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Dr. Valentina Antoniucci
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padua, via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova, Italy

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Conference paper
Published: 23 March 2021 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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This contribution is a literature review of contingent valuation (CV) applied to the assessment of environmental goods and municipal waste management (MWM), in particular. MWM activities and works do not guarantee private entrepreneurs a profit, so they are only conducted by public authorities. The positive externalities resulting from MWM can nonetheless be assessed and assigned a monetary value. The most often used approach in the environmental field is the contingent valuation method (CVM), which enables an estimation of the willingness to pay (WTP) for MWM. Given the paucity of empirical research on the economic sustainability of MWM, the aim of the present study is to review published CVM case studies in the field of waste management (municipal solid waste recycling, landfill mining). We collected 50 surveys on the WTP for MWM and established a set of statistically significant variables influencing the feasibility and/or enhancing waste treatment at the municipal level. The review underscores the prominent role of cultural factors, rather than strictly economic influences on the WTP for a given service. High levels of education and awareness of environmental issues and of the impact of waste management on the environment encourage people to pay more for enhancing MWM and to support new MWM policies. These data may be helpful in the design of further empirical research on other environmental activities, such as landfill mining, based on the benefit transfer (BT) methodology, given the lack of case studies and empirical research on these issues in southern Europe.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella; Roberto Raga; Shinya Suzuki. Relevance of Cultural Features in Contingent Valuation: A Literature Review of Environmental Goods Assessments. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2021, 277 -292.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella, Roberto Raga, Shinya Suzuki. Relevance of Cultural Features in Contingent Valuation: A Literature Review of Environmental Goods Assessments. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2021; ():277-292.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella; Roberto Raga; Shinya Suzuki. 2021. "Relevance of Cultural Features in Contingent Valuation: A Literature Review of Environmental Goods Assessments." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 277-292.

Conference paper
Published: 10 February 2021 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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The influence of urban density on household electricity consumption is still scarcely investigated, despite the growing attention to building energy performance and the electrification of heating systems advocated at the European level. While the positive correlation between urban sprawl developments and the increasing of marginal costs of public infrastructures, services, amenities, public, and private transports are known, there has been little research on the relationship between urban form and electricity consumption in residential building stock. The present work aims to contribute to filling the gap in the existing literature, presenting the early results of ongoing research on the role of urban form in the household electricity consumption in Italy and, consequently, the related energy costs. The building typology and, in general, the structure of urban dwellings, is crucial to forecasting the electricity requirements, taking into account single housing units and their spatial composition in multi-family homes and neighborhoods. After a brief literature review on the topic, the contribution presents empirical research on the electricity consumption at the municipal level in 140 Italian cities, analyzing the diverse consumption patterns under different conditions of urban density to verify whether there exists a significant statistical correlation between them. The analysis confirms that there is a statistically negative correlation between urban density and the log of electricity consumption, even if its incidence is very limited. Further investigation may highlight whether there exists a threshold for which this relationship would be reversed, explaining the higher electricity consumption in dense metropolitan areas.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello; Giuliano Marella. Urban Density and Household-Electricity Consumption: An Analysis of the Italian Residential Building Stock. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2021, 129 -140.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Adriano Bisello, Giuliano Marella. Urban Density and Household-Electricity Consumption: An Analysis of the Italian Residential Building Stock. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2021; ():129-140.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello; Giuliano Marella. 2021. "Urban Density and Household-Electricity Consumption: An Analysis of the Italian Residential Building Stock." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 129-140.

