Associate Professors

Professor in Scientific Disciplinary Sector ING-IND/11 (Environmental Technical Physics), since 2008. Member of the Department Council of DIMEG (July 2014 – today). Energy Commission Member at the University of Calabria (July 2014 - today). He was the Scientifi c Project Manager of the University of Calabria for many international and national research projects and he is co-author of more than 100 publications.

Bevilacqua, P., Benevento, F., Bruno, R., Arcuri, N.: Are Trombe walls suitable passive systems for the reduction of the yearly building energy requirements?Energy 185 (2019), pp. 554-566
Roberto Bruno, Piero Bevilacqua, Giorgio Cuconati, Natale Arcuri: An innovative compact facility for the measurement of the thermal properties of building materials: first experimental results - Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 143, October 2018, Pages 947-954
Cristina Carpino, Roberto Bruno, Natale Arcuri SOCIAL HOUSING REFURBISHMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE: COSTOPTIMAL ANALYSIS TOWARDS THE n-ZEB TARGET Energy&Buildings Volume 174, 1 September 2018, Pages 642-656 Energy & Buildings 174 (2018) 642–656
Bevilacqua, P; Mazzeo, D; Arcuri, N. Thermal inertia assessment of an experimental extensive green roof in summer conditions Building and Environment, Volume 131, March 2018, Pages 264-276

Thermal analysis of building components.
Measurement of climatic variables.
Near Zero Energy Buildings.
Innovative technologies for cooling buildings (Solar Cooling).
Innovative photovoltaic system.
Innovative walls with Phase Change Materials (PCM).
High effi ciency air conditioning systems.
Models for intelligent management of renewable generation, co-generating, accumulation systems.
Thermophysical study and modeling of green roofi ng.
Optimum evaluation and dimensioning of solar thermal systems and heat pump systems combined with photovoltaic and/or PV/T hybrid systems.

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