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Journal of Art Historiography, 26

Il frontespizio dell’opera magna di Francesco Milizia, pubblicata nel 1768 come Le Vite de’ più celebri architetti d’ogni nazione e d’ogni tempo precedute da un saggio sopra l’architettura, raffigura l’emblematico manifesto del teorico oritano sui linguaggi architettonici. A sinistra nell’incisione, «Hoc Amet» (ama questo) è il cartiglio giustapposto al mondo classico, rappresentato per sineddoche dalla capanna primitiva laugeriana e dal tempio corinzio. Sulla destra, invece, «Hoc Spernat» (d...

This book presents the proceedings of the international conference “The Middle Ages in the Modern World,” held in Rome November 21-24, 2018. Attended by more than a hundred participants of different ages, educational backgrounds, and places of origin, the conference constituted a landmark in the study of medievalism: the historical discipline, now in full bloom, that investigates the ways in which the thousand-year period between 500 and 1500 was, and continues to be, presented, reconstructed, and imagined in successive eras. The book opens with a substantial bibliography drawn from all of its components, followed by the seven keynote lectures and ninety-three shorter texts - abstracts of the individual conference papers - organized along eight thematic pathways, which together provide a vivid image of the current state of the field.

Research on construction and demolition waste (CDW) has been identified by the European Commission as a priority due to large volumes generated and high potential for reuse and recycling. Around 750 million tons of CDW are generated yearly in Europe, accounting for 25%-30% of the total waste. The average recovery rate for EU27 is below 50%. RE4 (REuse and REcycling of CDW materials and structures in energy efficient pREfabricated elements for building REfurbishment and construction) is a Horizon 2020 funded project promoting new solutions for the design and development of eco-compatible and cost-effective prefabricated building elements with high degree of recycled materials from CDW (up to 65% in weight). This paper presents preliminary results from the development of a novel CDW robotic sorting system. Data from hyperspectral cameras and reflectance sensors will be combined to produce a 2D heat map for object classification by an algorithm which is under development. A 6 Degrees of Freedom robotic arm will be utilised in handling and sorting the CDW particles. The final goal is to achieve purity higher than 90% for each fraction. Different material classes will be sorted and recycled in prefabricated construction applications. Preliminary results indicate that coupling the hyperspectral information and the robotic technology allow to achieve high-quality sorting of CDW.

WP2 aims to undertake an extensive characterisation of the European energy system. Following the actors and actor-networks analysis realised during Task 2.1, the work performed during Task 2.2 represents a further step towards the complete energy system characterisation, as it provides a detailed overview on the technological forces currently driving it. D2.2 focuses on the technical /technological elements of the Energy Socio-Technical regime, to contribute significant and robust evidence on what constitutes a regime. In order to do this, a supply chain perspective was adopted. The rich literature on the topic was reviewed and synthesised, and on this basis it was deemed most appropriate to apply a Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) approach in order to assess and characterise the energy supply chain. A best practice methodology for defining and applying KPIs was pursued; for this reason, an extensive review of the academic literature in this area was conducted and is presented in this deliverable. From this review, a means of identifying KPIs to characterise the Energy Supply Chain was developed, synthesising insights from state of the art knowledge on this. Developed KPIs represent a comprehensive and innovative means of characterising the Energy Supply Chain according to a myriad of multi-dimensional criteria; typically supply chains are characterised only in narrow or single dimensional ways. Through these steps, evidence on the technological elements of the Energy Supply Chain is produced, enabling a fuller understanding of this aspect of the energy regime, and presenting a critical part of the case-book through which the Energy Socio-technical regime will be defined in ENTRUST. In order to present the technological review in a clear and structured way, the complex and interconnected structure of the energy supply chain was divided into its 4 main stages, (i.e. Production, Transportation & Distribution, Storage, and End User). For each stage, an introductory description of the current situation at European level is provided, in order to give the reader a contextual view of the discussed topic. Then, the main technical solution currently implemented are detailed, describing their functionalities, fields of implementation and other critical aspects such as, for example, environmental impact. The information provided during those sections is then completed through the KPIs tables, which provide a clear comparison between the analysed technologies on a multiple level. Consistency through all the deliverable is guaranteed thanks to the definition of specific themes for the KPIs, which have been used as guidelines for all the evaluation tables. In order to better address each stage of the supply chain and each energy type particularities, though, a specific set of KPIs was defined for each considered group of technologies. The technological review provided in this deliverable D2.2, together with the specific KPIs evaluation proposed at the end of each section, gives a clear understanding of the current technological forces driving the European energy system and as such is further contribution to the multi-disciplinary characterisation approach taken in WP2 of the ENTRUST project.

The EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC states that all member states should take all necessary measures in order to achieve at least 70% re-use, recycling or other recovery of non-hazardous Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) by 2020. In response, the Horizon 2020 RE4 project consortium (REuse and REcycling of CDW materials and structures in energy efficient pREfabricated elements for building REfurbishment and construction) consisting of 12 research and industrial partners across Europe, plus a research partner from Taiwan, was set up. For its success, the approach of the project was manifold, developing sorting technologies to first improve upon the quality of recycled aggregate. Simultaneously, CDW streams were assessed for quality and novel applications developed for timber, aggregate, and plastic waste in a variety of products including structural (e.g. beams, columns, slabs) and non-structural (e.g. building blocks, insulation panels, tiles) elements. With all products considered, innovative building concepts have been designed in a bid to improve future recycling of the products by promoting prefabricated construction methods and modular design to ease future recycling and increase value of the construction industry. The developed technologies and products will be put to the test in different test sites in building a 2 storey house containing at least 65% of CDW in the next 6 to 12 months.