Absorbing Materials Made of Recycled Textile Waste and Biopolymers. Materials 2019, 12, 4020 .

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Chiara Rubino, Marilés Bonet Aracil, Jaime Gisbert Paya, Stefania Liuzzi, Pietro Stefanizzi, Manuel Zamorano Cantó, Francesco Martellotta. Composite Eco-Friendly Sound Absorbing Materials Made of Recycled Textile Waste and Biopolymers. Materials. 2019; 12 (23):4020.

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Chiara Rubino; Marilés Bonet Aracil; Jaime Gisbert Paya; Stefania Liuzzi; Pietro Stefanizzi; Manuel Zamorano Cantó; Francesco Martellotta. 2019. "Composite Eco-Friendly Sound Absorbing Materials Made of Recycled Textile Waste and Biopolymers." Materials 12, no. 23: 4020.

Data descriptor
Published: 26 November 2019 in Scientific Data
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Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes for thermal (dis-)comfort is crucial for design and operation of any type of building. The assessment of human thermal perception through rating scales, for example in post-occupancy studies, has been applied for several decades; however, long-existing assumptions related to these rating scales had been questioned by several researchers. The aim of this study was to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants. A questionnaire was designed and consequently applied in 21 language versions. These surveys were conducted in 57 cities in 30 countries resulting in a dataset containing responses from 8225 participants. The database offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.

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Marcel Schweiker; Amar Abdul-Zahra; Maíra André; Farah Al-Atrash; Hanan Al-Khatri; Rea Risky Alprianti; Hayder Alsaad; Rucha Amin; Eleni Ampatzi; Alpha Yacob Arsano; Montazami Azadeh; Elie Azar; Bannazadeh Bahareh; Amina Batagarawa; Susanne Becker; Carolina Buonocore; Bin Cao; Joon-Ho Choi; Chungyoon Chun; Hein Daanen; Siti Aisyah Damiati; Lyrian Daniel; Renata De Vecchi; Shivraj Dhaka; Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo; Edyta Dudkiewicz; Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly; Jesica Fernández-Agüera; Mireille Folkerts; Arjan Frijns; Gabriel Gaona; Vishal Garg; Stephanie Gauthier; Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari; Djamila Harimi; Runa T. Hellwig; Gesche M. Huebner; Quan Jin; Mina Jowkar; Renate Kania; Jungsoo Kim; Nelson King; Boris Kingma; M. Donny Koerniawan; Jakub Kolarik; Shailendra Kumar; Alison Kwok; Roberto Lamberts; Marta Laska; M. C. Jeffrey Lee; Yoonhee Lee; Vanessa Lindermayr; MohammadBagher Mahaki; Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor; Laura Marín-Restrepo; Anna Marquardsen; Francesco Martellotta; Jyotirmay Mathur; Gráinne McGill; Isabel Mino-Rodriguez; Di Mou; Bassam Moujalled; Mia Nakajima; Edward Y Y Ng; Marcellinus Okafor; Mark Olweny; Wanlu Ouyang; Ana Ligia Papst De Abreu; Alexis Pérez-Fargallo; Indrika Rajapaksha; Greici Ramos; Saif Rashid; Christoph F. Reinhart; Ma. Isabel Rivera; Mazyar Salmanzadeh; Karin Schakib-Ekbatan; Stefano Schiavon; Salman Shooshtarian; Masanori Shukuya; Veronica Soebarto; Suhendri; Mohammad Tahsildoost; Federico Tartarini; Despoina Teli; Priyam Tewari; Samar Thapa; Maureen Trebilcock; Jörg Trojan; Ruqayyatu B. Tukur; Conrad Voelker; Yeung Yam; Liu Yang; Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster; Yongchao Zhai; Yingxin Zhu; Zahra Sadat Zomorodian. The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data 2019, 6, 1 -10.

