Active House as path to Zero Carbon

Active House
Active House as Path to Zero Carbon – a new reference publication as Springer brief
Prof. Marco Imperadori
Politecnico di Milano – ABC Department
Brussels February 2018 | Marco Imperadori
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Università degli Studi Roma Tre
Politecnico di Milano
Team Leader:
Prof. Chiara Tonelli, Prof. Stefano Converso (Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Architecture Department)
Active House:
Prof.Marco Imperadori, Prof.Gabriele Masera, Prof.Graziano Salvalai (ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano

First Italian Active House certified as built - 2012
Active House label cerimony – March, the 1st, 2018

2018-2019
SDE19 team, selected by EEF_SDE19 Selection Committee:
• University of Brighton, United Kingdom
• Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
• Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Ghent University, Belgium
• International Hellenic University, Greece
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille, France
• University of Maryland, U.S.A.
• Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• University of Miskolc, Hungary
• Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
• King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
• University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands
• Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

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ACTIVE HOUSE: Progettazione e innovazione con
tecnologie di costruzione stratificata a secco
ACTIVE HOUSE: Design and innovation with dry construction technologies
Author: M. Imperadori
Co-authors: L. Feifer, G. Salvalai, A. Vanossi, A. Brambilla, F. Brunone
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ACTIVE HOUSE: Smart Nearly Zero Energy
Buildings
Authors: L. Feifer, M. Imperadori, G. Salvalai, A. Brambilla, F. Brunone
Abstract The book aims to provide an overview of the Active House (AH) vision intended
as a building design method “beyond” the passive approach, for buildings of the future that
will be more and more connected, smart and innovative. It is a different philosophical
design approach where buildings, new or renovated, can find balance with natural,
renewable energies and become “concentrators-distributors” of energies instead of be
consumers of resources. In fact, it is already working and the shown case studies give a
clear answer, which is different by climate conditions and building uses. The book is
composed by five chapters, providing information about fundamental aspects of innovations
towards resource-efficient buildings. The book demonstrates that a different design
approach from the status quo is possible and that a turning point, a change, has been set,
and the AH Alliance among designers, institutions, industries, academies is bringing new
fresh air in the world of construction.
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• Chapter 1 - the AH approach, the AH Specifications and the
idea for future development.
• Chapter 2 - the AH Guidelines and the design process of very
high-energy efficient buildings
• Chapter 3 - the AH approach applied to Mediterranean
climates
• Chapter 4 - new AH certified building in Northern Italy with
focus on the design process, technological design, and the
overall performance evaluation by simulations, BIM and BIG
DATA interpretation, and monitoring campaigns.
• Chapter 5 - 14 existing AH buildings selected among recent
AH projects, supported by data

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Contents
Chapter 1 What is an Active House? A new vision beyond 2020
(L. FEIFER, M. IMPERADORI)
1.1 The need for a new perspective
1.1.1 People first
1.1.2 Active beyond Passive
1.2 The Alliance – a global conversation
1.3 AH technical specifications [2013 edition]
1.3.1 AH Vision
1.3.2 Key principles of Active House
1.3.3 The Radar
1.3.4 Comfort
1.3.5 Energy
1.3.6 Environment
1.3.7 Qualitative parameters
References
Chapter 2 A new paradigm for holistic design
(M. IMPERADORI)
2.1 Houses for the future… now!
2.1.1 Experimental houses at Politecnico di Milano
2.1.2 VELUXlab
2.1.3 C-ASA
2.1.4 Prototypes and monitoring campaign
References
Chapter 3 A reflection on Active House in warm climates
(A. BRAMBILLA)
3.1 Methodology for southern European climate
3.1.1 Active House vision and the Mediterranean region
3.1.2 Mediterranean region?
3.1.3 A model of Mediterranean Active House
3.1.4 Sensitivity analysis: a tool to understand the most influential
parameters for sustainable design in warm regions
3.1.5 An award-winning prototype of Active House for warm climates:
RhOME
3.1.6 Lessons learned
References
Chapter 4 NZEB-AH and BIM in the real Italian stock market
(G. SALVALAI)
4.1 Maison Verte_ AH in Bergamo
4.1.1 Technology
4.1.2 AH approach
4.1.3 BIM 6.0: energy and dynamic design
References
Chapter 5 Relevant case studies: a benchmark for future design
(F. BRUNONE)
5.1 Active House: Beyond 2020, now!
5.1.1 The Active House Label and Award
5.1.2 AH relevant case studies
References

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Active House Award winner projects: a)
Solhuset (2016), b) Green Solution
House (2016), c) Isobo Aktiv (2016), d)
House on Garda Lake (2016)
Credit: Active House Alliance

Active House Award winner projects: e)
Reborn Home (2017), f) RenovActive
(2017), g) Optima House (2017).
Credit: Active House Alliance

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Federica BRUNONE
PhD Scholar – ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano
The research project aims to identify innovative models of product, processes, and design (project), through wood-based
construction technologies, as additive solutions of urban and architectural, technological and energetic, seismic and structural
retrofit of the existing building stock. The proposal is to define a dynamic and active tool for the decision-making process to
evaluate the design choices at different stage of the construction process. The innovative approach consists of the integration of
this tool with a design optioneering methodology, which uses BIM processes and environments. This analysis would integrate the
validated Active House multi-purpose decision-support tool (the AH radar), enriching it with new specific wood-oriented and
retrofit-oriented criteria, in order to provide a comprehensive and holistic evaluation. In conclusion, the proposed tool could
represent an instrument to compare the simulated scenarios of each different design phase, with the real building, in its as-built
asset, and with the users’ influence, validating the project throughout its entire lifecycle.
#Active House #Building construction systems #renovation strategies #BIM #decision-support tool

Active House Symposium 2018
#AHsymp18 #ActiveHouse
POLITECNICO DI MILANO – Lecco Campus
Lecco, Italy

The Lecco Campus
The Lecco Campus was founded in 1997
upon collaboration between the University
and territorial bodies to satisfy the need
for, in a highly industrial area with great
employment potential, a university campus
able to increase and drive collective growth
through research and technological
development.
The Lecco Campus offers a distinctly high
level of education that encourages
integration with the territory in terms of
both the uniqueness of the entrepreneurial
fabric and the campus’ own research
initiatives. The study programs,
consistently with the process of expansion
and diversification underway at the
Politecnico di Milano, have been devised to
offer a valuable and structured academic
opportunity, some of them unique to the
Politecnico, that is fully integrated in the
system and includes specific degree
programs and research projects.

The new Lecco Campus
The new headquarters of Politecnico di Milano in Lecco, set for 2.000 students,
is located on the site of the old Civil Hospital and covers an area of 40,000 m2,
energy-efficient dedicated to teaching, research, workshops and services to
the area.

The new University Campus
By the end of January 2012 the new University Campus of the Politecnico di Milano in
Lecco will be completed: 40,000 sqm of highly energy-efficient space destined to
teaching and research activities, scientific and cultural spaces, laboratories and offices
for technological transfers.

The project involved both the creation of new structures and the recovery of
existing buildings.
The new Lecco Campus

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