Umberto Berardi

Overview

Best Publications

• State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs

  Umberto Berardi;AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini;Ali GhaffarianHoseini

  971
  Citations

• Acoustic characterization of natural fibers for sound absorption applications

  Umberto Berardi;Gino Iannace

  758
  Citations

• A cross-country comparison of the building energy consumptions and their trends

  Umberto Berardi

  642
  Citations

• Sustainable energy performances of green buildings: a review of current theories, implementations and challenges

  AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini;Nur Dalilah Dahlan;Umberto Berardi;Ali GhaffarianHoseini

  536
  Citations

• Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

  Yupeng Wang;Umberto Berardi;Hashem Akbari

  514
  Citations

• Sustainability Assessment in the Construction Sector: Rating Systems and Rated Buildings

  Umberto Berardi

  487
  Citations

• Clarifying the new interpretations of the concept of sustainable building

  Umberto Berardi

  470
  Citations

• The outdoor microclimate benefits and energy saving resulting from green roofs retrofits

  Umberto Berardi

  364
  Citations

• Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery

  Umberto Berardi

  333
  Citations

• Assessing the impact of climate change on building heating and cooling energy demand in Canada

  Umberto Berardi;Pouriya Jafarpur

  325
  Citations

• Thermal performance characteristics of unshaded courtyards in hot and humid climates

  Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini;Umberto Berardi;Ali Ghaffarianhoseini

  317
  Citations

• Sustainability assessment of urban communities through rating systems

  Umberto Berardi

  312
  Citations

• Predicting the sound absorption of natural materials: Best-fit inverse laws for the acoustic impedance and the propagation constant

  Umberto Berardi;Gino Iannace

  282
  Citations

• Exploring the advantages and challenges of double-skin façades (DSFs)

  Ali Ghaffarianhoseini;Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini;Umberto Berardi;John Tookey

  261
  Citations

• Biochar from residual biomass as a concrete filler for improved thermal and acoustic properties

  Douglas Cuthbertson;Umberto Berardi;Cedric Briens;Franco Berruti

  220
  Citations

• The effect of pavement characteristics on pedestrians' thermal comfort in Toronto ☆

  Mohammad Taleghani;Umberto Berardi

  211
  Citations

• Comfort and energy savings with active green roofs

  Umberto Berardi

  210
  Citations

• The impact of the temperature dependent thermal conductivity of insulating materials on the effective building envelope performance

  Umberto Berardi;Matteo Naldi

  198
  Citations

• Properties of concretes enhanced with phase change materials for building applications

  Umberto Berardi;Andres Alejandro Gallardo

  197
  Citations

• What is an intelligent building? Analysis of recent interpretations from an international perspective

  Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini;Umberto Berardi;Husam AlWaer;Seongju Chang

  192
  Citations

• The essence of future smart houses: from embedding ICT to adapting to sustainability principles

  AmirHosein GhaffarianHoseini;Nur Dalilah Dahlan;Umberto Berardi;Ali GhaffarianHoseini

  186
  Citations

• The development of a monolithic aerogel glazed window for an energy retrofitting project

  Umberto Berardi

  169
  Citations