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Dr. Federico Dell'Anna
Politecnico di Torino

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Journal article
Published: 15 April 2021 in Sustainability
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Cultural heritage can play a strategic role in developing a sustainable built environment, contributing to the improvement of the economic, social, and environmental productivity of a city. Human activities are constantly affecting the quality of the environment and altering the ecosystems, which produce negative consequences also on human wellbeing. Within this context, it has been much discussed how cities and the built environment can counteract this process by supporting more sustainable development. Adaptive reuse is defined as “a process that changes a disused or ineffective item into a new item that can be used for a different purpose”, which strongly triggers the sustainable development of cities. It can be recognized as a promoter of economic growth, social wellbeing, and environmental preservation, given its capability of both preserving past values and creating new ones. The adaptive reuse matches the main points of the circular economy, seen as the sustainable economy, which is aimed at the reduction of natural resource extraction and environmental impact by extending the useful life of materials and promoting recovery, reuse, and regeneration processes. Given these premises, the current contribution aimed to evaluate alternative scenarios for reuse in Castello Visconteo in Cusago, located in the Lombardy region (Italy), and understanding how adaptive reuse could contribute to generating new values within a circular economy perspective. In detail, four alternative scenarios were proposed to face the new needs born during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Since both intangible and tangible values must be considered, a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) has been applied by combining economic and qualitative indicators to define the most suitable function for its adaptive reuse. In detail, the Novel Approach to Imprecise Assessment and Decision Environments (NAIADE) was used to identify the best alternative solution based on the opinions of conflicting stakeholders. The innovativeness of the contribution is given by the combination of different methodologies, the preservation of the memory and the generation of new values, and the consideration of adaptive reuse as a strategy for the achievement of sustainable development within a circular economy perspective.

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Marta Dell’Ovo; Federico Dell’Anna; Raffaella Simonelli; Leopoldo Sdino. Enhancing the Cultural Heritage through Adaptive Reuse. A Multicriteria Approach to Evaluate the Castello Visconteo in Cusago (Italy). Sustainability 2021, 13, 4440 .

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Marta Dell’Ovo, Federico Dell’Anna, Raffaella Simonelli, Leopoldo Sdino. Enhancing the Cultural Heritage through Adaptive Reuse. A Multicriteria Approach to Evaluate the Castello Visconteo in Cusago (Italy). Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4440.

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Marta Dell’Ovo; Federico Dell’Anna; Raffaella Simonelli; Leopoldo Sdino. 2021. "Enhancing the Cultural Heritage through Adaptive Reuse. A Multicriteria Approach to Evaluate the Castello Visconteo in Cusago (Italy)." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4440.

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Published: 08 January 2021 in Sustainability
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To achieve the new European targets concerning CO2 emission reduction, the concept of a post-carbon city has been promoted, which is focused on low-energy and low-emission buildings provided with intelligent heating and cooling systems, electric and hybrid cars, and better public transport. This paradigm entails the inclusion of aspects not strictly related to energy exploitation but referring to environmental, social, and economic domains, such as improvement in local energy security, people’s opinion on different energy solutions, economic co-benefits for private users, environmental externalities, and so on. In this domain, it is of particular importance to provide the decision makers with evaluation tools able to consider the complexity of the impacts, thus leading to the choice of the most sustainable solutions. The paper aims to investigate the scientific literature in the context of evaluation frameworks for supporting decision problems related to the energy transition. The review is carried out through the scientific database SCOPUS. The analysis allows for systematizing the contributions according to the main families of evaluation methodologies, discussing to what extent they can be useful in real-world applications. The paper also proposes emerging trends and innovative research lines in the domain of energy planning and urban management. While the energy transition is an important trend, the analysis showed that few studies were conducted on the evaluation of projects, plans, and policies that aim to reach post-carbon targets. The scales of application refer mainly to global or national levels, while few studies have been developed at the district level. Life cycle thinking techniques, such as life cycle assessment and cost–benefit analysis, were widely used in this research field.

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Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Vito Morgese. Evaluating the Transition Towards Post-Carbon Cities: A Literature Review. Sustainability 2021, 13, 567 .

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Marta Bottero, Federico Dell’Anna, Vito Morgese. Evaluating the Transition Towards Post-Carbon Cities: A Literature Review. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):567.

