Riabitare il patrimonio edilizio dei centri storici come strategia di retrofit energetico – un caso studio Live again historic buildings in historic districts as energy retrofit strategy – a case study

Even though historic districts were the result of genius loci activities and they show inherent bioclimatic behaviours, until now some of them in Mediterranean area have evidences of the previous abandonment process. The energy retrofit of residential built environment in historic district is not only a chance to recognize and to correct failures but also to identify their representative characters in working process and environmental, socio-economic, historical and cultural values. In that context, paper presents a typical historic urban district of the Apulia Region, representative of the Mediterranean area; here, the energy assessment is evaluated relating to the state of maintenance and occupancy, preserving and recovery formal and cultural values available before the state of neglect, complying with actual energy requirements and recognizing opportunities of intervention for abandoned buildings.