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use of the TABULA building typology database
allows for a large-scale application of the building
energy performance assessment and the underlying
service-oriented system architecture supports a
distributed access to the related services. Moreover,
the use of the emerging WebGL technology ensures
the largest available audience in terms of devices,
both desktop and mobile, avoiding the development
of device-dependent custom clients for 3D city map
visualization.
Future developments on the building typology
side will be linked to the efforts of the EPISCOPE
project extending the results of TABULA project to
additional European countries and to building with
predominant use other than residential. In particular
a deeper investigation on the influence of the shape
factor of the building (Waste surface/Volume)
should be performed in order to improve the
classification especially in specific urban context.
On the side of data structure and visualization,
improvements will be focused on increasing the
quality of the geometry displayed, making it
possible to render buildings based on CityGML
LoD-2 level of detail and on the development of
more detailed building size type estimation
procedures.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The project SUNSHINE have received funding from
the EC, and it has been co-funded by the CIP-Pilot
actions as part of the Competitiveness and
innovation Framework Programme. The author is
solely responsible of this work, which does not
represent the opinion of the EC. The EC is not
responsible for any use that might be made of
information contained in this paper.
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