1. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Noise Management System in urban areas Life+2008 H.U.S.H. project Raffaella Bellomini - Vie En.Ro.Se. Ingegneria S.r.l., Florence, Italy Francesco Borchi – DMTI – University of Florence, Italy Torino, 26-27 september 2011

2. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community The H.U.S.H. project (Harmonization of Urban noise reduction Strategies for Homogeneous action plans) moves from the evidence that harmonization of noise action planning methods is needed not only in Italy but also in all the European countries where a former Legislation about noise planning was present at the moment of END Directive adoption. The general objective is… harmonization of national noise management standards with European Directive 49/2002 to obtain homogeneous noise Action Plans Among specific objectives… to define a new system (procedures and database) for action planning and to test it in two pilot cases (both of them in the city of Florence)

3. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Coordinating Beneficiary: Comune di Firenze Associated Beneficiaries: Vie En.Ro.Se. Ingegneria, Firenze Università di Firenze, DMTI – Dipartimento di Meccanica e Tecnologie Industriali ARPAT (Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region) ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) H armonization of U rban noise reduction S trategies for H omogeneous action plans

4. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Technical Project Management (Action 22) VIE EN.RO.SE. Dissemination (Action 19) COMUNE FIRENZE Monitoring (Action 20) COMUNE FIRENZE In Progress Control (Action 13 ) VIE EN.RO.SE. Project Management (Action 21) COMUNE FIRENZE Coordinating Actions. Data Collection in the City of Florence. Proposal of Pilot Areas. (Action 1) COMUNE FIRENZE Methodological Solutions for Normative Conflicts (Action 6) ISPRA Feasibility Study of Methodological Solutions and System Design. Pilot Case Selection and Data Acquisition Criteria. (Action 7) UNIFI-DMTI Data Collection of Databases used for Action Planning in IT and EU Cities (Action 2) UNIFI-DMTI Detection and Classification of Normative Conflicts between National and European Noise Laws (Action 3) ISPRA Detection and Classification of Normative Conflicts between Regional and National Noise Laws (Action 4) ARPAT Analysis of Strategic Interventions (Action 11) ISPRA Data Collection of Noise Reduction Measures for Urban Areas (Action 5) VIE EN.RO.SE. Acquisition of Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Data in the Ante-Operam Scenario (Actions 8 and 10) ARPAT and COMUNE FIRENZE Execution of Interventions (Action 12) COMUNE FIRENZE Acoustic and Civil Design of Noise Reduction Measures (Action 9) VIE EN.RO.SE. Acquisition of Acoustic and Non-Acoustic Data in the Post-Operam Scenario (actions 15 and 14) ARPAT and COMUNE FIRENZE Proposal for Revision of Italian Legislation and END Directive. Definition of Guidelines. (Action 17) ISPRA Proposals for Revision of Regional Legislation (Action 18) ARPAT System Validation and Optimizati on in the Florence case Study (Action 16) UNIFI- DMTI 2010 2011 2012

5. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Actions 1-7: results Normative and technical solutions are carried out referring to the following items: A – Hotspots A.1 – noise parameters and noise limits A.2 – noise limits in multisource scenarios A.3 – Hotspots criticality index definition B – Quiet Areas B.1 – acoustic and non-acoustic parameters B.2 - noise limits and sub-areas definition B.3 – Quiet Areas criticality index definition C – Noise Management System for urban areas C.1 – definition of intervention areas C.2 – criticality index for intervention areas C.3 – designing step C.4 – priority index of intervention

6. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community LEGEND Acoustic Barrier - Leq=55 dB(A Game area Open theatre - Leq=45 dB(A) Area for younger children Area dedicated to nature The collection of subjective data has been directly used by designers, without reducing the level of originality and creativity of the children, taking care of selecting the most appropriate materials and solutions and taking into account the regulatory constraints for school buildings. The project for the garden of the school combines noise mitigation goals with the needs emerged in subjective survey. At the end, this project involved: - the building of a non intrusive barrier, for reducing noise in a visually pleasant way, well integrated with the space and, above all, enjoyed by the children during playtime; - the provision of games with educational purposes; -a wooden mobile amphitheatre to give lesson in the garden. The location of different functions is closely related to the noise climate sub-areas of the garden. HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence

7. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Selection of materials – integration of the barrier with games HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence

8. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Placement of OPEN THEATRE Selction of the best acoustic area HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence

9. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community LEGENDA Selection of colours for the flooring HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence

10. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community WORK IN PROGRESS During the realization of the proposed interventions some problems arose: the first one is the presence of on other yard in the same areas for the adjustment of the heating in the school. The second problem is linked to the realization of a structure on the existent wall where it must be realized the noise barrier, due to the presence of unexpected underground piping. Another structural solution has been proposed by the Technical PM in accordance with Coordinating Beneficiary and Yard Supervisor. However such problems are solved in real-time, since the technical PM and the supervisor directly monitor major activities HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence

11. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community WORK IN PROGRESS HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence

12. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community WORK IN PROGRESS HUSH PROJECT: Don Minzoni school in Florence

13. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community The area of Brozzi-Quaracchi includes the historical quarters of Brozzi and Quaracchi, in the north-west of Florence. The area is delimited by two major roads: Via Pratese and Via Pistoiese Road. This is an area with high density of population and presence of a community deeply rooted in its territory. Noise annoyance to the population, is mainly caused by the flow of vehicles crossing the area between the two main roads using local streets rather than the road system outside the quarter. HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence

14. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence Traffic studies

15. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence

16. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Zona 30 HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence

17. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community facoltà di Agraria Scuola Media Paolo Uccello area 1 area 2 area 3 area 4 area 5 1 2 3 4 5 Asilo “Il Gomitolo” Sensitive receivers HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence

18. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Green Acoustic Barrier – area verde n.1 HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence

19. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Multisensorial Path HUSH PROJECT: area Brozzi-Quaracchi in Florence

20. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community First Announcement 24 January 2012 Salone de’ Dugento – Palazzo Vecchio Firenze Workshop A point on noise urban planning and quiet areas management: the experience of H.U.S.H. and QUADMAP projects

21. WORKING GROUP NOISE EUROCITIES LIFE08 ENV/IT/000386 With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community Thanks for your attention Thanks also to European Commission that contributed to this project considering and co-financing it into the LIFE+2008 Financial Programme. www.hush-project.eu