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Economic Feasibility of Measures
for Energy Efficiency
Eleonora Riva Sanseverino and Gaetano Zizzo
Abstract
In this chapter the economic impact of some measures for energy efficiency,
both using automation of technical infrastructures (according to EN 15232) as
well as implementing passive measures concerning the use of building
materials and techniques (according to EN 15271), is studied. The chapter is
organized as follows. First, a technical-economical study on the evaluation of
the impact on residential buildings of Building Automation Control, BAC, and
Technical Building Management, TBM, systems is presented. Then the same
assessment of some passive measures that can be employed is carried out using
the Passive House Standard for Mediterranean warm climates is shown.
Numerical elaborations have been carried out for a sample house located in
Palermo, Sicily (Southern Italy). The building is located in the EuroMediter-
ranean area and thus all measures are referred to warm climates.