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Marcel Schweiker, Amar Abdul-Zahra, Maíra André, Farah Al-Atrash, Hanan Al-Khatri, Rea Risky Alprianti, Hayder Alsaad, Rucha Amin, Eleni Ampatzi, Alpha Yacob Arsano, Montazami Azadeh, Elie Azar, Bannazadeh Bahareh, Amina Batagarawa, Susanne Becker, Carolina Buonocore, Bin Cao, Joon-Ho Choi, Chungyoon Chun, Hein Daanen, Siti Aisyah Damiati, Lyrian Daniel, Renata De Vecchi, Shivraj Dhaka, Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo, Edyta Dudkiewicz, Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly, Jesica Fernández-Agüera, Mireille Folkerts, Arjan Frijns, Gabriel Gaona, Vishal Garg, Stephanie Gauthier, Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari, Djamila Harimi, Runa T. Hellwig, Gesche M. Huebner, Quan Jin, Mina Jowkar, Renate Kania, Jungsoo Kim, Nelson King, Boris Kingma, M. Donny Koerniawan, Jakub Kolarik, Shailendra Kumar, Alison Kwok, Roberto Lamberts, Marta Laska, M. C. Jeffrey Lee, Yoonhee Lee, Vanessa Lindermayr, MohammadBagher Mahaki, Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor, Laura Marín-Restrepo, Anna Marquardsen, Francesco Martellotta, Jyotirmay Mathur, Gráinne McGill, Isabel Mino-Rodriguez, Di Mou, Bassam Moujalled, Mia Nakajima, Edward Y Y Ng, Marcellinus Okafor, Mark Olweny, Wanlu Ouyang, Ana Ligia Papst De Abreu, Alexis Pérez-Fargallo, Indrika Rajapaksha, Greici Ramos, Saif Rashid, Christoph F. Reinhart, Ma. Isabel Rivera, Mazyar Salmanzadeh, Karin Schakib-Ekbatan, Stefano Schiavon, Salman Shooshtarian, Masanori Shukuya, Veronica Soebarto, Suhendri, Mohammad Tahsildoost, Federico Tartarini, Despoina Teli, Priyam Tewari, Samar Thapa, Maureen Trebilcock, Jörg Trojan, Ruqayyatu B. Tukur, Conrad Voelker, Yeung Yam, Liu Yang, Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster, Yongchao Zhai, Yingxin Zhu, Zahra Sadat Zomorodian. The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales. Scientific Data. 2019; 6 (1):1-10.

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Marcel Schweiker; Amar Abdul-Zahra; Maíra André; Farah Al-Atrash; Hanan Al-Khatri; Rea Risky Alprianti; Hayder Alsaad; Rucha Amin; Eleni Ampatzi; Alpha Yacob Arsano; Montazami Azadeh; Elie Azar; Bannazadeh Bahareh; Amina Batagarawa; Susanne Becker; Carolina Buonocore; Bin Cao; Joon-Ho Choi; Chungyoon Chun; Hein Daanen; Siti Aisyah Damiati; Lyrian Daniel; Renata De Vecchi; Shivraj Dhaka; Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo; Edyta Dudkiewicz; Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly; Jesica Fernández-Agüera; Mireille Folkerts; Arjan Frijns; Gabriel Gaona; Vishal Garg; Stephanie Gauthier; Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari; Djamila Harimi; Runa T. Hellwig; Gesche M. Huebner; Quan Jin; Mina Jowkar; Renate Kania; Jungsoo Kim; Nelson King; Boris Kingma; M. Donny Koerniawan; Jakub Kolarik; Shailendra Kumar; Alison Kwok; Roberto Lamberts; Marta Laska; M. C. Jeffrey Lee; Yoonhee Lee; Vanessa Lindermayr; MohammadBagher Mahaki; Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor; Laura Marín-Restrepo; Anna Marquardsen; Francesco Martellotta; Jyotirmay Mathur; Gráinne McGill; Isabel Mino-Rodriguez; Di Mou; Bassam Moujalled; Mia Nakajima; Edward Y Y Ng; Marcellinus Okafor; Mark Olweny; Wanlu Ouyang; Ana Ligia Papst De Abreu; Alexis Pérez-Fargallo; Indrika Rajapaksha; Greici Ramos; Saif Rashid; Christoph F. Reinhart; Ma. Isabel Rivera; Mazyar Salmanzadeh; Karin Schakib-Ekbatan; Stefano Schiavon; Salman Shooshtarian; Masanori Shukuya; Veronica Soebarto; Suhendri; Mohammad Tahsildoost; Federico Tartarini; Despoina Teli; Priyam Tewari; Samar Thapa; Maureen Trebilcock; Jörg Trojan; Ruqayyatu B. Tukur; Conrad Voelker; Yeung Yam; Liu Yang; Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster; Yongchao Zhai; Yingxin Zhu; Zahra Sadat Zomorodian. 2019. "The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales." Scientific Data 6, no. 1: 1-10.

