Energy requalification of a historical building: A case study

Bellia, Laura; Alfano, Francesca Romana d’Ambrosio; Giordano, Joselito; Ianniello, Elvira; Riccio, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.10.060

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“…The paradigm of sustainability regarding the heritage buildings, however, requires not only minimizing the waste generation and the use of resources, maintaining the identity of the place and community, but also energy savings and the appropriate living and working conditions for the users of heritage buildings. Reviewed studies (Bellia et al, 2015;Burattini et al, 2015;Todorovic, 2012;Todorovic et al, 2015 and many others) had demonstrated that it is possible to improve the energy performance of an existing building achieving a significant energy saving with the respect of the building architecture, shape, function and the surrounding landscape (Burattini et al, 2015). It is possible to presume that some historic buildings are inherently sustainable including the users comfort as well; taking into account the original climatic adaptations of historic buildings, contemporary sustainable technologies can supplement their inherent sustainable features (Todorovic, 2012).…”

Section: Refunctioning Of Heritage Buildings and The Users' Comfortmentioning

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Re-functioning of Inter-War Modernism Buildings in Kaunas (Lithuania): the Aspect of Users’ Comfort

Gražulevičiūtė–Vileniškė

Seduikyte²,

Liutikaitė³

2017

Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering

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This study is aimed at analysing the possibilities of contemporary use and re-functioning of Kaunas inter-war modernism buildings from the users' comfort point of view. For the study, we have selected the building of the House of Commerce, Industry and Crafts designed in 1937-1939 by the well-known architect of this period V. Landsbergis-Zemkalnis that was continuously used and re-used for the administrative, office, and library purposes through its entire existence. In the frame of this research the analysis of literature, including the peculiarities of heritage building re-functioning from the users' comfort point of view and the historical context of the case study building, and the field study including the photographical survey and the measurements of thermal conditions during warm (August) and cold (March-April, with central heating) seasons were carried out. The research on site has shown the favourable conditions for the users according to the contemporary standards; however, the deterioration of some building's structures threaten its heritage values and the use possibilities in the future. It can be concluded that the prestige generated by the heritage values and social significance of Kaunas interwar modernism architecture together with the appropriate thermal conditions for the users encourage sustainable renovation and re-functioning of such buildings for the needs of contemporary society.

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Section: Refunctioning Of Heritage Buildings and The Users' Comfortmentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-functioning of Inter-War Modernism Buildings in Kaunas (Lithuania): the Aspect of Users’ Comfort

Gražulevičiūtė–Vileniškė

Seduikyte²,

Liutikaitė³

2017

Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering

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“…At international level it is clear that a certain level of knowledge of the energetic behaviour of historical buildings has not yet been acquired, nor are there any agreements on performance improvement strategies that take into account the values of cultural, historical, architectural, technical and construction heritage [15,16]. Therefore, the development of a correct energy analysis can help to identify the best rehabilitation solutions that are compatible, respectful of the values to be conserved and that can guarantee user comfort and energy efficiency [17,18].…”

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Thermal Transmittance Measurements of the Historical Masonries: Some Case Studies

Rotilio¹,

Cucchiella²,

Berardinis³

et al. 2018

Energies

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The background shows that intervention on historical walls highlights the difficulty of identifying design solutions that are effective and compatible due to the lack of specific data on the thermal characteristics of the specific contexts investigated. This determines the choice of design solutions that are frequently inadequate and unsustainable from an environmental and economic point of view. Starting from acquired data a methodology has been developed that is based on in situ experimental investigations able to return the most probable value of transmittance of the historical walls. The values measured on the samples analysed do not reflect the literature data. For some of the samples analysed, the measured transmittance is lower than the one recorded in literature of about 10–15%. For the remaining ones, there are no reference values. The importance of an in-depth knowledge of the real behaviour of an existing historical envelope of a building is therefore fundamental, given that any evaluation mistake can have serious consequences from both an economic and environmental point of view. Underestimating the transmittance of a wall implies a waste in the use of available resources but also the disposal of greater quantities of building materials in relation to the end of life. The developed methodology can be easily replicated in other contexts and extended to all building elements that make up the historical envelope. The study will be continued by analysing further samples in order to create a reference knowledge database accessible to researchers, professionals and organizations.

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“…In the last years, an increasing attention has been paid to the energy refurbishment of the existing buildings (Mazzarella 2015), both modern and historical buildings, which belong to public institutions (Ascione et al 2017;Cornaro et al 2016;Semprini et al 2016). Even though in Italy the energy retrofit for the historical buildings is not mandatory due to the priority of conservation heritage, several studies about this issue have been conducted by combining experimental data and whole-building dynamic simulation (Bellia et al 2015;Dalla Mora et al 2015;Lucchi 2016;Roberti et al 2017). However, to take advantages of simulations, the calibration of building model is necessary.…”

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A method for an effective microclimate management in historical buildings combining monitoring and dynamic simulation: the case of “Museo Archeologico di Priverno”

Frasca¹,

Cornaro²,

Siani³

2018

Healthy, Intelligent and Resilient Buildings and Urban Environments

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In this work a method is proposed to estimate the effect of indoor microclimate on the risk of degradation of ancient materials stored in historical buildings. The method, which combines microclimate observations and dynamic simulation, has shown to be strategic in preventive conservation of historical buildings. Indeed, once the building model is calibrated, it can be effectively used for evaluating the microclimate control solutions on the conservation reducing general degradation risks. The method has been applied to a historical building close to Rome, where deteriorations in ceilings occurred and visitors complain about thermal discomfort. First, the HVAC system in the model has set in order to guarantee both thermal comfort and adequate condition for the conservation of the material. Then, the crack width of wooden ceiling has been estimated by means of an empirical model based on indoor temperature and relative humidity data and validated with the measurements of the crack width. It was found a reduction of annual variation from 0.4 mm to 0.2 mm, experimented by panels, and an improvement of maximum daily variation, especially in winter and summer (less than 0.01 mm on average).

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Energy requalification of a historical building: A case study

Cited by 39 publications

References 6 publications

Re-functioning of Inter-War Modernism Buildings in Kaunas (Lithuania): the Aspect of Users’ Comfort

Re-functioning of Inter-War Modernism Buildings in Kaunas (Lithuania): the Aspect of Users’ Comfort

Thermal Transmittance Measurements of the Historical Masonries: Some Case Studies

A method for an effective microclimate management in historical buildings combining monitoring and dynamic simulation: the case of “Museo Archeologico di Priverno”

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