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Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Vito Morgese. 2021. "Evaluating the Transition Towards Post-Carbon Cities: A Literature Review." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 567.

Journal article
Published: 16 December 2020 in Energy Policy
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The supply of electricity from renewable energy sources (RESs) represent one of the key measures to reduce environmental impacts on the basis of the new decarbonization target set by the European Union. However, the expected benefits do not refer only to the decrease in fossil fuel demand and the reduction of environmental impacts. Among the social impacts, employment increase represents one of the most important benefits, especially in a period of crisis economy. This paper aimed to investigate the potential of investments in the energy sector in Italy through the application of the Input-Output analysis. The assessment outcomes were tested investigating the PNIEC (Piano Nazionale Integrato per l’Energia e il Clima) provided by the Ministry of Economic Development in 2020. Specifically, the power systems that PNIEC planned to install until 2040 were analyzed, focusing on wind, photovoltaic, hydroelectric and geothermal infrastructures. The results showed that RESs investments can have a strong positive impact on the Italian economy both directly and indirectly. Sensitivity analyses highlighted that the import share of primary components of RESs strongly influences occupational performance, particularly for PV systems.

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Federico Dell’Anna. Green jobs and energy efficiency as strategies for economic growth and the reduction of environmental impacts. Energy Policy 2020, 149, 112031 .

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Federico Dell’Anna. Green jobs and energy efficiency as strategies for economic growth and the reduction of environmental impacts. Energy Policy. 2020; 149 ():112031.

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Federico Dell’Anna. 2020. "Green jobs and energy efficiency as strategies for economic growth and the reduction of environmental impacts." Energy Policy 149, no. : 112031.

Journal article
Published: 30 November 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Different evaluation protocols were proposed to calculate the degree of sustainability of buildings and large-scale projects. In parallel, many studies focused on estimating the economic benefits delivered by green buildings according to the consumer choices using specific econometric models. The study aims to investigate the awareness of the benefits deriving from Green Mark-labelled buildings in Singapore through the application of the hedonic pricing method. In particular, the impact of the Green Mark was assessed in the multi-family building sector, starting from a transaction dataset of approximately 300,000 units sold between 2005 and 2017. Given the spatial complexity of the multi-family buildings market, spatial autocorrelation models were recommended. In particular, the spatial lag model and the spatial error model were applied. The paper implements the property valuation literature in the field of spatial econometrics related to sustainable certification. Besides, the research provided an assessment of the sustainability scheme over time, highlighting consumer behavior in different phases of the real estate market in Singapore. The results highlighted how spatial models filter the autocorrelation effect. As for the impact of Green Mark on the sale price of the apartments, the results confirmed that a green premium exists.

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Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Bottero. Green premium in buildings: Evidence from the real estate market of Singapore. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 286, 125327 .

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Federico Dell’Anna, Marta Bottero. Green premium in buildings: Evidence from the real estate market of Singapore. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 286 ():125327.

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Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Bottero. 2020. "Green premium in buildings: Evidence from the real estate market of Singapore." Journal of Cleaner Production 286, no. : 125327.

Conference paper
Published: 12 November 2020 in Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction
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Alessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. Correction to: Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction 2020, 12253, C1 -C1.

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Alessandra Oppio, Marta Bottero, Federico Dell’Anna, Marta Dell’Ovo, Laura Gabrielli. Correction to: Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction. 2020; 12253 ():C1-C1.

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Alessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. 2020. "Correction to: Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area." Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Multimodal Interaction 12253, no. : C1-C1.

Conference paper
Published: 03 October 2020 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Urban planning can support the optimal exploitation of the resources available in an urban system with specific reference to the accessibility of goods and services by an increase of the quality of the public space. In this perspective, knowing the economic effects generated by urban planning choices can be fundamental to guide decision-making processes. For this purpose, a research work which proposes a method for defining a synthetic index through the Multi-Attribute Value Theory to describe urban quality is presented. The synthetic index proposed in this study reflects the public open spaces, accessibility and provision of services qualities of the urban context. Besides, this study estimates these advantages through the hedonic prices method, analyzing the residential market. The combined methodology has been applied in detail to three districts located in the Municipality of Milan (Italy). The simultaneous reading of the indices used to spatialise the urban quality levels allows identifying the extrinsic characteristics of the three neighbourhoods analyzed. Considering the changes induced on house prices, the results of the hedonic models show that the economic impacts generated by low levels of urban quality are significant. Accordingly, the policies that aim to transform the existing urban fabric become fundamental for the creation of economic and social value.

