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Modena, Italy
This supermarket of ca. 1200 m2 selling area, located in a residential area close to Modena’s centre, underwent renovation during the summer 2016, before reopening in September.
Around 50 workers were onsite per day during the 14 weeks the works lasted. The total requalification cost (supermarket and gallery) was 2.500.000€.
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The supermarket is managed by COOP Alleanza 3.0, while the retrofitting process was supported by INRES (for study, design and implementation) and the CommONEnergy partners, who suggested and implemented solutions and technologies. In the past couple of years, this neighbourhood experienced a social degradation, which encouraged the city of Modena to define a project requalifying this area, both from a social and functional point of view. The supermarket’s retrofitting was therefore included in the overall neighbourhood requalification. The supermarket is completed with a para-pharmacy of 76 m2 and a bar with an ice-cream shop of 67 m2, participating to reviving the R-Nord area. Before the works on the left, and below after renovation |
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The innovative solutions of CommONEnergy include:
Implementing the previously stated technologies and solutions had several objectives and benefits:
COOP Alleanza 3.0 contributed to the retrofitting by intervening directly with up to 670 000€ to support the works in public-use areas and with 55 000€ for public works. 62 workers are now employed in the renovated supermarket, where various ranges of products can be found: food, home products, etc., completed with vegan and organic sections. The shop is opened 7 days a week, with a reduced timeframe on Sundays. |
A poster in Italian is also available summarising this information.
More photos can be seen on the Gazzetta di Modena website and on the Novowood website.
Rendering of the works: