Abstract
The decentralization of the production sector crisis following industries in the suburbs have generated a multitude of empty containers in the medium-large Italian cities, which are abandoned, unsafe, and often dangerous for the community. From this arises the need to recover them and transform them into something else. This is not always possible or interesting for the subjects involved in the transformation. When the abandoned space is (even if only partially) polluted, then any hypothesis of transformation is stopped due to the high impact of decontamination costs, which greatly compromise the profitability of the investment. This paper deals with this issue focusing on a complex case study involving the abandoned area and the buildings of a former paint mill in the center of a typical city in the Turin metropolitan area. The suggested hypothesis is to act only on building components and external areas without any ground modification because of its contamination. Moreover, the new planned use (energy production from renewable sources to supply part of the public administration’s needs) does not foresee neither a stable presence of people nor a further consumption of land. The technical analysis of community energy needs and the subsequent economic and financial study lead to a financial sustainability over a period of about 25 years.
Highlights
During the 20th century, between the 1950s and 1960s, Italy had rapid economic growth and technological development in the reconstruction after the Second World War
FFoorr all these reasons, the presented case study aims to verify how) possssiibbllee the scenario that specififically addresses the problem of decontamination related costs, showing all its rreessiilliieenncce aavvooiiddiing aabbaannddonment and pprroodduucing green energgyy
We considered an abandoned industrial area in Piedmont as a case study, aiming at verifying the financial and economic sustainability of a clean energy production intervention for municipal public use, postponing reclamation and recovery works (Table 1)
Summary
During the 20th century, between the 1950s and 1960s, Italy had rapid economic growth and technological development in the reconstruction after the Second World War. On one hand, the industrial development was undoubtedly beneficial because it brought about a general improvement in the living conditions of the population thanks to the creation of new jobs and to the implementation of public services, on the other hand, it was the cause of a wicked consumption of land The lack of both proper general planning and standards for environmental protection led to a significant anthropization and pollution of rural landscape, which are the cause of a strong fragility of the territory today. Many industrial areas–built during those years of strong expansion–are into disuse and waste [3] This is because, over the decades, some industries developed in the post-war period, due to the production sector crisis [4], shut down for bankruptcy, because their processes with the changing of workers’ health requirements, or because the increasing fiscal pressure leaded to delocalization. FFoorr all these reasons, the presented case study aims to verify how (ecoonnoommiiccaallllyy anndd fifinanncciiaallllyy)) possssiibbllee the (resilient) scenario that specififically addresses the problem of decontamination related costs, showing all its rreessiilliieenncce aavvooiiddiing aabbaannddonment and pprroodduucing green energgyy
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