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Fig. 31: Translucent glass of first floor (top)
Fig. 32: View of the galleries
The heating of the building has been obtained completely by the use of tele-heating to
reduce environmental pollution and maximize resource utilization.
Complesso S.Giorgio o del Padovanino, Italy (University of Padova)
The second case study examines a building owned by the University of Padova and
located in Padua. The designers needed to fulfill a set of demands proposed by the
customer to the architectural designer, Studio Arteco - Verona . First of all, there was the
desire to re-use resources already present in the city area, recovering a building of great
historic value as well as the need to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and
pollution due to daily journeys to and from work not using public transport services, such
as trains or buses.
Last but not least, there was the desire to use renewable resources and / or no impact
resources such as solar energy.
The building analyzed in this project is courtyard building consisting of four buildings with
a central square space. There are two old buildings and two recent buildings (Fig. 33)
