Social housing complex, Passeggiata dei Castani street, Bolzano

The municipality of Bolzano has carried out a complete refurbishment of social housing apartment complexes. The inteventions were carried out within the Sinfonia research project and included: energy retrofitting, the installation of mechanical ventilation systems, and geothermal heating, photovoltaic and solar thermal systems. The Sinfonia energy retrofit involved more than 300 apartments in 5 different building complexes for a total area of 53.000 m². The details below refer only to the Passeggiata dei Castani building complex.

Building type

residential / social housing

Facts
& Figures

7.364
m² area
4
buildings
72
apartments
75%
energy saving
preliminary results, monitoring is still ongoing
78%
RES - renewable energy sources

© Eurac Research / Michelangelo De Battisti | © Eurac Research / Ivo Corrà

The role of Eurac Research

As part of the SINFONIA project, Eurac Research coordinates the activities relevant to the Bolzano district. In this building our researchers have provided support in relation to the measurement of solar potential, the development of prefabricated facades and prototype testing, the management of interior comfort and post-refurbishment energy consumption monitoring.

Implemented technologies

Energy coat, mechanical ventilation system, geothermal systems for heating, photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, advanced monitoring system

More information

Visit the Sinfonia website for more specific data about the retrofit interventions

Sinfonia SWOT Tool for the evaluation of Smart City activities

Read the article of our Magazine about Bolzano and its way of becoming a smart city

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