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Published: 23 October 2019 in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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Scientific literature in the last years provided clear evidences of the determining role occupants play in achieving the highest standards in energy saving and how bad management of HVAC systems, hot water, openings, and electric equipment, may result in increased consumptions, energy waste, and lack of comfort. Based on such assumptions, a campaign to promote occupants' awareness about energetic implications of many daily actions has been launched at the beginning of 2018, by means of a smartphone app. Meanwhile, a selection of the most active users has been given a control unit capable of monitoring occupants' movements, electric energy consumptions, indoor temperature and relative humidity, illuminance and carbon dioxide concentration. Such parameters can be accessed by means of another app, allowing the users to immediately see the effect of their actions in terms of energy savings and indoor environment quality. In addition, it is possible to monitor occupants' habits, set (and send) specific alerts, and verify whether the suggestions given by the app actually induced relevant changes in users' behaviour. The paper presents and discusses a preliminary set of the collected data and provides evidences of the positive feedback induced by the combined use of both apps and the control unit.

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Ubaldo Ayr; Davide Guarini; Francesco Martellotta; Daniela Porcelli; Antonio Sacchetti; Massimiliano Siliberti; Leonardo Sulpasso. From awareness to energy saving: using user engagement to change occupants’ behaviour. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2019, 609, 062008 .

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Ubaldo Ayr, Davide Guarini, Francesco Martellotta, Daniela Porcelli, Antonio Sacchetti, Massimiliano Siliberti, Leonardo Sulpasso. From awareness to energy saving: using user engagement to change occupants’ behaviour. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2019; 609 (6):062008.

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Ubaldo Ayr; Davide Guarini; Francesco Martellotta; Daniela Porcelli; Antonio Sacchetti; Massimiliano Siliberti; Leonardo Sulpasso. 2019. "From awareness to energy saving: using user engagement to change occupants’ behaviour." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 609, no. 6: 062008.

Short communication
Published: 06 July 2019 in Applied Acoustics
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The church of San Luis de los Franceses in Seville (Spain), built in the 18th century, is one of the most impressive examples of the Spanish Baroque architecture by the architect Leonardo de Figueroa. Its most characteristic features are its great dome and Greek cross plan, while most of the other churches built by de Figueroa and other contemporaries in the city of Seville were based on a rectangular plan, possibly influenced by the guidelines set by the Company of Jesus. The role of the source position on the perception of sound has been investigated, showing that significant variations appeared in reverberation time and other acoustic parameters. After its desacralization the church is now used as a multipurpose site, hosting different types of performances mostly revolving around speech and music. The events where the sound source is located under the dome, with the audience located around it, are especially important. The behaviour of this source position was analysed in greater detail, due to the inherently complex acoustics of this type of surface, and the impulse responses were analysed using the Bayesian parameter estimation. Double slopes were found in the energy time decays for the receivers under the dome, confirming the complexity of the sound field in this space.

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Enedina Alberdi; Francesco Martellotta; Miguel Galindo; Ángel Luis León. Dome sound effect in the church of San Luis de los Franceses. Applied Acoustics 2019, 156, 56 -65.

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Enedina Alberdi, Francesco Martellotta, Miguel Galindo, Ángel Luis León. Dome sound effect in the church of San Luis de los Franceses. Applied Acoustics. 2019; 156 ():56-65.

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Enedina Alberdi; Francesco Martellotta; Miguel Galindo; Ángel Luis León. 2019. "Dome sound effect in the church of San Luis de los Franceses." Applied Acoustics 156, no. : 56-65.

