Energy Efficiency in the Management of the Integrated Water Service. A Case Study on the White Certificates Incentive System

Macchiaroli, Maria; Dolores, Luigi; Nicodemo, Luigi; Mare, Gianluigi De

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“…At the end of the 20th year, we get a positive NPV equal to 723.17 euros. Although the savings in the bill (equal to about 828 euros per year per property unit) is greater than in the previous hypothesis, the investment is still far from being defined as financially sustainable [60].…”

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Financial Impacts of the Energy Transition in Housing

2022

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This paper explores the topic of the energy transition in housing. The work aims to offer a knowledge base for energy policy on the current scenario of the energy redevelopment of Italian multi-family buildings. The financial feasibility of energy retrofit projects in the case of multi-apartment buildings is then analyzed. From a set of projects located in the Campania region (Italy), the typical building on which to carry out ordinary energy efficiency works was identified. Two design variants are considered on which to implement the Cost-Revenue Analysis (CRA): (i) energy retrofit intervention not including photovoltaic system; (ii) energy retrofit intervention including photovoltaic system. For the second design variant, further analyses were conducted (sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis, risk analysis) to identify the main sensitive variables and to estimate the probability of financial failure of the intervention. The study shows that interventions without photovoltaics are unlikely to be financially sustainable. However, although the presence of photovoltaics significantly increases the savings in the bill, the Payback Period (PP) remains quite high. An ordinary energy retrofit project including photovoltaic technology can be made financially sustainable only by resorting to government building bonuses, in the absence of which the probability of failure is 46%.

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Financial Impacts of the Energy Transition in Housing

2022

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“…Using visual techniques such as problem maps to graphically represent the relationships between different aspects of the environment and to point out problem areas, served for the community to communicate their felt needs with the environment, the need was created to share their views with students and teachers to achieve success in the work process, so that, in this part, thanks to the participation of the community, the local knowledge of the participants and the technical knowledge of the universities was integrated [46,47].…”

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Evaluation of the Impact of Informal Settlements on the Physical and Mental Health of Residents—Case Study Santa Marta—Bogotá, Colombia

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The growth of the informal city in Latin America has caused its own dynamics related to urban unsustainability due to the disorderly occupation of the territory. The precarious characteristics of informal neighborhoods have increased the mortality processes in their inhabitants, increasing the poverty and marginality indexes in Latin American urban settlements. This work was developed within the international research project “Modeling informality in Latin America based on indicators of sustainable urban development. Case study Yomasa, Bogotá-Colombia”. This work was developed under the mixed research approach which allowed focusing on a nested concurrent design of dominant model (DIAC), which was carried out in the Santa Marta sector of the locality of Ciudad Bolivar, in Bogotá Colombia, with the participation of 20 people from the studied community and supported by 16 students of Civil Engineering of the Catholic University of Colombia. The work resulted in a total of 31 indicators related to neighborhood informality, 17 impacts on the territory, and 8 pathologies, establishing the intrinsic relationship between informality, poverty, and public health of the inhabitant at the urban level.

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“…Due to tight budget constraints and insufficient financial resources, it is of primary importance to identify the top priorities in ranking water investments. In this context, the temporal hierarchization of investments plays a crucial role, as it allows us to optimize of the allocation of financial resources and to maximize the benefits for all parties involved [19].…”

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Multicriteria Decision Making and Water Infrastructure: An Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process for a Sustainable Ranking of Investments

2023

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The United Nations SDG6 goal of ensuring universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2030 will require increased investment in the rehabilitation and maintenance of water infrastructure. In Italy, the water sector has not yet reached the performance of other European countries. The hierarchization of investments is essential for identifying priorities and efficiently allocating resources. This issue is part of the debate on the reconciliation of public and private needs in the management of water services. The present research proposes a model based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Taking into account the design alternatives considered optimal that contribute to the resolution of territorial criticalities, the model organizes them in a ranking that indicates the chronological priorities to be respected in the investments to be made. The evaluation criteria are set in compliance with the norms defined by the National Authority (ARERA). The model is tested on a water manager in the Campania region. Among the main results, it is found that the two extremes of the ranking are shared between the two actors involved in the investment strategy (the private operator and public regulator). The model represents an effective tool for identifying shared planning strategies between public and private operators.

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Energy Efficiency in the Management of the Integrated Water Service. A Case Study on the White Certificates Incentive System

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Financial Impacts of the Energy Transition in Housing

Financial Impacts of the Energy Transition in Housing

Evaluation of the Impact of Informal Settlements on the Physical and Mental Health of Residents—Case Study Santa Marta—Bogotá, Colombia

Multicriteria Decision Making and Water Infrastructure: An Application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process for a Sustainable Ranking of Investments

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