The project BEEP – BIM for Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector – financed by the ENI CBC Med European programme, has demonstrated that, through a multidisciplinary and integrated digital approach and with innovative financing systems, it is possible to improve the capacity of local public administrations to carry out informed renovation interventions, balanced between the preservation and fruitions of the buildings they manage and use.
This volume, in presenting the results of BEEP project, illustrates the different stages of this process, which starts with the monitoring and integrated management of energy and conservation data, and then analyses different scenarios and proposes design principles and adaptation strategies for the energy and environmental improvement of built heritage, including the use of renewable sources. This operational methodology was tested on nine historical buildings, housing different public institutions, in seven Mediterranean partner countries (Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine). The variety of case studies, uses, climatic contexts and regulatory frameworks has demonstrated the scalability and replicability of the approach to the vast Mediterranean area, also providing criteria to assess its potential for transferability to other regions.
