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Buildings in Europe are the largest consumers of energy, since they are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of pollutant gas emissions. The energy efficiency, the consequential economic savings and the reduction of environmental impacts must necessarily consider the design of improvements that affect the opaque vertical envelope of a building. The vertical envelope generally constitutes the largest dispersing surface. In this paper, a comparative evaluation of different ETICS (External Thermal Insulation Composite System) solutions through the application of a multicriteria decision support method is proposed. The criteria at the basis of the procedure relate to the energy, environmental, indoor comfort, and economic aspects. Through the application to the case study, consisting of two types of vertical walls with reference to three different climate zones, the ETICS alternative that achieves the best compromise between the various evaluation criteria is highlighted and the solidity of the method itself is tested. The potential of the methodology in the analysis of the alternatives in adherence to individual subcriteria and the possibility of implementation with additional indicators as the needs change are also highlighted. The social impact is undoubtedly one of the expected effects of the application of the method, since a better performance of the building envelope leads to an increase in comfort and liveability of indoor spaces. Moreover, all studies aimed at increasing the performance of the building or parts of it, consequently, lead to greater accessibility by the most vulnerable members of society, in line with the principles of sustainability and inclusiveness of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
Pierfrancesco Fiore; Giuseppe Donnarumma; Carmelo Falce. A Tool for the Evaluation of Energy-Environmental Retrofit Interventions on Opaque Walls Using ETICS. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4063 .
AMA StylePierfrancesco Fiore, Giuseppe Donnarumma, Carmelo Falce. A Tool for the Evaluation of Energy-Environmental Retrofit Interventions on Opaque Walls Using ETICS. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (7):4063.
Chicago/Turabian StylePierfrancesco Fiore; Giuseppe Donnarumma; Carmelo Falce. 2021. "A Tool for the Evaluation of Energy-Environmental Retrofit Interventions on Opaque Walls Using ETICS." Sustainability 13, no. 7: 4063.
The recovery and requalification of built heritage are, in Europe and all over the world, a central issue in relation to current international policies. In recent years, there has been a considerable growth in research within this field, favoring the implementation of intervention methodologies in the real estate assets of public and private property. With this study, we intend to focus attention on the redevelopment of existing school buildings, taking into account, from an integrated perspective, different aspects related to energy and environmental retrofit, the improvement of seismic safety, and socio-economic assessments. A significant impact of the study that was carried out will be favoring the more disadvantaged classes and a reduction in school drop-out, which in some cases is caused by the decentralized dislocation of the complexes or by inadequate structures. The research consists of the development of a tool to support the planning and programming of interventions for school building modernization, with a view to environmental, economic, and social sustainability. In order to take into account the multiplicity of the aspects considered, among the methods of multi-criteria analysis for decision-making aims the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was applied, which allowed us to analyze and compare different alternatives through evaluation criteria, reaching the definition of a priority scale. This process makes it possible to identify those interventions that achieve the best compromise between community needs and the planners’ goals. The evaluation procedure is validated through the application on a concrete case study, which is a school building located in the province of Avellino, in the south of Italy.
Pierfrancesco Fiore; Giuseppe Donnarumma; Carmelo Falce; Emanuela D’Andria; Claudia Sicignano. An AHP-Based Methodology for Decision Support in Integrated Interventions in School Buildings. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10181 .
AMA StylePierfrancesco Fiore, Giuseppe Donnarumma, Carmelo Falce, Emanuela D’Andria, Claudia Sicignano. An AHP-Based Methodology for Decision Support in Integrated Interventions in School Buildings. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):10181.
Chicago/Turabian StylePierfrancesco Fiore; Giuseppe Donnarumma; Carmelo Falce; Emanuela D’Andria; Claudia Sicignano. 2020. "An AHP-Based Methodology for Decision Support in Integrated Interventions in School Buildings." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 10181.
Small towns are a widespread heritage that needs to be protected and valorized because it preserves identity and community values. The de-marginalisation and depopulation phenomena of which they are affected call for rapid actions with effective and organic strategies. Hence the purpose of the work, aimed at characterizing a multi-criteria analysis tool useful to express judgements on economic convenience of small towns valorization projects. Thus, in the light of the sustainable development principles, analysis criteria and sub-criteria are first defined. Evaluation indices are then selected and proposed with regard to the historical-architectural criteria. Research perspectives are in the study conclusions.
Emanuela D’Andria; Pierfrancesco Fiore; Antonio Nesticò. Historical-Architectural Components in the Projects Multi-criteria Analysis for the Valorization of Small Towns. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 652 -662.
AMA StyleEmanuela D’Andria, Pierfrancesco Fiore, Antonio Nesticò. Historical-Architectural Components in the Projects Multi-criteria Analysis for the Valorization of Small Towns. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():652-662.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEmanuela D’Andria; Pierfrancesco Fiore; Antonio Nesticò. 2020. "Historical-Architectural Components in the Projects Multi-criteria Analysis for the Valorization of Small Towns." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 652-662.
In response to the abandonment and depopulation of small towns in inland areas, it is necessary to provide analysis and technical-economic evaluation tools with the aim of selecting effective recovery and valorization strategies. In the light of what criteria and indicators should this selection be carried out? The principles of sustainability guide us to a new definition of social, economic, environmental, and historical-architectural criteria. The intention is to outline a new way of classifying the judgment criteria, exclusively referring to the peculiarities of small towns. In turn, the criteria are specifically defined in sixteen sub-criteria, again able to represent the salient features of small municipalities: Local traditions, genius loci, urbanization levels, but also prevailing economy, environmental (flora and fauna, water, soil, air, etc.), and historical-architectural components (relations between the small town and the immediate context, formal relationship between building and urban core, etc.). This is followed by the drafting of a novel dataset of evaluation indicators, capable of expressing the project actions’ capacity to pursue the objectives expressed by the criteria. These are datasets that give back 24 indicators for the social sub-criteria, 42 for the economic sub-criteria, 34 for the environmental ones, and 38 for the historical-architectural ones. The goal-criteria-subcriteria-indicators structure outlined in this paper opens up research perspectives on the characterization of a hierarchical model of multi-criteria analysis.
Antonio Nesticò; Pierfrancesco Fiore; Emanuela D’Andria. Enhancement of Small Towns in Inland Areas. A Novel Indicators Dataset to Evaluate Sustainable Plans. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6359 .
AMA StyleAntonio Nesticò, Pierfrancesco Fiore, Emanuela D’Andria. Enhancement of Small Towns in Inland Areas. A Novel Indicators Dataset to Evaluate Sustainable Plans. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (16):6359.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Nesticò; Pierfrancesco Fiore; Emanuela D’Andria. 2020. "Enhancement of Small Towns in Inland Areas. A Novel Indicators Dataset to Evaluate Sustainable Plans." Sustainability 12, no. 16: 6359.
Historic buildings are at the center of cultural and economic interests, due to issues related to their conservation and protection as well as their use and technical-performance efficiency. They are often considered within the accepted meaning of ‘assets-resource’. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the research and development of methodologies to appropriately intervene on this type of heritage assets. This contribution defines a methodology to select interventions capable of combining protection requirements with performance upgrading, as part of integrated seismic improvement and energy-environmental retrofit strategies. The aim is to develop a tool that not only supports Public Administrations in the planning/designing of appropriate interventions but also private investors in a partnership perspective. Given the need to use a multidisciplinary and multi-criteria approach, the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method has been used; it allows for the comparison of various intervention alternatives on the basis of certain evaluation criteria, aimed at obtaining a preference index. This approach allows us to support the decision-maker in making the most appropriate choice, according to a rationally structured procedure.
Pierfrancesco Fiore; Enrico Sicignano; Giuseppe Donnarumma. An AHP-Based Methodology for the Evaluation and Choice of Integrated Interventions on Historic Buildings. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5795 .
AMA StylePierfrancesco Fiore, Enrico Sicignano, Giuseppe Donnarumma. An AHP-Based Methodology for the Evaluation and Choice of Integrated Interventions on Historic Buildings. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (14):5795.
Chicago/Turabian StylePierfrancesco Fiore; Enrico Sicignano; Giuseppe Donnarumma. 2020. "An AHP-Based Methodology for the Evaluation and Choice of Integrated Interventions on Historic Buildings." Sustainability 12, no. 14: 5795.
Giuseppe Donnarumma; Pierfrancesco Fiore. A multi-criteria model for the comparison of building envelope energy retrofits. TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: TMREES16-Cnam 2017, 1814, 20024 .
AMA StyleGiuseppe Donnarumma, Pierfrancesco Fiore. A multi-criteria model for the comparison of building envelope energy retrofits. TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: TMREES16-Cnam. 2017; 1814 ():20024.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppe Donnarumma; Pierfrancesco Fiore. 2017. "A multi-criteria model for the comparison of building envelope energy retrofits." TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: TMREES16-Cnam 1814, no. : 20024.