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Forecasting noise levels by means of neural networks for assessing urban traffic policies

Within the assessment of the sustainability of plans and actions concerning the built environment, the transportation sector plays an increasing role, due to its importance in the economic and social life of countries. As that, the analysis of the sustainability concerning the transportation sector is now often embodied into the so called Strategic Environmental Analyses (SEA), that should provide local administrators with easy criteria for ranking the environmental suitability of designing policies, and that would seem to encounter the needed features for a correct evaluation of the urban masterplan. The urban noise forecast is very useful for local administrations, which have presently to…

Energy rehabilitation of a nursery school in Sicily: winter and summer behaviours

Following a previous work, concerning the energy audit of a nursery school belonging to the public building park of the town of Palermo, some further analyses have been conducted. These mainly refer to the environmental performances of the school that are assessed with regards to different interventions involving the envelope (the glazed part, particularly) and the surrounding spaces. The interventions are hierarchised by means of suitable indicators concerning energy, environment and economy issues. Finally a simple graph is proposed that visually summarises these indicators for each proposed action.

Greening the school park: energy and environmental rehabilitation of a nursery school in Palermo