Silvia Coccolo
EPFL ENAC SAR-GE
GC A0 392 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 89 97
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EPFL ENAC SAR-GE
GC A0 392 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 89 97
EPFL
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ENAC
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SCI-ENAC-AS
Web site: Web site: https://iic.epfl.ch/
Fields of expertise
Urban Greening
Outdoor Thermal Comfort
Urban Energy Modelling
Publications
Infoscience publications
Selected publications
Restorative design of urban brownfields, an interdisciplinary approach interconnecting nature-based solutions, heritage requalification and human wellbeing. A case study in Rome
2020. 16th Conference of the International-Building-Performance-Simulation-Association (IBPSA), Rome, ITALY, Sep 02-04, 2019. p. 3445 - 3451. DOI : 10.26868/25222708.2019.210630.Integrating urban form and distributed energy systems: Assessment of sustainable development scenarios for a Swiss village to 2050
Renewable Energy. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.033.The influence of urban form on the grid integration of renewable energy technologies and distributed energy systems
Scientific Reports. 2019. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-019-53653-w.Geospatial analysis and optimization of the incoming and stored CO2 emissions within the EPFL campus
2019. CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012118.A review of assessment methods for the urban environment and its energy sustainability to guarantee climate adaptation of future cities
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.rser.2019.06.005.A new clustering and visualization method to evaluate urban heat energy planning scenarios
Cities. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.cities.2018.12.007.Mobile Urban Micrometeorological Monitoring (MUMiM)
2019. CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012014.Linking Neighborhoods into Sustainable Energy Systems
Energy Sustainability in Built and Urban Environments; Springer, 2019.Towards a digital workflow to assess visual impact of solar modules and their operation within energy-hubs
2019. CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012106.The role of distributed energy systems in European energy transition
2019. Applied Energy Symposium and Summit - Renewable Energy Integration with Mini/Microgrid (REM), Rhodes, GREECE, Sep 28-30, 2018. p. 286 - 291. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.014.The impact of urban texture on energy system design process
2019. CISBAT 2019. Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012075.Impact of evapotranspiration on the local microclimate
2019. CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012009.Urban greening archetypes at the European scale
2019. CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012024.Local climate impact on the energy demand: an analysis at the European scale
2019. CISBAT 2019 | Climate Resilient Cities – Energy Efficiency & Renewables in the Digital Era, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012013.Matching visual impact, solar energy production potential and energy system optimization for an enhanced solar integration. An experience with a novel pre-design tool
2018. PLEA 2018: Smart and Healthy Within the Two-Degree Limit, Hong-Kong, December 10-12, 2018.Quantifying the impact of urban climate by extending the boundaries of urban energy system modeling
Applied Energy. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.004.A New Framework to Evaluate Urban Design Using Urban Microclimatic Modeling in Future Climatic Conditions
Sustainability. 2018. DOI : 10.3390/su10041134.Cooling potential of greening in the urban environment, a step further towards practice
Sustainable Cities and Society. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.scs.2018.01.019.Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy (RESTORE) within an Adaptive Neighbourhood Design
2018. 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Hong Kong, 10-12 December 2018. p. 587 - 593.Digitalizing the urban landscape. Microclimate, energy systems and comfort
Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018, EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland), 15th November 2018.Adaptive design through nature-based technologies and solutions: an innovative process characterising urban regeneration
2018. Healthy landscapes: green, regeneration, safety, Bologna (Italy), 6 June 2018 - 8 June 2018.Improving the energy sustainability of a Swiss village through building renovation and renewable energy integration
Energy and Buildings. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.10.057.Thermal Comfort Maps to estimate the impact of urban greening on the outdoor human comfort
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.08.007.Study on the impact climate change on the resilience of the EPFL campus
2018. 10th International Conference on Urban Climate/ 14th Symposium on the Urban Environment, New York, NY, 6-10 August 2018.Outdoor comfort simulation of complex architectural designs: a review of simulation tools from the designer perspective.
