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Milan , August 29, 2015 – 14:29
Warm in winter, cool in summer , cheap all year. But never at the expense of aesthetics and quality living. The building is ideal, in Bolzano, is a goal heard so as to constitute the object of a new university laboratory, which is the capital of South Tyrol one of the world capitals of thermophysics of buildings. He inaugurated the Free University of Bolzano (Lub), along with three other laboratories (research and quality control of food security; energy production; engineering innovations agroforestry) that make up the embryo of the new Technology Park. Where, other news, might be born the first world standard of measurement of pesticides that do not affect the plants but are missing.
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Buildings bare in the? Hot box
Climatic chamber
The Laboratory of thermophysics of the buildings makes research and performance testing of the housing components of the buildings and on the heating and cooling systems, in particular on the distribution systems, and emission control. The heart of the center – directed by Andrea Gasparella, professor of environmental technical physics at the Faculty of Science and Technology – is a climatic chamber (technically “hot box”) that allows you to measure responses to the stresses of variable components opaque buildings, ie the walls, with technology supplied by a few other centers in the world. “We study the characteristics of the walls individually – explains Gasparella – but especially in their interaction with the other components of the housing, opaque and windowed. Another line of research concerns the dynamic response of the plants, in particular of ventilation systems. ” Businesses will not only local, to test the quality of new materials and systems. But the turning point is mainstreaming efficiency with that of livability and perception of the built environment by the occupiers, to “contextualize the energy performance in terms of thermal comfort, visual and acoustic guaranteed. The market, in short, no longer content with the simple energy certification. “Efficiency – explains Gasparella – can not be pursued at the expense of the quality of the indoor environment. Research in this area has a lot to give to allow the design and optimal management of buildings to high performance. “
From the sprayer to electronic noses
In the engineering laboratory for innovations agro forestry, directed by Fabrizio Bunch, professor of “Agricultural engineering and farm machinery ‘to Faculty of Science and technology, he will among other things to test the “sprayer”, ie agricultural machinery used for pesticide treatments. The first step is to measure the “drift” that is, the amount of product that does not affect plants elsewhere but is dispersed by the wind, with consequences not yet sufficiently studied. “We are already in contact with the National Board for agricultural mechanization to define a standard measure of the drift which, at present, in fact does not exist. We may be the first, “says Bunch. Among the novelties of laboratory food technologies there are micro-pilot systems that monitor the induced effects on the chemical and physical properties of food products by processes such as “shelf life” of food, that is, the shelf life, with the aim of improve conservation. For quality control and food safety will be used a nose and electronic tongue (eNose and eTongue). “Thanks to them – explains the director Matthew Scampicchio, professor of food technology at the Faculty of Science and technology – we know if the addition of an ingredient with an antioxidant or a natural extract – can delay the formation of unpleasant odors and tastes , as for example in foods rich in unsaturated fatty acids. The laboratory of the energy production, led by Marco Barattieri, will take care of converting energy from biomass and their physical and chemical characterization and energy.
August 29, 2015 | 14:29
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