Publications by Giuseppe Galbiati

A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK TO INCREASE MODELLING CREDIBILITY IN MODERN BUILDINGS ENERGY SIMULATIONS. THE CASE STUDY OF CHAUDERON COMPLEX FAÇADES BY JEAN PROUVÉ IN LAUSANNE (1969-1974)

Franz Graf, Giulia Marino, Giuseppe Galbiati

The urgent need to retrofit the existing building stock is a well-known theme, abundantly dealt with in the scientific literature. Thermal simulations have a key role, assessing the effective energy performance of buildings. At the same time, researchers f ...

Docomomo2024

Overview of key results achieved in H2020 HighLite project helping to raise the EU PV industries' competitiveness

Antonin Faes, Gizem Nogay, Hugo James André Quest, Giuseppe Galbiati, Ning Chen

The EU crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV manufacturing industry has faced strong foreign competition in the last decade. To strive in this competitive environment and differentiate itself from the competition, the EU c-Si PV manufacturing industry needs to (1) ...

WILEY2023

Preserving suspended structures with light façades (1960-1980). Architectural study and retrofitting proposals

Giuseppe Galbiati

Nowadays, the energy efficiency of the existing building stock is internationally accepted as a topical issue. Energy retrofitting is encouraged, improving the thermal performances of buildings, but often altering the historical image of our cities. Attent ...

EPFL2023

A modelling framework for modern heritage buildings energy simulation

Franz Graf, Giulia Marino, Giuseppe Galbiati

The latest European polices highlight the urgent need to rehabilitate the existing building stock, responsible for 40 % of the EU's total energy consumption. In this process, a key role is played by thermal simulations, assessing the effective energy perfo ...

Elsevier2023

Retrofitting UNESCO's heritage: the first Olivetti office building in Ivrea

Franz Graf, Giulia Marino, Giuseppe Galbiati

Docomomo international, Tirant lo Blanch España2022

Methodology for energy retrofitting of Modern Architecture. The case study of the Olivetti office building in the UNESCO site of Ivrea

Franz Graf, Giulia Marino, Giuseppe Galbiati

Latest European Union programs related to energy efficiency underline the need for retrofitting existing buildings, which are responsible for 40% of EU total energy consumption. Accounting for almost 45% of the existing building stock, the architecture of ...

2021