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The Solar Reflectance Index as a Tool to Forecast the Heat Released to the Urban Environment: Potentiality and Assessment Issues by Alberto Muscio

“…Overheating of buildings and urban areas is a more and more severe issue in view of global warming combined with increasing urbanization. The thermal behavior…”
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Local climate change and urban heat island mitigation techniques - the state of the art by Akbari, Hashem, Cartalis, Constantinos, Kolokotsa, Denia, Muscio, Alberto, Pisello, Anna Laura, Rossi, Federico, Santamouris, Matheos, Synnefa, Afroditi, Wong, Nyuk Hien, Zinzi, Michele

“…Increase of the ambient air temperature in cities caused by the urban heat island phenomenon has a seri- ous impact on the economic and social system of…”
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Standard Test Methods for Rating of Solar Reflectance of Built-Up Surfaces and Potential Use of Satellite Remote Sensors by Costanzini, Sofia, Ferrari, Chiara, Despini, Francesca, Muscio, Alberto

“…More and more attention is being paid to the solar reflectance of built-up surfaces due to its influence on the summer heating of buildings and urban areas and…”
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PROGRESS IN URBAN GREENERY MITIGATION SCIENCE – ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPACT ON CITIES by Santamouris, Mat, Ban-Weiss, George, Osmond, Paul, Paolini, Riccardo, Synnefa, Afroditi, Cartalis, Constantinos, Muscio, Alberto, Zinzi, Michele, Morakinyo, Tobi Eniolu, Ng, Edward, Tan, Zheng, Takebayashi, Hideki, Sailor, David, Crank, P, Taha, Haider, Pisello, Anna Laura, Rossi, Federico, Zhang, Jiong, Kolokotsa, Denia

“…Urban greenery is a natural solution to cool cities and provide comfort, clean air and significant social, health and economic benefits. This paper aims to…”
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Coupling of Solar Reflective Cool Roofing Solutions with Sub-Surface Phase Change Materials (PCM) to Avoid Condensation and Biological Growth by Muscio, Alberto

“…Cool roofs are effective solutions to counter the overheating of building roofs, inhabited spaces below and urban areas in which buildings are located thanks…”
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Analysis of combined low-level indicators for the hot-season performance of roof components by Lodi, Chiara, Muscio, Alberto, Tartarini, Paolo, Akbari, Hashem

“…A single performance indicator, the solar transmittance factor (STF), has been proposed in previous works, together with the derived solar transmittance index…”
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Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers Applied on Methane–Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines: A Preliminary Analysis of Process Heat Balance by Pedrazzi, Simone, Zucchi, Manuel, Muscio, Alberto, Kaya, Ahmet Fatih

“…One of the main issues that has limited the use of hydrogen as an energy vector for a long time is its low energy density per unit of volume. Alternative…”
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Analysis of a New Index for the Thermal Performance of Horizontal Opaque Building Components in Summer by Akbari, Hashem, Lodi, Chiara, Muscio, Alberto, Tartarini, Paolo

“…The summer behavior of an opaque building component subjected to the solar cycle depends on the combination of its thermal insulation, inertia, and solar…”
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Are Nano-Composite Coatings the Key for Photovoltaic Panel Self-Maintenance: An Experimental Evaluation by Pedrazzi, Simone, Allesina, Giulio, Muscio, Alberto

“…This article shows the influence of an anti-fouling nano-coating on the electrical energy produced by a string of photovoltaic modules. The coating effect was…”
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The Thermal Diffusivity of Biochar Coating Deposited on a Heat Exchanger by Paolo Bison, Giovanni Ferrarini, Nicoló Morselli, Alberto Muscio, Stefano Rossi

“…Biochar is a charcoal-like material obtained by burning organic wastes, coming from agricultural and forestry, in a controlled pyrolysis process. In this…”
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Identification of SUHI in Urban Areas by Remote Sensing Data and Mitigation Hypothesis through Solar Reflective Materials by Costanzini, Sofia, Despini, Francesca, Beltrami, Leonardo, Fabbi, Sara, Muscio, Alberto, Teggi, Sergio

“…The urban heat island (UHI) is an increasingly widespread phenomenon of concern to the wellbeing and the health of populations living in urban environments…”
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Airborne pathogens diffusion: A comparison between tracer gas and pigmented aerosols for indoor environment analysis by Puglia, Marco, Ottani, Filippo, Morselli, Nicolo’, Pedrazzi, Simone, Allesina, Giulio, Muscio, Alberto, Cossarizza, Andrea, Tartarini, Paolo

“…The evaluation of airborne pathogens diffusion is a crucial practice in preventing airborne diseases like COVID-19, especially in indoor environments. Through…”
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Experimental tests of dropwise cooling on infrared-transparent media by Tarozzi, Luca, Muscio, Alberto, Tartarini, Paolo

“…The present work is aimed at analyzing the cooling of hot solid surfaces induced by liquid droplets. In particular, the study is focused on the non-intrusive…”
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An index for the overall performance of opaque building elements subjected to solar radiation by Muscio, Alberto, Akbari, Hashem

“…•The thermal behavior of an external opaque building element depends on several performance parameters.•Commonly considered parameters related to insulation…”
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Easy to implement ventilated sunspace for energy retrofit of condominium buildings with balconies by Allesina, Giulio, Ferrari, Chiara, Muscio, Alberto, Pedrazzi, Simone

“…Energy retrofit of the facade of condominium buildings may be a difficult task because thermal bridges such as those due to balconies, common elements in the…”
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Modeling of a hybrid externally fired gas turbine applied to a landfill and green waste management facility by Mirandola, Saverio, Pedrazzi, Simone, Allesina, Giulio, Muscio, Alberto

“…[Display omitted] •Biomass to power conversion was simulated using an hybrid EFGT cycle.•A hybrid cycle was applied to a landfill to exploit green waste and…”
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Conventional Building Energy Performance and Actual Energy Costs: A Critical Reflection by Gatti, Chiara, Lodi, Chiara, Muscio, Alberto

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Recovered water from fuel cells as a supply for Maisotsenko evaporative cooling systems in a hydrogen-powered urban bus by Puglia, Marco, Morselli, Nicolò, Cossu, Michele, Pedrazzi, Simone, Allesina, Giulio, Muscio, Alberto

“…[Display omitted] •Evaluated M−cycle indirect evaporative cooling on an urban bus.•44 kg/h of water are required to maintain 26 °C at 30 °C and 30 %…”
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A modified ε-NTU analytical model for the investigation of counter-flow Maisotsenko-based cooling systems by Muscio, Alberto, Cossu, Michele, Morselli, Nicolò, Puglia, Marco, Pedrazzi, Simone, Allesina, Giulio

“…•The ε-NTU method has been adapted to an M-cycle counter-flow heat exchanger;•Optimal recirculation rate was identified between 0.4 and 0.5;•NTU value over…”
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Coupling of solar reflective cool roofing solutions with sub-surface phase change materials (PCM) to avoid condensation and biological growth by Muscio, Alberto

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