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Alessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2020, 12253, 300 -315.

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Alessandra Oppio, Marta Bottero, Federico Dell’Anna, Marta Dell’Ovo, Laura Gabrielli. Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2020; 12253 ():300-315.

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Alessandra Oppio; Marta Bottero; Federico Dell’Anna; Marta Dell’Ovo; Laura Gabrielli. 2020. "Evaluating the Urban Quality Through a Hybrid Approach: Application in the Milan (Italy) City Area." Lecture Notes in Computer Science 12253, no. : 300-315.

Conference paper
Published: 01 September 2020 in Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes
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Universities play a headship role among entities that invest in technological progress and intend to increase education in sustainable culture towards a post-carbon society. With this in mind, Politecnico di Torino is a leader on the national and international scene. It has prepared sustainability lines for the next few years to translate the Sustainable Development Goals into concrete actions. The goal of this work is the evaluation of eight alternative energy efficiency scenarios resulting from the combination of different strategies for the retrofit of the University Campus of Politecnico di Torino. In the first part of the study, the alternatives are assessed in terms of energy performance. Subsequently, an economic evaluation supported by the multi-criteria TOPSIS method makes it possible to order the alternatives according to the opinion of several experts. The integrated evaluation allows considering a set of co-benefits generated by the project going behind the energy aspects. The best strategy involves covering electricity needs with renewable energy sources, adopting students’ engagement policies and optimizing the set-point temperature. The results highlight how low-cost solutions such as awareness campaigns and variation of the set-point temperature can bring significant co-benefits from energy, economic, environmental and social perspectives.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Bottero; Stefano Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Giulia Vergerio. Energy Audit and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis to Identify Sustainable Strategies in the University Campuses: Application to Politecnico di Torino. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 1187 -1197.

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Cristina Becchio, Marta Bottero, Stefano Corgnati, Federico Dell’Anna, Giulia Vergerio. Energy Audit and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis to Identify Sustainable Strategies in the University Campuses: Application to Politecnico di Torino. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():1187-1197.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Bottero; Stefano Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Giulia Vergerio. 2020. "Energy Audit and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis to Identify Sustainable Strategies in the University Campuses: Application to Politecnico di Torino." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 1187-1197.

Conference paper
Published: 23 June 2020 in Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA
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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell'Anna; Valentina Fabi; Carola Lingua. Energy And Financial Evaluation Of Thermal Comfort. The Case Study Of The Hotel Residence L’Orologio. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA 2020, 1 .

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Cristina Becchio, Marta Carla Bottero, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Federico Dell'Anna, Valentina Fabi, Carola Lingua. Energy And Financial Evaluation Of Thermal Comfort. The Case Study Of The Hotel Residence L’Orologio. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA. 2020; ():1.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell'Anna; Valentina Fabi; Carola Lingua. 2020. "Energy And Financial Evaluation Of Thermal Comfort. The Case Study Of The Hotel Residence L’Orologio." Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 23 June 2020 in Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA
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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell'Anna; Chiara Delmastro; Elisa Pesce; Giulia Vergerio. A CBA-based Model To Evaluate The Retrofit Of A Reference District. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA 2020, 1 .

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Cristina Becchio, Marta Carla Bottero, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Federico Dell'Anna, Chiara Delmastro, Elisa Pesce, Giulia Vergerio. A CBA-based Model To Evaluate The Retrofit Of A Reference District. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA. 2020; ():1.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell'Anna; Chiara Delmastro; Elisa Pesce; Giulia Vergerio. 2020. "A CBA-based Model To Evaluate The Retrofit Of A Reference District." Proceedings of Building Simulation 2019: 16th Conference of IBPSA , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 19 May 2020 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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The challenge of promoting sustainable cities and reaching the objectives developed by the European Green Deal includes the renovation of the building sector, as it is responsible for 40% of energy consumption in Europe. Regional or local public administrations have to allocate their financial resources for improving the energy performances of their building stock and to face a multidimensional problem, where different aspects – such as energy efficiency, financial-economic feasibility and environmental protection – have to be harmonized. The present study proposes a Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding model, which includes the ELECTRE TRI-nC method, for supporting the public decision process of sorting alternative energy retrofitting actions into various categories, each of them expresses different levels of overall performance. The model is applied to an Italian real case study. An experts’ panel has been involved for structuring the decision problem and discussing the results. The results show that opaque envelope insulation actions are often classified in best categories to be implemented and funded instead the upgrade of the lighting system falls in the worst category. These results are useful for local or regional public administrations to select those energy retrofitting actions that have to be financed as a priority.

