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Prof. Antonino Nucara
Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICEAM), Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria 89122, Italy

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Published: 05 October 2020 in Renewable Energy
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PV/T panels are innovative systems increasingly used in the building sector. As a matter of fact, in that context they allow a set of common problems to be addressed and often solved: lack of physical space and economic issues, always existing when PV and thermal panels are to be installed separately. Obviously, the main objective of PV/T panels is to enhance the electrical efficiency by cooling the PV cells, but the side positive effect is also the production of thermal energy, which can be suitably exploited with a proper configuration of the whole system and an appropriate design of its components. Their energy production and overall efficiency depend on several factors and therefore the effect of different system features should be investigated. In this work, a parametric analysis was performed to provide a contribution on this topic. The effects of the characteristics of the thermal storage on electrical and thermal system performances were analysed, also considering the influence of the thermal load magnitude. The conclusive considerations can be exploited by designers and researchers to maximize the efficiency of the systems in relation to the storage tank characteristics and both electrical and thermal loads.

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Laura Cirrincione; Cristina Malara; Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Matilde Pietrafesa. Effect of the thermal storage dimensions on the performances of solar photovoltaic-thermal systems. Renewable Energy 2020, 162, 2004 -2018.

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Laura Cirrincione, Cristina Malara, Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Giorgia Peri, Matilde Pietrafesa. Effect of the thermal storage dimensions on the performances of solar photovoltaic-thermal systems. Renewable Energy. 2020; 162 ():2004-2018.

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Laura Cirrincione; Cristina Malara; Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2020. "Effect of the thermal storage dimensions on the performances of solar photovoltaic-thermal systems." Renewable Energy 162, no. : 2004-2018.

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Published: 27 July 2020 in Energies
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The limitation of fossil fuel uses and GHG (greenhouse gases) emissions reduction are two of the main objectives of the European energy policy and global agreements that aim to contain climate changes. To this end, the building sector, responsible for important energy consumption rates, requires a significant improvement of its energetic performance, an obtainable increase of its energy efficiency and the use of renewable sources. Within this framework, in this study, we analysed the economic feasibility of a stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) plant, dimensioned in two configurations with decreasing autonomy. Their Net Present Value at the end of their life span was compared with that of the same plant in both grid-connected and storage-on-grid configurations, as well as being compared with a grid connection without PV. The analysis confirms that currently, for short distances from the grid, the most suitable PV configuration is the grid-connected one, but also that the additional use of a battery with a limited capacity (storage on grid configuration) would provide interesting savings to the user, guaranteeing a fairly energetic autonomy. Stand-alone PV systems are only convenient for the analysed site from distances of the order of 5 km, and it is worth noting that such a configuration is neither energetically nor economically sustainable due to the necessary over-dimensioning of both its generators and batteries, which generates a surplus of energy production that cannot be used elsewhere and implies a dramatic cost increase and no corresponding benefits. The results have been tested for different latitudes, confirming what we found. A future drop of both batteries’ and PV generators’ prices would let the economic side of PV stand-alone systems be reconsidered, but not their energetic one, so that their use, allowing energy exchanges, results in being more appropriate for district networks. For all PV systems, avoided emissions of both local and GHG gases (CO2) have been estimated.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Maria Francesca Panzera; Matilde Pietrafesa; Alfredo Pudano. Economic Comparison Between a Stand-Alone and a Grid Connected PV System vs. Grid Distance. Energies 2020, 13, 3846 .

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Maria Francesca Panzera, Matilde Pietrafesa, Alfredo Pudano. Economic Comparison Between a Stand-Alone and a Grid Connected PV System vs. Grid Distance. Energies. 2020; 13 (15):3846.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Maria Francesca Panzera; Matilde Pietrafesa; Alfredo Pudano. 2020. "Economic Comparison Between a Stand-Alone and a Grid Connected PV System vs. Grid Distance." Energies 13, no. 15: 3846.

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Published: 12 May 2020 in Heliyon
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Cities are currently engaged through their urban policies in pushing people towards less environmentally impacting mobility modalities: therefore, cycling and walking are strongly promoted, especially by means of new and wider limited traffic and no-cars zones. In this paper, the effectiveness of the new smartphones and apps-based technologies in modifying the mobility behaviors of citizens towards more sustainable choices has been investigated. Specifically, the potential of a smartphone app, directly involving citizens by means of a game rewarding the most sustainable trips, has been tested on a university commuters' group. These latter, starting from their current mobility situation, were challenged by an enhanced scenario characterized by more restrictive and sustainable targets. Promising results have been obtained suggesting that game–based tools could be effectively used as urban policy interventions intended to obtain a more sustainable mobility.