Chapter
Published: 11 August 2020 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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The present contribution provides an overview of public works completed and in progress in the Veneto Region, in north-east Italy. The analysis is conducted on regional data collected by the Italian government in accordance with the European Union’s transparency requirements on public spending. Cost and time overruns are considered as crucial indicators of efficiency in infrastructure development and risk assessment. The paper addresses the relevance of public works, and risk assessments in infrastructure development, also dealing with the theoretical framework and relevant regulatory innovation. We compare the proportion of risks considered by the Authority for the Supervision of Public Works, Services, and Supply Contracts (AVCP) with a sample of 4,331 works retrieved from the OpenData source on public works in Italy. The analysis confirms an improvement in the efficiency of the public administration in the territory analyzed. It also highlights the potential and also the bias of the data source in terms of the reliability of the present results, and for the purposes of future research.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. Public Works in North-East Italy: An Efficiency and Risk Allocation Analysis. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2020, 133 -145.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella. Public Works in North-East Italy: An Efficiency and Risk Allocation Analysis. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2020; ():133-145.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. 2020. "Public Works in North-East Italy: An Efficiency and Risk Allocation Analysis." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 133-145.

Journal article
Published: 10 December 2019 in Sustainability
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Cost and time overruns in public mega-projects have been widely studied and considered as interdependent factors in the literature on project management and the public economy. On the other hand, small-scale projects for public works (costing under €100 million) are far more common and contribute to transforming cities and territories even more than mega-projects. Is the development of these kinds of projects affected in the same way by overrun issues? Do cost and time overruns always go hand in hand? The present contribution tries to answer these questions by means of an empirical study on a dataset of 4781 small public works planned and built in the Veneto Region (north-east Italy) from 1999 to 2018. Specifically, the analysis refers to the stage of development when the decision is made to outsource the work, that is, after the project’s design and before its construction. Our sample of data is considered both as a whole and clustered by period, cost, contractor and category of work. The results of our analysis and statistical modeling are counterintuitive, suggesting that time overruns do not depend on the cost dimension, whereas norms and regulations play a crucial part in extending the duration of public works. The threshold by law of 1 million € costs implies time-consuming procedures to verify abnormal offers in the bid, that double the average award time from 244 days to 479 days.

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Giuliano Marella; Valentina Antoniucci. Time Overrun in Public Works—Evidence from North-East Italy. Sustainability 2019, 11, 7057 .

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Giuliano Marella, Valentina Antoniucci. Time Overrun in Public Works—Evidence from North-East Italy. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (24):7057.

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Giuliano Marella; Valentina Antoniucci. 2019. "Time Overrun in Public Works—Evidence from North-East Italy." Sustainability 11, no. 24: 7057.

Journal article
Published: 05 December 2019 in Energy and Buildings
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Decarbonizing the building sector by means of the smart interconnection of increasingly efficient buildings is one of the European Union's goals in order to meet its climate and energy targets and a milestone in delivering future positive-energy cities. Energy performance certificates today, and smart readiness indicators tomorrow should positively influence consumers’ choices and orient them towards an appreciation of sustainable buildings. Although energy performance certificates are now required by law in the EU Member States, it remains to be seen whether and how local real estate markets react to them. To fill this gap, we analyzed a cross-sectional housing dataset in the Italian city of Bolzano, which serves as a noteworthy case study due to its compact urban form and the environmental awareness of its local society. We first tested a hedonic price model, and then its spatial specification. Considering the certified energy efficiency performance and the characteristics of the location among the explanatory variables, we found a price premium in excess of 6% on moving from the worst (“G”) to the best (“A”) energy efficiency class, all other characteristics being equal. The presence of a spillover effect to nearby properties can also be framed as an additional co-benefit of retrofitting.

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Adriano Bisello; Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. Measuring the price premium of energy efficiency: A two-step analysis in the Italian housing market. Energy and Buildings 2019, 208, 109670 .

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Adriano Bisello, Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella. Measuring the price premium of energy efficiency: A two-step analysis in the Italian housing market. Energy and Buildings. 2019; 208 ():109670.

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Adriano Bisello; Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. 2019. "Measuring the price premium of energy efficiency: A two-step analysis in the Italian housing market." Energy and Buildings 208, no. : 109670.

