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Edifici storici ed efficienza energetica. Palermo come scenario di sperimentazione

2017

La monografia tratta l’efficienza energetica degli edifici storici sotto due profili. A livello generale ne esamina l’intreccio con i principi della conservazione, con la disciplina del restauro, con le prescrizioni di tutela; ripercorrendo il fervente dibattito sul tema, propone una panoramica sui principali campi d’indagine della ricerca scientifica e sugli interventi di miglioramento energetico proposti per il patrimonio culturale. Delineato un quadro d’insieme, il volume si sofferma sulla ricca e variegata architettura storica di Palermo, muovendosi tra la letteratura tecnica disponibile, il Piano Particolareggiato Esecutivo e il Manuale del recupero del centro storico. L’approfondiment…

Interdisciplinary building categorization - A method to support sustainable energy efficiency strategies in historic districts

2016

The balance of energy conservation and building conservation must be carefully considered when developing management policies for historic districts. One possible approach is using building stock modelling. However, as state of the art models do not normally encompass aspects or values related to cultural heritage significance, new interdisciplinary categorization methods are required to facilitate a sustainable management of the built heritage. This paper presents a categorization method that has been developed as part of the European research project EFFESUS. It shows the procedural categorization of two very different historic centers in Palermo (Italy) and Visby (Sweden) respectively, a…

Recovery and refurbishment of the buildings of the former Gulì textile factory in Palermo

2019

The industrial activity of Palermo, despite having lived a rather short prosperous period, has left traces that are well recognizable and identifiable with architectural artefacts of considerable importance for design quality and size. The Gulì factory, designed by the architect Pietro Scibilia, a pupil of Ernesto Basile, is a piece of history incorporated into the urban fabric. In fact, the designer is a key player in the quality of the Palermo building production of the last century and the Gulì factory is an interesting complex both from the architectural point of view and its urban location, very close to the historical center and significant cultural interest poles. The architectural s…

Recovery and refurbishment of the buildings of the former Gulì textile factory in Palermo

2019

L’industria palermitana, pur avendo vissuto un periodo fiorente piuttosto breve, ha lasciato tracce ben riconoscibili e identificabili con manufatti architettonici di grande importanza per qualità di progetto e dimensioni. La fabbrica Gulì è molto interessante sia dal punto di vista architettonico sia per la sua localizzazione urbanistica molto prossima al centro storico e a poli di rilevante interesse culturale. L’impianto architettonico, abbandonato e privato della sua funzione originaria, mantiene una forte memoria storica e collettiva e possiede interessanti potenzialità non solo per la sua configurazione volumetrica ma soprattutto per i caratteri tipologici che la connotano. Lo studio …

Rare knowledge in Biosystems Engineering : a heritage to be preserved and implemented in the European degree study programs

2010

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Il bugnato a punta di diamante in Sicilia tra XV e XVI secolo

2009

Diamond shaped bosses in 15th and 16th century in Sicily Diamond shaped bosses are to be found in many Sicilian buildings dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, whether as a means of covering extensive surfaces or, not less significantly, as a decorative element in doorways, windows and niches inside the spandrels supporting domes, both in religious and civil architecture. This study takes into account certain stylistic and constructive aspects in a number of buildings, such as the shape and dimension of the pieces, the way they are placed, the materials employed; these details, together with the dates of construction, make it possible to observe differences and similarities, and (especia…

Analysis of the effect produced by the water flowing of the jutting out elements of historical buildings involucre

2000

Experiences in Sense Making: Health Science Students’ I-Positioning in an Online Philosophy of Science Course

2015

This article reports on a qualitative study on the dialogical approach to learning in the context of higher education. The aim was to shed light on the I-Position and multivoicedness in students’ identity-building, and to provide empirical substantiation for these theoretical constructs, focusing especially on the connection between personal knowledge and theoretical knowledge. The study explored how health science students’ reflections on their work and discipline-related experiences provided resources for making personal sense of and understanding the subject studied. The students undertook an online course on the philosophy of science. To study students’ internal and external dialogue in…

Calcium silicate hydrates: Solid and liquid phase composition

2015

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This paper presents a review on the relationship between the composition the structure and the solution in which calcium silicate hydrate (C S H) is equilibrated. The silica chain length in C S H increases with the silicon concentration and the calcium content in the interlayer space with the calcium concentrations. Sodium and potassium are taken up in the interlayer space preferentially at low calcium concentrations and thus by low Ca/Si C S H. Aluminium uptake in C S H increases strongly at higher aluminium concentrations in the solution. At low Ca/Si aluminium substitutes silica in the bridging position at Ca/Si. > 1 aluminium is bound in TAH. Recently developed ther…

MIGLIORAMENTO TECNOLOGICO-PRESTAZIONALE DI UN COMPONENTE INNOVATIVO PER L’INVOLUCRO EDILIZIO - PERFOMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE BUILDING COMPO…

2016

L’articolo illustra l’attività di ricerca che gli autori, cofounder della SBskin. Smart Building Skin s.r.l., start up innovativa e spin off accademico dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo, stanno conducendo al fine di ottimizzare le performance energetiche di un componente innovativo per facciate e coperture di edifici (dagli stessi brevettato) in grado di ridurre i consumi energetici e di produrre energia pulita dal sole. L’attività che qui si illustra è stata finalizzata all’ottimizzazione del design dei sub-componenti che contribuiscono alla realizzazione dei pannelli traslucidi multifunzionali (realizzati con vetromattoni innovativi, preassemblati a secco e precompressi) ed alla scel…