cultural heritage

The hygrothermal behaviour of an internally insulated historic wall is still hard to predict, mainly because the physical characteristics of the materials composing the historic wall are unknown. In this study, the hygrothermal assessment of an internally thermal insulated masonry wall of an historic palace located in Ferrara, in Italy, is shown.

The MSCA-IF Heritage energy Living Lab onsite (HeLLo) project’s main objective is to create a structured dissemination programme that opens the doors of the laboratory beyond academic boundaries.

The main purpose of the HeLLo project is to contribute to data available on the literature on the real hygrothermal behavior of historic walls and the suitability of insulation technologies.

In the context of functional and performance rehabilitation of existing heritage, internal envelope thermal insulation is often an inevitable option towards improvement of historic buildings’ energy efficiency. Nonetheless, besides leading to the loss of useful floor area, this option may also lead to changes on the original hygrothermal behavior of such walls.

Built heritage represents a significant part of tangible Cultural Heritage (CH). One important way of preserving this CH for the future is to keep it into use, and more importantly in a sustainable use. The MSCA-IF project entitled HeLLo – Heritage energy Living Lab onsite is grounded in the field of energy refurbishment of heritage buildings.

This article aims to properly assess the hygrothermal properties of walls located in historic buildings, this study discloses the development of a remote sensing technology compatible with an in-situ measurement implemented in Palazzo Tassoni (Italy).

This article stems from a project researching good practices in the use and re-use by small towns of their cultural heritage…

This is a deliverable of REACH Project and covers an important area of work for the REACH project, as it identifies aspect of prior projects, which will subsequently be used to build participatory models (which can then be tested within the project’s four pilots) and define the concept of resilience, both of which are important planks of the project’s work…

This is a deliverable of REACH Project: the REACH repository of good practices related to social participation in cultural heritage is a fundamental component of the Social Platform established by the REACH project. This deliverable provides a critical reading of a selection of activities that have been collected in the REACH repository and has a threefold purpose…