Ageing of the building stock is an issue affecting many regions in the world. This means a
large proportion of existing buildings being considered energy inefficient, with associated …

To achieve the ambitious target of climate neutrality of the EU set out within the EU Green
Deal, a reduction of energy use in the highly energy consuming building sector is critical. To …

Taking into consideration the seismic vulnerability and the poor energy performance of the
European building stock, and the increasing socio‐economic and environmental need for …

Beam-column joints constructed in the pre-seismic building code do not provide transverse
reinforcement and good reinforcement detailing within the region. These cause the …

This paper outlines experimental and analytical studies focused on strengthened concrete
specimens using Engineered Cementitious Composites and use of Kevlar sheets is …

The research deals with the issue of the seismic and energy retrofit of historic building
fabrics having as reference a historic district of Syracuse (Italy). The prospect of the …

In recent years the interest is arising towards systems for the combined structural and energy
retrofit of existing structures. In the present paper a retrofit system consisting in a lightly …

An extensive experimental program has been performed in the last years at the University of
Brescia to show the effectiveness of the in-plane seismic strengthening or repairing of …

The construction and building industry is responsible for a significant amount of carbon
emissions due to its high energy consumption throughout the lifecycle of buildings. Many …

The present study estimates the size and shape of the plastic zone around a variety of
notches by employing the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) method. First, a set of V-, U-, and …