Energy requalification of a historical building: A case study

This paper illustrates an energy upgrading proposal of a historical building in Naples (Italy): Palazzo Fuga,better known as the Real Albergo dei Poveri which was built in the second half of the XVIII century.The proposal consists of energy efficiency interventions on the building envelope and its plants. Asenergetic and thermal aspects are concerned, simulations were performed in order to size a photovoltaicsystem, considering lighting aspects, and to evaluate the improvement of the building energy perfor-mance. Furthermore, thermal and lighting measurements were performed with a double aim: to verifythe factual state of the building and to calibrate the calculation tools to the particular situation. In thispaper obtained results concerning the feasibility of interventions will be presented and discussed.