Marco Zuppiroli

XXIV Cycle - (A.A. 2008-2009)

Architecture Technology
Home Institution: University of Ferrara

Scholarship
Curriculum: Architecture (ICAR19)
Research Topic: Energy Performance & Historic Buildings
Tutor DA-UNIFE: Rita Fabbri
Nationality: Italian

Email: marco.zuppiroli@unife.it

Profile

Biography
In November 2006 he received a degree in Architecture with honours and recommendation for publication, discussing an Architectural Restoration thesis that won the "Giorgio Ravalli" study prize and the first prize "Archiprix Italia 2008". Since December 2007 he has been enrolled in the Professional Registry of Architects. Since 2007/2008 he has been an adjunct professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Ferrara. As part of the teaching activity he has followed more than one hundred final year students as a thesis supervisor or co-supervisor. In March 2012 he obtained a Ph.D. in Architectural Technology (SDS ICAR / 12) with a specialty in Architectural Restoration (SDS ICAR / 19). From October 2012 to October 2013 he was a research fellow in the European project "Central Italy Network to Enhance coMpetitive business Activities - CINEMA", at the Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage of the CNR Research Area of Rome. Since March 2014 he has been a specialist in Architectural and Landscape Heritage. Since May 2016 he has been a researcher at the Department of Architecture of the University of Ferrara and the deputy director of the Master in Seismic Improvement, Restoration and Consolidation of Historical Buildings and Monuments (at the 5th edition). The multiple research activities carried out since 2009 at the LaboRA - Laboratory of Architectural Restoration of same Department, of which he is a permanent member, include some research conventions as coordinator under the scientific responsibility of Prof. Arch. Riccardo Dalla Negra.

Research skills
Restoration | Cultural_Heritage | Historic_Buildings | Urban_History | Sustainability

Scientific activities

ORCID ID:
0000-0002-2140-339X

IRIS UNIFE ID:
rp09459

Doctoral research

Improvement of energy efficiency in historic building stock, between conservative and performance requirements. Quantitative assessment of energy use in some urban clusters in the center of Ferrara

The energy performance of buildings, their needs and the possibilities of energy saving, have long been an issue in the debate of construction and real estate sectors. The transposition of the Directive 2002/91/EC (EPBD), as well as of the Directive 2010/31/EU, has modified the relationship between building and energy, also in existing buildings. On the other hand, the energy performance certificate (EPC) spreading has changed the real estate perception. Energy upgrade is a good way for retrofit existing buildings of the second half of the 20th century, but not for all existing buildings. The cultural heritage and preindustrial basic building should be a special case to discuss. Several studies discuss energy performance of single building, building stock, heritage building and also urban comfort. The planning of actual energy policies and the organization of targeted action in the structural planning, can only start from the knowledge of the real state of things. With the aim of validating the real need for improvement of energy performance in preindustrial basic building, my dissertation provides an in-depth quantitative analysis of the thermal energy demand and the improvement of energy efficiency in preindustrial basic building, through the analytical investigation of the case studies in the urban center of Ferrara.

Keywords
Energy Performance | Historic Basic Buildings | Improvement of Energy Efficiency | Urban Historic Centre | Ferrara