8. An Open-Source Built Heritage Management Tool for Inner Areas

A Management System, which takes into consideration the life cycle of the building and aims at improving the energy performance of the existing building stock, is the objective of the research project whose first results are presented in this contribution. The building park of Piaggine [Salerno], a minor historical centre in the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano and Alburni, as part of the enhancement of inner areas characterised by a significant architectural, naturalistic and environmental heritage, was chosen as a sample area for the experimentation of this tool. The characteristics of the built environment were analysed and collected in a GIS system which, through “dialogue” with known databases, made it possible to implement and associate a quantity of information and data on the existing built heritage. After that, a new database was generated that defined a first life cycle of the buildings, indicating their stratification, maintenance and building density, and identifying unauthorised building and unsuitable building management. In this way, it will be possible for the public and private sector to monitor consumption, plan interventions and manage the built heritage. The added value in the use of this tool is its application by the Public Administration, which will operate with: consultancy activities, through a personalised relationship with the user and convention with public officials and authorised technicians, it will provide suitable hypotheses concerning services for the management and renovation of existing buildings or for future interventions and, through incentive tools, which work dynamically with the system, it will be able to promote access to energy efficiency of goods and services contrasting the phenomenon of energy poverty.