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Salvatore Di Dio; Francesco Massa; Antonino Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Gianfranco Rizzo; Domenico Schillaci. Pursuing softer urban mobility behaviors through game-based apps. Heliyon 2020, 6, e03930 .

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Salvatore Di Dio, Francesco Massa, Antonino Nucara, Giorgia Peri, Gianfranco Rizzo, Domenico Schillaci. Pursuing softer urban mobility behaviors through game-based apps. Heliyon. 2020; 6 (5):e03930.

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Salvatore Di Dio; Francesco Massa; Antonino Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Gianfranco Rizzo; Domenico Schillaci. 2020. "Pursuing softer urban mobility behaviors through game-based apps." Heliyon 6, no. 5: e03930.

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Published: 04 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Nowadays, the effects of pollution at a global scale are mainly due to the emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2 in particular), especially generated by thermoelectrical plants, as well as the transport, industrial, and civil sectors. Moreover, local pollution effects are generated by several pollutants, such as CO, NOx, SOx, VOC, and PM, produced during combustion in transports or building thermal plants. Because of the increasing demand for mobility at an urban scale, pollution caused by transportation plays a significant role. To reduce its environmental impact, a partial or total replacement of old and polluting vehicles with more ecological ones must be urgently implemented. With this aim, in the paper, a detailed analysis of the vehicle fleet of the city of Reggio Calabria (Italy), with reference to passenger cars has been carried out, elaborating four scenarios to reduce their pollutant emissions from 2017 to 2025, both greenhouse gases and local scale ones, through the replacement of old and polluting vehicles with hybrid or electric ones.

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Concettina Marino; Cosimo Monterosso; Antonino Nucara; Maria Francesca Panzera; Matilde Pietrafesa. Analysis of the Reduction of Pollutant Emissions by the Vehicle Fleet of the City of Reggio Calabria Due to the Introduction of Ecological Vehicles. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2877 .

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Concettina Marino, Cosimo Monterosso, Antonino Nucara, Maria Francesca Panzera, Matilde Pietrafesa. Analysis of the Reduction of Pollutant Emissions by the Vehicle Fleet of the City of Reggio Calabria Due to the Introduction of Ecological Vehicles. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2877.

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Concettina Marino; Cosimo Monterosso; Antonino Nucara; Maria Francesca Panzera; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2020. "Analysis of the Reduction of Pollutant Emissions by the Vehicle Fleet of the City of Reggio Calabria Due to the Introduction of Ecological Vehicles." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2877.

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Published: 13 November 2019 in Sustainability
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The analysis here presented investigates the influence of electrical load on the operational performances of a plant for hydrogen production from solar energy and its conversion in electricity via a fuel cell. The plant is an actual one, currently under construction, in Reggio Calabria (Italy), at the site of the Mediterranean university campus; it is composed of a Renewable Energy Source (RES) section (photovoltaic panels), a hydrogen production section, and a fuel cell power section feeding the electrical energy demand of the load. Two different load configurations have been analysed and simulations have been carried out through HomerTM simulation code. Results allow interesting conclusions regarding the plant operation to be drawn. The study could have a remarkable role in supporting further research activities aimed at the assessment of the optimal configuration of this type of pioneering plants, designed for feeding electrical loads, possibly, in a self-sufficient way.

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Rosario Carbone; Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Maria Francesca Panzera; Matilde Pietrafesa. Electric Load Influence on Performances of a Composite Plant for Hydrogen Production from RES and its Conversion in Electricity. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6362 .

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Rosario Carbone, Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Maria Francesca Panzera, Matilde Pietrafesa. Electric Load Influence on Performances of a Composite Plant for Hydrogen Production from RES and its Conversion in Electricity. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (22):6362.

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Rosario Carbone; Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Maria Francesca Panzera; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2019. "Electric Load Influence on Performances of a Composite Plant for Hydrogen Production from RES and its Conversion in Electricity." Sustainability 11, no. 22: 6362.

