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SMART Urban

Year: 2012-2015
Location: Florence, Italy
Status: Concluded
Partner: Florinfo snc, Netsens srl, Geosystems srl, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Resolvo srl
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SMART Urban research project, of which Alberto Giuntoli was coordinator and project manager from 2012 to 2015, devised an innovative system for verification of the design of urban and peri-urban spaces.
The software, thanks to specific calculation algorithms validated by the world scientific community and a database with variables that can be entered by the user or through a network of sensors or GIS, makes it possible to determine the variations in thermal comfort and the level of pollutants, induced by design choices.

The system thus makes it possible to verify ex ante the real effectiveness of a “sustainable design,” starting from small urban spaces up to the large district, thus offering designers and Public Administrations, an innovative, scalable and scientifically reliable tool for monitoring the environmental effectiveness of a project.

FURTHER INFORMATION, PUBLICATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

  • Massetti L, Petralli M, Brandani G, Napoli M, Ferrini F, Fini A, Torrini F, Pearlmutter D, Orlandini S, Giuntoli A, Modelling the effect of urban design on thermal comfort and air quality: the SMARTUrban Project, submitted for presentation to: International Conference on Urban Comfort and Envirormental Quality URBANCEQ-2017, Genova, 28-29 settembre 2017.
  • Massetti L, Petralli M, Brandani G, Napoli M, Ferrini F, Fini A, Torrini F, Pearlmutter D, Orlandini S, Giuntoli A, Modelling the effect of urban design on thermal comfort and air quality: the SMARTUrban Project, 2018.
  • Massetti L, Petralli M, Brandani G, Napoli M, Ferrini F, Fini A, Pearlmutter D, Orlandini S, Giuntoli A, Modelling the effect of urban design on thermal comfort and air quality: the SMARTUrban Project – Building simulation, 2019.

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