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L'Italia davanti alla sfida dei super-organismi metropolitani e degli arcipelaghi territoriali
2017
L'Italia si è ritrovata post-metropolitana senza essere stata metropolitana. E se da un lato il ritardo di quasi cinquant'anni dal primo disegno di un piano nazionale di sviluppo – il Progetto 80 – fondato su città metropolitane mature e metropoli di riequilibrio, connesse da una armatura di paesaggi e infrastrutture, ci stimola ad affrettarci all'attuazione della Legge Del Rio (L. 56 del 7 aprile 2014), lo stesso ritardo ci suggerisce di rallentare una attuazione affrettata di un indistinto territorio metropolitano composto dalle 14 città non-metropolitane in cerca di autore. Mentre riesumavamo un modello metropolitano vetero-gravitazionale non ci siamo accorti che venivamo attraversati da…
Fostering the energy efficiency through the energy savings: The case of the University of Palermo
2019
This paper reports the strategy implemented by the Palermo University (Italy) aimed at fostering the energy performance of its campus, particularly towards financing energy saving measures. The basic idea is that the money saved through the energy efficiency actions, constitute the main flywheel to fund further savings and energy efficiency interventions. Results of this paper might bring a useful contribution to the energy planning of cities, since campuses may be regarded as emblematic case study of what can be done in cities because they reproduce, at a little scale, the functioning of wider urban contexts.
Life-Cycle Assessment of Buildings
2019
The chapter presents a complete overview of LCA applied to buildings. After a brief introduction on the origin and developments of the LCA, it describes four steps of the LCA methodology, according to the framework of the International standards of ISO 14040 series. Then, the authors focus on the LCA applied to the building sector and on the standard EN 15978. They identify the main issues related to the application of the methodology to buildings, such as the selection of the functional unit, the systems boundaries,the environmental indicators, etc. In the context of the sustainability, a brief overview on the economic and social aspects of buildings and on the available building life-cycl…
Analysis of the effects of climate change on the energy and environmental performance of a building with and without onsite generation from renewable…
2020
Climate Change is a priority, due to the large variety of implications and importance that it may cause in the next decades. In this context, the building sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. For this reason, buildings should be designed in such a way that they are responsible for fewer GHG emissions. In this context, the paper analyses the potential impact of climate change on the energy performances of buildings, with and without onsite generation from renewable energy, using a prototype building located in Messina (Italy) as case study. The analysis is based on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change RCP scenarios and the results confirm the already known ov…
An empirical approach for ranking environmental and energy saving measures in the hotel sector
2009
The energy demand of the hotel sector of an Italian region is here utilized for hierarchizing, by means of an empirical method, efficient measures devoted to energy saving and reduction of CO2 emissions. Due to the large number of consumers present in the selected territorial area and the lack in detailed data, the energy demand assessment is here carried out by the analysis of a sample of representative consumers. A short set of indexes, referring to energy and environmental performances, are defined and calculated for different clusters of hotels, grouped on the basis of site characteristics, opening periods, number of beds, and building age. Such indexes are utilized to establish lists o…
Postilla: una proiezione internazionale per la Gipsoteca del Dipartimento Culture e Società
2020
Una descrizione del progetto internazionale "Fragile Leitbilder? Sammlungen historischer Gipsabgüsse als Dialogräume der Gegenwart", che ha visto coinvolte la Gipsoteca del Dipartimento Culture e Società dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo e la raccolta di calchi in gesso dell'Institut für Klassische Archäologie und Antikenmuseum dell'Università di Lipsia in Germania, nell'ambito del programma "Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa, 2019/2020" (DAAD – Deutsches Akademischer Austauschdienst).
Introduzione
2020
Introduction to the volume "Una memoria fragile? Collezioni di calchi in gesso e il loro ruolo di eredità storica tra passato e presente / Fragile Erinnerung? Sammlungen von Gipsabgüsse als historisches Erbe in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart" (Leipzig 2020)
Le gipsoteche didattiche di arte e architettura a Palermo. Recupero, conservazione e fruizione delle collezioni di calchi in gesso
2020
Raccolta di saggi di autori vari sulle gipsoteche didattiche di arte e architettura a Palermo
La Gipsoteca del Regio Museo dell’Università di Palermo
2016
Si ripercorre la storia delle collezioni della Gipsoteca del Regio Museo dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo. L'individuazione di un inventario del 1857, che riporta dettagliatamente la provenienza e segnala i doni di Ferdinando I e Francesco I, consente di individuare alcune opere nelle attuali collezioni dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo già facenti parte del nucleo di gessi del Regio Museo dell'Università prima del passaggio allo Stato.
ANTHROPOMORPHIC WOODEN RELIQUARIES FROM KNOWLEDGE TO RESTORATION
2014
Two wood anthropomorphic reliquaries, belonging to the Lipsanoteca of Epiphany Church in Trapani (Italy) were restored following the consevative restoration procedures based on an interdisciplinary approach. The hystoric-artistic contextualization, the constitutive materials and executive techniques were defined and physical-chemical-biological factors involved in degradation events were evaluated. The Saints relic (human bone or teeth), present in each reliquary were analysed through visual investigation. After restoration, the manufacts showed their peculiarities and their extraordinary cultural value.