Built cultural heritage is under constant threat due to environmental pressures,
anthropogenic damages, and interventions. Understanding the preservation state of …

New methodologies that explore and identify energy problems of buildings can be defined
by using three-dimensional thermal models over time. The acquisition of thermal point …

Thermal performance of the building envelope exerts considerable influence on maintaining
indoor environmental conditions. Acquisition of sensor data of a building is essential to …

A significant problem in understanding the archaeology of standing buildings relates to the
proscription to uncover features and structures within plastered and rendered walls due to …

Thermal infrared imaging is fundamental to architectural heritage non-destructive
diagnostics. However, thermal sensors' low spatial resolution allows capturing only very …

High moisture content is a common problem of adhered glazed ceramic cladding. It leads to
further problems such as biological growth, delamination and efflorescence. Increased …

This article describes the use of non-or minimally destructive methods to study damp in San
Juan Bautista Church at Talamanca de Jarama in the Spanish province of Madrid. The …

The damage of concrete structures calls for effective methods for condition evaluation and
maintenance. The usual destructive testing has many disadvantages in Civil Engineering …

Study of historic buildings requires a pathology analysis of the construction materials used in
order to define their conservation state. Usually we can find capillary moisture, salt …

The detailed documentation of degradation constitutes a fundamental step for weathering
diagnosis and, consequently, for successful planning and implementation of conservation …