Building Future Lab. Ricerca sperimentale per la Sostenibilità nel Settore delle Costruzioni. Experimental research for Sustainability in the Building Sector

The construction industry appears to have undergone major changes in recent years.
A stronger focus on land, environment and landscape, energy emergencies, seismic and hydrogeological safety, as well as the call for the upgrade and enhancement of existing buildings, have all led to new approaches and strategies.
The leading players in the anthropogenic transformations of the territory - contractors,
designers, businesses, manufacturers - have been called upon to reconsider the focus of their interest and their mutual interaction modes. As a result, new and unavoidable strategic challenges have emerged for the next few years.
Innovation, competitiveness, sustainable growth.
In this framework, the University is required to play a role in governing the cultural development
of an entire community by providing knowledge to the ruling classes and new
skills to professionals. Research needs to be connected to education and education to renewed professional skills so that they may work together to build growth opportunities
for the local community.
The experience of the Building Future Lab Laboratory of Permanent Operational Research
- Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Department of Architecture and Territory,
and the related Master’s degree in Management and development of experimental
research for sustainability in the construction industry, in relation to which this book
presents theoretical and experimental papers, fits perfectly in this scenario.