Integrating energy retrofit with seismic upgrades to future-proof built heritage: Case studies of unreinforced masonry buildings in Aotearoa New Zealand

Besen, Priscila; Boarin, Paola

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110512

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“…Various other structural solutions proposed for the same purpose include CLT panels [12,13], textile-reinforced mortars [14], RC-framed skins [15], waste materials [16] and sandwich panels [17]. Besen and Boarin [18] studied the same issue with application to heritage buildings with unreinforced masonry structures in New Zealand. A non-invasive solution aimed at improving both the seismic performance and energy efficiency criteria for historical buildings in Italy is presented in the paper by Negro et al [19].…”

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The Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings for Energy Renovation—A Case Study for the Residential Building Stock in Bucharest (Romania)

Pavel,

Nica

2024

Buildings

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This study focuses on an overview of two programs applied to the residential building stock of Bucharest (Romania), namely, the seismic strengthening program and the thermal rehabilitation program. The methodology for seismic risk assessment given in the current generation of Romanian codes, as well as in previous regulations, is examined. A brief review of other seismic risk assessment methodologies currently applied in various seismically prone countries is also presented. Examples of high-rise buildings in Bucharest that suffered significant damage during the Vrancea 1977 earthquake and that were thermally rehabilitated without any strengthening works are shown in this paper. The consistent differences between the current outcomes of the two programs are presented and discussed. Finally, this review paper highlights the lack of coherence in terms of seismic risk assessments for the same class of buildings, inducing, in some situations, a false feeling of safety in the building inhabitants. In addition, a combined procedure for both seismic strengthening and thermal rehabilitation is mandatory, considering the seismicity of Romania, as well as ongoing climate change.

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