Ferdinando Salata
Sapienza University of Rome
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International Journal of Biometeorology | 2017
Ferdinando Salata; Iacopo Golasi; Riccardo Proietti; Andrea de Lieto Vollaro
Whether a journey is pleasant or not usually depends on the climatic conditions which permit to perform outdoor activities. The perception of climatic conditions, determined by physiological and psychological factors, can vary according to different adaptation phenomena related to the person involved and the weather conditions of the place where they live. Studying the bioclimatology of a country characterized by a high flux of tourism, as e.g. Italy, can provide some important information about where and when is it better to visit a place. Some differences have to be specified though, like the local tourism, which is used to that type of climate, and international tourism, which is formed by people coming from countries with different types of climates. Therefore this paper examined the climatic conditions and outdoor thermal comfort through the Mediterranean Outdoor Comfort Index (MOCI) for local tourism and through the predicted mean vote (PMV) for international tourism. The cities examined were three (Venice, Rome and Palermo located in the North, Centre and South of Italy, respectively), where average information were collected every week for an entire year. Finally, a map of the entire Italian territory reporting the seasonal average values of these indexes was also reported.
Environmental Research | 2018
Ferdinando Salata; Iacopo Golasi; Nicolò Treiani; Riccardo Plos; Andrea de Lieto Vollaro
ABSTRACT The climatic conditions characterizing the troposphere affect the outdoor activities of the population which, in turn, characterize the anthroposphere. Over the past years recent studies examined a possible analytical definition of the outdoor thermal comfort for different types of population acclimatized to their specific residency area. Thanks to the use of the MOCI (Mediterranean Outdoor Comfort Index: an index used to predict the thermal perception of the Mediterranean population in an outdoor environment), the present study aimed at analyzing the psychophysiological response of a Mediterranean subject with respect to climatic conditions different from the original ones after having experienced a quick change. Indeed, thermal stress and discomfort might affect deeply the ability of the subject to carry out outdoor activities. This condition determines the necessity of possessing useful information to plan the best period to perform a journey in distant places and/or perform useful actions that will make the outdoor activity as much comforting as possible (choosing the proper clothes with the right thermal insulation). For this reason, the worldwide environmental conditions during an average year were examined. To be more specific, this study focused its attention on the editing of seasonal spatial maps with the MOCI level curves and on the temporal analysis of the MOCI values characterizing those 6 different cities (one for each continent) reporting the higher number of foreign arrivals. HighlightsThermal perception for a Mediterranean normotype in the world.Use of the Mediterranean Outdoor Comfort Index (MOCI).Annual hourly distribution of the MOCI in the most visited cities of each continent.Frequencies and percentiles of the average weekly thermal perceptions values.Mapping of the MOCI seasonal average values in the world.
Energy and Buildings | 2015
Ferdinando Salata; Iacopo Golasi; Andrea de Lieto Vollaro; Roberto de Lieto Vollaro
Building and Environment | 2016
Ferdinando Salata; Iacopo Golasi; Roberto de Lieto Vollaro; Andrea de Lieto Vollaro
Energy and Buildings | 2014
L. Peruzzi; Ferdinando Salata; A. De Lieto Vollaro; R. De Lieto Vollaro
Sustainable Cities and Society | 2016
Ferdinando Salata; Iacopo Golasi; Roberto de Lieto Vollaro; Andrea de Lieto Vollaro
Energy Conversion and Management | 2014
Ferdinando Salata; A. de Lieto Vollaro; A. Ferraro
Energy and Buildings | 2015
Ferdinando Salata; Andrea de Lieto Vollaro; Roberto de LietoVollaro; Lorenzo Mancieri
Applied Energy | 2014
Ferdinando Salata; Massimo Coppi
Energy Procedia | 2014
Ferdinando Salata; Andrea de Lieto Vollaro; Roberto de Lieto Vollaro