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Grazia Napoli; Marta Bottero; Giuseppina Ciulla; Federico Dell’Anna; José Rui Figueira; Salvatore Greco. Supporting public decision process in buildings energy retrofitting operations: The application of a Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding model to a case study in Southern Italy. Sustainable Cities and Society 2020, 60, 102214 .

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Grazia Napoli, Marta Bottero, Giuseppina Ciulla, Federico Dell’Anna, José Rui Figueira, Salvatore Greco. Supporting public decision process in buildings energy retrofitting operations: The application of a Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding model to a case study in Southern Italy. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020; 60 ():102214.

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Grazia Napoli; Marta Bottero; Giuseppina Ciulla; Federico Dell’Anna; José Rui Figueira; Salvatore Greco. 2020. "Supporting public decision process in buildings energy retrofitting operations: The application of a Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding model to a case study in Southern Italy." Sustainable Cities and Society 60, no. : 102214.

Earlycite article
Published: 03 April 2020 in Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
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PurposeThe cost-optimal analysis is not able to address the multi-dimensionality of the decision according to the new European objectives and International sustainable development goals in the field of the nearly-zero energy building (NZEB) design. The purpose of this paper is to study the role of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) for guiding energy investment decisions.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explores the Preference ranking organization method for enrichment of evaluations II (PROMETHEE II) application to support the project of transforming a rural building into a NZEB. The evaluation provides an estimate of the effects of alternative energy efficiency measures, involving energy consumption, life cycle costs, carbon emissions, property value and indoor comfort criteria. The study performs a multi-actors analysis in order to understand how different consumers' point of views can influence the final choice of the best investment. Furthermore, a multi-site analysis explores the spatial variation of NZEB building appreciation in the real estate market.FindingsThe PROMETHEE II-based model ranks 16 alternative solutions for the NZEB according to energy, economic and extra-economic criteria. The multi-actors analysis highlights the configuration of the NZEB building that best meets the needs of different end-users, respecting the European directives and national standards. The multi-site analysis concludes that location does not change users' appreciation and not influence the output for the best solution.Originality/valueThe MCDA occurs as a support tool that helps to optimize the preliminary design phase of NZEB through the exploration of the optimal solution considering crucial criteria in the energy and environmental and real estate market rules.

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Federico Dell'anna; Marta Bottero; Cristina Becchio; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Giulio Mondini. Designing a decision support system to evaluate the environmental and extra-economic performances of a nearly zero-energy building. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 2020, 9, 413 -442.

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Federico Dell'anna, Marta Bottero, Cristina Becchio, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Giulio Mondini. Designing a decision support system to evaluate the environmental and extra-economic performances of a nearly zero-energy building. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment. 2020; 9 (4):413-442.

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Federico Dell'anna; Marta Bottero; Cristina Becchio; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Giulio Mondini. 2020. "Designing a decision support system to evaluate the environmental and extra-economic performances of a nearly zero-energy building." Smart and Sustainable Built Environment 9, no. 4: 413-442.

Journal article
Published: 08 February 2020 in Cities
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Urban regeneration is a complex and multi-faceted process. It can be defined a comprehensive and integrated vision of actions which aims to tackle urban problems and to improve the economic, social and environmental conditions. These strategies also involve several stakeholders which have different powers, interests and objectives in the transformation processes. Integrated evaluation tools are able to consider the multidimensionality of the urban context and the feedback of the different actors involved. These tools are mainly of use for the decision makers. This paper explores the use of Community Impact Evaluation (CIE) which is a multi-actor methodology that aims at defining the convenience of complex projects according to the social preferences expressed by different members of the community. In this paper, the CIE methodology is applied in a peculiar way in order to assess the different impacts generated by the [email protected] Barcelona project, considering the effects at the different scales and over time. A synthetic analysis is conducted in order to estimate the nature and the intensity of the impacts among the different stakeholders. The evaluation shows the role of economic interest in urban regeneration processes and how the change in the political local context allowed a review of project.

