Innovative Construction Materials for Sustainable Heritage Conservation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2023) | Viewed by 3034
Special Issue Editor
Interests: renders and plasters; sustainable construction; construction for health; durability of construction; heritage conservation
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Dear Colleagues,
Heritage Constructions are nowadays recognized as important assets, both for cultural and economic motives.
To preserve the material and immaterial values of Heritage Constructions, conservation actions may be needed, that do not destroy the original features and contribute for the protection and restoration of the old building or structure.
The materials used for those actions should be effective and durable, but also compatible with the old elements, in order to avoid secondary damage and loss of original value. They should also be sustainable materials and allow for sustainable, minimal interventions, considering that the reduction of the carbon footprint is nowadays an obligation for the construction and rehabilitation industry as a whole.
For such materials, with diverse functions and complex requirements, sometimes subjected to new actions, such as pollution and sudden hazards, innovation is needed.
The aim of this Special Issue is to gather knowledge about innovative and sustainable materials that can adequately contribute to the preservation, protection, and reinforcement of Heritage Constructions, without damage or destruction of material or immaterial values.
The following themes may be addressed:
- Characterization and assessment of serviceability of innovative products, or systems for preservation, protection, or reinforcement of Heritage Constructions.
- Characterization of innovative products or systems to improve the performance of Heritage Constructions in certain aspects related to sustainability, health or safety, such as thermal behaviour, acoustic behaviour or seismic performance.
- Development of experimental methods and/or mathematical models for the assessment of innovative products or systems for application in conservation actions of Heritage Constructions.
- Development and assessment of innovative products or systems to reduce the impact of climatic changes and intense sudden hazards in Heritage Constructions.
- Impacts of the application of innovative products or systems for conservation in the sustainability of interventions on Heritage Constructions, considering the Life Cycle Assessment of the Constructions.
Prof. Dr. Maria do Rosário Veiga
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- historic constructions
- compatibility
- sustainability
- preservation
- assessment
- consolidant
- reinforcement
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