Pilot 4 – School buildings in Florence

The pilot aims to demonstrate the use of the BUILDCHAIN platform to improve the earthquake resilience and the carbon footprint of buildings. To this end, data from a large set of school buildings belonging to the Municipality of Florence will be logged in BUILDCHAIN. This includes information regarding in-situ surveys, material properties, seismic performance, safety risk indexes, etc. which is already available based on previous research carried out by UNIPI in agreement with FLORE. The analysis of such data by the BUILDCHAIN platform will allow identifying priority for seismic retrofit helping the Municipality to plan intervention strategies and to manage the use of the classrooms when interventions in the buildings are needed. Further aspects related to the safety of the students, will be also addressed in the BUILDCHAIN platform such as the management of escape routes. Moreover, we will deploy solutions for energy savings and for energy-efficient operation of the school buildings using the tools. For monitoring energy-efficient operation in the least intrusive manner, a multi-channel smart meter, smart plugs, presence/humidity/temperature sensors, and switch (magnetic) sensors for doors/windows are considered to be deployed.