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Marta Bottero; Francesca Bragaglia; Nadia Caruso; Giulia Datola; Federico Dell'Anna. Experimenting community impact evaluation (CIE) for assessing urban regeneration programmes: The case study of the area [email protected] Barcelona. Cities 2020, 99, 102464 .

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Marta Bottero, Francesca Bragaglia, Nadia Caruso, Giulia Datola, Federico Dell'Anna. Experimenting community impact evaluation (CIE) for assessing urban regeneration programmes: The case study of the area [email protected] Barcelona. Cities. 2020; 99 ():102464.

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Marta Bottero; Francesca Bragaglia; Nadia Caruso; Giulia Datola; Federico Dell'Anna. 2020. "Experimenting community impact evaluation (CIE) for assessing urban regeneration programmes: The case study of the area [email protected] Barcelona." Cities 99, no. : 102464.

Journal article
Published: 11 October 2019 in Sustainability
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Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are important tools aimed at improving buildings’ energy performance. They play a central role in the context of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) which asks member states (MS) to take the necessary measures to establish a complete certification system. In this study, an application of the hedonic price method (HPM) assessing the effect of energy labels derived from the EPC on real estate market value is presented. The estimation methodology was applied to two European cities characterized by different climate conditions. The analysis was based on two datasets of listing prices referring to multi-family residential markets in Turin (Italy) and Barcelona (Spain). Four models for each dataset were applied to capture the marginal price of green attributes, but also to control for the spatial autocorrelation among values. The findings showed how the EPC has been applied in the two countries and how it has influenced the real estate market. Turin’s buyers pay more attention to the EPC label, while in Barcelona, they value much more single characteristics, such as air conditioning and a swimming pool, considered popular attributes among contemporary buildings in this climate zone. From the results, it is possible to deduce that the implementation of the EPC schemes is still irregular in EU countries and must be strengthened through a standardized rating model.

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Federico Dell’Anna; Marina Bravi; Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte; Marta Carla Bottero; Ai Chen. EPC Green Premium in Two Different European Climate Zones: A Comparative Study between Barcelona and Turin. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5605 .

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Federico Dell’Anna, Marina Bravi, Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte, Marta Carla Bottero, Ai Chen. EPC Green Premium in Two Different European Climate Zones: A Comparative Study between Barcelona and Turin. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5605.

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Federico Dell’Anna; Marina Bravi; Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte; Marta Carla Bottero; Ai Chen. 2019. "EPC Green Premium in Two Different European Climate Zones: A Comparative Study between Barcelona and Turin." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5605.

Conference paper
Published: 13 August 2019 in E3S Web of Conferences
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In the present-day society, people spend about 80% of their time inside buildings, and specifically 30-40% in workplaces. From this evidence, the indoor environmental quality needs to be investigated, and in particular, the possible sources of indoor-outdoor pollutants and their impact on the human health, comfort and productivity. First, through an examination of the indoor sources of pollution, the research analysed the main substances that affect indoor air quality in an office. Second, the pollution of external origin and its effects on the performance of employees were taken into consideration. Two scenarios were designed for a Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) system in an office building; one by the installation of a biocidal filter and the other by a traditional one. Two methods were applied to evaluate and compare those scenarios; the Cost Benefit Analysis and the Monte Carlo Simulation. From a financial point of view, the investment and management costs of the filters were considered. Instead, the annual benefits included increasing productivity and reducing days of absence from work due to illness. The results confirmed the energy and socio-economic efficiency of the antibacterial filter; it can be considered a solution to achieve the best income.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Valentina Fabi; Carola Lingua; Leonardo Prendin; Micaela Ranieri. The effects of indoor and outdoor air pollutants on workers’ productivity in office building. E3S Web of Conferences 2019, 111, 1 .

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Cristina Becchio, Marta Carla Bottero, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Federico Dell’Anna, Valentina Fabi, Carola Lingua, Leonardo Prendin, Micaela Ranieri. The effects of indoor and outdoor air pollutants on workers’ productivity in office building. E3S Web of Conferences. 2019; 111 ():1.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Valentina Fabi; Carola Lingua; Leonardo Prendin; Micaela Ranieri. 2019. "The effects of indoor and outdoor air pollutants on workers’ productivity in office building." E3S Web of Conferences 111, no. : 1.

