This book contains selected papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress and Network Forum's seventh edition of the biannual Med Green Forum (MGF2024) that highlight opportunities for energy transition based on the principles of efficiency, urban/building integration, and ecology. Contributions explore possible carbon-neutral solutions, technologies, strategies, processes, and policies for Mediterranean cities. The book addresses the transformation in the unique socio-climatic and cultural context of the Mediterranean basin, cities, and architecture, a transversal topic deeply related to social dynamics and new energy landscapes.
Part I. LANDSCAPE AND CITIES IN TRANSITION.
Chapter
1. What needs to be
demonstrated: The potential benefits of an NBS (Nature-Based Solutions)
project in a post-disaster reconstruction context, the case of the
reconstruction of the Al Haouz region in Morocco.
Chapter
2. Energy
transition and environmental sustainability in large commercial systems. A
research project example.
Chapter
3. A Solarpunk Vision of the City and its
Infrastructure.
Chapter
4. Innovative approaches for Cultural Heritage
renovation in the Mediterranean area.
Chapter
5. Exploring the intersection
of History and Morphology: A comparative study of the spatial formation in
the early development of the Medina of Fez.
Chapter
6. A physics-based urban
digital twin for designing and renovating sustainable cities.
Chapter
7.
Analysing the Resilience of Microgrids as they Transition from Standalone to
Grid-connected systems.
Chapter
8. Integrating transitions in
climate-adaptive design. A Nature-based approach towards next resilient
amphibious urban environments along Med coasts.
Chapter
9. Towards
Sustainable and Regenerative Cities: Vertical Farming as a Solution for
Achieving Zero-Carbon Cities and Climate Neutrality A Case Study of a
Mediterranean City.
Chapter
10. ECOLOGICAL AND BIOREGIONAL TRANSITION FOR
MANHATTAN .
Chapter
11. Living labs to design the transition towards Carbon
neutrality of Mediterranean Islands.
Chapter
12. Designing Nature Based
Solutions for Climate Neutrality of school communities.
Chapter
13. Tailored
solutions for the sustainable transition of the built environment: the
specific context as information source.
Chapter
14. Seaweed House 2.0
Methods and Techniques to Harmonize and Improve the Living and Urban of
Future Cities, Imitating Nature.
Chapter
15. SuDS-Sustainable Drainage
Systems in city center. Open problems and technological solutions.
Chapter
16. Mapping urban local metabolism to support Building Integrated
Agriculture.
Chapter
17. PV Cool: a hybrid solution for power and cooling
generation.
Chapter
18. Recovering street life through urban climate
control strategies: a design and assessment tool.
Chapter
19. Ventilation
results and CFD model formulation for street canyons applied to climate
control strategies.
Chapter
20. Integrated Methodology for Thermal Comfort
Assessment in Urban Environments: Validation in the City of Seville, Spain.-
Chapter
21. Microclimate analysis of urban comfort outdoors by studying
anthropogenic heat in urban canyons.
Chapter
22. Wind farms and Diachronic
Landscapes: The identity of sustainability.
Chapter
23. Energy and
Environmental refurbishment of the residential complex of Torrevecchia in
Rome: Retrofitting and Demand Response Activities.
Chapter
24. Shifting to a
new sustainable paradigm: nature-based solutions and circular design for the
urban regeneration.
Chapter
25. An Advanced Framework for Regenerative
Design in Digital and Physical Prototyping. Crafting a Comprehensive Atlas
for Predictive Modeling and Adaptive Technologies in Climate Change Scenario
Analysis.
Chapter
26. Adaptive technologies in flooding scenarios through
NBS/SUDS. The experimentation of an innovative protocol for the resilience
and biodiversity protection on the coast of Reggio Calabria.
Chapter
27. New
forms of interaction between infrastructure and the city The experience of
the intensive forest in the Garbatella park in Rome.
Chapter
28. A Novel
Collaborative Stakeholder Development Tool Using Energy System Optimisation
and Visual Interface for Workshop Facilitation.
Chapter
29. Cities and
decarbonisation: an assessment model for the technological reconfiguration of
proximity open spaces .
