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 …

The European building stock presents pertinent issues needing suitable strategies to be
solved. In detail, this regards seismic safety and energy efficiency of buildings to ensure …

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 …

The sustainable renovation of existing buildings is currently at the top of the agenda of the
European Union. Sustainability is typically defined as the result of the interaction of …

The global emphasis on sustainable development and urban renewal has caused economic
evaluation issues in the process of building retrofitting to become a focal point of …

The practice of sustainable buildings has become a general trend in urban development.
Yet, with the rapid development of urban renewal, the performance of existing buildings …

A RC-framed-skin technology for the integrated seismic and thermal retrofitting interventions
on existing buildings, recently proposed by some of the authors, is thoroughly investigated …

The seismic safety of existing building stock has become a very critical issue in recent years,
mainly in earthquake-prone South Europe where most of the buildings were designed …

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 …

The objective of this research is to determine the effectiveness of environmental conditioning
strategies applied in a multipurpose building in the commercial area of Gamarra, in the …