Journal article
Published: 30 June 2019 in Tecnica Italiana-Italian Journal of Engineering Science
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Francesco Martellotta; Alessandro Cannavale; Ubaldo Ayr. A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Energy Consumptions in Office and Industrial Buildings as a Function of Weather Data. Tecnica Italiana-Italian Journal of Engineering Science 2019, 63, 452 -458.

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Francesco Martellotta, Alessandro Cannavale, Ubaldo Ayr. A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Energy Consumptions in Office and Industrial Buildings as a Function of Weather Data. Tecnica Italiana-Italian Journal of Engineering Science. 2019; 63 (2-4):452-458.

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Francesco Martellotta; Alessandro Cannavale; Ubaldo Ayr. 2019. "A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Energy Consumptions in Office and Industrial Buildings as a Function of Weather Data." Tecnica Italiana-Italian Journal of Engineering Science 63, no. 2-4: 452-458.

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Published: 01 September 2018 in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
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Tapestries represent an important and valuable cultural heritage. In the past they played a significant role in enriching indoor environments, as well as contributing to change the indoor characteristics of the space. Considering typical mounting conditions, acoustics was likely to be strongly affected by hung tapestries. Even though their acoustic properties could be ideally inferred from their physical features, a proper characterization would be preferable to understand how they could modify sound propagation. However, given their dimensions and their delicacy, on-site measurements are often the only option. In the present paper, absorption coefficients of the Barberini tapestries were measured during a temporary exhibition held in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Measurements were carried out in a large chapel with and without the tapestries installed. The effect of acoustical coupling with the adjacent cathedral volume was investigated using Bayesian methods to exclude unwanted influence on the measurements. Results were obtained using either the classical reverberation time formula or the indirect approach based on the use of geometrical acoustic modeling. Finally, results proved to be in good agreement with predictions based on theoretical formulas, once the relevant non-acoustical parameters were estimated.

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Francesco Martellotta; Lisa Pon. On-site acoustical characterization of Baroque tapestries: The Barberini collection at St. John the Divine Cathedral. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2018, 144, 1615 -1626.

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Francesco Martellotta, Lisa Pon. On-site acoustical characterization of Baroque tapestries: The Barberini collection at St. John the Divine Cathedral. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2018; 144 (3):1615-1626.

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Francesco Martellotta; Lisa Pon. 2018. "On-site acoustical characterization of Baroque tapestries: The Barberini collection at St. John the Divine Cathedral." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144, no. 3: 1615-1626.

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Published: 01 September 2018 in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
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More than twenty years after Murray Hodgson’s “When is diffuse field theory applicable?” paper, we gathered more and more evidences that diffuse field is mostly a chimera. If we consider the two most important implications of the diffuse field model, i.e., sound pressure level uniform distribution and reverberation time invariance, it is quite easy to say that, based on actual measurements in a number of different spaces, such conditions are hardly found. Ideal sound diffusion requires ergodic and mixing conditions, which are not obvious to happen, particularly when sound absorption is unevenly distributed or rooms are not proportionate. So, apparently, diffuse field theory could even be dismissed in favour of more accurate approaches capable of taking into account the specific nature of each space. Nowadays, we have several instruments spanning from the many variations of the ray-tracing algorithm to the “brute force” numerical solution of the wave equation. However, such methods rely on the measurement or estimation of other coefficients that, if not properly made, may introduce even bigger inaccuracies. A critical analysis is carried out showing that diffuse field theory still represents an important way to understand sound propagation in enclosed spaces.

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Francesco Martellotta. Do we still need diffuse field theory? The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2018, 144, 1951 -1951.

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Francesco Martellotta. Do we still need diffuse field theory? The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2018; 144 (3):1951-1951.

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Francesco Martellotta. 2018. "Do we still need diffuse field theory?" The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144, no. 3: 1951-1951.