Journal article
Published: 25 June 2019 in Sustainability
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Although a certain degree of consensus seems to pervade the ideas of “distributed energy systems” and “energy communities”, in truth, diverse views are involved. This article aims to shed light on the variety of interpretations of these two concepts. In particular, the article critically considers the answers to the following four questions: What exactly is meant by “distributed” in the expression “distributed energy generation”? Why is distributed generation (ethically) desirable? Why should people consider it a positive idea that “communities”—and not individuals or families—are invited to manage distributed generation systems? Lastly, can energy communities be considered different from standard state intervention and from market systems? Clearly defining these questions helps in emphasising crucial differences, and it is an important step toward achieving a critical understanding. The conclusion is that there is no single interpretation for either the idea of distributed energy or that of energy communities. Shifting emphasis from one feature to another can drastically affect what policies are required to foster the creation of such communities and of a distributed energy production scenario.

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. Local Energy Communities and Distributed Generation: Contrasting Perspectives, and Inevitable Policy Trade-Offs, beyond the Apparent Global Consensus. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3493 .

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Stefano Moroni, Valentina Antoniucci, Adriano Bisello. Local Energy Communities and Distributed Generation: Contrasting Perspectives, and Inevitable Policy Trade-Offs, beyond the Apparent Global Consensus. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (12):3493.

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. 2019. "Local Energy Communities and Distributed Generation: Contrasting Perspectives, and Inevitable Policy Trade-Offs, beyond the Apparent Global Consensus." Sustainability 11, no. 12: 3493.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2019 in Journal of Environmental Management
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In calls for transition to a society in which energy production is based on renewable sources, a fundamental role is increasingly assigned to so-called 'energy communities'. The term 'energy communities' is, however, used to denote a range of different circumstances thus risking overly simplifying the phenomenon. The intention of this article is to discuss what these communities really are or could be. The article is structured into five sections. The first section introduces the main topic. The second section clarifies the use of the term community, and propose an energy community taxonomy (we consider two pairs of options which generate a four-cell matrix: a first distinction can be made between “place-based” and “non-place-based” communities on the basis of a potential correspondence between the community and a specific area; a further difference is that between communities which take shape solely for energy purposes and those with a range of objectives including goals encompassing shared management of energy systems - in this sense, we can distinguish between “single-purpose” and “multi-purpose” communities). The third section considers certain examples which test and exemplify this taxonomy. The fourth section discusses the most significant features which have emerged and considers the main implications (e.g. policy implications). The fifth section concludes by encouraging further critical debate.

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Alberti; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. Energy communities in the transition to a low-carbon future: A taxonomical approach and some policy dilemmas. Journal of Environmental Management 2019, 236, 45 -53.

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Stefano Moroni, Valentina Alberti, Valentina Antoniucci, Adriano Bisello. Energy communities in the transition to a low-carbon future: A taxonomical approach and some policy dilemmas. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019; 236 ():45-53.

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Alberti; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. 2019. "Energy communities in the transition to a low-carbon future: A taxonomical approach and some policy dilemmas." Journal of Environmental Management 236, no. : 45-53.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2018 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. Is social polarization related to urban density? Evidence from the Italian housing market. Landscape and Urban Planning 2018, 177, 340 -349.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella. Is social polarization related to urban density? Evidence from the Italian housing market. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2018; 177 ():340-349.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. 2018. "Is social polarization related to urban density? Evidence from the Italian housing market." Landscape and Urban Planning 177, no. : 340-349.

