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One potentiality of this solution is the availability of containers as a second
resource, offering facilitated handling, high availability and durability. In addition,
the design strategies for the replicability of work in the workshop and on-site are the
project’s other advantages. The proposal could trigger the following opportunities: (a)
the evolution of the construction sector in terms of energy, new trends related to performance requirements, forms of living space use, costs, turnover, technologies and
construction techniques, products, components and systems, at national and international scale (by type and materials used); (b) the current period characterized by new
cultural and operational environmental challenges, requiring a healthy competitive
ability to meet differentiated needs with adequate, appropriate and timely responses;
(c) the transition to Industry 4.0; (d) the need to reduce waste and the obligation to
use resources consciously; (e) the growth of real-estate market for unconventional
building solutions and the resilience of the certified high-performance housing market; (f) the possible regulatory evolution in terms of performance for buildings with
incremental performances, advanced technical and innovative structural solutions
and energy/environmental, functional, usability and maintainability levels; (g) the
harnessing of tax incentives in the field of energy self-consumption.
The sustainability of this system certainly depends on the environmental benefit
of used materials, products and methods. However, it depends mostly on the ability
to bind information through a multi-criteria structure, in order to produce benefits
not individually, but rather as a system, from the perspective of an accomplished
project.
References
Adalberth, K. (1997). Energy use during the life cycle of single-unit dwellings: Examples. Building
and Environment, 32(4), 321–329.
Bernardo, L. F. A., Oliveira, L. A. P., Nepomuceno, M. C. S., & Andrade, J. M. A. (2013). Use of
refurbished shipping container for the construction of housing buildings: Details for the structural
project. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 1–9.
Bologna, R. (a cura). (2002). La reversibilità del costruire. Rimini: Maggioli Editore.
Faludi, J., Lepech, M. D., & Loisos, G. (2012). Using life cycle assessment methods to guide
architectural decision-making for sustainable prefabricated modular buildings. Journal of Green
Building, 7(3), 151–170.
Ginelli, E. (2010). La flessibilità tecno-tipologica nelle soluzioni progettuali e costruttive. In E.
Bosio & W. Sirtori (Eds.), Abitare. Il progetto della residenza sociale fra innovazione e tradizione.
Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore.
Ginelli, E., & Pozzi, G. (2017). Safety and energy controlled prefab building system. In Conference
and proceedings of SGEM VIENNA GREEN 2017 (Vol. 17, Issue 63, pp. 503–510). ISBN 978619-7408-29-4/ISSN 1314-2704, 27–29 November 2017. https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2017h/
63/s26.064.
Giordano, R. (2010). I prodotti per l’edilizia sostenibile. La compatibilità ambientale dei materiali
nel processo edilizio. Napoli: Esselibri S.p.A.: 243.
Giriunas, K., Sezen, H., & Dupaix, R. B. (2012). Evaluation, modeling, and analysis of shipping
container-building structures. Engineering Structures, 43, 48–57.
355
One potentiality of this solution is the availability of containers as a second
resource, offering facilitated handling, high availability and durability. In addition,
the design strategies for the replicability of work in the workshop and on-site are the
project’s other advantages. The proposal could trigger the following opportunities: (a)
the evolution of the construction sector in terms of energy, new trends related to performance requirements, forms of living space use, costs, turnover, technologies and
construction techniques, products, components and systems, at national and international scale (by type and materials used); (b) the current period characterized by new
cultural and operational environmental challenges, requiring a healthy competitive
ability to meet differentiated needs with adequate, appropriate and timely responses;
(c) the transition to Industry 4.0; (d) the need to reduce waste and the obligation to
use resources consciously; (e) the growth of real-estate market for unconventional
building solutions and the resilience of the certified high-performance housing market; (f) the possible regulatory evolution in terms of performance for buildings with
incremental performances, advanced technical and innovative structural solutions
and energy/environmental, functional, usability and maintainability levels; (g) the
harnessing of tax incentives in the field of energy self-consumption.
The sustainability of this system certainly depends on the environmental benefit
of used materials, products and methods. However, it depends mostly on the ability
to bind information through a multi-criteria structure, in order to produce benefits
not individually, but rather as a system, from the perspective of an accomplished
project.
References
Adalberth, K. (1997). Energy use during the life cycle of single-unit dwellings: Examples. Building
and Environment, 32(4), 321–329.
Bernardo, L. F. A., Oliveira, L. A. P., Nepomuceno, M. C. S., & Andrade, J. M. A. (2013). Use of
refurbished shipping container for the construction of housing buildings: Details for the structural
project. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 1–9.
Bologna, R. (a cura). (2002). La reversibilità del costruire. Rimini: Maggioli Editore.
Faludi, J., Lepech, M. D., & Loisos, G. (2012). Using life cycle assessment methods to guide
architectural decision-making for sustainable prefabricated modular buildings. Journal of Green
Building, 7(3), 151–170.
Ginelli, E. (2010). La flessibilità tecno-tipologica nelle soluzioni progettuali e costruttive. In E.
Bosio & W. Sirtori (Eds.), Abitare. Il progetto della residenza sociale fra innovazione e tradizione.
Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore.
Ginelli, E., & Pozzi, G. (2017). Safety and energy controlled prefab building system. In Conference
and proceedings of SGEM VIENNA GREEN 2017 (Vol. 17, Issue 63, pp. 503–510). ISBN 978619-7408-29-4/ISSN 1314-2704, 27–29 November 2017. https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2017h/
63/s26.064.
Giordano, R. (2010). I prodotti per l’edilizia sostenibile. La compatibilità ambientale dei materiali
nel processo edilizio. Napoli: Esselibri S.p.A.: 243.
Giriunas, K., Sezen, H., & Dupaix, R. B. (2012). Evaluation, modeling, and analysis of shipping
container-building structures. Engineering Structures, 43, 48–57.