This paper provides an introduction to the basics of hygrothermal building physics, discusses assessment methodologies, including related methods, standards and software tools and illustrates these in a case study.
There's a growing understanding that traditional moisture risk approaches are inadequate. This is because of changes to how buildings are constructed and used, and a greater understanding of why moisture causes buildings to fail. This Paper: Describes why the approach …
In the UK, historically or architecturally significant buildings that are of special interest are protected by the English Heritage that makes every effort to preserve them. There are over 370,000 listed buildings in the country, and over 92% of them …
On the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war, this 21st annual edition of Historic Churches includes a series thought-provoking articles that consider the UK´s war memorials. Whether in stone or stained glass, bronze statuary or oil paint …
With buildings being responsible for nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, intensive building decarbonization programs are in place worldwide, with unintended consequences for historic buildings. To this end, national and international guidance on energy effciency for historic buildings …
Energy Audit and Planning for both existing and new-to-build buildings has been of increasing interest during the last years due to growing environmental concerns. Especially historic buildings, such Craiglockhart Primary School, which are of great importance because of their special …
As a result of the potential impacts of climate change, significant attention is being paid to the energy efficiency of older buildings. Legislation passed by the Scottish Government (the Climate Change Act 2009) has set the most demanding reduction targets …
In the UK retrofitting, or ‘retrospective refitting’ has become a central strategy in reducing energy inefficiency and carbon emissions. However, whilst implementation has increased, research shows that there are still several problematic barriers to the full implementation and embedding of …
This study examines the impact of behavioural and physical variables on the energy saving from retrofitting protected housing. Protected housing in England is referred to as ‘listed’ housing managed by English Heritage. The result of the study demonstrates that balanced …
Purpose – Evaluate the post occupancy performance of a typical “traditional” building using multiple post occupancy evaluation (PoE) protocols against design intents to learn lessons about their suitability in meeting UK's climate change reduction targets. The paper aims to discuss …