Abstract
A new methodology for long-term monitoring of climate change impacts on historic buildings and interiors has been developed. This paper proposes a generic framework for how monitoring programs can be developed and describes the planning and arrangement of a Norwegian monitoring campaign. The methodology aims to make it possible to establish a data-driven decision making process based on monitored decay related to climate change. This monitoring campaign includes 45 medieval buildings distributed over the entirety of Norway. Thirty-five of these buildings are dated to before 1537 and include wooden buildings as well as 10 medieval churches built in stone while the remaining 10 buildings are situated in the World Heritage sites of Bryggen, in Bergen on the west coast of Norway, and in Røros, which is a mining town in the inland of the country. The monitoring is planned to run for 30 to 50 years. It includes a zero-level registration and an interval-based registration system focused on relevant indicators, which will make it possible to register climate change-induced decay at an early stage.
Highlights
The impact of climate change on a built cultural heritage must be considered in the long-term management of historic buildings
This paper proposes a generic framework for how monitoring programs can be developed and describes the planning and arrangement of a Norwegian monitoring campaign
This review mainly concerns the monitoring of climate change adaptation, it provides a generic approach that we suggest is applicable to the monitoring of climate change impact
Summary
The impact of climate change on a built cultural heritage must be considered in the long-term management of historic buildings. Most buildings are not constructed to resist “new” climate conditions and risks associated with climate change should, be identified and quantified in order to facilitate relevant adaptation measures. A long-term strategy to adapt to climate change must be based on risk assessment, adaptation measures, and monitoring. Advanced simulations can be used to predict the future climate and its effect on historic buildings [3,4]. Long-term monitoring of actual climate change impact is necessary to better understand the effects of climate change on historic buildings. Monitoring can be used to observe and analyze decay progress and changes to make them “visible” and to provide reference data to improve the results of simulation models. The outcome of monitoring provides results that can Geosciences 2018, 8, 370; doi:10.3390/geosciences8100370 www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences
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