Search results for "historical building"
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Energy and economic analysis and feasibility of retrofit actions in Italian residential historical buildings
2016
Abstract The application of retrofit actions to existing building stocks can improve the energy performance of the residential sector. In this context, particular attention should be given to historical buildings, which represent a large part of the Italian building stock. To improve the energy performance of them, adequate retrofit actions must be applied. Many studies and regulations have focused on identifying the best refurbishment measures. However, the selection of these measures is difficult due to restrictive regulations, which are dictated by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, high retrofit costs, and variable climate zones. Thus, energy renovations in Italian buildi…
Innovative systems for the redevelopment of historical buildings: BIM application
2018
Il settore delle costruzioni sta vivendo una profonda trasformazione dovuta all’impiego di Tecnologie dell’Informazione che stanno modificando il modo di vivere, di lavorare, di produrre e di scambiare informazioni (BIM). Il BIM supera alcuni limiti della tradizionale organizzazione dell’attività progettuale, fatta di passaggi sequenziali tra i professionisti dei diversi settori per la definizione dei vari aspetti del progetto. Per tale ragione, in anni recenti, è cresciuto il suo uso come strumento di controllo e gestione del progetto di architettura sia per gli edifici di nuova costruzione che per la ri-funzionalizzazione di quelli esistenti. L’articolo presenta i risultati di uno studio …
An overview of energy retrofit actions feasibility on Italian historical buildings
2017
Abstract Italian energy policy has determined important keystones in building energy efficiency regulations and their application throughout the country. However, there is still much work to be done in order to make sustainable societies and territories, especially in historical contexts that have the greatest potentiality of energy saving. In detail, in the framework of conservation, restoration, refurbishment, and retrofit actions, the debate among scientists, administrators and skilled people is still open due to the many aspects yet to be considered and solved. In this paper, the state of the art of Italian residential building heritage has been reviewed, while energy retrofit issues an…
Redesign of a Rural Building in a Heritage Site in Italy: Towards the Net Zero Energy Target
2017
In order to achieve the ambitious objective of decarbonising the economy, it is mandatory, especially in Europe and in Italy, to include the retrofitting of existing buildings. In a country where a large share of existing buildings have heritage value, it is important to design effective retrofit solutions also in historical buildings. In this context, the paper describes the experience of re-design of an existing rural building located in Sicily, inside the ancient Greeks' “Valley of the Temples”. An energy audit was performed on the building, and its energy uses were thoroughly investigated. A building model was developed in the TRNSYS environment and its performances validated. The valid…
Energy retrofit actions on Italian historical buildings: energy efficiency and feasibility. A review study.
2016
Today in EU, the growth in global primary energy consumption is decreasing. In 2014, Italy contributed with a global reduction of 17.1%, thanks to the application of EU measures on different areas. However, there is still much work to be done in order to make sustainable societies and territories, especially in buildings sector that has the greatest potentiality of energy saving. In particular, in the framework of Conservation, Restoration, Refurbishment, and Retrofit actions, the debate is still open, because many aspects must be considered and solved yet. In this paper, the state of the art of the Italian residential building heritage has been reviewed, applicable energy retrofit issues a…
PALERMO, IL PATRIMONIO ARCHITETTONICO COME RISORSA - PALERMO, THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AS A CULTURAL RESOURCE
2014
Palermo è una città che ha visto sovrapporsi culture e tecniche costruttive di popoli diversi. È una città dalle mille risorse, che conserva un grande patrimonio di particolare valenza storica, architettonica ed artistica. La memoria vuole essere un contributo nella prospettiva della valorizzazione del suo patrimonio architettonico. Nello specifico lo studio intende analizzare in prim’ordine il valore di comunicazione dell’involucro architettonico nelle varie epoche storiche e nel presente; in secondo luogo rilevare, studiare e rappresentare particolari documenti del costruito storico di grande espressione architettonica e proporre un itinerario monumentale che è anche una rivisitazione ine…
The effect of Water on passive cooling systems in the Arab-Norman architecture of the Zisa Palace in Palermo
2019
This paper shows the theories argued by some historians with reference to the working of natural water passive cooling systems employed in the Zisa Complex. Albeit such theories are seminal attempts to understand passive water systems, they have no scientific evidence. This study instead concentrates on a more rigorous treatment that enabled to set up a robust framework for designing a historical water passive system such as the Salsabil, which in fact was conceived and developed in an empirical way. Several historical buildings of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern architecture include relevant artefacts useful to control humidity and temperature through water passive systems . The archi…
Historical Buildings in protected areas in Italy: a re-design study of a rural building
2017
Historic and traditional buildings, including rural ones, are a territorial resource in Europe and constitute an integral part of the European’s cultural heritage. However they are often characterized by poor energy performances and a large potential for energy retrofit actions. On the other hand, the hardest part of retrofitting such buildings is the limited invasiveness that such actions need to have on the historical and heritage value of the building itself. The paper describes an experience of re-design of an existing rural building located in Sicily, inside the ancient Greeks “Valley of the Temples”. An energy audit was performed on the building, its energy uses thoroughly investigate…
Enhancing the National Identity through Historic Buildings Conservation using VR Technology
2011
The event organized by TOTAL, Indonesian Embassy in France, etc.; International audience; Indonesia comprises the most extraordinary collections of cultural heritage within various historical places. Those heritage sites in all over Indonesia longingly present its own spirit of place, genius loci, as perform on its unique artifacts, and the community's cultural resources. The legacy of Indonesian collective past such as the built environment, artifacts, shrines and temples, buildings and monuments, sites and districts from the village to the center city are some significant heritages that very important for our national identity. Unfortunately, many heritage objects have been neglected towa…
Historical building dating: refinement of established sample preparation protocol
2010
Abstract: The application of thermal (TL) and optical (OSL) stimulated luminescence on pottery and building materials has allowed to resolve numer-ous problems in both the fields of retrospective do-simetry and dating. Routine measurements request the registration of TL signals obtained on polymineral fine-grained frac-tion (FG) extracted from pottery sherds and bricks used as building material with the Added Dose (AD) technique. One of the reasons of the dispersion of the lumi-nescence measurements when using this fraction is the variability of relative contents of quartz and feld-spars, which due to their differing behaviour influ-encing the equivalent dose (ED) and therefore its uncertai…