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How safe is the building I am in? A question like this is what every member of the public probably asks himself when he comes across media articles describing the catastrophes that continually strike conurbations on our planet.
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Other relevant examples of energetic or environmental sustainability systems are (inter alia): the Swiss MINERGIE sustainability standard; the German Passivhaus energy standard; the German DGNB—Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen sustainability system; the French HQE—Haute Qualité Environmentale green building standard; the US Energy Star (energy); the Japanese CASBEE (sustainability); the Canadian Green Globe (sustainability); the Australian Green Star (sustainability).
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The meeting to present the first project results was held on 31st March 2009 in the Audition of the Milan Polytechnic, via Pascoli 51.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2012), Changes in Climate Extremes and their Impacts on the Natural Physical Environment in Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation; European Environment Agency (2010), Mapping the impacts of natural hazards and technological accidents in Europe, an overview of the last decade.
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From ancient Greek
(house, dwelling, home) and λόγος (word, discourse, story or reason, intelligence, opinion, evaluation, thought), so, thought about inhabiting. - 6.
For instance, in Spain: Ministerio De Fomento—19687—Real Decreto 997/2002, 27 de septiembre, por el que se aprueba la norma de construcción sismorresistente: parte general y edificación (NCSR-02); in France: Arrêté du 29 mai 1997 relatif à la classification et aux règles de construction parasismique applicables aux bâtiments de la catégorie dite « à risque normal ».
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For instance, in Italy homogeneous micro-zone charts in seismic perspective, based on the “Indirizzi e criteri generali per la microzonazione sismica” developed by the Department for civil Protection and the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces (2008); in Switzerland: Principe pour l’établissement et l’utilisation d’études de microzonage en Suisse, Directives de l’OFEG (Office fédéral des eaux et de la géologie), Berne 2004.
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For instance, in Italy: Piani stralcio per l’Assetto Idrogeologico (Legge 267/1998 and DPCM 29 settembre 1998); In France: Plans de prévention des risques naturels—inondations, avalanches, mouvements de terrain (loi 565 du 22 juillet 1997 and 101 du 2 février 1995).
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For instance, in France: Plan de prévention des risques technologiques (loi 2003-699 du 30 juillet).
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ADR—European agreement about international transports of hazardous goods by road; RID—Rules about international railway transport of hazardous goods.
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For instance, in Italy: Piano Regionale per la programmazione delle attività di previsione, prevenzione e lotta attiva contro gli incendi boschivi (Legge 353, 21 novembre 2000—Legge quadro in materia di incendi boschivi); in France: Plans de prévention des risques naturels previsibles d’incendies de forêt (loi 565 du 22 juillet 1997 and 101 du 2 février 1995).
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HIP became mandatory for homes with four or more bedrooms on 1 August 2007 and was extended to three-bedroom properties from 10 September 2007.
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Requirement for the Home Information Pack for property sales was suspended with effect from 21 May 2010 (with the exception of the Energy Performance Certificate, still required). The Localism Act 2011 would formally repeal the Home Information Pack legislation on 15 January 2012.
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The building act also introduces a classification for healthiness and safety (HHSRS), i.e. a method to identify and quantify the occupier’s risk in poor domestic surroundings.
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Bignami, D.F. (2014). Territory, Buildings, Sustainability and Disaster Risks: The Necessity of New Answers. In: Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings’ Resistance Certification. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5223-9_1
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