In terms of existing buildings’ retrofit, historical and non-residential buildings clearly represent two challenging categories. In historical buildings, due to architectural constraints, acting on the technical side is often the only way to reduce consumptions, while non-residential buildings usually require simultaneous production of hot and chilled water. In these cases, Polyvalent heat pumps represent an interesting solution, able to guarantee significant reductions of primary energy consumptions. In detail, a Reference Building for an historical office was simulated in three Mediterranean cities, using EnergyPlus software and some evaluation tools specifically set to emulate the energy performances of the examined HVAC technologies.

The Polyvalent heat pumps technology in retrofit of existing HVAC systems / Vio, Michele; Becchio, Cristina; Corgnati, Stefano Paolo; Crespi, Giulia; Babuin, Michele; Morassutti, Silvia. - In: ENERGY PROCEDIA. - ISSN 1876-6102. - 133:(2017), pp. 158-170. [10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.381]

The Polyvalent heat pumps technology in retrofit of existing HVAC systems

Becchio, Cristina;Corgnati, Stefano Paolo;Crespi, Giulia;
2017

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In terms of existing buildings’ retrofit, historical and non-residential buildings clearly represent two challenging categories. In historical buildings, due to architectural constraints, acting on the technical side is often the only way to reduce consumptions, while non-residential buildings usually require simultaneous production of hot and chilled water. In these cases, Polyvalent heat pumps represent an interesting solution, able to guarantee significant reductions of primary energy consumptions. In detail, a Reference Building for an historical office was simulated in three Mediterranean cities, using EnergyPlus software and some evaluation tools specifically set to emulate the energy performances of the examined HVAC technologies.
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