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Published: 24 April 2019 in Renewable Energy
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The study describes a stand-alone photovoltaic system in which the storage is realized using electrolytic hydrogen, converted into electricity in fuel cells. The aim of the research is the optimization of the sizing of the system elements chain (photovoltaic generator, electrolyzer, tank, fuel cell) with respect to the electric load to fulfil. A positive annual balance between hydrogen production and consumption must be guaranteed; furthermore, energy production surplus that cannot be stored or converted into hydrogen due to batteries or tanks capacity limits must be avoided. The energetic analysis and that of hydrogen production and consumption have been carried out on an hourly basis using the HOMER software. The study shows that, being the load active in the evening and the system disconnected from the grid, excess energy cannot be exploited unless large tanks are used, if high gas pressures are to be avoided. Consequently, the system use in public areas or residential buildings, where visual impact generated by tanks is hardly acceptable and safety rules do not allow high gas pressures, is advisable only in grid-connected configurations. Such problems are by far reduced when a marked self consumption is present.

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C. Marino; A. Nucara; M.F. Panzera; M. Pietrafesa; V. Varano. Energetic and economic analysis of a stand alone photovoltaic system with hydrogen storage. Renewable Energy 2019, 142, 316 -329.

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C. Marino, A. Nucara, M.F. Panzera, M. Pietrafesa, V. Varano. Energetic and economic analysis of a stand alone photovoltaic system with hydrogen storage. Renewable Energy. 2019; 142 ():316-329.

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C. Marino; A. Nucara; M.F. Panzera; M. Pietrafesa; V. Varano. 2019. "Energetic and economic analysis of a stand alone photovoltaic system with hydrogen storage." Renewable Energy 142, no. : 316-329.

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Published: 26 October 2018 in Solar Energy
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Human thermal sensation depends heavily on radiative exchanges between the human body and the surrounding environment. Because these exchanges play a crucial role in the thermal balance of the human body, about 35% of the process, human thermal sensation should draw the attention of planners when designing both indoor environments and equipment. The present study aims to contribute to this field by proposing a procedure for delineating the optimal comfort conditions for occupants in most of the articulate and realistic configurations of actual indoor environments. Specifically, this procedure enables accurate assessment of the radiant field surrounding a subject in a given indoor realistic environment and considers its variability with space and time along with the presence of high-intensity radiant sources. The proposed simulation tool contains a set of algorithms in which the degree of complexity depends on the level of accuracy for modelling the radiative heat transfer between the occupants and surrounding environment. The feasibility of these algorithms for designers and researchers has also been checked for a single room characterised by the presence of windows in two different exposures. This configuration implies a complex pattern of the sun entering the room, which in turn determines relevant spatial modifications of the indoor comfort thermal conditions. Such complex situations are effectively interpreted by the proposed model. This analysis provides useful indications for suitable design of layouts of the confined space and the size of an effective heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system to limit the discomfort felt inside the room.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Matilde Pietrafesa; Gianfranco Rizzo. A generalized model of human body radiative heat exchanges for optimal design of indoor thermal comfort conditions. Solar Energy 2018, 176, 556 -571.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Giorgia Peri, Matilde Pietrafesa, Gianfranco Rizzo. A generalized model of human body radiative heat exchanges for optimal design of indoor thermal comfort conditions. Solar Energy. 2018; 176 ():556-571.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Matilde Pietrafesa; Gianfranco Rizzo. 2018. "A generalized model of human body radiative heat exchanges for optimal design of indoor thermal comfort conditions." Solar Energy 176, no. : 556-571.

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Published: 01 April 2018 in Energy and Buildings
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Antonio Piccolo; Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. Energy performance of an electrochromic switchable glazing: Experimental and computational assessments. Energy and Buildings 2018, 165, 390 -398.

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Antonio Piccolo, Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa. Energy performance of an electrochromic switchable glazing: Experimental and computational assessments. Energy and Buildings. 2018; 165 ():390-398.

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Antonio Piccolo; Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2018. "Energy performance of an electrochromic switchable glazing: Experimental and computational assessments." Energy and Buildings 165, no. : 390-398.

