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redemption through the creation of an innovative food production hub, certainly
able to attract other actors and investments at the end of the project. In fact, the UIAOpenAgri has the merit of regenerating a degraded area, by avoiding further building
construction, renovating existing buildings, promoting social inclusion, and mobilizing job resources. The experience is guided by a low carbon and high-efficiency
approach aimed at optimizing the global metabolic performance of the area (Caputo
et al. 2019). As examples, the following measures are foreseen: reduction of food
waste; reuse of waste and materials throughout production, packaging, and commercialization phases; use of organic mulching from pruning plants in place of fertilizers. Furthermore, the project is consistent with the municipal food policy and the
accomplished assessments can hopefully provide insights for developing analogous
experiences in the territory. From an energy perspective, the whole district is made
up of buildings with a high potential for retrofit and RES integration. Accordingly,
the WWTP and the sewer collector could produce a significant supply of energy.
Furthermore, biomass potential could be considered in the future.
References
Caputo, P., Clementi, M., Ducoli, C., Corsi, S., & Scudo, G. (2017a). Food chain evaluator, a tool for
analyzing the impacts and designing scenarios for the institutional catering in Lombardy (Italy).
Journal of Cleaner Production, 140(2), 1014–1026.
Caputo, P., Ferla, G., Pasetti, G., Cereghetti, N., Saretta, E., & Bonomo, P. (2017b). Deliverable
D.7.5.1 First report of main figures of the project—Outline Report of the main energy and
environmental figures of the project.
Caputo, P., Ferla, G., & Ferrari, S. (2018). Energy retrofit of rural protected buildings. The case of
a new agri-food hub in a peripheral context in Milan. In 13th SDEWES Conference (pp. 1–11).
Caputo, P., & Pasetti, G. (2017). Boosting the energy renovation rate of the private building stock
in Italy: Policies and innovative GIS-based tools. Sustainable Cities and Society, 34, 394–404.
Caputo, P., Pasetti, G., & Bonomi, M. (2016). Urban metabolism analysis as a support to drive
metropolitan development. Procedia Engineering, 161, 1588–1595.
Caputo, P., Pasetti, G., & Ferrari, S. (2019). Implementation of an urban efficiency index to comprehend post-metropolitan territories—The case of Greater Milan in Italy. Sustainable Cities and
Society, 48, 101565.
Cerutti, A. K., Ardente, F., Contu, S., Donno, D., & Beccaro, G. L. (2018). Modelling, assessing,
and ranking public procurement options for a climate-friendly catering service. The International
Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 23(1), 95–115.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (2017). Adoption of climate
technologies in the agrifood sector ISBN 978-92-5-109704-5.
Götsch, E. (1996). O renascer da agricultura. Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura
Alternativa. Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese).
Hepbasli, A., Biyik, E., Ekren, O., Gunerhan, H., & Araz, M. (2014). A key review of wastewater
source heat pump (WWSHP) systems. Energy Conversion and Management, 88, 700–722.
IESVE https://www.iesve.com/support/userguides. Accessed May 7, 2019.
P. Caputo et al.
redemption through the creation of an innovative food production hub, certainly
able to attract other actors and investments at the end of the project. In fact, the UIAOpenAgri has the merit of regenerating a degraded area, by avoiding further building
construction, renovating existing buildings, promoting social inclusion, and mobilizing job resources. The experience is guided by a low carbon and high-efficiency
approach aimed at optimizing the global metabolic performance of the area (Caputo
et al. 2019). As examples, the following measures are foreseen: reduction of food
waste; reuse of waste and materials throughout production, packaging, and commercialization phases; use of organic mulching from pruning plants in place of fertilizers. Furthermore, the project is consistent with the municipal food policy and the
accomplished assessments can hopefully provide insights for developing analogous
experiences in the territory. From an energy perspective, the whole district is made
up of buildings with a high potential for retrofit and RES integration. Accordingly,
the WWTP and the sewer collector could produce a significant supply of energy.
Furthermore, biomass potential could be considered in the future.
References
Caputo, P., Clementi, M., Ducoli, C., Corsi, S., & Scudo, G. (2017a). Food chain evaluator, a tool for
analyzing the impacts and designing scenarios for the institutional catering in Lombardy (Italy).
Journal of Cleaner Production, 140(2), 1014–1026.
Caputo, P., Ferla, G., Pasetti, G., Cereghetti, N., Saretta, E., & Bonomo, P. (2017b). Deliverable
D.7.5.1 First report of main figures of the project—Outline Report of the main energy and
environmental figures of the project.
Caputo, P., Ferla, G., & Ferrari, S. (2018). Energy retrofit of rural protected buildings. The case of
a new agri-food hub in a peripheral context in Milan. In 13th SDEWES Conference (pp. 1–11).
Caputo, P., & Pasetti, G. (2017). Boosting the energy renovation rate of the private building stock
in Italy: Policies and innovative GIS-based tools. Sustainable Cities and Society, 34, 394–404.
Caputo, P., Pasetti, G., & Bonomi, M. (2016). Urban metabolism analysis as a support to drive
metropolitan development. Procedia Engineering, 161, 1588–1595.
Caputo, P., Pasetti, G., & Ferrari, S. (2019). Implementation of an urban efficiency index to comprehend post-metropolitan territories—The case of Greater Milan in Italy. Sustainable Cities and
Society, 48, 101565.
Cerutti, A. K., Ardente, F., Contu, S., Donno, D., & Beccaro, G. L. (2018). Modelling, assessing,
and ranking public procurement options for a climate-friendly catering service. The International
Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 23(1), 95–115.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). (2017). Adoption of climate
technologies in the agrifood sector ISBN 978-92-5-109704-5.
Götsch, E. (1996). O renascer da agricultura. Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura
Alternativa. Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese).
Hepbasli, A., Biyik, E., Ekren, O., Gunerhan, H., & Araz, M. (2014). A key review of wastewater
source heat pump (WWSHP) systems. Energy Conversion and Management, 88, 700–722.
IESVE https://www.iesve.com/support/userguides. Accessed May 7, 2019.