Milan, Florence and Bologna are confirmed as the smartest cities in Italy. The annual survey by Forum Pa and Openpolis which draws up the ranking of the smartest Italian cities has reached its fourth edition, presented in Bologna on the occasion of the Bologna building and renovation fair.
The ranking is the result of the analysis of 106 provincial capitals carried out on the basis of 150 statistical indicators and seven dimensions: economy, living, environment, people, mobility, governance and legality. Despite the confirmation of the three leaders of 2014, the performances of the smartest cities in Italy are very different from each other: Milan, the first classified, wins a better score than last year, while Bologna recorded a sudden slowdown. Instead, a leap forward is made by Florence which, however, is unable to steal second place from the Emilian capital.
Milan, Bologna, Florence, Venice and Turin grouped in the first 11 positions are followed by the other nine metropolitan cities of Italy well distanced with Rome in 21st position, Genoa in 29th and then the cities of the South with Cagliari in 60th position, revealing a persistent imbalance between one reality and another. Between Reggio Calabria, last in the standings, and the record holder Milan there are 383 points of detachment, which reaffirm the internal contradictions of the country.
The Smart City Exhibition classification was presented in Bologna at International Exhibition of Italian Building which is held until Sunday 18 October in the area of the Bologna Fiere Service Center. The SAIE smart house 2015 presented itself in a completely renewed guise: "This year you will see a few less bricks and a few more ideas" announced the President of Bologna Fiere on the day of the inauguration.
Ten pavilions for a total of 85 thousand square meters and 3 exhibition clusters, 1038 exhibitors of which 127 from abroad, 22 research centers and Italian and foreign universities, international buyers from 15 countries, over 400 meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences. These are the numbers of the SAIE smart house 2015 which focuses on some central times: energy redevelopment, building recovery and cutting-edge technology to design the home of the future.
These themes will be declined, in the various pavilions of the Fair, during the event in all their forms. The beating heart is the project Smart house living, a project that consists of 4 souls:
- an exhibition, Smart House Solutions, in which the new culture of sustainable living is represented, to allow visitors to see concrete applications and innovative technological solutions; a playful and participatory path
- the theme of the sustainability to bring the public closer to "triple zero" culture (zero consumption, zero emissions, zero waste);
- in-depth forums on the topics of design, build and live in the houses of tomorrow;
- la Big Energy Idea, or an emotional room of innovation told through videos and sounds: a project that aims to motivate change through knowledge.
In short, the Bologna fair will be completely renewed compared to the previous editions, more sensitive to the issues of sustainability, redevelopment, digital and safety. The path offered by the new SAIE format is made up of three thematic stages: conscious design of a building, sustainable construction, responsible living.
The Bologna pavilions want to send a clear message of relaunch of the sector which has suffered more than many others from the economic crisis of recent years. The watchword is "retraining" on the basis of European rules and thanks to interventions on the fiscal level. On this point, the stability law for 2016 is eagerly awaited to understand if they will be extended and under what terms bonuses for energy requalification and renovation of buildings.