Conference paper
Published: 26 April 2018 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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Distributed-energy generation enables a closer link to be established between energy production and energy consumption, but it does not, in itself, necessarily entail any (new) particular role or organization for groups of people. Nevertheless, because of the distributed-energy spread, the phenomenon of so-called energy communities is growing: all over the world, different kinds of groups organized to produce and consume energy are flourishing. In this regard, the term “energy community” is used in a generic sense to refer to heterogeneous phenomena. This work contributes to the study of energy communities by identifying key features that enhance understanding of what energy communities are. Since the literature seems to offer only partial points of view, this chapter intends to contribute to building a new taxonomy of energy communities with which to understand the nature and possible effects of the phenomenon. A first distinction can be drawn between place-based communities and non-place-based ones: in the first case, there is coherence between the community and a specific territory; this does not occur in the second case. Another difference is apparent between communities which form (and operate) only for energy purposes and those which instead add other purposes; in this regard, we can further distinguish between “energy-only communities” and “multi-issue communities”. These two pairs of possibilities give rise to a four-cell matrix: that is, to four main cases of energy communities.

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Alberti; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. Energy Communities in a Distributed-Energy Scenario: Four Different Kinds of Community Arrangements. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 429 -437.

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Stefano Moroni, Valentina Alberti, Valentina Antoniucci, Adriano Bisello. Energy Communities in a Distributed-Energy Scenario: Four Different Kinds of Community Arrangements. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():429-437.

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Alberti; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. 2018. "Energy Communities in a Distributed-Energy Scenario: Four Different Kinds of Community Arrangements." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 429-437.

Journal article
Published: 29 January 2018 in Sustainability
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According to Eurostat, Italy is the fifth country of the European Union per immigrant population. The complexity of the phenomenon, as it has evolved in recent years, leads to analyzing it from a specific point of view, that of the real estate market. The article represents the early stage of research on the housing condition of the immigrant population in the Southern Italy and its effect on the housing market. First, we describe the spatial segregation phenomenon affecting the immigrant population in Campania Region; then we analyze data of the municipality of Castel Volturno, which has one of the greater migratory pressure throughout the whole region. We provide statistical regressions correlating housing prices and socio-economic features from 2006 to 2016. The results confirm the findings of the current literature on the subject: there is a specific phenomenon associated with the presence of an immigrant population residing in conjunction with a reduction of housing prices.

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Fabiana Forte; Valentina Antoniucci; Pierfrancesco De Paola. Immigration and the Housing Market: The Case of Castel Volturno, in Campania Region, Italy. Sustainability 2018, 10, 343 .

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Fabiana Forte, Valentina Antoniucci, Pierfrancesco De Paola. Immigration and the Housing Market: The Case of Castel Volturno, in Campania Region, Italy. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (2):343.

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Fabiana Forte; Valentina Antoniucci; Pierfrancesco De Paola. 2018. "Immigration and the Housing Market: The Case of Castel Volturno, in Campania Region, Italy." Sustainability 10, no. 2: 343.

Data article
Published: 15 December 2017 in Data in Brief
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The database presented here was collected by Antoniucci and Marella to analyze the correlation between the housing price gradient and the immigrant population in Italy during 2016. It may also be useful in other statistical analyses, be they on the real estate market or in another branches of social science. The data sample relates to 112 Italian provincial capitals. It provides accurate information on urban structure, and specifically on urban density. The two most significant variables are original indicators constructed from official data sources: the housing price gradient, or the ratio between average prices in the center and suburbs by city; and building density, which is the average number of housing units per residential building. The housing price gradient is calculated for the two residential sub-markets, new-build and existing units, providing an original and detailed sample of the Italian residential market. Rather than average prices, the housing price gradient helps to identify potential divergences in residential market trends. As well as house prices, two other data clusters are considered: socio-economic variables, which provide a framework of each city, in terms of demographic and economic information; and various data on urban structure, which are rarely included in the same database.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. Housing price gradient and immigrant population: Data from the Italian real estate market. Data in Brief 2017, 16, 794 -798.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella. Housing price gradient and immigrant population: Data from the Italian real estate market. Data in Brief. 2017; 16 ():794-798.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. 2017. "Housing price gradient and immigrant population: Data from the Italian real estate market." Data in Brief 16, no. : 794-798.

