Innovative Construction Materials for Sustainable Heritage Conservation: Second Edition
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2024 | Viewed by 161
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renders and plasters; sustainable construction; construction for health; durability of construction; heritage conservation
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Dear Colleagues,
Heritage constructions are currently recognized as important assets for both cultural and economic motives.
To preserve the material and immaterial values of heritage constructions, conservation actions that do not destroy the original features and that can protect and restore old buildings or structures are needed.
The materials used for those actions should not only 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 minimal interventions, considering that reducing the carbon footprint is currently an obligation for the construction and rehabilitation industry as a whole.
Innovation is needed for such materials, which have diverse functions and complex requirements and are sometimes subjected to new actions, such as pollution and sudden hazards.
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 damaging or destructing material or immaterial values.
The following themes may be addressed:
- The characterization and assessment of the serviceability of innovative products or systems for the preservation, protection, or reinforcement of heritage constructions;
- The 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;
- The development of experimental methods and/or mathematical models to assess innovative products or systems to conserve heritage constructions;
- The development and assessment of innovative products or systems to reduce the impact of climatic changes and intense sudden hazards on heritage constructions;
- The impacts of applying innovative products or systems for conservation and the sustainability of interventions on heritage constructions according to Life Cycle Assessment results.
Dr. Maria do Rosário Veiga
Dr. Ana Rita Santos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- historic constructions
- compatibility
- sustainability
- preservation
- assessment
- consolidant
- reinforcement
- Heritage
- low carbon binders
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