Impact of climate change in cultural heritage: from energy consumption to artefacts’ conservation and building rehabilitation

Coelho, Guilherme B.A.; Silva, Hugo Entradas; Henriques, Fernando

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110250

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“…Proofs that the interest in such topics is increasing are the number of recent scientific publications [3,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] as well as the funded projects at the European level [16][17][18].…”

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“…Although in recent years, some studies analysed the future threats due to climate change in heritage indoors [2,3,6,10,13,15,[20][21][22][23], few of them developed methods and tools to assess the impact of climate change upon heritage artworks [2,3,23].…”

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“…More recently, Coelho et al [6] investigated the effects of future climate change in terms of energy consumption and conservation risk of artworks in a historic church in Lisbon. The authors developed a whole building hygrothermal model using Wufi Plus software, which was validated with indoor climate measurements obtained from a longterm monitoring campaign.…”

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Effects of Climate Change on the Future of Heritage Buildings: Case Study and Applied Methodology

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Heritage buildings and the precious artworks contained therein, represent inestimable cultural and artistic evidence from the past that must be properly preserved for future generations. In the last decades, climate change has gained relevance and is becoming crucial to assess the building performance under such effect to provide timely mitigation actions to preserve our cultural heritage. In this regard, this paper outlines a method that combines different experimental activities and tools to forecast possible future risks due to climate change for the conservation of the artworks and provide its application in a relevant case study in Italy, the Duomo di Milano. In detail, the suggested method consists of the monitoring of the building indoor climate to validate a simulation model, defining possible future scenarios based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections, and evaluation of the future conservation risks of the main artworks. The results of the analysis carried out, show that for some artworks (e.g., stone sculptures, some organic materials, etc.), the conservation conditions will not worsen compared to the current situation, while for others (e.g., paintings, wooden objects, etc.) the risk of deterioration is expected to increase substantially. This study helps to understand how the future climate can affect the indoor environment of a huge masonry building and allow to plan targeted mitigation strategies aimed to reduce the future risks.

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“…Extreme climatic events may put at risk or damage patrimony and decrease its energy performance from a future perspective. Therefore, climate change must also be addressed in the planning process [5].…”

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Barriers on Establishing Passive Strategies in Office Spaces: A Case Study in a Historic University Building

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The adaptation of spaces to different usage typologies can be complex in heritage buildings. Facilities were initially planned for a specific type of use that, when changed, require additional measures to ensure a suitable indoor environment. Passive strategies—e.g., free cooling—are commonly used as an alternative without requiring equipment installation. However, its implementation often leads to unsatisfactory conditions. Therefore, it is important to clarify the main barriers to achieving thermal comfort in readapted historic buildings. The present work investigates the thermal comfort conditions reported by workers in office spaces of a historic building in the University of Coimbra. A monitoring campaign was carried out between May and September 2020 to assess indoor conditions’ quality. Due to the current pandemic of COVID-19, offices were not occupied at full capacity. A one-day evaluation of thermal comfort was made using a climate analyzer and six occupants were surveyed on 19 August 2020. The main results highlighted discomfort due to overheating of spaces. The causes were related to the combination of inadequate implementation of the free cooling actions and the building use. Furthermore, it was recommended the installation of HVAC systems in case of full capacity.

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“…Assessing the true profitability of these ECMs is fundamental to achieving the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, tests to assess the energy performance in current and future climate change scenarios are required using available estimations of how building energy performance could vary throughout the 21st century [21][22][23]. The research by Bienvenido-Huertas et al [19] is the sole study partially analyzing the possible performance of the thermal bridge in future years, although this study focuses on new buildings and very specific designs of slab fronts.…”

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Analysis of the Relationship of the Improvement of Façades and Thermal Bridges of Spanish Building Stock with the Mitigation of Its Energy and Environmental Impact

Bienvenido-Huertas

2020

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The energy improvement of building stock is essential to achieve a low-carbon economy. The improvement of façades is among the most common measures to reduce energy consumption. However, the effect of thermal bridges is undervalued in most cases. This study assesses the effect of improving building façades and thermal bridges. For this purpose, a case study is assessed for all climate zones in Spain, both in current and future scenarios, considering operational patterns from the COVID-19 pandemic. The study shows that the application of energy conservation measures focusing on reducing the thermal transmittance of façades and the linear thermal transmittance of thermal bridges has a more significant energy and environmental effect than other, more economical energy conservation measures that do not improve the effect of thermal bridges. Likewise, the application of energy conservation measures to improve façades can reduce carbon dioxide emissions but are far from achieving the 90% reduction set by the European Union by 2050. Consequently, these measures should be combined with other measures.

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Impact of climate change in cultural heritage: from energy consumption to artefacts’ conservation and building rehabilitation

Cited by 42 publications

References 34 publications

Effects of Climate Change on the Future of Heritage Buildings: Case Study and Applied Methodology

Effects of Climate Change on the Future of Heritage Buildings: Case Study and Applied Methodology

Barriers on Establishing Passive Strategies in Office Spaces: A Case Study in a Historic University Building

Analysis of the Relationship of the Improvement of Façades and Thermal Bridges of Spanish Building Stock with the Mitigation of Its Energy and Environmental Impact

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