Article
Published: 14 October 2017 in Buildings
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Foreign citizens are a more and more significant part of the population of Italian cities and society (8% of the country’s total population), and they contribute to changes in the cultural, social, and economic structure of the country. Our aim was to assess the incidence of the immigrant population on urban house price polarization, as measured using an original indicator: the center-periphery housing price gradient. While there is ample literature on the relationship between average prices and immigrant populations, less research has been conducted on immigration and the housing price gradient on a national scale. This price gradient may indicate whether immigration contributes to changing the residential market, also possibly revealing segregation phenomena. We ran multivariate regressions in several steps on an original dataset of housing prices and socio-economic factors concerning 112 Italian provincial capitals to elucidate whether immigration is correlated with the housing market divide. Our main findings confirmed that larger immigrant populations coincide with steeper housing price gradients on a national scale. Our tests also demonstrated that the relevance of this phenomenon varies for different urban forms, confirming related to housing price dynamics between the cities of northern and southern Italy the relevance of urban density in elucidating.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. Immigrants and the City: The Relevance of Immigration on Housing Price Gradient. Buildings 2017, 7, 91 .

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella. Immigrants and the City: The Relevance of Immigration on Housing Price Gradient. Buildings. 2017; 7 (4):91.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. 2017. "Immigrants and the City: The Relevance of Immigration on Housing Price Gradient." Buildings 7, no. 4: 91.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2016 in Land Use Policy
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Since the 1990s, city development has been promoted through densification processes by both localauthorities and private investors in Europe and USA. This trend began in a boom phase of the real-estatemarket, sustained by high market demand and high prices. The aim of the present study is to see howthe market has responded to six years of economic recession in Italy and whether urban form has arelationship with housing market performance. Is urban density still preferable in terms of the economicsustainability of investments? Or has the demand side of the market changed its behaviour? To elucidatethis issue, we perform a multivariate regression and a cluster analysis on housing price variations from2008 to 2014 with a dataset of economic and urban structure variables concerning the 114 most importantItalian cities. The results suggest that housing market in less dense cities is more resilient and affordablethan in denser cities during a recession phase. This phenomenon should be taking into account by localpublic authorities addressing and promoting urban development

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. Small town resilience: Housing market crisis and urban density in Italy. Land Use Policy 2016, 59, 580 -588.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella. Small town resilience: Housing market crisis and urban density in Italy. Land Use Policy. 2016; 59 ():580-588.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. 2016. "Small town resilience: Housing market crisis and urban density in Italy." Land Use Policy 59, no. : 580-588.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2016 in Energy Policy
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The transition from fossil fuels to renewable resources is highly desirable to reduce air pollution, and improve energy efficiency and security. Many observers are concerned, however, that the diffusion of systems based on renewable resources may give rise to energy sprawl, i.e. an increasing occupation of available land to build new energy facilities of this kind. These critics foresee a transition from the traditional fossil-fuel systems, towards a renewable resource system likewise based on large power stations and extensive energy grids. A different approach can be taken to reduce the risk of energy sprawl, and this will happen if the focus is as much on renewable sources as on the introduction of distributed renewable energy systems based on micro plants (photovoltaic panels on the roofs of buildings, micro wind turbines, etc.) and on multiple micro-grids. Policy makers could foster local energy enterprises by: introducing new enabling rules; making more room for contractual communities; simplifying the compliance process; proposing monetary incentives and tax cuts. We conclude that the diffusion of innovation in this field will lead not to an energy sprawl but to a new energy system characterized by a multi-layered density: a combination of technology, organization, and physical development

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. Energy sprawl, land taking and distributed generation: towards a multi-layered density. Energy Policy 2016, 98, 266 -273.

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Stefano Moroni, Valentina Antoniucci, Adriano Bisello. Energy sprawl, land taking and distributed generation: towards a multi-layered density. Energy Policy. 2016; 98 ():266-273.