Chapter
30. Smart Biophilic cities: green and
innovative digital solutions for sustainable urban development.
Chapter
31.
Getting to zero the university buildings stock. Boosting the renovation
strategy and the action plan of the University of Florence.
Chapter
32. The
Technological Design of Renewable Energy Communities: architectural
implication of an holistic approach.
Chapter
33. Climate Neutrality and
Global Perspective for Net Zero Policies and Buildings.
Chapter
34.
CONSTRUCTING AND CULTIVATING THE URBAN NATURE.
Chapter
35. Comparative
Analysis of the energetic performance of Buildings Integrated
Semi-Transparent PV glazing systems in the climate of Hungary and Syria
Title.- Part II. ARCHITECTURES FOR TOMORROW.
Chapter
36. Mediterranean Under
Pressure: Architectures resistance to the Climate Emergency.
Chapter
37.
Madonie Green Walls Revolution sustainable revitalization and enhancement of
Sicilian inner rural areas.
Chapter
38. Explaining Positive Building
definition: A Review and Revision.
Chapter
39. Energy retrofit of
non-monumental, historic buildings: Limitations and opportunities of
technological advances.
Chapter
40. A multi-criteria evaluation tool for the
adaptive regeneration of the residential heritage.
Chapter
41. Technological
and environmental strategies for the redevelopment of Outdoor Learning spaces
and the establishment of Energy Hubs in school buildings.
Chapter
42.
Bioclimatic Urban Renewal approach on an Historical Disused Military Area in
Naples.
Chapter
43. CIS Roma Scuole Verdi: a Programme to Improve Energy
Efficiency and Decarbonization by Retrofitting School Buildings .
Chapter
44. Adaptive Approaches to Attain Net Zero through Carbon Sequestration in
Heritage Sites of Coastal Mediterranean Cities.- Chapter
45. Investigating
the Effect of Geometry to Approach Positive Buildings.
Chapter
46.
Architectural treatments for the integration of solar energy systems on the
roofs of residential buildings as an alternative solution to the energy
crisis in Syria.
Chapter
47. Comfort at work: Analysis, evaluation and
design proposal for an industrial building in northern Italy.
Chapter
48.
Architectural regeneration between innovative technologies and cultural
heritage: adaptive reuse of school buildings.
Chapter
49. Assessing climate
change adaptation of buildings: a review of performance indicators in Green
Building Rating Systems.
Chapter
50. Open-source tools to support local
circular co-design.
Chapter
51. Nature positive buildings: systemic
approaches and technological design experimentation.
Chapter
52. Holistic
redevelopment of a coastal heritage area in Palermo (IT).
Chapter
53.
Mediterranean synergies for the energy renovation of university buildings:
three pilot projects in Palestine, Tunisia, and Italy.
Chapter
54. The
Digitalization of Participatory Approaches.
Chapter
55. GREEN ARCHITECTURE,
NZEB AND CLIMATE NEUTRALITY. AN INTERVENTION DESIGN MODEL FOR DEEP
RENOVATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
Chapter
56. Environment, Technology,
Architecture. Application of green technologies for the rehabilitation and
energy renovation of the modern built heritage.
Chapter
57. Adopting
circular economy strategies in building regeneration through a holistic
approach.- Part III. ECO-TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS.
Chapter
58. European
Drive to use Photovoltaic Application in New Buildings in 2025.
Chapter
59. Material synergies and industrial symbiosis to valorise granite scraps
from quarries in Sardinia.
Chapter
60. Biobased materials for the
improvement of human quality life a Km 0.
Chapter
61. Bio-based materials to
foster efficient retrofitting of the existing building stock Cork and hemp to
support environmental transition preserving socio-cultural values.
Chapter
62. Reusing olive pomace waste for energy saving applications in
construction: development of a panel prototype.
Chapter
63. Mapping local
resources in the South-East of France bio-region : climate as project
material.
Chapter
63. Mapping local resources in the South-East of France
bio-region : climate as project material.
Chapter
64. Experimental
development and proof of concept for natural-based cool pavements.
Chapter
65. Green Responsive System (GRS): A Paradigm Shift in Urban Decarbonization
in the Mediterranean Context.
Chapter
66. A zero-waste strategy toward
carbon neutrality. Circular technology experimentations for life extension of
non-recyclable plastic packaging.
Chapter
67. Eco-Design for Transition
Architecture: Comparative Analysis for an a-scalar methodology using
PNACC-defined green actions and pre-design according to Life Cycle Thinking.-
Chapter
68. An Integrated Approach towards Smart Building Strategies to
Mitigate Climate Change and attain the SDGs in Architectural Education and
Knowledge to Reach Net Zero .
Chapter
69. When architectural design unveils
the ethical and aesthetic value of BIPV: the Santa Verdiana demo case.-
Chapter
70. Circular building production in the South Mediterranean area: the
experience of CUBĀTI Project.
Chapter
71. From waste to resource using
recycled stone in 3D Printed building elements.
Chapter
72. Low carbon
bio-based building materials from organic waste: a closed-loop production
model within circular neighborhoods.- Part IV. PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.-
Chapter
73. Empowering Circular Economy Transition in the Building Sector: A
Stakeholder-Centric Approach in the Design Phase for Climate Change
Mitigation.
Chapter
74. ESG Measurement Tool: An approach to measure the
sustainability introduced in real estate requalification projects.
Chapter
75. A systemic design-led participatory process to address meaningful impact
pathways for NetZero cities.
Chapter
76. Building BIM Competence: Learning
in the DIGITAL DECATHLON.
Chapter
77. Environmental Comfort and Well-being:
Unlocking Complexities of Human Behaviour towards Climate Change Mitigation
Assessment of an Apartment in a Selected Hot Urban Area in the Mediterranean
Region.
Chapter
78. Housing adaptability for aging in place. Sustainable
approaches to improve environmental comfort.
Chapter
79. The Moroccan
Medina: Between Preservation and Sustainability in Light of the HUL
recommendation.
Chapter
80. Modelling sustainable climate shelters: analysis
of energy dynamics and comfort index at a public transport stop.
Chapter
81.
Proposal of a Framework to Evaluate the Building Performance of Local
Healthcare Facilities.
Chapter
82. Which Living Lab processes for the
Renewable Energy Communities? A pilot experimentation in NRRP-T4Y Research.-
Chapter
83. MED_MESS Diversity, creative entropy and Mediterranean
informality practices. Interdisciplinary and interscalar analysis of urban
open spaces as a knowledge-sharing tool for the cities climate resilience.-
Chapter
84. Agile Approach to Sustainable-Decarbonized Strategic Transition
Mediterranean Facility Management Industries: Novel Case Study in
Egypt.Chapter
45. Investigating the Effect of Geometry to Approach Positive
Buildings.
Chapter
46. Architectural treatments for the integration of solar
energy systems on the roofs of residential buildings as an alternative
solution to the energy crisis in Syria.
Chapter
47. Comfort at work:
Analysis, evaluation and design proposal for an industrial building in
northern Italy.
Chapter
48. Architectural regeneration between innovative
technologies and cultural heritage: adaptive reuse of school buildings.-
Chapter
49. Assessing climate change adaptation of buildings: a review of
performance indicators in Green Building Rating Systems.
Chapter
50.
Open-source tools to support local circular co-design.
Chapter
51. Nature
positive buildings: systemic approaches and technological design
experimentation.
Chapter
52. Holistic redevelopment of a coastal heritage
area in Palermo (IT).
Chapter
53. Mediterranean synergies for the energy
renovation of university buildings: three pilot projects in Palestine,
Tunisia, and Italy.
Chapter
54. The Digitalization of Participatory
Approaches.
Chapter
55. GREEN ARCHITECTURE, NZEB AND CLIMATE NEUTRALITY. AN
INTERVENTION DESIGN MODEL FOR DEEP RENOVATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
Chapter
56.
Environment, Technology, Architecture. Application of green technologies for
the rehabilitation and energy renovation of the modern built heritage.-
Chapter
57. Adopting circular economy strategies in building regeneration
through a holistic approach.- Part III. ECO-TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS.-
Chapter
58. European Drive to use Photovoltaic Application in New Buildings
in 2025.
Chapter 59. Material synergies and industrial symbiosis to valorise
granite scraps from quarries in Sardinia.
