Kyoto protocol application in Italy: a renewed role of IRT for testing buildings

Kyoto protocol proclaims major targets for the next decades: saving energy uses and not renewable resources, such as Cultural Heritage. In Italy the large amount of old historical buildings requires to articulate different approaches to reach these goals. Priority to historic buildings preservation will ensure to reach also the energy saving. Suitable diagnostics use images from different spectral bands to obtain information regarding damage distribuzion and materials of historical structures. Among images analysis techniques, IRT has a prominent role because of the variety of application on buildings and surroundings, feasibility, real time results and not destructivity. Integration with qualitative tests and microclimate monitoring allows to obtain the necessary input for preservation project and maintenance