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Published: 13 August 2019 in E3S Web of Conferences
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The outdoor air pollution and the insufficient hygiene of HVAC systems often result in low indoor air quality. The World Health Organization estimated that 50% of indoor biological contamination comes from the air-handling system; the air filters are sources of pollution due to the accumulation and proliferation of bacteria on the surface. Furthermore, the presence of indoor contaminants can have a negative impact on the health and well-being of the occupants, who spend about 80% of their time indoors. To guarantee a better indoor air quality and a lower health risks, a new concept of biocidal filtration has been introduced. The present paper shows the results of a literature review aimed at exploring how to integrate the health effects on building occupants into the economic benefits of an antibacterial filter. The research focuses on costs and benefits produced by the application of an antibacterial filter, comparing it with a traditional one. Two methods were applied for the assessment; the Cost Benefit Analysis and the Monte Carlo Simulation. The results suggested the goodness of the economic investment on biocidal filter and showed how it allows to achieve benefits in term of energy savings and health for the different analysed case studies.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Valentina Fabi; Carola Lingua; Leonardo Prendin; Micaela Ranieri. Effects on energy savings and occupant health of an antibacterial filter. E3S Web of Conferences 2019, 111, 1 .

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Cristina Becchio, Marta Carla Bottero, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Federico Dell’Anna, Valentina Fabi, Carola Lingua, Leonardo Prendin, Micaela Ranieri. Effects on energy savings and occupant health of an antibacterial filter. E3S Web of Conferences. 2019; 111 ():1.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Valentina Fabi; Carola Lingua; Leonardo Prendin; Micaela Ranieri. 2019. "Effects on energy savings and occupant health of an antibacterial filter." E3S Web of Conferences 111, no. : 1.

Chapter
Published: 07 August 2019 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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Traditionally, local energy planning has been carried out following a sectorial approach, neglecting the long-term effects of energy policies, not considering social and environmental elements and omitting important actors involved. More innovative approaches lead to consider evaluation models able to take into account the full range of impacts generated at the level of utilities, end-users and society in general. This chapter aims to provide a reflection on the role of assessment tools in decision-making processes related to energy retrofit operations at architectural and urban level, presenting a series of recent and innovative experiments developed in the joined research group of the Energy Center Lab at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). Different techniques were applied to real case studies to provide an answer to concrete evaluation problems in the energy field. The results of the various applications show that the proposed valuation techniques offer useful tools to support local energy planning processes according to integrated energy-economic models.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Bottero; Marina Bravi; Stefano Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Giulio Mondini; Giulia Vergerio. Integrated Assessments and Energy Retrofit: The Contribution of the Energy Center Lab of the Politecnico di Torino. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2019, 365 -384.

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Cristina Becchio, Marta Bottero, Marina Bravi, Stefano Corgnati, Federico Dell’Anna, Giulio Mondini, Giulia Vergerio. Integrated Assessments and Energy Retrofit: The Contribution of the Energy Center Lab of the Politecnico di Torino. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2019; ():365-384.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Bottero; Marina Bravi; Stefano Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna; Giulio Mondini; Giulia Vergerio. 2019. "Integrated Assessments and Energy Retrofit: The Contribution of the Energy Center Lab of the Politecnico di Torino." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 365-384.

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Published: 07 August 2019 in Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions
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Over the last decade, households’ preferences about energy efficiency measures in the residential sector have been the focus of a growing body research employing models based on revealed and stated preferences. Analysis of households’ energy consumption and demand elasticities were carried out before with the intent to forecast the potential of energy efficiency programs, but the recent concerns about climate change have drawn attention to the causes of this problem. As a result, the residential and renewable energy sectors have become strategic for the human being’s future. Different retrofit measures and technical solutions are now available for the new buildings, but the existing residential stock is more difficult to improve. More specifically, this implies the investment decision of heterogeneous groups of homeowners and landlords who differ in terms of the characteristics of their assets, their financial possibilities and time preferences. Valuation models have helped to forecast the demand of both market and public goods. Based on different approaches and theories, these applications have opened new avenues of research, but leaving some questions unanswered. This work tries to take stock of a debate that is still open by comparing experiments based on revealed and stated preferences in this specific field.

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Marta Bottero; Marina Bravi; Federico Dell’Anna; Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte. Energy Efficiency Choices and Residential Sector: Observable Behaviors and Valuation Models. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2019, 167 -179.