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Stefano Moroni; Valentina Antoniucci; Adriano Bisello. 2016. "Energy sprawl, land taking and distributed generation: towards a multi-layered density." Energy Policy 98, no. : 266-273.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2016 in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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According to numerous studies in the literature, urban planning norms have an important effect on housing prices. A large quantity of data and empirical studies focusing on building restrictions and housing prices refer to the American real estate market. The current study, instead, set out to examine the relationship between city-planning and the cost of housing in the Italian real estate market. While, however, recent studies carried out here have prevalently focused on the boom phase of the real estate cycle, the present study primarily probes the bust period. We used a multivariate regression model to analyze the effect of urban planning norms on housing (new and existing units) price variation. The model shows that in those localities where building regulations had permitted more buildings to be constructed during the boom phase, prices fell to deeper level during the bust one. These findings have implications with regard to the real estate crisis as well as to housing affordability policies here in Italy and elsewhere.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella; Stefano Moroni. Forms and Norms: How Planning Affected Housing Prices Variation in Italy During the Crisis. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2016, 223, 25 -30.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella, Stefano Moroni. Forms and Norms: How Planning Affected Housing Prices Variation in Italy During the Crisis. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2016; 223 ():25-30.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella; Stefano Moroni. 2016. "Forms and Norms: How Planning Affected Housing Prices Variation in Italy During the Crisis." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 223, no. : 25-30.

Conference paper
Published: 20 June 2015 in Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV
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The economic problems involved in new high-rise buildings are mainly approached from the developer’s perspective, especially in private-public partnerships, popular in Italian urban planning. Interest in energy savings and sustainability for buildings has recently increased considerably. Italian regulations have generally approached these problems from the viewpoint of materials and structures; zoning regulations do not cover energy from the viewpoint of investment projects and their externalities, either in urban development or from the economic viewpoint. This paper examines the economic problems of energy consumption, with specific reference to tall buildings and high-density areas. Due to their typology of construction, dimensions and complexity, tall buildings may be viewed as urban developments in their own right. In more detail, this paper describes how the energy demand and consumption of single buildings can affect the energy trade-off of entire cities.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Chiara D’Alpaos; Giuliano Marella. How Regulation Affects Energy Saving: Smart Grid Innovation in Tall Buildings. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2015, 607 -616.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Chiara D’Alpaos, Giuliano Marella. How Regulation Affects Energy Saving: Smart Grid Innovation in Tall Buildings. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2015; ():607-616.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Chiara D’Alpaos; Giuliano Marella. 2015. "How Regulation Affects Energy Saving: Smart Grid Innovation in Tall Buildings." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 607-616.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2015
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Purpose: The paper discusses energy saving policies implemented in Italy in the last ten years and shows their ineffectiveness in promoting innovation in new energy systems, such as Smart Grids.The economic fundamentals involved in energy consumption are investigated with specific reference to high rise – high density settlements and their prevalent building typology, i.e. tall buildings. The paper discusses how the energy demand and consumption of a single building can affect the energy trade-off of entire cities.Approach – We examine current local and national policies- for energy consumption reduction, then we discuss how Italian urban planning should adopt ad hoc regulation in order to pursue innovative systems of energy saving. We also - debate on the present absence of procedures to evaluate these policies’ effects on market demand in both new building construction and deep energy retrofit. Finally we argue the inadequacy of Italian national and local legislation in promoting Smart Grids as innovative systems of electric energy production, distribution and consumption.Findings – We represent the stat of art in the Italian legislation for energy saving and we offer a theoretical framework to verify the effectiveness of these measures. Furthermore we propose a new way to promote innovative systems of energy production for high density settlements. In this respect, due to technological and facility management characteristics tall buildings are an opportunity to experiment smart grids at neighborhood level. Beyond the construction engineering advances, we present how regulation should help to improve innovation.Research limitations/implications – The paper is mainly exploratory and identifies some issues for further research. Data on housing market demand related to public incentives must be collected to measure the effectiveness of local norms. Furthermore, selected case studies must be investigated to verify the energy demand at diverse urban density: this surve

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Valentina Antoniucci; Chiara D'alpaos; Giuliano Marella. How Regulation Affects Innovation: The Smart Grid Case At Urban Scale. 2015, 1 .

