Silvia Coccolo
EPFL ENAC-GE
GC A0 392 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 89 97
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EPFL ENAC-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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IIC
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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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.A transdisciplinary approach to understand, compute and visualize the city interface
Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018, EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland), 15th November 2018.Digitalizing the urban landscape. Microclimate, energy systems and comfort
Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018, EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland), 15th November 2018.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.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.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.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.Daylight in the Built Environment
Science/AAAS. 2017.Bioclimatic Design of Sustainable Campuses using Advanced Optimisation Methods
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7756.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.Daylight in the built environment
Changing perspectives on daylight: Science, technology, and culture; Washington, DC: Science/AAAS, 2017.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.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.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.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.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.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.The Integration of Outdoor Thermal Simulation Tools in Architectural Design
2017. International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Edinburgh, July 3-5th, 2017.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.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.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.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.Outdoor human comfort and thermal stress: A comprehensive review on models and standards
Urban Climate. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.08.004.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.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.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.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.The EPFL campus in Lausanne: new energy strategies for 2050
2015. 6th International Building Physics Conference, IBPC 2015, Torino, Italy, June 14-17, 2015.The EPFL Campus in Lausanne: New Energy Strategies for 2050
Energy Procedia. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.776.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.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.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
Behind/Beyond future cities
We are living in an urban world and the design of sustainable cities is essential in order to decrease our energy footprint. This course provides the instruments to understand the complex urban metabolism, as well as the solutions for planning future smart and sustainable cities.
Urban neighborhoods, infrastructures and sustainable development
This ENAC Teaching Unit aims to present and implement new concepts of sustainable urban neighbourhood planning.