Holistic energy and architectural retrofit toolkit

Niccolò Aste (Principal Investigator), Rajendra Singh Adhikari, Andrea Campioli, Paola Caputo, Giuliano Dall'ò, Claudio Del Pero, Paolo Oliaro, Ingrid Paoletti, Fabrizio Leonforte

HEART is a multifunctional retrofit toolkit within which different subcomponents – ICT, BEMS, HVAC, BIPV and Envelope Technologies – cooperate synergistically to transform an existing building into a Smart Building. The toolkit is conceived to achieve extremely high levels of energy efficiency in the existing residential building stock, with particular reference to Central and Southern Europe. The system’s central core consists of a cloud-based computing platform which concentrates managing and operational logic to support decision-making in planning and construction as well as energy performance enhancement and monitoring during operation. The Toolkit provide energy saving, energy fluxes optimization, data exchange, stakeholders’ active involvement and Smart Grid interactivity. Interoperable building technologies and installations are also integrated in the toolkit: envelope solutions ensure a reduction of thermal loads, while technical systems ensure energy efficiency and RES exploitation.

Contribution to SDGs: 7, 11, 12