A model for the evaluation of building sustainability in agri-food industry

This study aims at defining a method for sustainability building evaluation in the specific context of agri-food industry. As a matter of fact, from an environmental point of view, this is one of the most critical industrial sectors and, consequently, sustainability evaluation is needed for the whole production chain, including all the aspects related to the design, use, remodelling, dismantling or reuse of the building facilities. A global building sustainable index was defined so as to appropriately and synthetically consider both the interaction of the many concurring factors and the specific aspects related to the agri-food production cycles