Sustainable networks in the rehabilitation of built historic heritage

The research links the issue of recovery of the small Italian historic towns to the environmental issue, proposing the sustainable rehabilitation as opportunity to carry out a virtuous action in the territory. The redevelopment of minor historic centres that characterize Italy can become an opportunity to start a process of strategic regeneration of the territory, useful to produce a diffuse quality of life without which every action would have difficulty in being effectively successful. The interest for these centres struck by the earthquake of April 6, 2009, offered the opportunity to carry out research that can rediscover the environmental sustainability elements presents, to identify intervention environments and the technological solutions. The research, identified the main issues affecting the minor centres, examines the measures launched by Italian Government to activate reconstruction and energy compliance politicies. The goal is to carry on a redevel-opment involving more towns, in order to create a relation system between the centres, making the energy redevelopment organic and effective. The research applies the proposed methodology on a case study in the Province of L'Aquila: the village of Fontecchio and the territorial networks that is created with the neighboring villages of San Pio di Fontecchio and Sant'Eusanio Forconese.