Chapter
60. Biobased materials for
the improvement of human quality life a Km 0.
Chapter
61. Bio-based
materials to foster efficient retrofitting of the existing building stock
Cork and hemp to support environmental transition preserving socio-cultural
values.
Chapter
62. Reusing olive pomace waste for energy saving
applications in construction: development of a panel prototype.
Chapter
63.
Mapping local resources in the South-East of France bio-region : climate as
project material.
Chapter
63. Mapping local resources in the South-East of
France bio-region : climate as project material.
Chapter
64. Experimental
development and proof of concept for natural-based cool pavements.
Chapter
65. Green Responsive System (GRS): A Paradigm Shift in Urban Decarbonization
in the Mediterranean Context.
Chapter
66. A zero-waste strategy toward
carbon neutrality. Circular technology experimentations for life extension of
non-recyclable plastic packaging.
Chapter
67. Eco-Design for Transition
Architecture: Comparative Analysis for an a-scalar methodology using
PNACC-defined green actions and pre-design according to Life Cycle Thinking.-
Chapter
68. An Integrated Approach towards Smart Building Strategies to
Mitigate Climate Change and attain the SDGs in Architectural Education and
Knowledge to Reach Net Zero .
Chapter
69. When architectural design unveils
the ethical and aesthetic value of BIPV: the Santa Verdiana demo case.-
Chapter
70. Circular building production in the South Mediterranean area: the
experience of CUBĀTI Project.
Chapter
71. From waste to resource using
recycled stone in 3D Printed building elements.
Chapter
72. Low carbon
bio-based building materials from organic waste: a closed-loop production
model within circular neighborhoods.- Part IV. PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.-
Chapter
73. Empowering Circular Economy Transition in the Building Sector: A
Stakeholder-Centric Approach in the Design Phase for Climate Change
Mitigation.
Chapter
74. ESG Measurement Tool: An approach to measure the
sustainability introduced in real estate requalification projects.
Chapter
75. A systemic design-led participatory process to address meaningful impact
pathways for NetZero cities.
Chapter
76. Building BIM Competence: Learning
in the DIGITAL DECATHLON.
Chapter
77. Environmental Comfort and Well-being:
Unlocking Complexities of Human Behaviour towards Climate Change Mitigation
Assessment of an Apartment in a Selected Hot Urban Area in the Mediterranean
Region.
Chapter
78. Housing adaptability for aging in place. Sustainable
approaches to improve environmental comfort.
Chapter
79. The Moroccan
Medina: Between Preservation and Sustainability in Light of the HUL
recommendation.
Chapter
80. Modelling sustainable climate shelters: analysis
of energy dynamics and comfort index at a public transport stop.
Chapter
81.
Proposal of a Framework to Evaluate the Building Performance of Local
Healthcare Facilities.
Chapter
82. Which Living Lab processes for the
Renewable Energy Communities? A pilot experimentation in NRRP-T4Y Research.-
Chapter
83. MED_MESS Diversity, creative entropy and Mediterranean
informality practices. Interdisciplinary and interscalar analysis of urban
open spaces as a knowledge-sharing tool for the cities climate resilience.-
Chapter
84. Agile Approach to Sustainable-Decarbonized Strategic Transition
Mediterranean Facility Management Industries: Novel Case Study in Egypt.
Dr. Ali Sayigh UK Citizen, Graduated from London University, & Imperial College, BSC.AWP, DIC, PhD, in 1966. He is Fellow of the Institute of Energy, and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, Chartered Engineer, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Prof. Sayigh taught in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Reading University and University of Hertfordshire from 1966 2004. He was Head of Energy Department at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and Expert in renewable energy at AOPEC, Kuwait from 1981-1985.
He started working in solar energy in September 1969. In 1972, he established with some colleagues in Saudi Arabia The Journal of Engineering Sciences in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 1984 he established International Journal for Solar and Wind Technology, as an Editor-in-Chief. This has changed its name in 1990 to Journal of Renewable Energy. He is editor of several international journal published in Morocco, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, and India. He established WREN and the World Renewable Energy Congress in 1990. Member of various societies related to climate change and renewable energy.
