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This book is the result of the SEEM – Solar Eco-Efficient Envelope Model – research project, financed by the Italian Environment Ministry, as part of its funding for research in the field of Energy Efficiency and the Use of Renewable Energy in Urban Areas. The research has been scientifically directed by the editor of this book, Francesca Muzzillo, associate professor of Architectural Technology at the Luigi Vanvitelli Department of the Second University of Naples (SUN). The research has been carried out by SUN in partnership with BENECON scarl and TECN.AV srl. Architectural integration, executive components of the solar chimney, the ventilated wall and the bioclimatic control have been studied by the Luigi Vanvitelli Department. Under the technological point of view, in the first phase, the research has been undertaken by Francesca Muzzillo at “Low Energy Architecture Research Unit” of London Metropolitan University. At the time of the study, the Luigi Vanvitelli Department was directed by Carmine Gambardella and the members of the department research team involved in the project were, apart from Carmine Gambardella and Francesca Muzzillo, Lorenzo Capobianco and Corrado Di Domenico for architectural design, and Rossella Franchino, Caterina Frettoloso and Antonella Violano for the architectural technology components.