Thermal comfort optimisation of vernacular rural buildings: passive solutions to retrofit a typical farmhouse in central Italy

An adequate retrofitting of traditional rural buildings requires to preserve their formal characteristics and to understand the constructive elements that compose them and which are different in different geographical areas. This paper analyses the typical farmhouses in central Italy. Starting from...

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Main Authors: Maria Elena Menconi, Massimo Chiappini, Jan L.M. Hensen, David Grohmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae/article/view/668