He was consultants to many national and international organizations, among them, the British Council, ISESCO, UNESCO, UNDP, ESCWA, UNIDO and UN. He run conferences and Seminars in 54 different countries, published more than 600 papers. He edited, written and associated in more than 100 books. He supervised more than 82 MSc. and 36 PhD students. He is editor-in- chief of the yearly Renewable Energy Magazine, 2000-2016. He is the founder of WREN and Renewable Energy Journal published by Elsevier & was the Editor-in-chief for 30 years from 1984 2014.
He is the Editor-in-chief of Comprehensive Renewable Energy coordinating 154 top scientists, Engineers and researchers contribution in eight volumes published in 2012 by Elsevier which won 2013 PROSE award in USA. He is the founder of Med Green Buildings and Renewable Energy Forum since 2011. In 2016 he established peer review international open access journal called Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability REES, which is published in English on - line by EDP publisher in Paris. Winner of the Best Clean Energy Implementation Support NPO UK. In 2018 WREN was rated globally is one of the best Organization in the UK promoting renewable energy. In November 2018, Prof. Sayigh was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Art, (FRSA). Prof. Sayigh is working with Springer Nature in publishing books and proceedings since 2014 and up to now.
Dr. Antonella Trombadore Architect, PhD and Professor of Environmental Design at the University of Florence, since 1999 she works at the Department of Architecture exploring several aspects of Sustainable Architecture and different scale of application: from Responsive Design, Green Architecture for Resilient Cities, Innovative solutions for Deep Renovation of buildings, Architectural integration of Renewables to the innovative materials for Textile. She also teaches in several international universities such as UIR University international the Rabat and University of Tirana. From 2020 she is the director of Research Laboratory beXLab building environmental eXperience, stimulating interdisciplinary approach of Living Lab and participatory process for building retrofit and renovation, as well as human centered/adaptive architectural design, oriented to the green and digital transition (BIM - Digital Twin). Team leader of several European Research Projects in the field of energy retrofitting actions of cultural heritage, nearly zero buildings as well as of integrated smart process in Mediterranean climatic and cultural context. She collaborates with Local and Regional Administrations for the planning and design of national and international proposals, to support the definition of innovative measures and local development actions, in the field of material and immaterial data mapping for responsive tourism, conscious and sustainable use of fragile territories. Technical coordinator of International Post-Graduated Master Course SUARCH - Sustainable Architecture she is especially involved in the bioclimatic design in the different Mediterranean context, North Africa, Middle East, with a focus on Nature-based solutions for climate and environmental responsive design. She is member of international networks as PLEA and WREC, member of scientific committee of International conferences, workshops and seminars, as Med Green Forum; author of more than one hundred scientific contributions, papers and books.
Dr. Gisella Calcagno Architect, MSc, and PhD, expert in green and social architecture. She graduated from the University of Florence (Unifi), where she also obtained a postgraduate interuniversity masters degree in bio-ecological architecture and innovative technologies for the environment (ABITA). She holds a PhD focused on the impact of architectural and urban quality on vulnerable populations, particularly asylum seekers. During her PhD, she completed a research period abroad at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, attended an advanced course at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, Unifi. She collaborated with the THESIS research center (Unifi), focusing on process innovation for post-earthquake housing emergencies.
Since 2020, she has been working at beXLab (building environmental eXperience laboratory, Unifi), a pilot Living Lab established as part of the Med-EcoSuRe project (Mediterranean University as Catalyst for Eco-Sustainable Renovation, ENI CBC MED - EU). Her work primarily focuses on the use of Digital Twins to support data-driven, integrated, and collaborative design processes in sustainable building and urban renovation projects. She participated in several international conferences and contributed to numerous publications. Involved in various ERASMUS+ projects (HANDS, COSMO), and is primarily responsible for DIGITAL DECATHLON on digitalization in architectural university training. Lecturer in traditional/innovative bioclimatic architecture and technologies at the School of Architecture (Unifi) and at the international Master SUArch (Sustainable Architecture - with International University of Rabat, Morocco). Contract professor in traditional/innovative textile fibers for the Textile and Fashion Design degree course (Unifi).
