Francesco Guarino
University of Palermo
105 Papers
340 Citations
Francesco Guarino is an academic researcher from University of Palermo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life-cycle assessment & Renewable energy. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 91 publications.
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Papers
Life Cycle Assessment of a compact Desiccant Evaporative Cooling system: The case study of the “Freescoo”
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the performances of a compact Desiccant Evaporative Cooling system called Freescoo (Free Solar Cooling) in comparison to standard conventional technologies.
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Redesign of a Rural Building in a Heritage Site in Italy: Towards the Net Zero Energy Target
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the experience of re-design of an existing rural building located in Sicily, inside the ancient Greeks' "Valley of the Temples", and its energy uses were thoroughly investigated.
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Modeling the energy and environmental life cycle of buildings: A co-simulation approach
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose an integration of building simulation and life cycle assessment through the programming of a TRNSYS component, which can perform Life Cycle Assessment studies, while having as output as well energy balances and energy and environmental payback times.
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Environmental assessment of a waste-to-energy practice: The pyrolysis of agro-industrial biomass residues
Maria Anna Cusenza,Sonia Longo,Maurizio Cellura,Francesco Guarino,Antonio Messineo,Marina Mistretta,Maurizio Volpe +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential environmental impacts related to bio-char production from the pyrolysis of several different agro-industrial residues and different temperatures and identifies the process hot spots.
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Assessment of building energy modelling studies to meet the requirements of the new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
TL;DR: An update to the COM via use of “Probabilistic Bayesian calibrated RBs” is proposed to handle uncertainties and produce more realistic cost optimal levels to support policy makers in devising effective fiscal and legal support mechanisms while facilitating harmonised EP benchmarking between MS for different building categories.
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