The demo case consists of four areas:
Area 1, the former Italcementi industrial site, will host an entirely new mixed-use district of Trento, containing residential and tertiary buildings. The aim is to develop the district as self-sufficient, by using the very high geothermal potential in the area and its excellent orientation to the southeast for PV production to power the geothermal heat pumps.
Area 2 is an urbanisation from the 50s–70s. Most of the buildings are close to or have already reached the end of their life cycle. The area was developed with a strong focus on social housing and is largely still owned by the Trentino Institute for Social Housing. These residences are to be renovated by using standardised prefabricated timber-based façade elements, implementing the so-called “One-Stop-Shop” which provides technical support at all stages of design and realisation, also the private owners of the area are invited to associate themselves in the redevelopment process, thus guaranteeing a high degree of replicability also for other areas of Trento.
Area 3 includes the former Piedicastello highway tunnels encompassing two 250-m holes in the Dos Trento Mountain, which are currently used as an art and exhibition gallery. This geo-structure is intended to supply and store energy for the new city district in areas 1 and 2.
Area 4 currently used as a parking lot, will be redeveloped with a service HUB for the district and city. It will connect commuter flows to commercial services and will host an energy storage system, following the V2G (Vehicle-to-grid) approach, simultaneously promoting the market penetration of electric mobility.
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101036723
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101036723
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101036723