Piran – The prestigious South East European Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environmental Systems (SDEWES) award went to a group of scholars from DEIM Department of the Polytechnic School of the University of Palermo for a study titled “A survey of energy performance of the non-residential public building stock in Southern Italy; toward a decision support tool for refurbishment actions,”. It was a collaboration with the UPI (Union of Italian Provinces). I twas presented by Giuseppina Ciulla with co-authors Mark Beccali, Valerio Lo Brano, Alessandra Galatioto, Marina Bonomolo and Enrico Spera. The research, by combining a statistical approach with innovative artificial intelligence techniques, has enabled the development of a decision support tool able to guide public administrations towards the choice of the best energy improvement options of the existing residential housing stock in the south of Italy. The award was presented during the Award Committee of the 2nd SDEWES 2016 held in Piran (Slovenia). (9Colonne)