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Published: 01 March 2017 in Solar Energy
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This paper analyzes the influence of solar radiation, considering both its direct and diffuse component, on the local thermal comfort of subjects in indoor environments. More precisely, an original equation for the assessment of the plane radiant temperature in presence of solar radiation is proposed. It can be used to evaluate the correspondent radiant asymmetry and therefore allows detailed analysis of local thermal discomfort conditions. Its reliability and feasibility have been tried out by means of an application to a simple case study and the obtained results proved that, in the studied environment, solar radiation affects the symmetry of the radiant field to a considerable extent, being the main cause of local discomfort due to not acceptable values of the radiant asymmetry. Therefore, the method can be used to verify the presence of zones not suited to human activities inside rooms and, in addition, it can be exploited by the procedures aimed at the classification of the comfort quality of indoor environments.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. Thermal comfort in indoor environment: Effect of the solar radiation on the radiant temperature asymmetry. Solar Energy 2017, 144, 295 -309.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa. Thermal comfort in indoor environment: Effect of the solar radiation on the radiant temperature asymmetry. Solar Energy. 2017; 144 ():295-309.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2017. "Thermal comfort in indoor environment: Effect of the solar radiation on the radiant temperature asymmetry." Solar Energy 144, no. : 295-309.

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Published: 01 January 2017 in Journal of Building Engineering
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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa; Erika Polimeni. The effect of the short wave radiation and its reflected components on the mean radiant temperature: modelling and preliminary experimental results. Journal of Building Engineering 2017, 9, 42 -51.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa, Erika Polimeni. The effect of the short wave radiation and its reflected components on the mean radiant temperature: modelling and preliminary experimental results. Journal of Building Engineering. 2017; 9 ():42-51.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa; Erika Polimeni. 2017. "The effect of the short wave radiation and its reflected components on the mean radiant temperature: modelling and preliminary experimental results." Journal of Building Engineering 9, no. : 42-51.

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Published: 31 October 2016 in International Journal of Heat and Technology
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F. Baccilieri; R. Bornino; Antonio Fotia; Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa. Experimental measurements of the thermal conductivity of insulant elements made of natural materials: preliminary results. International Journal of Heat and Technology 2016, 34, S413 -S419.

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F. Baccilieri, R. Bornino, Antonio Fotia, Concettina Marino, Antonino Francesco Nucara, M. Pietrafesa. Experimental measurements of the thermal conductivity of insulant elements made of natural materials: preliminary results. International Journal of Heat and Technology. 2016; 34 (S2):S413-S419.

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F. Baccilieri; R. Bornino; Antonio Fotia; Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa. 2016. "Experimental measurements of the thermal conductivity of insulant elements made of natural materials: preliminary results." International Journal of Heat and Technology 34, no. S2: S413-S419.

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Published: 30 September 2016 in International Journal of Heat and Technology
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A. Malara; Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa; F. Scopelliti; G. Streva. Energetic and Economic Analysis of Shading Effects on PV Panels Energy Production. International Journal of Heat and Technology 2016, 34, 465 -472.

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A. Malara, Concettina Marino, Antonino Francesco Nucara, M. Pietrafesa, F. Scopelliti, G. Streva. Energetic and Economic Analysis of Shading Effects on PV Panels Energy Production. International Journal of Heat and Technology. 2016; 34 (3):465-472.

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A. Malara; Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa; F. Scopelliti; G. Streva. 2016. "Energetic and Economic Analysis of Shading Effects on PV Panels Energy Production." International Journal of Heat and Technology 34, no. 3: 465-472.

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Published: 30 March 2016 in International Journal of Heat and Technology
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D. Gattuso; A. Greco; Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa; F. Scopelliti. Sustainable Mobility: Environmental and Economic Analysis of a Cable Railway, Powered by Photovoltaic System. International Journal of Heat and Technology 2016, 34, 7 -14.

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D. Gattuso, A. Greco, Concettina Marino, Antonino Francesco Nucara, M. Pietrafesa, F. Scopelliti. Sustainable Mobility: Environmental and Economic Analysis of a Cable Railway, Powered by Photovoltaic System. International Journal of Heat and Technology. 2016; 34 (1):7-14.

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D. Gattuso; A. Greco; Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa; F. Scopelliti. 2016. "Sustainable Mobility: Environmental and Economic Analysis of a Cable Railway, Powered by Photovoltaic System." International Journal of Heat and Technology 34, no. 1: 7-14.

