Guidelines for the environmental sustainability and the energy efficiency of Arquata del Tronto

Abstract

Improving the comfort conditions of small city centres it’s possible to rise their liveability and their opportunities of use. The study we propose illustrates a methodology for achieving a double objective: identifying environmental problems and challenges of the urban context and defining an appropriate plan of actions for its sustainable use. Case study of the present research is Arquata del Tronto, affected by the earthquake seismic activity starting in 2016. For research purposes we assumed for Arquata a recovery of the original volumetric features. In addition to conducting a fluid-dynamic analysis of the urban fabric, the current study presents an estimation of the energy needs and a corresponding hypothesis of supply from renewable sources. As result, the project provides a guideline text usable for supporting the reconstruction process and, in general, the recovery of the built heritage, orienting the design activities towards the sustainability requirements.