2018. 2018 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild co-organized by ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA, Chicago, IL, September 26-28, 2018.A transdisciplinary approach to understand, compute and visualize the city interface
Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018, EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland), 15th November 2018.Daylight in the Built Environment
Science/AAAS. 2017.Introducing a hybrid energy-use model at the urban scale: the case study of Turin (IT)
2017. 3rd Building Simulations Application Conference BSA 2017, Bolzano, Italy, February, 8th-10th 2017.Daylight in the built environment
Changing perspectives on daylight: Science, technology, and culture; Washington, DC: Science/AAAS, 2017.Extending building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV) using distributed energy hubs. A case study in Cartigny, Switzerland
2017. CISBAT 2017 International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6-8 September 2017. p. 487 - 492. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.299.Achieving energy sustainability in future neighborhoods through building refurbishment and energy hub concept: a case study in Hemberg-Switzerland
2017. CISBAT 2017 International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6-8 September 2017. p. 265 - 270. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.320.Comfort Map, a dynamic visualization of children’s thermal sensation in the outdoor environment
2017. 21st International Congress of Biometeorology, Durham, UK, September 3-7, 2017.An overview of simulation tools for predicting the mean radiant temperature in an outdoor space
2017. CISBAT 2017 International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6-8 September 2017. p. 1111 - 1116. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.471.Localized meteorological variables influence at the early design stage
2017. CISBAT 2017 International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6-8 September 2017. p. 325 - 330. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.331.Multi-scale modelling to evaluate building energy consumption at the neighbourhood scale
PLoS ONE. 2017. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0183437.On the impact of the wind speed on the outdoor human comfort: a sensitivity analysis
2017. CISBAT 2017 International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6-8 September 2017. p. 481 - 486. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.297.The Integration of Outdoor Thermal Simulation Tools in Architectural Design
2017. International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Edinburgh, July 3-5th, 2017.Investigating the importance of future climate typology on estimating the energy performance of buildings in the EPFL campus
2017. CISBAT 2017 International Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6-8 September 2017. p. 1087 - 1092. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.434.Bioclimatic Design of Sustainable Campuses using Advanced Optimisation Methods
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7756.On the impact of local climatic conditions on urban energy use: A case study
2016. PLEA 2016 - 36th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Los Angeles, USA, July 11-13, 2016.Multi-scale modelling to assess human comfort in urban canyons
2016. Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) regional conference - Expanding boundaries, Zurich, Switzerland, June 15-17 2016. DOI : 10.3218/3774-6_15.Integration of outdoor human comfort in a building energy simulation database using CityGML Energy Ade
2016. Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) Regional Conference - Expanding Boundaries: Systems Thinking for the Built Environment, Zurich, Switzerland, June 15-17 2016. DOI : 10.3218/3774-6_14.Energy Demand Analysis for Building Envelope Optimization for Hot Climate: A Case Study at AN Najah National University
2016. PLEA 2016 - 36th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Los Angeles, USA, July 11-13, 2016.Energy demand and urban microclimate of old and new residential districts in a hot arid climate
2016. PLEA 2016 - 36th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Los Angeles, USA, July 11-13, 2016.Outdoor human comfort and thermal stress: A comprehensive review on models and standards
Urban Climate. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.08.004.The EPFL Campus in Lausanne: New Energy Strategies for 2050
Energy Procedia. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.776.Optimisation of the heating demand of the EPFL campus with an MIP approach
2015. CISBAT 2015, EPFL, Lausanne, September 9-11th, 2015. p. 833 - 838. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-cisbat2015-833-838.The EPFL campus in Lausanne: new energy strategies for 2050
2015. 6th International Building Physics Conference, IBPC 2015, Torino, Italy, June 14-17, 2015.Urban energy simulation based on a new data model paradigm: the CityGML Application Domain Extension Energy. A case study in the EPFL campus of Lausanne
2015. 14th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, BS 2015, Hyderabad, India, December 7-9, 2015.Urban energy simulation of the EPFL Campus in Fribourg using a new paradigm: the CITYGML application domain extension energy
2015. CISBAT 2015, EPFL, Lausanne, September 9-11th, 2015. p. 907 - 912. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-cisbat2015-907-912.Outdoor human comfort and climate change. A case study in the EPFL campus in Lausanne
2015. 9th International Conference on Urban Climate jointly with 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment, Toulouse, France, July 20-24, 2015.Assessing the challenges of changing electricity demand profiles caused by evolving building stock and climatic conditions on distribution grids
2015. CISBAT 2015, EPFL, Lausanne, September 9-11th, 2015. p. 791 - 796. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-cisbat2015-791-796.Improving outdoor comfort and energy consumption of a city district in a desert area
2014. The 5 th International Conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification Healthy Lands - Healthy People, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research Sede Boqer Campus of Ben-Gurion University, Israel, November 17-20, 2014.Design in the desert. A bioclimatic project with urban energy modelling
2013. 13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambery, France, 26-28 August 2013. p. 129 - 134.Designing in the desert. A bioclimatic approach at the urban scale
2012. UAE-Swiss Research Day. Frontiers in Water, Energy and Sustainability, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 11-12, 2012.Teaching & PhD
Courses
Urban neighborhoods, infrastructures and sustainable development
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