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Published: 07 July 2018 in Applied Acoustics
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A significant interest in sustainable sound absorbing materials is fostering many researches on the use of recycled and vegetable products, that normally would have been sent to wastes, as compounds to obtain new building materials. One key issue when preparing new composite materials is the choice of the binder, which, in many cases, may significantly reduce the sustainability of the product by introducing synthetic and plastic elements. In the present paper olive tree pruning wastes bounded with chitosan are investigated to obtain sound absorbing materials. Experimental results showed that absorption coefficients as high as 0.9 can be obtained above 1 kHz using a 50 mm sample, and that a very good agreement with the phenomenological model for sound absorption through a rigid frame is obtained, suggesting that the model can be conveniently used to further improve the sound absorption characteristics of the samples.

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Francesco Martellotta; Alessandro Cannavale; Valeria De Matteis; Ubaldo Ayr. Sustainable sound absorbers obtained from olive pruning wastes and chitosan binder. Applied Acoustics 2018, 141, 71 -78.

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Francesco Martellotta, Alessandro Cannavale, Valeria De Matteis, Ubaldo Ayr. Sustainable sound absorbers obtained from olive pruning wastes and chitosan binder. Applied Acoustics. 2018; 141 ():71-78.

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Francesco Martellotta; Alessandro Cannavale; Valeria De Matteis; Ubaldo Ayr. 2018. "Sustainable sound absorbers obtained from olive pruning wastes and chitosan binder." Applied Acoustics 141, no. : 71-78.

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Published: 01 May 2018 in Journal of Sound and Vibration
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Multi-rate sound decays are often found and studied in complex systems of coupled volumes where diffuse field conditions generally apply, although the openings connecting different sub-spaces are by themselves potential causes of non-diffuse behaviour. However, in presence of spaces in which curved surfaces clearly prevent diffuse field behaviour from being established, things become more complex and require more sophisticated tools (or, better, combinations of them) to be fully understood. As an example of such complexity, the crypt of the Cathedral of Cadiz is a relatively small space characterised by a central vaulted rotunda, with five radial galleries with flat and low ceiling. In addition, the crypt is connected to the main cathedral volume by means of several small openings. Acoustic measurements carried out in the crypt pointed out the existence of at least two decay processes combined, in some points, with flutter echoes. Application of conventional methods of analysis pointed out the existence of significant differences between early decay time and reverberation time, but was inconclusive in explaining the origin of the observed phenomena. The use of more robust Bayesian analysis permitted the conclusion that the late decay appearing in the crypt had a different rate than that observed in the cathedral, thus excluding the explanation based on acoustic coupling of different volumes. Finally, processing impulse responses collected by means of a B-format microphone to obtain directional intensity maps demonstrated that the late decay was originated from the rotunda where a repetitive reflection pattern appeared between the floor and the dome causing both flutter echoes and a longer reverberation time.

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Francesco Martellotta; Lidia Álvarez-Morales; Sara Girón; Teófilo Zamarreño. An investigation of multi-rate sound decay under strongly non-diffuse conditions: The crypt of the Cathedral of Cadiz. Journal of Sound and Vibration 2018, 421, 261 -274.

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Francesco Martellotta, Lidia Álvarez-Morales, Sara Girón, Teófilo Zamarreño. An investigation of multi-rate sound decay under strongly non-diffuse conditions: The crypt of the Cathedral of Cadiz. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 2018; 421 ():261-274.

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Francesco Martellotta; Lidia Álvarez-Morales; Sara Girón; Teófilo Zamarreño. 2018. "An investigation of multi-rate sound decay under strongly non-diffuse conditions: The crypt of the Cathedral of Cadiz." Journal of Sound and Vibration 421, no. : 261-274.

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Published: 01 April 2018 in Energy and Buildings
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Alessandra Pierucci; Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Francesco Fiorito. Smart windows for carbon neutral buildings: A life cycle approach. Energy and Buildings 2018, 165, 160 -171.

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Alessandra Pierucci, Alessandro Cannavale, Francesco Martellotta, Francesco Fiorito. Smart windows for carbon neutral buildings: A life cycle approach. Energy and Buildings. 2018; 165 ():160-171.

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Alessandra Pierucci; Alessandro Cannavale; Francesco Martellotta; Francesco Fiorito. 2018. "Smart windows for carbon neutral buildings: A life cycle approach." Energy and Buildings 165, no. : 160-171.