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Marta Bottero, Marina Bravi, Federico Dell’Anna, Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte. Energy Efficiency Choices and Residential Sector: Observable Behaviors and Valuation Models. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2019; ():167-179.

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Marta Bottero; Marina Bravi; Federico Dell’Anna; Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte. 2019. "Energy Efficiency Choices and Residential Sector: Observable Behaviors and Valuation Models." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 167-179.

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Published: 19 February 2019 in Sustainability
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This paper proposes an interdisciplinary multi-level decision-making procedure for supporting an ongoing process of rural development of Yanzhou Island (China). A multi-methodological evaluation approach based on the combined use of different evaluation tools has been developed in order to take into account the economic, social, environmental and cultural aspects of the planning process. An experts’ panel has been involved in research since the preliminary phases of the evaluation with the aim of helping the structuring of the decision problem and discussing the outcomes of the analysis. The proposed approach allowed to understand the potentials and weaknesses of the area and to design the most suitable solution for the case study selected. The interdisciplinary nature of this process had given the opportunity to co-design and re-define the master plan in line with the expressed priorities. The master plan of the new district encourages landscape enhancement and promotes the economic development, proposing to grow tourism activities and wellness facilities in a natural place.

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Marta Bottero; Elena Comino; Federico Dell’Anna; Laura Dominici; Maurizio Rosso. Strategic Assessment and Economic Evaluation: The Case Study of Yanzhou Island (China). Sustainability 2019, 11, 1076 .

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Marta Bottero, Elena Comino, Federico Dell’Anna, Laura Dominici, Maurizio Rosso. Strategic Assessment and Economic Evaluation: The Case Study of Yanzhou Island (China). Sustainability. 2019; 11 (4):1076.

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Marta Bottero; Elena Comino; Federico Dell’Anna; Laura Dominici; Maurizio Rosso. 2019. "Strategic Assessment and Economic Evaluation: The Case Study of Yanzhou Island (China)." Sustainability 11, no. 4: 1076.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making
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Federico Dell'anna; Gian Luca Gobbo; Marta Carla Bottero. A PROMETHEE-based approach for designing the reuse of an abandoned railway in the Monferrato Region, Italy. International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making 2019, 8, 60 .

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Federico Dell'anna, Gian Luca Gobbo, Marta Carla Bottero. A PROMETHEE-based approach for designing the reuse of an abandoned railway in the Monferrato Region, Italy. International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making. 2019; 8 (1):60.

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Federico Dell'anna; Gian Luca Gobbo; Marta Carla Bottero. 2019. "A PROMETHEE-based approach for designing the reuse of an abandoned railway in the Monferrato Region, Italy." International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making 8, no. 1: 60.

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Published: 21 September 2018 in Land Use Policy
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The European Union issued several directives in the field of energy efficiency which impact on the building sector in order to avoid a further increase of energy consumption and to mitigate climate change. In particular, the recast of the European Energy Performance of Buildings supports the improvement of buildings energy performance and introduces a new target, the Nearly Zero-Energy Building (NZEB) concept. Nowadays, the European Commission is shifting attention towards the district level and post-carbon cities and Net Zero-Energy District (NZED) targets are emerging. In order to evaluate alternative strategies for the construction of NZED, according to a socio-economic point of view, different aspects and impacts have to be considered. This paper studies the NZED concept and proposes an evaluation method developed from the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in order to include extra-economic benefits generated by the project. The proposed approach is applied on a real case concerning the energy requalification of a NZED in Turin (Italy).

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna. Decision making for sustainable urban energy planning: an integrated evaluation framework of alternative solutions for a NZED (Net Zero-Energy District) in Turin. Land Use Policy 2018, 78, 803 -817.

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Cristina Becchio, Marta Carla Bottero, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Federico Dell’Anna. Decision making for sustainable urban energy planning: an integrated evaluation framework of alternative solutions for a NZED (Net Zero-Energy District) in Turin. Land Use Policy. 2018; 78 ():803-817.

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Cristina Becchio; Marta Carla Bottero; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Federico Dell’Anna. 2018. "Decision making for sustainable urban energy planning: an integrated evaluation framework of alternative solutions for a NZED (Net Zero-Energy District) in Turin." Land Use Policy 78, no. : 803-817.