1. Azioni di trasferimento tecnologico per
il miglioramento delle prestazioni
energetico-ambientali
dell’edilizia storica secondo i criteri
dell’edilizia sostenibile
Progetto
A.T.T.E.S.S.

2. Il Metadistretto
The Veneto Cultural and
Environmental Heritage
Metadistrict is unique among
Italian districts in that it is the
only productive metadistrict
focused on the field of cultural
heritage.
The Metadistrict promotes and
coordinates:
•national and international
projects
•collaboration between
companies and institutions
•research activities
•exchange of know how between
the scientific world and private
companies

3. Sustainable development
“development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs”
(World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987)

4. A few key points from the 3rd European Ministers Conference on Sustainable Housing (27th,
28th June 2002):
•Existing buildings must be made more sustainable…
•Adapting existing buildings by bettering insulation would allow a reduction of
CO2 emissions (and related energy costs) by 42-46%...
•Renovation has several benefits compared to demolition and reconstruction,
for example:
•Conservation of the energy embodied in materials
•Creation of a sense of pride and awareness in the community
•Renovation is more complex than reconstruction , especially with regard to
protected buildings…

5. ATTESS project
Driving
Technology Transfers
to better the Energetic and
environmental performance of
historical buildings
following Sustainable
construction criteria
KEY words:
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
HISTORY
SUSTAINABILI

6. Objectives
Underline the importance of construct a methodological and
maintaining historical memory in operative information tool to
the search for environmental support the work of
quality. Professionals, Companies and
Institutions.
Incentivize the development of
entrepreneurial activities following
the logic of a Green Economy in the
construction sector.
HOW to modify the historical
built fabric to achieve energetic
and environmental
Potentially generate a NEW sustainability in accordance to
economic sector varying degrees of constraint

7. Methods
A new methodological approach:
to unite a conservationist approach and a unified and synergic vision of
the historic building and its relationship to:
the external environment (urban or natural)
the internal environment (residents, functions, use)
RE-EXAMINATION and RE-INTERPRETATION of Historic Buildings
according to their ORIGINAL and FUNDAMENTAL energetic and
environmental features
RECOGNITION of buildings’ intrinsic qualities
REVISION of the methods employed in renovation and
requalification with the goal of ac hieving environmental
sustainability

8. Methods
TRADITIONAL attention points
HISTORY BEAUTY
ART USABILITY
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY attention points
PARTICIPATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
RESPECT OF CONFORT
HEALTHINE NATURAL
SS RESOURCES

9. REDISCOVERY
COHERENCE with:
HISTORICAL context
GEOGRAPHY (topography)
CULTURE
…a lot of key issues that characterize “sustainable building” have ALWAYS been the
foundation of traditional construction.
RESPECT and CONTINUITY in:
SYNERGY AND INTERACTION between: Local forms of construction
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT Traditional construction
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT methods
The built fabric is CONTEXTUALIZED in a specific time and
place:

10. Bioclimatic Architecture
 Adapts to the SITE (climate,
construction traditions) SUSTAINABILITY
 Guarantees COMFORT
INTRINSIC
 Optimizes use of natural
resources
to HISTORICAL
CONSTRUCTION
KNOWLED CHOICE
GE S

11. TODAY
…in contemporary practice this wisdom
accumulated throughout the centuries is
underrated and the consequences on the city
and the urban fabric are clear to everyone …
The apparently infinite
availability of resources
(land, energy, and
materials) has brought
the SEMPLIFICATION and
TRIVIALIZATION of design
choices

12. IN SUMMARY:
1. DEEP CULTURAL REFLECTION
2. KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD’S HISTORY
– PROBLEMS
– SOLUTIONS
1. EXTENSIVE STUDY OF THE OBJECT OF
INTERVENTION AND ITS INTRINSIC FEATURES
2. ASSESSMENT OF THE TRUE NEEDS OF THE
PROJECT
3. CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL DESIGN OF
THE NECESSARY PROJECT
INTERVENTIONS

13. ATTESS Guidelines
5. CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL DESIGN OF
THE NECESSARY PROJECT INTERVENTIONS.
The guidelines developed in the ATTESS project therefore aim to
be a tool for ASSESSMENT and support in design in order to
address the key words mentioned earlier:
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
HISTORY
SUSTAINABILIT Y

14. Bibliography, Regulations and complete project description:
ATTESS: Linee Guida http://www.attess.it/
Rest. Sergio Calò Arch. Alberto R.
Technical Manager Motterle
Architect
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