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of 9.5 kWh el /(m 2 a). Therefore, the area of the monocrystalline PV field
shall rise to 32.6 m 2 to meet the overall primary energy consumption of the
home. It should be noted that the proposed optimization approach can be
applied to any residential or commercial building prototype.
5.4.1 Description of the Building Model
The case study is a detached single-family house, located in Mascalucia (CT)
in Southern Italy ( Figure 5.12 ) . The single-family home is composed of one
occupied story and one unoccupied basement used as a technical room. Its
net floor area is 148 m 2 and its net conditioned volume is 445 m 3 .