Renovation of Buildings and Modernization of Built Areas
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 March 2023) | Viewed by 18457
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building diagnostics; durability and life cycle of buildings; service life prediction; predictive maintenance; renovation needs; degradation of buildings; assessment of the technical condition; rehabilitation of buildings; building materials in historical buildings
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Interests: building diagnostics; durability and life cycle of buildings; service life prediction; predictive maintenance; renovation needs; degradation of buildings; assessment of the technical condition; rehabilitation of buildings; building materials in historical buildings
Interests: requirements engineering in architectural design; BIM technology in architectural design; sustainable architecture and infrastructure; prefabrication and modular building; research methods and techniques applied in architecture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Without investment and construction activity, as well as renovation and modernization, there is no social and economic development of the local community. The construction of housing, public buildings and services, and technical and road infrastructure allows the needs of society to be met, while renovation of buildings and the modernization of built areas bring the living conditions of inhabitants to the level of modern civilization requirements. The point is, however, that all these investment and revitalization undertakings should always be rational and effective, as well as in line with public interest. We can achieve this goal both through investment activities in delimited new building areas and through comprehensive revitalization of existing buildings and the modernization of space.
Unfortunately, we continue to be passionate about successive investment projects, while so little attention is paid to the maintenance of buildings in proper technical condition, their standard, harmony, and the aesthetics of urban space. Although we do not have to convince each other of the advisability of undertaking revitalization projects and the preservation of cultural heritage, the effects of these actions are very small and are not sufficient in relation to the needs and expectations of society. Individual examples—often very valuable, but unfortunately, only spectacular—do not solve anything. The degradation of building resources, destruction of historic buildings, and disorganization and devastation of space is constantly intensifying.
We encourage our contributors to prepare original manuscripts containing current research findings and scientific discoveries that study:
- Building renovation in sustainable building development;
- Revitalization of building stock;
- Renovation problems of residential buildings;
- Adaptation of buildings for utility purposes;
- Modernization of built areas;
- Renovation of historic buildings;
- Building materials in historical buildings;
- Material, construction and execution issues in the field of renovation and restoration;
- Problems of revitalization funding;
- Methods for diagnosing building structures, in particular, historical buildings.
Prof. Beata Nowogońska
Prof. Dr. Leonard Runkiewicz
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Bonenberg
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Renovation of historic buildings
- Renovation of buildings
- Revitalization of building complexes
- Diagnostics of damage
- Adaptation of structures to the needs of use
- Modernization of residential areas
- thermo-renovation and damp protection of buildings
- Renovation in sustainable building development
- Issues related to determining and monitoring the technical condition of buildings
- Material and constructional issues in renovation and rehabilitation
- problems of renovation funding
- Organisational and technological problems in renovation and repairs.
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