Behavioral Change towards EE by Utilizing ICT Tools

Collaboration between four H2020 funded projects - eTEACHER, FEEdBACk, InBetween and UtilitEE open access articleDue to end-users’ habit being one of the prominent factors influencing building performance, changing user behavior to encourage energy efficient habits has tremendous potential to facilitate energy savings. Four ongoing European projects, eTeacher, FEEdBACk, InBetween, and UtilitEE, developed ICT solutions achieve this change through triggering mechanisms, informative feedback, gamification, and automation services within a human-centric and context aware framework. This paper provides each project’s methodology to enhance end-user engagement of their respective approach, methodology to assess the expected results, technical and legal challenges, and the preliminary results of their ICT solutions, which have also been presented at Sustainable Places 2020 conference

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Strategie di riqualificazione urbana sostenibile della vivienda social. Linee guida per il quartiere di Casas Viejas, Santiago del Cile.

"Non possiamo permettere l'utilizzo del [tessuto] urbano come strumento per la produzione di iniquità e trasferimenti, incapaci di vedere l'importanza e la difficoltà di creare uno spazio attivo che sia equo, ecologico ed economico" (Schafran, 2014). In un contesto di emergenza ambientale globale e considerando le problematiche degli insediamenti popolari sudamericani, la presente ricerca propone l’introduzione del concetto di sostenibilità urbana come fattore di miglioramento di un quartiere della periferia del Gran Santiago. Il caso studio è interessante in quanto la politica cilena si muove in direzione di maggiore consapevolezza per i temi ambientali, pur dovendo ancora risolvere problemi di segregazione e scarsa qualità nella “vivienda social”. La presente ricerca è quindi finalizzata ad individuare una matrice composta da linee guida di sostenibilità riferite alla scala di quartiere, come strategia per rispondere ai problemi socio-residenziali, oltre alle imperanti esigenze di maggiore sostenibilità ambientale. A tale scopo è necessario fare riferimento a sistemi di valutazione adeguati: analizzando quelli utilizzati in ambito nazionale e internazionale, si ricava una matrice di 106 linee guida, 16 criteri e 3 ambiti principali di interesse. È questo lo strumento utilizzato per la diagnosi del caso studio. In base alle criticità emerse e alle necessità dell’area emergono due strategie principali su cui si articola la proposta progettuale di riqualificazione del quartiere: implementare dotazioni di servizi e aree verdi e introdurre tecnologie e misure ecofriendy, col fine di generare identità e migliorare la qualità di vita nel quartiere

BeWeb e georeferenziazione dei confini delle diocesi italiane

Annuncio e prima testimonianza del progetto "I confini delle diocesi italiane"

Comparative Dynamic Performance Tests of Two Real Technology Packages for Buildings Heating System Retrofit

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The Nexus between Market Needs and Value Attributes of Smart City Solutions towards Energy Transition. An Empirical Evidence of Two European Union (EU) Smart Cities, Evora and Alkmaar

This study presents an experiential process and a market-oriented approach for realizing cities' energy transition through smart solutions. The aim of this study is twofold: (a) present a process for defining a repository of innovative solutions that can be applied at building, district, or city level, for two European Union cities, Evora and Alkmaar, and support the deployment of positive energy districts enabling a sustainable energy transition, and (b) understand in a systematic way the attributes of value offered by energy-related smart city solutions, in order to facilitate the development of sustainable value propositions that can successfully address city needs. The repository is assessed against four elements of value, which include social impact, life-changing, emotional, and functional attributes, according to the value pyramid of Maslow. Results show that the value attributes of quality, motivation, integration, cost reduction, information, and organization are highly relevant to the proposed smart solutions. The results presented in this study are useful for city planners, decision-makers, public bodies, citizens, and businesses interested in designing their energy transition strategy and defining novel technologies that promote urban energy sustainability

The evolution of clonality testing in the diagnosis and monitoring of hematological malignancies

none14noCurrently, distinguishing between benign and malignant lymphoid proliferations is based on a combination of clinical characteristics, cyto/histomorphology, immunophenotype and the identification of well-defined chromosomal aberrations. However, such diagnoses remain challenging in 10-15% of cases of lymphoproliferative disorders, and clonality assessments are often required to confirm diagnostic suspicions. In recent years, the development of new techniques for clonality detection has allowed researchers to better characterize, classify and monitor hematological neoplasms. In the past, clonality was primarily studied by performing Southern blotting analyses to characterize rearrangements in segments of the IG and TCR genes. Currently, the most commonly used method in the clinical molecular diagnostic laboratory is polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which is an extremely sensitive technique for detecting nucleic acids. This technique is rapid, accurate, specific, and sensitive, and it can be used to analyze small biopsies as well as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples. These advantages make PCR-based approaches the current gold standard for IG/TCR clonality testing. Since the completion of the first human genome sequence, there has been a rapid development of technologies to facilitate high-throughput sequencing of DNA. These techniques have been applied to the deep characterization and classification of various diseases, patient stratification, and the monitoring of minimal residual disease. Furthermore, these novel approaches have the potential to significantly improve the sensitivity and cost of clonality assays and post-treatment monitoring of B- and T-cell malignancies. However, more studies will be required to demonstrate the utility, sensitivity, and benefits of these methods in order to warrant their adoption into clinical practice. In this review, recent developments in clonality testing are examined with an emphasis on highly sensitive systems for improving diagnostic workups and minimal residual disease assessments.noneA. Gazzola; C. Mannu; M. Rossi; M. A. Laginestra; M. R. Sapienza; F. Fuligni; M. Etebari; F. Melle; E. Sabattini; C. Agostinelli; F. Bacci; C. A. Sagramoso Sacchetti; S. A. Pileri; P. P. PiccalugaA. Gazzola; C. Mannu; M. Rossi; M. A. Laginestra; M. R. Sapienza; F. Fuligni; M. Etebari; F. Melle; E. Sabattini; C. Agostinelli; F. Bacci; C. A. Sagramoso Sacchetti; S. A. Pileri; P. P. Piccalug

District Energy Systems : A Collaborative Exchange of Results on Planning, Operation and Modelling for Energy Efficiency

Workshop organized by INDIGO project as a collaborative activity among EU funded projects in the area of District Heating and Cooling. The objective of the workshop was twofold: (1) to create a cluster of European funded projects working in the area of District Energy Systems; and (2) to create a networking opportunity in which to share experiences on the results and difficulties of the researches, and to identify synergies.OPT