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Valentina Antoniucci, Chiara D'alpaos, Giuliano Marella. How Regulation Affects Innovation: The Smart Grid Case At Urban Scale. . 2015; ():1.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Chiara D'alpaos; Giuliano Marella. 2015. "How Regulation Affects Innovation: The Smart Grid Case At Urban Scale." , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2015 in 22nd Annual European Real Estate Society Conference
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Purpose: The paper discusses energy saving policies implemented in Italy in the last ten years and shows their ineffectiveness in promoting innovation in new energy systems, such as Smart Grids.The economic fundamentals involved in energy consumption are investigated with specific reference to high rise – high density settlements and their prevalent building typology, i.e. tall buildings. The paper discusses how the energy demand and consumption of a single building can affect the energy trade-off of entire cities.Approach – We examine current local and national policies- for energy consumption reduction, then we discuss how Italian urban planning should adopt ad hoc regulation in order to pursue innovative systems of energy saving. We also - debate on the present absence of procedures to evaluate these policies’ effects on market demand in both new building construction and deep energy retrofit. Finally we argue the inadequacy of Italian national and local legislation in promoting Smart Grids as innovative systems of electric energy production, distribution and consumption.Findings – We represent the stat of art in the Italian legislation for energy saving and we offer a theoretical framework to verify the effectiveness of these measures. Furthermore we propose a new way to promote innovative systems of energy production for high density settlements. In this respect, due to technological and facility management characteristics tall buildings are an opportunity to experiment smart grids at neighborhood level. Beyond the construction engineering advances, we present how regulation should help to improve innovation.Research limitations/implications – The paper is mainly exploratory and identifies some issues for further research. Data on housing market demand related to public incentives must be collected to measure the effectiveness of local norms. Furthermore, selected case studies must be investigated to verify the energy demand at diverse urban density: this survey is preliminary to the definition of protocols for both technological and regulatory interventions. Originality/values – The paper is the first attempt in Italy to present the role of town planning norms in the promotion of Smart Grids and, in general, to match innovative distributed energy systems to legislation in planning. Furthermore the present contribution highlights the potential of specific building typologies, e.g. tall buildings, in the promotion of Smart Grids.,,,

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Giuliano Marella; Valentina Antoniucci; Chiara D'alpaos. How Regulation Affects Innovation: The Smart Grid Case At Urban Scale. 22nd Annual European Real Estate Society Conference 2015, 1 .

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Giuliano Marella, Valentina Antoniucci, Chiara D'alpaos. How Regulation Affects Innovation: The Smart Grid Case At Urban Scale. 22nd Annual European Real Estate Society Conference. 2015; ():1.

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Giuliano Marella; Valentina Antoniucci; Chiara D'alpaos. 2015. "How Regulation Affects Innovation: The Smart Grid Case At Urban Scale." 22nd Annual European Real Estate Society Conference , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2014 in SCIENZE REGIONALI
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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. Torri incompiute: i costi di produzione della rigenerazione urbana in contesti ad alta densità. SCIENZE REGIONALI 2014, 117 -124.

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Valentina Antoniucci, Giuliano Marella. Torri incompiute: i costi di produzione della rigenerazione urbana in contesti ad alta densità. SCIENZE REGIONALI. 2014; (3):117-124.

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Valentina Antoniucci; Giuliano Marella. 2014. "Torri incompiute: i costi di produzione della rigenerazione urbana in contesti ad alta densità." SCIENZE REGIONALI , no. 3: 117-124.