Sustainable Conservation and Urban Regeneration of Built Heritage

In the field of knowledge and conservation of the cultural heritage the new scientific frontier have to head towards technologies and methodologies for sustainable diagnosis, protection, conservation, restoration and exploitation of immovable and movable assets, for the promotion of their value and of the quality of life. All European theoretical approach to the preservation of architectural heritage aims to be compatible with the particular social and cultural structures, philosophic conception, religious and aesthetic feelings of the place where one intervenes. Integration between the technological innovation, (with new investigation techniques and new materials ) and traditional prevention and conservation methods, could allow to decrease or to postpone the decay or at least the costs for maintenance and restoration. This is in line with the philosophy of developing sustainable technologies. The presentation will focus to introduce , through some case studies, an innovative interdisciplinary and collaborative approach that combines historical studies, hard sciences, architecture, energy evaluation and impact assessment to restore monuments of the ancient past. These processes regards also non invasive analysis, documentation and monitoring methods, with reference at the sustainability of diagnosis through images.