Abstract
GIS, 3D City Modeling and Green Urban Conservation
Track: Climate Change
Author
Given the environmental collapse hanging over Earth, energy consumption in construction management and consequent CO2 emissions in the cities ought to be consistently reduced as addressed by the international community commitment.
The goal can be pursued by experimenting at city scale the new approach of Green Urban Conservation, strategically supported by key GIS tools.
Research has built-up a connection between urban rehabilitation strategies and building energy efficiency by integrating within a GIS framework: 3D city modeling; cost estimate of investments; valuation of energy demand; overtime economic analysis of overall costs.
A real world design and social experimentation has been activated. It constitutes the Case Study concerning the fostering-up of an
First results of experimentation show a 50% of possible annual energy reduction and a consequent total saving of 33 millions kWh per year in the Case Study neighbourhood.
Domenico MASSIMO
University of Reggio Calabria
25 Via Melissari
Reggio Calabria, Italy 89124
Italy
Phone: +39360997513
Fax: +390965385222
E-mail: massimo@unirc.it