The paper aims to describe one of the most popular methodologies used in Italy to assess the environmental quality of the building stock. The ITACA protocol is a technical tool to estimate the level of sustainability of a residential building measuring its performance in relation to different criteria grouped into categories which refer to different areas of intervention. Mostly tested for new constructions, it can be used also to evaluate refurbishment interventions adding some information, more than energy performance, regarding the overall impact in the building activity such as: quality of the site, resources consumptions, indoor air quality. Energy efficiency is one of the most important parameters in the refurbishment approach, especially considering suburban housing stock that is very lacking in technical and architectural solutions. Moreover, some general approaches in terms of sustainability exist: these are systems that assess the overall impact of a building/refurbishment activity on the environment, therefore its degree of sustainability. In this field the most popular systems in Italy are two: the first one is the ITACA protocol, the second one is LEED Italy. All these evaluation systems works in the same way: they allow to estimate the level of sustainability of a residential building measuring its performance in relation to different criteria grouped into categories which refer to different areas of assessment. By using these systems it’s possible to assess the building considering technical and environ-mental matters, check for requirements and if theses are fulfilled. The result is a certificate that expresses how sustainable is the building, indicated by a score in numbers.
The ITACA methodology for the assessment of buildings sustainability in Italy
BRUNORO, Silvia
2012
Abstract
The paper aims to describe one of the most popular methodologies used in Italy to assess the environmental quality of the building stock. The ITACA protocol is a technical tool to estimate the level of sustainability of a residential building measuring its performance in relation to different criteria grouped into categories which refer to different areas of intervention. Mostly tested for new constructions, it can be used also to evaluate refurbishment interventions adding some information, more than energy performance, regarding the overall impact in the building activity such as: quality of the site, resources consumptions, indoor air quality. Energy efficiency is one of the most important parameters in the refurbishment approach, especially considering suburban housing stock that is very lacking in technical and architectural solutions. Moreover, some general approaches in terms of sustainability exist: these are systems that assess the overall impact of a building/refurbishment activity on the environment, therefore its degree of sustainability. In this field the most popular systems in Italy are two: the first one is the ITACA protocol, the second one is LEED Italy. All these evaluation systems works in the same way: they allow to estimate the level of sustainability of a residential building measuring its performance in relation to different criteria grouped into categories which refer to different areas of assessment. By using these systems it’s possible to assess the building considering technical and environ-mental matters, check for requirements and if theses are fulfilled. The result is a certificate that expresses how sustainable is the building, indicated by a score in numbers.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
