LIFE MONZA: project description and actions’ updating

Bartalucci, Chiara; Borchi, Francesco; Carfagni, Monica; Furferi, Rocco; Governi, Lapo; Lapini, Alessandro; Volpe, Yary; Curcuruto, Salvatore; Mazzocchi, Enrico; Marsico, Giuseppe; Luzzi, Sérgio; Nizzola, Carlo Maria; Maggi, Manlio; Fasanella, Antonio

doi:10.1515/noise-2018-0005

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“…Dealing with the circular process, more hints will be achieved by implementing similar methods, such as the one proposed by Saha et al [30]. With reference to systems for improving the quality of yarns and fabrics, methods based on the approaches proposed in [31][32][33] will be tested and carried out. Furthermore, social aspects are also relevant to the textile companies that aim to implement the CE; accordingly, several approaches, such as the one proposed by Padilla-Rivera et al, will be considered [34].…”

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Circular Economy Guidelines for the Textile Industry

2022

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The production of textiles has a strong impact on the environment due to both over-consumption and the practice of production processes requiring the use of substances to manufacture, treat, and dye fabrics. In this context, finding new ways and solutions to transform used textiles into by-products or inputs for production is a trump card for the future of the textile sector. This may be accomplished by developing a circular economy policy, which involves large investments with a payoff only in a medium to long-term perspective. The main aim of the present work is to provide a set of guidelines to guide textile industries in the transition from traditional production processes to a systemic approach in consideration of the circular economy. This could leverage the efficient use of regenerated wool, the reduction (or lack) of waste production, and the management of the end-of-life of the product.

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Circular Economy Guidelines for the Textile Industry

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“…With the aim to reduce the noise pollution in the pilot area two main interventions have been designed and implemented for the Libertà street: the laying of new lownoise paving and the closing of the road to the heavy vehicles [14]. The low-noise asphalt represents the main instrument for the decrease, on large scale, of the traffic noise through interventions at the noise source and today several technologies are available based of composition, used materials and field of use.…”

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LIFE Monza: comparison between ante andpost-operamnoise and air quality monitoring activities in a Noise Low Emission Zone

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LIFE MONZA project (Methodologies fOr Noise low emission Zones introduction And management) aims at defining an easy-replicable method for the identification and management of the Noise Low Emission Zones (Noise LEZ), urban areas subject to traffic restrictions, usually introduced in order to ensure compliance with the air pollutants limit values, prescribed by the European Directive on ambient air quality 2008/50/EC, whose impacts and potential benefits regarding noise issues have been taken into account, tested and analysed in a pilot area of the city of Monza, located in North Italy. Noise LEZ has been established in Libertà district, introducing infrastructural interventions carried out by the municipality (top-down actions) and encouraging an active involvement of the citizens, in the definition of a more sustainable lifestyle (bottom-up actions). The analysis of potential effects on noise reduction due to the Noise LEZ can contribute to the implementation of the EU Directive 2002/49/EC, related to the assessment and management of environmental noise (Environmental Noise Directive – END), which introduces noise action plans, designed to manage noise issues and their effects, suggesting the adoption of urban and mobility planning. Noise and air quality monitoring activities have been carried out in pilot area in ante and post-operam conditions. The monitoring methods, the measurement techniques, the analysis procedures, able to describe the effects due to Noise LEZ establishment, for both the main environmental issues are reported in this paper, as proposals to be applied in other different contexts. Results of monitoring activities highlight a reduction of noise, in term of sound pressure levels, between ante and post-operam, during the day and particularly during the night period, and it is essentially due to the interventions realised. The effect of the Noise LEZ on air pollution seems to be negligible for combustion related pollutant and carbon fractions of PM, due both to the moderate spatial effects of the measures undertaken and confounding factors due to concomitant emission sources and meteorology.

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“…Health-related questions may include requests to indicate if the respondent is suffering from any pathology or disease that may affect their responses. Quality of life can be investigated by asking about the level of satisfaction with daily activities [54,55].…”

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Acoustic Quality of the External Environment: Indications on Questionnaire Structure for Investigating Subjective Perception

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2023

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The subjective judgment on the annoyance produced by noise is always an important tool to complete an investigation, and to find the best way for its reduction. Therefore, acoustic analyses for environmental improvement frequently combine objective measures with subjective surveys to gain a comprehensive understanding of the problem. The technical specification, concerning the “Assessment of noise annoyance by means of social and socio-acoustic surveys”, ISO/TS 15666 (revised in 2021), has represented a basis for these activities since 2003, when it aimed to obtain information about noise annoyance “at home”. The more recent ISO/TS 12913-2 (2018), aimed at soundscape studies, investigations and applications, provides guidelines for conducting social and socio-acoustic surveys to assess noise annoyance and, in particular, it gives detailed indications on data collection and reporting. The indications provided by the technical specifications represent a common guideline for addressing the implementation of a subjective survey in the acoustic field, and to make investigations as comparable as possible. However, they do not cover all the fields of acoustic subjective investigations. Therefore, to make the collection of information from questionnaires more effective, it is useful to have a broader review of the issues that need to be addressed. To support this type of activity, this paper collects and presents relevant observations for the design of subjective survey questionnaires focused on outdoor acoustic quality. Drawing on previous research studies and experiences, it provides a series of observations on the main aspects to be considered in order to structure multipurpose acoustic evaluation questionnaires, including discussion of the general considerations for questionnaire structure, administration methods, population sample characterization, question formulation, and classification. It also deals with specific indications related to acoustic evaluations, such as the characteristics of annoying noise, boundary conditions, subjective feelings, and source features.

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LIFE MONZA: project description and actions’ updating

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Circular Economy Guidelines for the Textile Industry

Circular Economy Guidelines for the Textile Industry

LIFE Monza: comparison between ante andpost-operamnoise and air quality monitoring activities in a Noise Low Emission Zone

Acoustic Quality of the External Environment: Indications on Questionnaire Structure for Investigating Subjective Perception

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