From a “ghost old city” to an energetically efficient town. The case study of Marignane’s historical centre

Abstract eng:
The energy efficiency of the historic urban districts represents one of the most important challenges for the fulfilment of the European Union policies covering the reduction in energy consumption and the abatement of harmful emissions. However, the adoption of performance standards, calculation methods, and models of energy behaviour for new constructions presents a number of difficulties when applied to historic buildings. The research utilized the town of Marignane, near Marseille, as a case study in order to explore the formulation of a protocol, which could rapidly analyse the energy behaviour of historic buildings. The possibility to survey the entire historical centre helped to establish criteria for the assessment of the buildings energy efficiency and the choice of appropriate improvement strategies. Compatibility of the new interventions with the tangible and intangible values of the historic buildings is a key aspect of the present study.

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