Sibilla Ferroni
PhD thesis title: A UBEM-based methodology for setting optimal Renewable Energy Community (REC) configurations in urban areas
Academic Tutor: Livio Mazzarella
Academic Supervisor: Francesco Causone
PhD cycle: 37° (see all student profiles of the same cycle > LINK)
BSc: Scienze dell'Architettura, Università degli Studi Roma Tre
MSc: Building Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
PhD exchange carried out at the Energy, Environment, and Water Research Center of The Cyprus Institute, in Nicosia (Cyprus), collaborating with the Sustainable Built Environment Group, for four months during 2023.
Thesis abstract
The aim of my research is to develop a methodology supporting decision-makers in the implementation of renewable energy community (REC) models in urban environments. The methodology will provide optimal scenarios of REC configuration, under
multiple criteria: technical, economic, and environmental. For this purpose, it will exploit urban building energy modelling (UBEM) tools, to carry out dynamic energy analyses at the urban scale, and multi-objective optimization (MOO) models, to include decision-makers multiple perspectives.
multiple criteria: technical, economic, and environmental. For this purpose, it will exploit urban building energy modelling (UBEM) tools, to carry out dynamic energy analyses at the urban scale, and multi-objective optimization (MOO) models, to include decision-makers multiple perspectives.
Personal interest in my research theme
My research on energy communities will deal with the application of decarbonisation strategies in cities, the
development of energy retrofit scenarios of the built environment, and the integration of decentralised energy
sources in city neighbourhoods. I have a strong interest in
multi-physics interactions affecting energy consumption of the urban built environment, which is totally matching the
base research stream of my thesis work and that of the research group in which I’m in.
development of energy retrofit scenarios of the built environment, and the integration of decentralised energy
sources in city neighbourhoods. I have a strong interest in
multi-physics interactions affecting energy consumption of the urban built environment, which is totally matching the
base research stream of my thesis work and that of the research group in which I’m in.
