Prefabricated Timber Façade for the Energy Refurbishment of the Italian Building Stock: The Ri.Fa.Re. Project

Malacarne, Giada; Monizza, Gabriele Pasetti; Ratajczak, Julia; Krause, Daniel; Benedetti, Cristina; Matt, Dominik T.

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2016.09.141

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“…Results are similar to the others project in Europe [7][8] [9]: prefabrication is an efficient solution for the energy renovation, it allows to guarantee a better quality and it makes possible to renovate quickly without using scaffoldings. For country level perspective, the installation speed would allow to increase the renovation volumes.…”

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confidence: 81%

Renovation of apartment buildings with prefabricated modular panels

2019

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New recast of the EPBD requires that that Member States shall establish a long-term strategy facilitating the cost-effective transformation of existing buildings into nearly-zero energy buildings. Lack of fund and lack of awareness is often considered to be the main barrier for the renovation. Experiences with renovation grant scheme in Estonia showed that large scale renovation scheme is a challenge to the construction industry and increased demand creates new problems like labour shortage and increased construction costs. Current renovation rate of apartment buildings in Estonia is approximately 200 buildings (~1%) per year. Demand is higher but current renovation technologies makes it difficult to significantly increase the renovation rate. Achieving the deep renovation goals with current technologies would require expansion of the whole construction sector (designers, contactors, material industry), which is difficult to achieve. Therefore, innovation and new technologies are needed. The prefabrication would be one solution to allow automation of the renovation process and renovate the existing housing stock within a reasonable time period.

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Renovation of apartment buildings with prefabricated modular panels

2019

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“…A number of prefabricated renovation concepts focus on the envelope optimization, limiting construction time while reducing energy demand through the use of component prefabrication (Astudillo et al, 2018;Bruno & Grecea, 2017;Bumanis & Pugovics, 2019;Bystedt et al, 2016;Callegari, Spinelli, Bianco, Serra, & Fantucci, 2015;EnergieSprong, 2014;Malacarne et al, 2016;Pihelo, Kalamees, & Kuusk, 2017;Stroomversnelling, 2014;TESEnergyFac ¸ade, 2014). Those concepts show both similarities and differences in their approach to industrialized renovation.…”

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Industrialized renovation of the building envelope: realizing the potential to decarbonize the European building stock

Konstantinou

Heesbeen

2022

Rethinking Building Skins

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“…Figure 5.1 A prefabricated timber facade used in building renovation (Malacarne et al 2016) Figure 5.2 A solar timber facade system for building refurbishment (Callegari et al 2015) Conventional timber sheets may not perform well under fire but recent studies show that CLT performs equally well, having the same behaviour as noncombustible material (see Figure 5.3). Furthermore, following passive fire protection methods can be used to limit the risk of fire spread (Giraldo et al 2012).…”

Section: Timbermentioning

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Performance of modern building façades in fire: a comprehensive review

Nguyen

Weerasinghe

Mendis

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EJSE

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Building façades are considered as one of the critical elements of a buildings especially in case of fire where poor performance façades lead to severe fire spread and building damage including human loss. There has been a significant improvement in façade design to ensure excellent building performance in terms of energy efficiency and requirements on aesthetic appeal. These changes fundamentally alter the behaviour of modern façades in fire and pose a risk to building safety and economic loss in the event of a fire. The latest incident at Grenfell tower demonstrated how vulnerable modern facades may be to fires, and emphasised how this vulnerability directly affects the safety of building occupants. The paper provides the first comprehensive review of current international design guidelines and test methods involving fire resistive design of facades. The influence of cladding material, geometry of the façade, cavities, wind and space between buildings are also discussed. Test methods that can be used to predict the flame and smoke spread are introduced and compared comprehensively. Critical aspects as the combustibility of the materials, and further studies on façade performance in fire are also highlighted.

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Prefabricated Timber Façade for the Energy Refurbishment of the Italian Building Stock: The Ri.Fa.Re. Project

Cited by 17 publications

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Renovation of apartment buildings with prefabricated modular panels

Renovation of apartment buildings with prefabricated modular panels

Industrialized renovation of the building envelope: realizing the potential to decarbonize the European building stock

Performance of modern building façades in fire: a comprehensive review

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