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STRUMENTI E PRATICHE DI PIANIFICAZIONE ENERGETICA VERSO LE SMART CITIES - Proposta di Strumenti Regolamentari, Metodologici e Considerazioni Progettu…
Il termine Smart Cities è ormai di uso comune e diffuso nei paesi sviluppati (America ed Europa in primis) quanto nei Paesi emergenti, Asia (Cina, India) ed Emirati Arabi. Nel contesto internazionale, risulta però difficile individuare una definizione univoca di ciò che si intende per “smart city”. La letteratura scientifica a riguardo, molto prolifica negli ultimi anni, evidenzia il carattere tecnologico/digitale e al contempo sociale di tale aggettivo, cadendo spesso nell’identificazione di “definizioni etichetta” prive di un reale significato. La tesi espone dettagliatamente i punti cardine che hanno guidato la nascita del concetto di smart city e che, superando le mode, rimangono centra…
Mobility, Data, and Behavior: The TrafficO2 Case Study
2015
This chapter presents the social innovation project “TrafficO2”, a support system for decision-making in the field of transportation that tries to push commuters towards more sustainable mobility by providing concrete incentives for each responsible choice. After focusing on Palermo, Italy, the context of this case study, this chapter provides a detailed description of the TrafficO2 model. Specifically, the chapter deals with the analysis of a selected sample of users among Palermo University students who commute daily to their respective University departments on campus. Starting from the modal split of the actual situation (Status Quo scenario), another behavior scenario (Do your right mi…
Improvement of energy efficiency and quality of street lighting in South Italy as an action of Sustainable Energy Action Plans. The case study of Com…
2014
Existing street lighting systems in most of Sicilian cities are often inappropriate due to the obsolescence of light sources and luminaires and of unsuitable light control systems unable to provide efficient on-off and dimming strategies. Improvement of energy efficiency in street lighting systems can be one of the key actions adopted by Public Administration in developing Sustainable Energy Action Plan in the framework of the “Covenant of Majors” activities. As a task of FACTOR 20 project a set of planning options have been analysed and proposed for Sicilian cities. Particularly, street lighting efficiency projects have been studied for representative case studies. A detailed survey of the…
Sustainable Materials Containing Biochar Particles: A Review
2023
The conversion of polymer waste, food waste, and biomasses through thermochemical decomposition to fuels, syngas, and solid phase, named char/biochar particles, gives a second life to these waste materials, and this process has been widely investigated in the last two decades. The main thermochemical decomposition processes that have been explored are slow, fast, and flash pyrolysis, torrefaction, gasification, and hydrothermal liquefaction, which produce char/biochar particles that differ in their chemical and physical properties, i.e., their carbon-content, CHNOS compositions, porosity, and adsorption ability. Currently, the main proposed applications of the char/biochar particles are in …
A methodology for assessing the impact of salinity gradient power generation in urban contexts
2018
Abstract The paper proposes a methodology to assess the potential impact of salinity gradient power technology in urban contexts. The idea to employ such energy source in urban contexts derives from the observation that, among the energy districts outputs, low-salinity treated wastewater can be used to produce electricity if a suitable source of high salinity feed (seawater of a salt-works) is also available. The methodology uses the HOMER software for assessing the district’s electric energy production, consumption and exchange with the main grid. Then, starting from the total gross surface and the number of inhabitants of the district, some possible realistic scenarios characterized by di…
Assessing Coastal Sustainability: A Bayesian Approach for Modeling and Estimating a Global Index for Measuring Risk
2013
Integrated Coastal Zone Management is an emerg- ing research area. The aim is to provide a global view of dif- ferent and heterogeneous aspects interacting in a geographical area. Decision Support Systems, integrating Computational Intelligence methods, can be successfully used to estimate use- ful anthropic and environmental indexes. Bayesian Networks have been widely used in the environmental science domain. In this paper a Bayesian model for estimating the Sustainable Coastal Index is presented. The designed Bayesian Network consists of 17 nodes, hierarchically organized in 4 layers. The first layer is initialized with the season and the physiographic region information. In the second la…
MUV – MOBILITY URBAN VALUES
2021
Un gioco digitale per smartphone che promuove la mobilità individuale sostenibile, in cui i cittadini si sfidano in tornei: chi ha abitudini di mobilità più rispettose dell’ambiente vince. I dati raccolti dall’app attraverso processi aperti e partecipati sostengono i processi decisionali e stimolano nuove soluzioni di mobilità. Frutto di un progetto Horizon2020, è il risultato di sette anni di ricerca con più di venti partner internazionali (pubbliche amministrazioni, università, centri di ricerca) ed è stato testato in 21 città del mondo. I cittadini che hanno partecipato alle diverse dinamiche di gioco, oltre ad aver registrato oltre 180.000 chilometri percorsi in modo sostenibile, hanno …
Green calims, green washing and consumer protection in European Union
2021
The purpose of this paper is to offer some reflection on the importance of reliable green claims to encourage sustainable production. The role of market is fundamental. Businesses and consumers are both involved in achieving environmental protection objectives. There is the real risk of the phenomenon of so-called green washing or misleading marketing. The problem arises of verifying the reliability of green claims to prevent competitive elements from become distorting factors of competition.
GLI ANTROPOLOGI SOCIOCULTURALI E LA “SOSTENIBILITÀ”. ALCUNE PROSPETTIVE
2023
The chapter proposes a critical discussion of the notions of sustainability and sustainable development. It should be noted that the global and national policies of "sustainable development" implemented in the last thirty years have failed to stop the worsening of the planetary crisis and of climate change of anthropogenic origin at the planetary level. We then go over some of the main lines of reflection and analysis on these issues within socio-cultural anthropology
Performative Habitats and the aesthetics of ordinary gestures
2022
Il saggio analizza il progetto artistico di Egle Oddo, Performative Habitats, alla luce dell’estetica dei gesti ordinari. Con Performative Habitats biologia, botanica e scienze naturali incontrano i molteplici linguaggi delle discipline artistiche. In un momento storico in cui il cambiamento climatico è tra le emergenze primarie, l’artista si prefigge l’obiettivo di riconvertire le pratiche quotidiane e stabilire nuove modalità di produzione artistica che siano sostenibili per l’ambiente. The essay explores Egle Oddo's artistic project, Performative Habitats, in light of the aesthetics of ordinary gestures. With Performative Habitats biology, botany and natural sciences meet the multiple la…