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Published: 06 November 2015 in Environmental Modeling & Assessment
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This work proposes a simple methodology to assess pollution loads discharged by road traffic within a specific temporal and spatial domain, in the case that detailed disaggregated data about vehicle fleet composition are not available at local scale. The adopted methodology starts by defining a useful specific emission function that allows easy calculation of the total amount of pollutant emissions in a year. The function, called yearly average vehicle (YAV), is representative of the annual average emission factor of a homogeneous category of vehicles. The employment of the YAV permits easy assessment of different scenarios and allows the analysis of the influence of different items that could alter the global amount of pollutant emissions released by road traffic, such as improvements of emissive characteristics of vehicles, changes in the transportation demand, and variations of traffic flow path lengths. The procedure has been applied to the urban area of the Italian city of Messina, where public administration has recently adopted a measure aimed at alleviating the load of the traffic pollution inside the urban area.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa; Alfredo Pudano. The Assessment of Road Traffic Air Pollution by Means of an Average Emission Parameter. Environmental Modeling & Assessment 2015, 21, 53 -69.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa, Alfredo Pudano. The Assessment of Road Traffic Air Pollution by Means of an Average Emission Parameter. Environmental Modeling & Assessment. 2015; 21 (1):53-69.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa; Alfredo Pudano. 2015. "The Assessment of Road Traffic Air Pollution by Means of an Average Emission Parameter." Environmental Modeling & Assessment 21, no. 1: 53-69.

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Published: 01 November 2015 in Energy Procedia
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Nowadays a redesign of cities, amid the others from an energetic point of view, is taking place. It increasingly addresses the smart city model, an organic system in which infrastructures, services and technology are organized in order to achieve friendly and livable cities, combining in a single urban model environment protection, energy efficiency and economic sustainability. In smart cities buildings are nZEB and equipped with domotics applications, energy grids are smart, transports are electric, lighting is high-efficiency, hydrogen is used for energy storage, ecc. As concerns this latter, in the last periods hydrogen has increasingly shown to be particularly fit as an energetic carrier, being not pollutant, versatile, allowing production at all scales and, compared to electric battery, not requiring time consuming recharging. Anyway, due to the present relevant starting funds of its technology, its quick, effective penetration into the market still requires the necessary economic breakthroughs. Within this frame, in the paper a system aimed at hydrogen production through electrolysis from renewable source (provided by both PV and wind generators), its storage and reconversion in fuel cells is presented. The system is installed at the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria. Particularly, in the paper the global process taking place in the system is described, evaluating the hourly hydrogen stored amount, the power autonomy provided and the global efficiency of the process.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. Electrolytic Hydrogen Production From Renewable Source, Storage and Reconversion in Fuel Cells: The System of the “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria. Energy Procedia 2015, 78, 818 -823.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Francesco Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa. Electrolytic Hydrogen Production From Renewable Source, Storage and Reconversion in Fuel Cells: The System of the “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria. Energy Procedia. 2015; 78 ():818-823.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2015. "Electrolytic Hydrogen Production From Renewable Source, Storage and Reconversion in Fuel Cells: The System of the “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria." Energy Procedia 78, no. : 818-823.

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Published: 01 March 2015 in Solar Energy
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This paper investigates the influence of solar radiation on thermal comfort inside an indoor environment and its effect on the building energy consumptions. Furthermore, it draws up a procedure which allows the rating of the thermal comfort quality of indoor environments in the presence of solar radiation, to be used in correlation with the energy classification of building in order to refer the energy performance to the indoor environmental conditions. Mean Radiant Temperatures (MRT) for a subject exposed to solar radiation in different positions of the environment were calculated, with an hourly time step and for a whole year. These values were utilized to assess the Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied (PPD) and its variation with time and space, so that long term thermal comfort evaluations were able to be carried out and comparisons among irradiated and not irradiated positions were able to be made.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. Mapping of the indoor comfort conditions considering the effect of solar radiation. Solar Energy 2015, 113, 63 -77.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa. Mapping of the indoor comfort conditions considering the effect of solar radiation. Solar Energy. 2015; 113 ():63-77.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2015. "Mapping of the indoor comfort conditions considering the effect of solar radiation." Solar Energy 113, no. : 63-77.

