Edoardo Michele Marino

Prof. Edoardo Michele Marino

University of Catania, Catania, Sicilia, Italy
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Academic Career Length

23Years (2004-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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13 June 2020 in Sustainability
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Giuseppe MarganiGiuseppe Margani
Giuseppe Margani
Gianpiero EvolaGianpiero Evola
Gianpiero Evola
Carola TardoCarola Tardo
Carola Tardo
Edoardo Michele MarinoEdoardo Michele Marino
Edoardo Michele Marino
In seismic European countries most of the residential building stock is highly energy-intensive and earthquake-prone because it was built before the enforcement of the most recent energy and seismic codes. Furthermore, this stock often shows a low architectural quality due to poor maintenance and/or construction and design deficiencies: for all these reasons, it needs deep renovation, but the use of common energy and seismic upgrading techniques is often unsustainable in terms of costs, work duration, and occupants’ disturbance. Therefore, new integrated, affordable, fast, and low-disruptive renovation actions are strongly needed. This study proposes an innovative energy, seismic, and architectural renovation solution for reinforced concrete (RC) framed buildings, based on the addition of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels to the outer walls, in combination with wooden-framed panels. The two panels integrate insulation and cladding materials in order to improve the energy performance and the architectural image of the renovated building. Moreover, the CLT panels are connected to the existing RC frame through innovative seismic energy dissipation devices. In case of an earthquake, these devices in combination with the CLT panels reduce the drift demand of the building, preventing or reducing structural damages and consequent repair costs. In particular, this paper investigates the technical feasibility, the energy efficiency, and the architectural enhancement of the proposed retrofitting system. To this purpose, dynamic thermal simulations were conducted on a typical multi-story residential building from the 1960s, located in Catania, Italy. The results indicated that this retrofitting technique considerably improved the energy performance of the selected building, with a reduction of the global energy demand up to nearly 60%. The presented study is part of a larger research project aimed at also investigating, in a further stage, the seismic performance achievable by the above-mentioned renovation solution.

29 October 2012 in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
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Melina BoscoMelina Bosco
Melina Bosco
Edoardo Michele MarinoEdoardo Michele Marino
Edoardo Michele Marino

29 November 2016 in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
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Francesca BarbagalloFrancesca Barbagallo
Francesca Barbagallo
Melina BoscoMelina Bosco
Melina Bosco
Edoardo Michele MarinoEdoardo Michele Marino
Edoardo Michele Marino
Pier Paolo RossiPier Paolo Rossi
Pier Paolo Rossi
PSPaola R. Stramondo
Paola R. Stramondo

1 July 2013 in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
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Edoardo Michele MarinoEdoardo Michele Marino
Edoardo Michele Marino

19 January 2012 in Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
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Melina BoscoMelina Bosco
Melina Bosco
AGAurelio Ghersi
Aurelio Ghersi
Edoardo Michele MarinoEdoardo Michele Marino
Edoardo Michele Marino

1 May 2005 in Engineering Structures
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Edoardo Michele Marino
MNMasayoshi Nakashima
Masayoshi Nakashima
Khalid MosalamKhalid Mosalam
Khalid Mosalam