Abstract

GIS, Essential Tool to Foster Sustainability in Urban Conservation
Track: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
Author(s): Domenico MASSIMO, Antonino BARBALACE, Riccardo CEFALA

Paper concerns a long-term research which built-up a Decision Support System for sustainable urban conservation based upon ArcGIS framework coordinated with several tools: CAD, mapping, cost forecast, spreadsheet, regression, as well as energy-climate evaluation and control.

Sustainability is a core goal in mankind agenda, given the empirical evidence of ecological disaster hanging over Earth.

Urban conservation is a partial strategy in avoiding further destruction of natural soil and additional energy consumption in building construction and management. It is out of ecological framework and green tools to solve-up the energy\efficiency issue in restoring large urban areas.

Case Study presents a survey of an almost urban neighborhood and a focus on restoration of buildings with two alternative conservation designs: usual versus sustainable with high energy efficiency materials. GIS tools for cost estimate give empirical evidence of superior results got by sustainable conservation on energy and monetary cost sides.

Domenico MASSIMO
University of Reggio Calabria
25 Via Melissari
Reggio Calabria , Italy 89124
Italy
Phone: +39360997513
Fax: +390965385222
E-mail: massimo@unirc.it

Antonino BARBALACE
University of Reggio Calabria
Viale R. Margherita 59
Messina , Italy 98121
Italy
Phone: 393394484020
E-mail: ninobarbalace@gmail.com

Riccardo CEFALA
University of Reggio Calabria
6 Via Regina Margherita
Lamezia Terme (Cz) , Italy 88048
Italy
Phone: 393384172670
E-mail: massimo04@gmail.com