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This book provides a methodological framework to set properly the thermal enhancement and energy efficiency in historical buildings during a renovation process. It describes the unique thermal features of historical properties, closely examining how the building materials, structural elements, and state of conservation can impact energy efficiency, including sample calculations and results. It also describes means and aims of several fundamental steps to improve energy efficiency in historical buildings with an experimentation on a case study. This timely text also introduces leading-edge technologies for enhancing the energy performance of historical buildings, including the potential for integration of co- ad tri-generation though micro-turbines, photovoltaics and solar collectors and their compatibility with architectural preservation. • Discusses the unique considerations for energy efficiency that are necessary when planning preservation and update work on historical buildings; • Provides tools to help undertake such projects, including methodological frameworks, sample calculations, and the results of technical feasibility studies; • Includes one complete case studies from work recently conducted on a listed building.

Energy efficiency. --- Building repair. --- Buildings—Repair and reconstruction. --- Sustainable development. --- Energy Efficiency. --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Sustainable Development.

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This book gathers a selection of papers presented at the 4th International Scientific Conference “Environmental Challenges in Civil Engineering”, ECCE 2020, , Opole, Poland, held on April 20-22, 2020, in Opole, Poland. The chapters, written by an international group of experts, report on advanced finding in structural material behaviour, and novel construction technologies and procedures, with a focus on strategies to foster sustainable civil engineering. Offering a good balance of theory and practice, and covering both technical, as well as legal and organization aspects in civil engineering and architectural projects, this book offers extensive information on the state-of-the art and a timely snapshot of current challenges in planning construction projects and structural interventions in accordance with the principles of environmental protection.

Environment. --- Building repair. --- Buildings—Repair and reconstruction. --- Building materials. --- Environment, general. --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Building Materials. --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Building reconstruction --- Building renovation --- Building repair --- Reconstruction of buildings --- Remodeling of buildings --- Renovation of buildings --- Maintenance --- Repairing --- Reconstruction --- Remodeling --- Renovation --- Protection --- Conservation and restoration

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This book provides the opportunity to explore the variety of meanings, undertones and contextual connotations that currently pertain to the expressions of "virtual (or digital) restoration" and "reconstruction". The book focuses on the latest applications of virtual restoration and reconstruction in different areas of Cultural Heritage through the presentation and discussion of several case studies. The goal is to provide a broad perspective on the subject. The sample presented in this book has been indeed selected and evaluated referring to different disciplinary fields such as archaeology, architecture, and conservation while encompassing a variety of cultural and chronological contexts. .

Buildings—Repair and reconstruction. --- Buildings—Maintenance. --- Archaeology. --- Digital humanities. --- Cultural property. --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Digital Humanities. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Humanities --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Historic preservation. --- Preservation, Historic --- Preservationism (Historic preservation) --- Cultural property --- Protection

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This book gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of historic mortars and masonry structures conservation and restoration, as presented by international researchers and professionals at the 6th Historic Mortars Conference (HMC), held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on September 21–23, 2022. It covers topics such as characterization of historic mortars and masonry structures—sampling and test methods; historic production, processing and application of mortars, renders and grouts; assessment of historic renders and plasters; conservation and preventing conservation case studies; repair mortars and grouts—requirements and design, compatibility issues, durability and effectiveness and adequacy of testing procedures. Special attention is given to historic mortars where one of the binders or the only binder is Portland cement and to the structures in which these materials are used. The contributions, which were selected through a rigorous international peer-review process, share new knowledge and exciting ideas that will help protect heritage buildings more efficiently and foster new multidisciplinary collaborations in this area. Chapter Performance Evaluation of Patch Repairs on Historic Concrete Structures (PEPS): An Overview of the Assessment Methodology is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Buildings—Design and construction. --- Cultural property. --- Buildings—Repair and reconstruction. --- Buildings—Maintenance. --- Materials—Analysis. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Materials Characterization Technique. --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas

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The papers in this volume provide an introduction to well known and established system identification methods for structural health monitoring and to more advanced, state-of-the-art tools, able to tackle the challenges associated with actual implementation. Starting with an overview on fundamental methods, introductory concepts are provided on the general framework of time and frequency domain, parametric and non-parametric methods, input-output or output only techniques. Cutting edge tools are introduced including, nonlinear system identification methods; Bayesian tools; and advanced modal identification techniques (such as the Kalman and particle filters, the fast Bayesian FFT method). Advanced computational tools for uncertainty quantification are discussed to provide a link between monitoring and structural integrity assessment. In addition, full scale applications and field deployments that illustrate the workings and effectiveness of the introduced monitoring schemes are demonstrated.

Engineering. --- Building repair. --- Buildings --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Repair and reconstruction. --- Structural health monitoring. --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Architectural engineering --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural mechanics --- Structures, Theory of --- Condition monitoring (Structural engineering) --- Monitoring (Structural engineering) --- SHM (Structural health monitoring) --- Structural monitoring --- Nondestructive testing --- Structural engineering --- Building construction. --- Buildings—Repair and reconstruction. --- Building reconstruction --- Building renovation --- Building repair --- Reconstruction of buildings --- Remodeling of buildings --- Renovation of buildings --- Maintenance --- Repairing --- Architecture --- Reconstruction --- Remodeling --- Renovation --- Protection --- Conservation and restoration