Rethinking the Building Envelope
as an Intelligent Community Hub
for Renewable Energy Sharing
Andrea G. Mainini, Alberto Speroni, Matteo Fiori, Tiziana Poli,
Juan Diego Blanco Cadena, Rita Pizzi and Enrico De Angelis
Abstract The widespread use of electric vehicles is hampered by the lack of an adequate charging points network. Likewise, and depending on the use, there could be
a lack of correspondence between energy use and production in buildings equipped
with renewable energy production systems. For these reasons, a modular device,
which could be fully integrated into the building envelope, has been developed. The
aim of the project was both to regenerate the existing building envelope and to enhance
the newest one, adding new functions. The main goal will be the support of the growth
of an electric power-sharing attitude capable of promoting the widespread use of electric vehicles of electric vehicle (EV), supporting strategic actions to retrofit/convert
a private building in shared spaces for EV mobility, ensuring enough coverage for
charging devices and reducing costs for public administration.
Keywords Building envelope · EV · Sharing BiPV · Ventilated façade · Electric
mobility
1 Introduction
The building sector, currently recovering from a recession that has affected it in recent
years, is in the need to enter overwhelmingly into the circular and digital transformation. The development of interconnected buildings and micro-grid neighborhood,
in terms of management and service provision, will soon take place for the benefits
of all building users, vehicle users and pedestrians (related to what today has been
identified as the great transition to the Internet of things (IoT) and smart city). This
driving force is generating product innovation, contextualized within the sharing
A. G. Mainini (B) · A. Speroni · M. Fiori · T. Poli · J. D. Blanco Cadena · E. De Angelis
Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering—ABC Department, Politecnico di
Milano, Milan, Italy
e-mail: andreagiovanni.mainini@polimi.it
R. Pizzi
Dipartimento di Informatica Giovanni degli Antoni, Università degli studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
© The Author(s) 2020
S. Della Torre et al. (eds.), Regeneration of the Built Environment
from a Circular Economy Perspective, Research for Development,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33256-3_33
357
as an Intelligent Community Hub
for Renewable Energy Sharing
Andrea G. Mainini, Alberto Speroni, Matteo Fiori, Tiziana Poli,
Juan Diego Blanco Cadena, Rita Pizzi and Enrico De Angelis
Abstract The widespread use of electric vehicles is hampered by the lack of an adequate charging points network. Likewise, and depending on the use, there could be
a lack of correspondence between energy use and production in buildings equipped
with renewable energy production systems. For these reasons, a modular device,
which could be fully integrated into the building envelope, has been developed. The
aim of the project was both to regenerate the existing building envelope and to enhance
the newest one, adding new functions. The main goal will be the support of the growth
of an electric power-sharing attitude capable of promoting the widespread use of electric vehicles of electric vehicle (EV), supporting strategic actions to retrofit/convert
a private building in shared spaces for EV mobility, ensuring enough coverage for
charging devices and reducing costs for public administration.
Keywords Building envelope · EV · Sharing BiPV · Ventilated façade · Electric
mobility
1 Introduction
The building sector, currently recovering from a recession that has affected it in recent
years, is in the need to enter overwhelmingly into the circular and digital transformation. The development of interconnected buildings and micro-grid neighborhood,
in terms of management and service provision, will soon take place for the benefits
of all building users, vehicle users and pedestrians (related to what today has been
identified as the great transition to the Internet of things (IoT) and smart city). This
driving force is generating product innovation, contextualized within the sharing
A. G. Mainini (B) · A. Speroni · M. Fiori · T. Poli · J. D. Blanco Cadena · E. De Angelis
Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering—ABC Department, Politecnico di
Milano, Milan, Italy
e-mail: andreagiovanni.mainini@polimi.it
R. Pizzi
Dipartimento di Informatica Giovanni degli Antoni, Università degli studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
© The Author(s) 2020
S. Della Torre et al. (eds.), Regeneration of the Built Environment
from a Circular Economy Perspective, Research for Development,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33256-3_33
357