Probabilistic Method for the Relationship Between Carbon Footprint and Building Typology, in the Mediterranean Climate Zone

The research develops a methodology aimed at the correlation between building type and Embodied Energy (EE) and Carbon (EC). The interest in this research area arises, as a response to the current political-environmental scenario, from the opportunity to combine technological design and reduction of CO2e emissions. The objective is to determine, among the building types prevalent in the Mediterranean coastal area, the one that, due to its formal characteristics, has the least impact in terms of carbon footprint. The technological characterization of the selected building types (detached house, townhouses, multi-storey building), from a coastal area in southern Italy, is essential for the application of the methodology and the subsequent comparative approach. The social contribution of the study is to determine new indicators, to be applied in urban planning, in order to characterize city expansion with low carbon impact.