Do Well to Dwell Well. Awareness as the Driver for the Behaviour of Tomorrow’s Citizens

Authors

  • Chiara Tonelli Roma Tre University, Department of Architecture, Rome, Italy
  • I Montella Roma Tre University, Department of Architecture, Rome, Italy
  • B Cardone Roma Tre University, Department of Architecture, Rome, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/jaeser.v2i3.966

Abstract

Because of the impact of global warming, the Earth’s ecosystems are currently at a critical stage. The European building sector, and the residential element in particular, is responsible for the largest portion of energy end-use. Although we know how to build a perfectly engineered house, it will not work properly if its inhabitants do not know how to run it. “Well-educated” dwellers can really improve energy use. The aim of this research is to optimize the users’ role in the energy reduction process, analysing as a case study, Dwell!, the monitoring system designed for “RhOME for denCity”, the housing prototype developed by Roma Tre University and winner of the “Solar Decathlon Europe” competition in 2014.

Keywords:

Home automation, Energy monitoring, Comfort conditions, Human and building interaction, Building performance comparison

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How to Cite

Tonelli, C., Montella, I., & Cardone, B. (2019). Do Well to Dwell Well. Awareness as the Driver for the Behaviour of Tomorrow’s Citizens. Journal of Architectural Environment & Structural Engineering Research, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.30564/jaeser.v2i3.966

Issue

Vol. 2 , Iss. 3 (July 2019)

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Copyright © 2019 Chiara Tonelli, I Montella, B Cardone

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This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.

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