Francesco SIMONI

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RESEARCH | TEACHING | PROFESSIONAL | PROJECTS

 

BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE

Thermo-physics of the building and indicators of comfort and performance

Passivhaus and low consumption buildings

Opaque and transparent, massive and light, industrialized envelope

Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal: architectural integration, solar trackers, systems and components, types and uses

Biomass and Geothermal: systems and components, types and uses

Wind turbines and mini-turbines: systems and components, types and uses

Passive cooling and natural ventilation

Solar radiation check: screening, strategies and shading systems

Natural light and project: methods and techniques

Traditional technologies to comfort control

 

SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Protocols and indicators of environmental sustainability

Governance and project planning and urban retrofit

Strategic planning

Complex programmes of planning and urban transformation

Participated planning of urban re-qualification

Smart Cities: distributed planning and management of energy

Transports: instruments for control and planning

Sustainable industrial areas

Territorial Planning models and experiences and sustainable urban development

Sustainability and cities of the Mediterranean

Experiences of sustainable urban planning in Latin America

 

NATURAL RESOURCES

Environmental planning and comfort of urban spaces

LCA, life cycle, eco compatible  materials, components and systems

Water: planning, control and management - phytodepuration bio-technology

Green Roofs, Green Walls and camouflage architecture

Waste: urban systems, procedures  and plants for the recovery and use of secondary raw materials

Treatment of urban waters: systems for the water supply and waste disposal

 

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Building Process: subjects and roles, economic implications

Project Management: programme management models

Estimate of costs and diffusion of components and innovative systems for construction

Types of cost, LCA, LCC and Global Cost

Economic Evaluation and cost control procedures

Structure of the project and methods dedicated to cost evaluation

Instruments for the evaluation of estimated costs and accounting

Bill of Quantities: applicative principles and specific features

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