Adaptive Reuse and Sustainability Protocols in Italy: Relationship with Circular Economy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Theoretical Background
3.1. Adaptive Reuse and Circular Economy: The Role of the Sustainability Protocols
- From a social point of view, it strengthens the sense of community by promoting the preservation of architectural aesthetics and tangible and intangible values [23,28,31]. Furthermore, reactivating unused or abandoned assets by returning them to architectural, energy, and technological quality promotes the well-being and safety of users and the community [23];
- Finally, from an economic point of view, two main benefits can be observed, the economic convenience of reuse compared to the demolition and construction of a new building [8,22,33,34,35,36] and the positive externality produced on the real estate value of the building itself and adjacent assets, with consequent activation of social and economic flows [23].
3.2. The Italian Context
4. Criteria for the Enhancement of Building Reuse
- The credits with regard to the GBC Home and the GBC Historic Buildings protocols;
- The criteria for the ITACA for residential buildings and the ITACA for non-residential buildings protocols.
5. Discussion of Results
6. Conclusions and Future Developments
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Marika, G.; Beatrice, M.; Francesca, A. Adaptive Reuse and Sustainability Protocols in Italy: Relationship with Circular Economy. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8077. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148077
Marika G, Beatrice M, Francesca A. Adaptive Reuse and Sustainability Protocols in Italy: Relationship with Circular Economy. Sustainability. 2021; 13(14):8077. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148077
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarika, Gaballo, Mecca Beatrice, and Abastante Francesca. 2021. "Adaptive Reuse and Sustainability Protocols in Italy: Relationship with Circular Economy" Sustainability 13, no. 14: 8077. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148077
APA StyleMarika, G., Beatrice, M., & Francesca, A. (2021). Adaptive Reuse and Sustainability Protocols in Italy: Relationship with Circular Economy. Sustainability, 13(14), 8077. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13148077