Quali—A Quantitative Environmental Assessment Method According to Italian CAM, for the Sustainable Design of Urban Neighbourhoods in Mediterranean Climatic Regions

Abstract

In recent decades, the international scientific debate has focused on maximizing the energy performance of the building organization during the operational phase. However, the energy performance is only partially in line with the strategic environmental objectives defined by the European Commission which, with Communication 2003/302, also defined the guidelines for the drafting of the National Action Plans on Green Public Procurement (NAP GPP). Law no. 296 of 27 December 2006 provided for “... the implementation and monitoring of an Action Plan for the environmental sustainability of public administration consumption”, drawn up by the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of Land and Sea. This work moves in the direction of identifying design strategies, relating to construction and urban restructuring, compatible with the criteria of energy and environmental sustainability provided for in the New Code of Public Procurement (Legislative Decree 50/2016), in accordance with the directives of the European Community. The parameters that define the methodological articulation (choice of case studies, scope of reference of stakeholders, etc.) orient the use of the results towards similar cases, i.e. design of urban districts located in regions with a Mediterranean climate.

Management of demolition phases and related waste, in a building renovation project near Salerno, Italy

“…• 1 st phase) definition of the dynamics of the demolition and reconstruction process; • 2 nd phase) technological characterisation of the buildings to be demolished (in order to determine the types of materials and the respective quantities by weight); • 3 rd phase) definition of the objectives (basic CAM / rewarding CAM); • 4 th phase) identification of the most suitable demolition techniques and estimation of their economic impact; • 5 th phase) definition of the layouts of the significant phases of the demolition process, with regard to the organisation of the site as well as the possible annexation and use of neighbouring areas; • 6 th phase) development of the time schedule for the demolition site scenario, based on the set objectives; • 7 th phase) estimation of direct costs related to the demolition intervention, materials handling and management of the site; • 8 th phase) preparation of the reconstruction project, in accordance with the qualitative and quantitative parameters of the minimum environmental criteria, with regard to the technical specifications for groups of buildings [10], single building and building components; • 9 th phase) simulation of the recovery/recycling scenario of the resulting materials, as part of the con-comitant in situ reconstruction project, through the elaboration of the demolition and construction waste management plan [11] in order to determine the recycling and reuse potential of the resulting materials [12]. This phase is in line with the principles, recommended by current legislation, aimed at minimising the quantities of demolition waste to be sent to landfill [13][14][15].…”

Limits and perspectives of Neighbourhood Sustainable Assessment Tools (NSATS) in sustainable urban design

“…In fact, they are not mandatory tools in order to implement a project but are adopted at the request of a client or, alternatively, if market conditions demonstrate an advantage in terms of operating costs and reduced impacts (Dawodu et al, 2022). NSATs are aimed at: i) supporting planners in the design of sustainable neighborhoods; ii) guiding Public Administration (PA) in strategic choices; iii) supporting consumers in valuing financial investments (Sicignano et al, 2019). The objective of these tools is also to spread the culture of sustainable design by ensuring and evaluating the application of strategies to reduce the environmental, social and economic impacts of the construction sector through a multicriteria evaluation model (Lazar and Chithra, 2019;Saiu et al, 2022).…”

Geo-Crowdsourced Sound Level Data in Support of the Community Facilities Planning. A Methodological Proposal

“…All these results demonstrate that the solution matrix and the overlay map facilitate the comprehension of the relationship between noise, community facilities, and territorial contexts, thus, becoming useful tools that can support the actions necessary for the reduction of noise exposure. In the planning phase, indeed, such information can support the location choices of new community facilities [23] and organize the urban spaces by localizing the functions that produce impacts and those that experience such pressures [69][70][71][72]. Through an operation of overlay maps, it has been possible to summarize the relationship between the noise density classes and functions (Figure 12), which led to the compilation of a simple solution matrix of interaction between noise and facilities (Table 2).…”