Papers by Francesco Patania
Paper: ASSESSMENT OF MICRO-WIND TURBINES PERFORMANCE IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: AN AIDED METHODOLOGY THROUGH GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The application of 018 to air quality analysis in Bone City (Italy)
Experimental research to forecast the maintenance times for historic buildings damaged by urban pollution
Knocking down of fog system: new theoretical technique and experimental results
An integrated applied research utilising fluid-dynamic software as support to medical enquiry into health problems by air pollution
A study case of noise coming from road yard machines: experimental tests and theoretical formulas to evaluate sound impact on people
Adverse effects on peoples' health as a result of the Etna volcano eruption: singling out and precautionary controls
Experimental research into emission of ultra fine dusts as harbingers of volcanic-seismic events
An applied test to evaluate the use of fluid dynamic code as a predictive key of air pollution from urban road traffic
Environmental control of air pollution by gases coming from refineries through flow-dynamics modeling: an experimental feasibility test
Incompleteness of the urban traffic plan in preliminary studies of environmental impact: the real case of" urban canyons
The sound impact of anthropic noise on wildlife reserves: An applied research for Pergusa lake
Intervention of acoustic correction to improve speech quality of two conference halls in a Sicilian historical building
ABSTRACT Sicily has many artistic and architectural treasures, wonderful historical buildings, mo... more ABSTRACT Sicily has many artistic and architectural treasures, wonderful historical buildings, monasteries, abbeys and convents that are often used as government buildings or university buildings. So many rooms of these historical buildings are often used as lecture halls and conference rooms but unfortunately they don't have good acoustical features. They often have elliptic or irregular shapes and characteristic values of absorption and diffusivity coefficient of wall surfaces that cause serious acoustical problems such as standing waves, flutter echo, sound focusing and intensive late reflections (greater than 100 ms). Moreover, long and flat parallel walls cause undesirable flutter echo which decreases speech intelligibility seriously and diminishes the effectiveness of early arriving sound energy. The paper presents the results of an acoustic study on two significant and outstanding halls (Chorus of the Night, Refectory) of the Benedictine Monastery of Catania, used as conference halls. Firstly, the Authors carried out an acoustic measurement campaign in both halls to evaluate the main acoustic indices and parameters and set the current acoustic quality. After that, they applied acoustic computer simulations on the two halls in order to compare the measured data coming from the survey measurements and the data coming from the code. In this way, it has been possible to test the reliability and accuracy of the code and to evaluate on the spatial distribution patterns of speech intelligibility and other acoustic indices defined in ISO 3382. Finally, they have determined the suitable interventions of acoustic correction to improve the acoustic quality of the halls.
Possible Hazards to Human Health Caused by Changing in Urban Climate
The current increase in the price of fossil fuel and, consequently, of energy, and the decrease i... more The current increase in the price of fossil fuel and, consequently, of energy, and the decrease in the availability of these resources, led to the enactment of laws, among which the European Directive 31/2010 on Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB), with more strict limits on energy needs. So it is grown the interest in constructive solutions and equipments to reduce heat losses and the energy demand for heating, as well as the study to reduce energy needs for cooling and lighting in order to obtain a zero or nearly energy building. This study aims to identify solutions for zero energy building design and investigates some construction technologies and equipments in order to optimize the energy performance and to reduce the environmental impact of residential buildings. A simulation tool was used for the investigation of the feasibility of NZEB applied to a case study.
Evaluation of the acoustic performance of a theatrical space set up in a restored Latomia in Ragusa Iblea
Control and protection of marine environment by Acitrezza town sewage
Air pollution and urban plane of road traffic: experimental research about situations of environmental health hazard
Low Energy Architecture and Reclaiming of Ancient Buildings: an Experimental Case of New Techniques of Air-conditioning
The use of 3D code to forecast acoustic climate in urban area
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Papers by Francesco Patania