New energy sources for the small historic centres in (r)evolution

The research links the issue of recovery of historic built heritage to the environmental issue, proposing the energetic rehabilitation as opportunity to carry out a virtuous action in the territory. The work starts from the rediscovery of the peculiarities, environmental and economic of an area for years in abandonment, like the inner area of Abruzzo Region affected by the earthquake of April 6, 2009. The research considers the small centre as an ecosystem, where there is a goal of adaptation to pursue, to satisfy functions and standard of comfort changes. In this way, the work aims to provide an operational methodology to the sustainable redevelopment of towns, focusing on the possibility of renewable energy sources integration and on the topic of energy networks. In such weak contexts, in fact, are evaluated the compatibility and the possibility of application of renewable energy sources, considering the off-grid technological systems too, through the applications of micro interventions. The aim is to identify site specifics for their localization, places that can become energy islands respecting built heritage, to promote the re-population of the small centres. The development of the compatibility process began the basis for the next phase of the research, which aims to evaluate the quantitative results of the proposed technologies on a case study, the minor centre of Fontecchio (AQ).