Search results for "environmental sustainability"
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A METROPOLITAN PARK OF WATER
2017
For three decades, numerous urban renewal projects have involved European cities located on rivers, demonstrating how an interpretation of the urban and peri-urban areas is related to questions about high-quality ecological development and environmental sustainability. This report places the majority of large projects involving river cities among new environmental practices, usually adhered to for large events which are seen as tools for transforming the land and the image of the host city. In this context, cities near rivers are increasingly aware of the natural environment which shapes the identity of a place and which requires ordinary and extraordinary renewal projects. This is the fram…
Reconstruir la ciudad sobre la ciudad. El Projet Euroméditerranée en Marsella
2014
At the end of XX century, the city of Marseille suffered a severe crisis caused by decline of industrial and port activities, on which was based city's economy. Despite crisis, Marseille has reacted creating new economic and urban strategies. In particular, the article analyses two phases of Euroméditerranée redevelopment project, which has been promoted by the Etablissement Public d'Aménagement Méditerranée. The aim of this ambitious project is to set Marseille again in the core of its region and the whole Mediterranean area. Euroméditerranée I project (1995-2015) deal with the requalification of waterfront and abandoned industrial heritage and the enhancement of historic city centre. More…
Environmental assessment of 2030 electricity generation scenarios in Sicily: An integrated approach
2020
Abstract This paper deals with the environmental assessment of two electricity scenarios in Sicily, for 2030, characterized by a high exploitation of renewable energy sources in order to quantify the potential contribution of the local strategies in the achievement of the European climate policies and the potential improvement in the future electricity mix, compared to the current one (2014). In order to match these goals, authors integrate the Life Cycle Assessment with a scenario analysis. The future electricity mix scenarios, characterized by a share of renewables (57% for 2030-BS scenario and 51% for 2030-DS scenario) show a reduction of the greenhouse gases emissions per kWh of electri…
Life-Cycle Assessment Applied to Future Scenarios of Electricity Generation in Sicily
2018
Fighting global warming and increasing the energy security are some of the most relevant objectives of the European energy policy. Thus, defining potential low carbon pathways for the energy sector is of paramount importance in order to identify strategies with the lowest impact on climate. This paper presents an overview of environmental assessment of future electricity scenarios in Sicily (Italy), for 2020 and 2030, characterized by a high exploitation of renewable energy sources. Authors apply the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, according to the standard of the ISO 14040 series, in order to evaluate the environmental impacts of electricity generation in the future scenarios in compari…
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR COMMUNITIES: A SCENARIO ANALYSIS
The study proposes the comparisonof the life cycle performances of two different energy systems aimed at covering the needs of a large mixed-mode community, in Calgary (Canada). The two systems investigated are a“conventional” one, using heat pumps for heating, cooling and domestic hot water, and another one widely deploying solar thermal panels as well as a district heating infrastructure and a borehole seasonal thermal storage. The analysis is based on the LifeCycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and includes the stages of raw materials and energy supply, system manufacturing, use stage of the systems, generation and use of energy on-site, maintenance and components’ substitution, and explo…
Towards Positive Energy Districts: Energy Renovation of a Mediterranean District and Activation of Energy Flexibility
2023
The paper presents the analysis of energy retrofitting, integration of renewable energy and activation of energy flexibility in a cluster of buildings in the surroundings of a port on the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Italy, with the aim of checking the potential for it to achieve the status of positive energy district (PED). The objective of this study is to improve the contemporaneity between local energy generation and energy demand and reduce CO2eq emissions by considering signals that reflect the environmental variability of the electricity grid, through flexibility solutions applied to the HVAC system. The proposed scenarios are based on the dynamic simulation of the district and anal…
Riflessioni a margine dell’ordinanza cautelare del 26 novembre 2021 del Tribunale di Gorizia: greenwashing tra concorrenza sleale e diritto del consu…
2022
La pubblicizzazione sul mercato di prodotti ecofriendly non di rado si è rivelata frutto di pratiche scorrette di c.d. greenwashing, ciò consistendo in ipotesi di concorrenza sleale capaci di alterare i sistemi competitivi del libero mercato e ledere il diritto dei consumatori all’acquisto consapevole. Simili atti sono oggi sanzionati ricorrendo ad inibitorie e a comunicazioni pubbliche in cui l’impresa infedele informa i propri consumatori circa l’ingannevolezza dei comportamenti posti in essere. In tale ambito, che in primo luogo interessa il settore agroalimentare, si inserisce l’ordinanza cautelare del 26 novembre 2021 del Tribunale di Gorizia. Il ricorso a disciplinari di produzione ba…
Verso una disciplina giuridica della sharing mobility nell’Unione europea
2020
L’articolo propone un’analisi delle principali questioni relative alla regolamentazione dei servizi di sharing (o shared) mobility. Attraverso una disamina dei tratti peculiari dei diversi modelli di organizzazione economica per l’offerta di servizi di mobilità condivisa, si ricostruiscono i principali nodi problematici connessi tanto alla definizione di regole di governo del mercato dei nuovi servizi di mobilità, quanto all’esigenza di garantire una mobilità che sia anche veicolo di inclusione sociale e di sostenibilità ambientale. Nel farlo, l’articolo offre una riflessione critica sulle opposte polarità che caratterizzano il dibattito corrente in tema di sharing mobility: per un verso, l…
An extra-urban soil cadastre for Italy: a first guide for the introduction of soil information
2020
Assuming a positive outcome of the parliamentary procedure for laws and, thus, the transformation of the official cadastre for buildings and land into a soil cadastre (urban, extra-urban and cadastre for the conservation of natural or semi-natural soil diversity) would start a new era for pedology. Finally, after many decades of activity to expand soil culture in Italy, almost all Italian families would be in contact with a soil specialist. Land use and redefined plots would be handled with greater care and responsibility. Experts in agricultural and forestry and biodiversity conservation would have a new impetus in their activity. Furthermore, economists will also have to address new issue…
Present Status and Future Outlook
2023
Sustainable, modern societies require significant progress toward sustainable technologies, industries, and products. Solvent-free methods, which are of great interest in a vast range of catalyst synthesis, have added value to material manufacturing, and many essential industrial organic synthesis and transformations can offer economically viable alternatives for classical procedures. Moreover, they can modernize classical technologies and organic reactions toward environmental sustainability, making them cleaner, safer, and more efficient. Simultaneously, with proper tailor-made catalyst employment, further noticeable increases in reactivity and selectivity can be expected under mild/short…