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The elevator is a machine, a transport system, a space. It is the solution par excellence addressed to everyone. Its installation and use should be simple, and open to all users. The accessibility (for all), safety, and hygiene aspects of the elevator are constantly evolving: on these topics, this research takes its first steps and deepens each subject connected to ‘the vertical travel’. The paper introduces the European Standards on elevator’s accessibility, defines the declination of DfA/HCD methodology applied to product design processes, and shows some innovative product solutions inspired by the health emergencies, which are suitable for inclusion and safety above the current circumstances. Finally, the interaction of the studies represents the base for future research collaboration about the safe and fair use of elevators and vertical journeys.
Elena Giacomello; Mickeal Milocco Borlini; Daniele Pavan; Christina Conti; Dario Trabucco. Accessibility Performance for a Safe, Fair, and Healthy Use of the Elevator. Proceedings of International Conference on Big Data, Machine Learning and Applications 2021, 255 -262.
AMA StyleElena Giacomello, Mickeal Milocco Borlini, Daniele Pavan, Christina Conti, Dario Trabucco. Accessibility Performance for a Safe, Fair, and Healthy Use of the Elevator. Proceedings of International Conference on Big Data, Machine Learning and Applications. 2021; ():255-262.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElena Giacomello; Mickeal Milocco Borlini; Daniele Pavan; Christina Conti; Dario Trabucco. 2021. "Accessibility Performance for a Safe, Fair, and Healthy Use of the Elevator." Proceedings of International Conference on Big Data, Machine Learning and Applications , no. : 255-262.
The water storage capacity of a green roof generates several benefits for the building conterminous environment. The hydrologic performance is conventionally expressed by the runoff coefficient, according to international standards and guidelines. The runoff coefficient is a dimensionless number and defines the water retention performance over a long period. At the scale of single rain events, characterized by varying intensity and duration, the reaction of the green roof is scarcely investigated. The purpose of this study is to highlight how an extensive green roof—having a supposed minimum water performance, compared to an intensive one—responds to real and repetitive rain events, simulated in a rain chamber with controlled rain and runoff data. The experiment provides, through cumulative curve graphs, the behavior of the green roof sample during four rainy days. The simulated rain events are based on a statistical study (summarized in the paper) of 25 years of rain data for a specific location in North Italy characterized by an average rain/year of 1100 mm. The results prove the active response of the substrate, although thin and mineral, and quick draining, in terms of water retention and detention during intense rain events. The study raises questions about how to better express the water performance of green roofs.
Elena Giacomello; Jacopo Gaspari. Hydrologic Performance of an Extensive Green Roof under Intensive Rain Events: Results from a Rain-Chamber Simulation. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3078 .
AMA StyleElena Giacomello, Jacopo Gaspari. Hydrologic Performance of an Extensive Green Roof under Intensive Rain Events: Results from a Rain-Chamber Simulation. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3078.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElena Giacomello; Jacopo Gaspari. 2021. "Hydrologic Performance of an Extensive Green Roof under Intensive Rain Events: Results from a Rain-Chamber Simulation." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3078.