Building decarbonization: development of innovative policies and engineering strategies to promote large-scale energy renovation of affordable housing while safeguarding long-term economic viability and social inclusion. Newmatt’s activities in this area focus on enhancing the energy efficiency of buildings without compromising affordability, contributing to lower household energy costs and supporting a more sustainable housing sector.

Sustainable mechanical metamaterials: unconventional materials and structures whose properties primarily arise from their geometric design, with a focus on deployable devices for solar energy harvesting equipped with controlled sun-tracking mechanisms. Our mechanical metamaterials make extensive use of tensegrity structures, which are inspired by nature, as tensegrity principles are widely observed in biological systems.

AI-powered structural monitoring for the built environment: NEWMATT provides innovative solutions for monitoring buildings and civil infrastructure through advanced digital acquisition technologies and artificial intelligence. Our systems support the detection and classification of visible structural defects, damage, deterioration, anomalies, and maintenance-related issues. AI-based analysis is guided and supervised by NEWMATT technical experts with specific experience in structural monitoring. The technology is developed within the framework of the technical and scientific collaboration between NEWMATT and the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Salerno.