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Only in recent time, China discovered the great potential of coastal cities as tourist attraction, both from inland and from abroad. The projects are examples of a study of Green Eco Solar Buildings and Seaside Building Project, developed within the ABITA Research Centre of the University of Florence, for this area, developed together with the De Feng Lida Group from Beijing, trying to harmonize traditional Chinese approach with sustainable technologies and renewable energy integration in building. The energy efficiency standards applied in all the Green Eco Solar Buildings will make it possible to realize nearly zero-energy building performance.

The paper describes the experience made and results obtained during the experimental course Laboratory of Architecture and Structure at the University of Florence, in which the architecture process is explored including sustainable concepts versus Nearly Zero Energy Buildings, integrating renewable energies in high-rise buildings. The innovative approach was taken due to the fact that up to now, in most Architectural schools, projects are usually seen as a synergy of different competencies often not oriented toward efficient buildings. The synergy between different teachers and their specific knowledge has been very interesting in the development of a six-month course in which 75 students were involved. They produced a complex design in which technological aspects were investigated in an integrated approach as a language of design starting from the study of the climatic context. This should be one of the most diffused approach into architectural schools but normally requires differe...

Negli ultimi anni si sta diffondendo anche nelle grandi citta Europee, un fenomeno complesso che coinvolge la disciplina dell’architettura: l’agricoltura urbana, ovvero la pratica della coltivazione, di prodotti orticoli “nella citta, per la citta”. La produzione agricola, trasportata in un contesto urbano, diviene ad oggi una strategia concreta per la riqualificazione delle citta grazie a: l’innesco di una rete di attivita sociali, ricreative e commerciali, la possibilita di rifunzionalizzazione di spazi privati e pubblici (soprattutto quelli inutilizzati), di creazione di verde condiviso, la possibilita di integrazione con l’ambiente costruito, la valorizzazione di stili di vita sostenibili, l’occasione di educazione e collante sociale, il potenziamento e nuove possibilita all’infrastruttura verde (produttiva). Questo fenomeno necessita dunque di essere studiato per comprenderne e definirne le potenzialita, poiche l’architetto e chiamato a concepire spazi per rispondere a nuove es...

Bioclimatic Technologies and sustainable design approach can be applied in the transformation of the natural and built environment at any operational scale. The application of bioclimatic technologies must complete with the conditions of the environment, in relation to the prevalent objectives to be achieved, such reduction of energy consumption, improving both winter and summer comfort, improving visual comfort and natural lighting, indoor comfort and indoor air quality, as well the sustainable use of water resources

The innovative training model for eco-building technologies in retrofitting projects (founded by EU Commission in the IEE programme in the REE_TROFIT project http://www.reetrofit.eu/content.php) aims to contribute to solve the shortage of local qualified and accredited retrofitting experts, as foreseen in the EPBD and its recast and as indicated by various European countries in an assessment by the EC for increasing the energy performance of the existing building stock. The retrofitting training model will use in-house know-how and experiences of participants in carrying out vocational courses on innovative eco-building technologies. The training model defines best practices for institutionalization and implementation of vocational courses on renewable energy solutions and energy efficiency in retrofitting, setting up and implementing a large-scale educational scheme and fostering exchange of knowledge and best practices among stakeholders. One of the major milestones of the project...