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Published: 13 February 2015 in Science and Technology for the Built Environment
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Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Matilde Pietrafesa; Alfredo Pudano; Gianfranco Rizzo. An MAS-based subjective model for indoor adaptive thermal comfort. Science and Technology for the Built Environment 2015, 21, 114 -125.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Francesco Nucara, Giorgia Peri, Matilde Pietrafesa, Alfredo Pudano, Gianfranco Rizzo. An MAS-based subjective model for indoor adaptive thermal comfort. Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 2015; 21 (2):114-125.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; Giorgia Peri; Matilde Pietrafesa; Alfredo Pudano; Gianfranco Rizzo. 2015. "An MAS-based subjective model for indoor adaptive thermal comfort." Science and Technology for the Built Environment 21, no. 2: 114-125.

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Published: 01 August 2013 in Energy
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Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa; A. Pudano. An energy self-sufficient public building using integrated renewable sources and hydrogen storage. Energy 2013, 57, 95 -105.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Francesco Nucara, M. Pietrafesa, A. Pudano. An energy self-sufficient public building using integrated renewable sources and hydrogen storage. Energy. 2013; 57 ():95-105.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Francesco Nucara; M. Pietrafesa; A. Pudano. 2013. "An energy self-sufficient public building using integrated renewable sources and hydrogen storage." Energy 57, no. : 95-105.

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Published: 26 April 2012 in Building and Environment
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One of the primary objectives of the 2002/91/EC European Directive [1], recently replaced by the 2010/31/EU European Directive [2], is referred to the need of drawing up a methodology leading to buildings energy certification, which allows evaluation of both energy consumptions and polluting impacts and takes into account both comfort conditions of indoor environments and outdoor climate. Indeed, the connection between comfort quality of indoor environments and energy performance of building is firmly remarked by the Directive, pointing out that the achievement of high levels of comfort quality involves an increase of energy demand. In this context, the need of connecting building energy performances to the comfort quality of living spaces has focused the researchers' attention on the development of procedures aimed at classifying indoor environments under the point of view of comfort conditions. In this paper, in order to try to suggest a simple approach to the indoor environmental quality classification, a proposed methodology will be presented. It could be applicable to either single environments or whole building and is based on the calculation of two indoor quality indexes: the Environment Quality Index, EQI, and the Building Quality Index, BQI. Starting from the values of the EQI and BQI indexes, the proposed methodology allows the classification of the indoor comfort level, referring it to a seven values scale.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. Proposal of comfort classification indexes suitable for both single environments and whole buildings. Building and Environment 2012, 57, 58 -67.

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Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa. Proposal of comfort classification indexes suitable for both single environments and whole buildings. Building and Environment. 2012; 57 ():58-67.

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Concettina Marino; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa. 2012. "Proposal of comfort classification indexes suitable for both single environments and whole buildings." Building and Environment 57, no. : 58-67.

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Published: 01 August 2008 in Indoor and Built Environment
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This paper addresses an important problem in the evaluation of the thermal comfort of people living or working in the sort of confined spaces typical of current architecture. In the details, a new algorithm is proposed for the evaluation of the angle factors of people within rooms characterized by complex shapes, where the envelope components are not always mutually orthogonal. The algorithm is based on field data obtained by means of an experimental photographic apparatus which allows measurements of projected area factors of seated or standing people in such complex confined environments.

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Maria La Gennusa; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa; Gianfranco Rizzo; Gianluca Scaccianoce. Angle Factors and Projected Area Factors for Comfort Analysis of Subjects in Complex Confined Enclosures: Analytical Relations and Experimental Results. Indoor and Built Environment 2008, 17, 346 -360.

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Maria La Gennusa, Antonino Nucara, Matilde Pietrafesa, Gianfranco Rizzo, Gianluca Scaccianoce. Angle Factors and Projected Area Factors for Comfort Analysis of Subjects in Complex Confined Enclosures: Analytical Relations and Experimental Results. Indoor and Built Environment. 2008; 17 (4):346-360.

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Maria La Gennusa; Antonino Nucara; Matilde Pietrafesa; Gianfranco Rizzo; Gianluca Scaccianoce. 2008. "Angle Factors and Projected Area Factors for Comfort Analysis of Subjects in Complex Confined Enclosures: Analytical Relations and Experimental Results." Indoor and Built Environment 17, no. 4: 346-360.