Silvia Brunoro

XXV Cycle - (A.A. 1999-2000)

Architecture Technology
Home Institution: University of Ferrara

Scholarship
Curriculum: Architecture (ICAR12)
Research Topic: Energy efficiency & smart envelopes
Tutor DA-UNIFE: Roberto Di Giulio
Nationality: Italian

Email: silvia.brunoro@unife.it

Profile

Biography
Silvia Brunoro (Ferrara, 1973), is an architect, Researcher at the Department of Architecture of Ferrara. She graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of Ferrara in 1999, taking a PhD in Technology of Architecture in 2003. She is member of two researches Centres at the Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara: the LEM (Laboratory of research on Estate & environment Management) and the A>E Architettura Energia Centre. She is author of several publication concerning energy efficiency and sustainable design, mainly related to the envelope of the building. In 2006 she published the text “Energy efficiency of façades. Standards, needs and examples for the refurbishment”. She has been involved in numerous national and European researches (COST C 16, COST TU0701, PROFICIENT). At the moment she is involved in the H2020 Project INCEPTION Inclusive Cultural Heritage in Europe through 3D semantic model. Main field of research are sustainable refurbishment, energy efficiency and innovation of technologies and materials.

Research skills
Envelope | Energy | Sustainability | Renewable | Façades

Scientific activities

ORCID ID:
0000-0003-0245-5204

IRIS UNIFE ID:
rp06400

Doctoral research

Tecnologie ad alta efficienza energetica per la riqualificazione e rifunzionalizzazione di edifici di facciate del secondo dopoguerra (Trad. High – performing technologies for the energetic and architectural refurbishment of post war building envelopes)

Building sector account for the most energy loss waste on earth. The technical and functional performance of European stock that was built after the second world war are very poor, and there is the necessity of an architectural/technical/environmental adaptation to modern standards. With the coming into force of the EPBD 2002/91 (today 2010/31 EU), that imposed restrictive standards in terms of energy efficiency in the European countries, it will be desirable to refurbish buildings mainly considering the reduction of energy consumption by exploiting environmental resources such as heat gain or solar energy. The main objective of the thesis is to propose and disseminate techniques and methods to improve the quality of the urban building envelopes for the non-traditional building stock (buildings constructed during the second post – war period: 1950-1980) in Europe. The following categories of improving envelope are examined: ETICS (External Thermal Composit Systems), ventilated façades, double layer glass façades, solar systems (integrated photovoltaic panels) on best practice applications in national and European context.

Keywords
Sustainability | Envelope | Energy efficiency | Refurbishment | Façades