Abstract
Energy loss has not been addressed effectively by policies introduced to encourage the preservation and enhancement of historical structures. Material and other constraints, together with safety standard improvements, do not always guarantee adequate levels of environmental performance. An optimization of retrofit measures to align with new uses, new standards of comfort, and energy saving are needed, as are studies based on new best practices for the enhancement of architectural heritage. This paper presents a method that uses dynamic models tared on non-destructive surveys, and based on compatible energy and structural interventions derived from preliminary analyses integrated into special design tools. Energy simulations were carried out using Design Builder (6.1.5.002, Designbuilder Software Ltd, Stroud, UK) software. The case study is a former hospital, S. Salvatore, in L’Aquila, an architecturally important building, severely damaged by an earthquake in 2009. The methodology presented in this research includes in-depth investigations coherently systematized into a multi-scenario output using simulation software. The results guarantee a high level of compatibility with restoration and seismic guidelines, and new building environmental performance requirements.
Highlights
Existing buildings are responsible for 34% of global energy consumption and 19% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions [1,2]
Historical ones have the greatest potential in terms of improving environmental performance and best practice methodologies for their restoration and requalification have been the focus of a lot of international research [3,8,9,10,11]
In 2003, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) defined the ‘Principles for the analysis, conservation and structural restoration of architectural heritage’ publishing a charter and related guidelines [12] based on the principles enshrined in the 1964 Venice Charter [13]
Summary
Existing buildings are responsible for 34% of global energy consumption and 19% of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions [1,2]. Historical ones have the greatest potential in terms of improving environmental performance and best practice methodologies for their restoration and requalification have been the focus of a lot of international research [3,8,9,10,11]. In 2003, ICOMOS defined the ‘Principles for the analysis, conservation and structural restoration of architectural heritage’ publishing a charter and related guidelines [12] based on the principles enshrined in the 1964 Venice Charter [13]. These guidelines address issues related to Energies 2020, 13, 3289; doi:10.3390/en13123289 www.mdpi.com/journal/energies
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