Search results for "LAMPEDUSA"

The Sustainable Energy Action Plan. A Sicilian case study

2012

The European Union, to reach the objective of the emission reduction, has introduced several projects, including the “Convenant of Mayors”, vo-luntary action aimed to involve the cities of the European Community in the process towards environmental and enrgetic sustainability. Over 2100 muni-cipalities in Europe have joined or are in the process of ratification, but for the 954 italians signatories, only four have drawn up the required tools. The case study "Lampedusa" (presented by the writer as a master's thesis CasaClima - speaker arch. Fattor S., Co-prof. Trombino) comes from the de-sire to measure, in a Sicilian reality, multidisci-disciplinary approaches to de-fine strategic planning …

A dividere il Mediterraneo: Lampedusa, l’isola di mezzo

2011

A case of cannibalism in the false smooth snake Macroprotodon cucullatus on the island of Lampedusa

2020

A case of cannibalism in the false smooth snake Macroprotodon cucullatus on the island of Lampedusa

Characterization of a small Mediterranean island end-users’ electricity consumption: The case of Lampedusa

2017

Abstract The paper presents the results of a study carried out on Lampedusa Island (Italy) and based on the survey of electricity consumption data. The main outcomes of the study are: • the characterization of the energy demand of private houses and hotels in Italian small islands with significant touristic flows during the summer period; • the identification of inefficient use of the electric loads; • the construction of aggregated load profiles for clusters of homogeneous domestic end-user to be used for implementing Demand Response strategies. The study shows how electricity consumption in Mediterranean small islands are very high with respect to the national average and lays the basis f…

Ferula sommieriana (Apiaceae), a new species from Pelagie Islands (Sicily)

2021

Ferula sommieriana, a new species occurring in Lampedusa and Linosa, islands of Pelagie Archipelago in the Sicilian Channel, is described and illustrated. Previously it was attributed to F. communis, from which it differs in several features regarding mainly the morphology and anatomy of terminal leaf lobes and mericarps, as well as the shape and size of reproductive structures. Its ecology, conservation status and relationships with other allied Mediterranean species of the sect. Ferula are provided, as well as the analytical keys of the species belonging to the aforesaid section.

ICT applications for improving the generation and distribution efficiency of a small mediterranean island

2016

The paper presents a study on the opportunities offered by ICT for improving the efficiency of the generation and distribution system of a small island. The island taken into consideration is the Italian Lampedusa island. In the paper, the power distribution system of the island is described and the summer and winter daily load profiles are examined in order to define the more suitable control actions for improving the generation and distribution efficiency of the power system. Finally the architecture of an idoneous control system for the smart grid is proposed and an evaluation of the purchase and installation costs of components and devices for the transition of a traditional house towar…

Architecture for the reception in Lampedusa

2016

Il percorso di ricerca e di didattica è stato orientato alla conoscenza dei luoghi di forte valenza architettonica e paesaggistica, interessati da fenomeni di immigrazione che definiscono sempre più i nuovi paesaggi architettonici e sociali delle nostre città. Il Laboratorio di Progettazione Architettonica di terzo anno (A.A. 2011-2012 e 2012-2013) svolto insieme ai progetti di laurea ha avuto come obiettivo il progetto di architettura per l’accoglienza a Lampedusa come risposta ai problemi dell’abitare dei migranti che approdano continuamente nell’isola. Questo tema legato a quello delle migrazioni, reso ancora più complesso dalle recenti continue migrazioni dal Nord-Africa, ha rappresenta…

Wave Energy Assessment and Performance evaluation in Mediterranean Sea

2020

The paper proposes a revolutionary device for the utilization of a new entry of renewable energy sources: sea wave. This technology is based on linear generators, able to converts directly a linear motion into electrical output, limiting to minimum the chain of energy conversion. A preliminary feasibility assessment considers a case study applied in Lampedusa, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. Economic and environmental evaluations are here reported.

Umanesimo della pietra/Humanism of the stone

2009

The agricultural heritage of Lampedusa (Pelagie Archipelago, South Italy) and its key role for cultivar and wildlife conservation

2011

As occurred on many other little Mediterranean islands, agricultural activity at Lampedusa (Strait of Sicily) underwent a very strong decline in terms of surface area during the second half of the last century. In particular, cereal crops have ceased and horticulture is disappearing, while vineyards still occupy a reduced area but are quickly vanishing and currently survive thanks to a small number of old farmers. Here are presented the results of a research carried out by interviewing seven farmers in order to study not only the techniques and the germplasm used in local viticulture, but also the final use of grapes and an evaluation on the connection between traditional farming and agro-e…