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title: Sustainability forges ahead in Italy with SYSTRA
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# Sustainability forges ahead in Italy with SYSTRA

![Sustainability forges ahead in Italy with SYSTRA](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/taranto-station-italy-1-1.jpg)

Under the impetus of RFI, Taranto station is preparing its transformation: its
layout will be radically transformed with the arrival of a Bus Rapid Transit
(BRT) network and the integration of soft modes.

A new passenger building will be erected next to the existing station,
connecting with the Croce Terminal bus station, and a new park-and-ride facility
will be built nearby. The road network will be redesigned to include a subway
for pedestrians, green spaces, new low-energy lighting, high platforms for bus
access and wider cycling areas.

### Four environmental certifications for a sustainable ambition

RFI has adopted high sustainability criteria to assess the performance of the
infrastructure, using four certification systems:

- LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) certification: this
  American certification, developed by the US Green Building Council, aims to
  promote the high environmental quality of buildings, and has an evaluation
  scale specifically dedicated to transport\*.
- The Envision Protocol, an assessment system created in the United States by
  the ISI (Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure) for sustainable
  infrastructure projects. It is promoted in Italy by ICMQ, one of the main
  certification bodies in the construction sector\*\*.
- Compliance with the DNSH (Do No Significant Harm) principle, which derives
  from European taxonomy, the central feature of the action plan for sustainable
  finance\*\*\*.
- And CAM (Criteri Ambientali Minimi) certification, which sets the minimum
  environmental criteria to be applied to every public infrastructure
  construction project in Italy and promotes the growth of the circular
  economy\*\*\*\*.

Our design deliverables as well as the construction work will be inspected
against these certifications so that the future multimodal terminal can obtain
them.

![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/roberto-lodola_square-format-4000x4000px-1024x1024.jpg)

> More than just another transport project, Taranto’s multimodal station is the
> emblem of a modern programme to transform existing infrastructure into
> sustainable buildings, with the highest standards of sustainability in both
> design and operation. Delivery of the buildings and the new multimodal
> facilities is scheduled for 2026.
> Roberto Lodola, Project manager, SYSTRA Italy

![taranto-station-italy-2](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/taranto-station-italy-2.jpg)

_Taranto Station is to become a multimodal hub with a new surrounding including drop-off parking and green spaces_

### Taranto, a city fighting pollution

Taranto is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. Its regional area is made
up of petrochemical and steel industrial zones, which have been criticised for
their discharges into the environment.

In addition to its sustainable certifications, the redevelopment of the station,
designed entirely using BIM, focuses on optimising the use of land, protecting
resources, particularly water by preserving local hydrology, landscaping to
minimise visual impact, and reducing construction waste.

\* LEED BD+C v4 Transit (Building Design and Construction) is the most suitable
certification for transport infrastructure projects.

\*\* RFI has released a Guidelines document and a Technical Specification that
aim to decline the ‘official’ manual for the application of the Envision
Protocol, within the scope of interventions related to railway stations.

\*\*\* In European taxonomy, the DNSH principle requires economic players to
cause no harm to the 6 environmental objectives that determine the
sustainability of an activity, in particular the preservation and ease of
restoration of biodiversity, the objectives for the use of infrastructure, and
its financing, in accordance with Article 5 of the ‘Horizontal Principles’,
which state that ‘Subsidies shall only finance measures that respect the DNSH
principles of no significant harm’.

\*\*\*\* The latest update of the CAM regulations, on 6 August 2022, is based on
the principles and development models of the circular economy, in line with the
most recent directives on the subject, in particular Communication COM (2020)
98: ‘A new plan of action for the circular economy. For a cleaner and more
competitive Europe.’

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