International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
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Building internal heat dissipation of special shaped columns composed of concrete-filled square steel tubes based on thermal bridge models
Zijing WangSpecial shaped columns composed of concrete-filled square steel tubes have broad application prospects in steel structure residential buildings. The paper aims to discuss…
Measuring embodied CO2 emission in construction materials in Kosovo apartments
Visar HoxhaThe purpose of this paper is to quantify the carbon emissions emitted by two different typical apartment units representative of two different construction periods in…
How adaption of historic listed buildings affords access
Suzanna Lynch, David G. ProverbsProviding accessible and inclusive environments fulfils legislative obligations and creates financial benefits. Historic-listed buildings rely on heritage tourism for…
Flat roof hygrothermal performance testing and evaluation
Aitor Erkoreka, Ivan Flores-Abascal, Cesar Escudero, Koldo Martin, Jose Antonio Millan, Jose Maria SalaUnderstanding the dynamic hygrothermal behavior of building elements is very important to ensure the optimal performance of buildings. The Laboratory for Quality Control…
Authenticity in cultural built heritage: learning from Chinese Indonesians’ houses
Asmarani FebruandariThe purpose of this paper is to explore authenticity conception of cultural built heritage. As a core of heritage management, authenticity is often seen as a validation of…
Factors contribute in development of the assessment framework for wheelchair accessibility in National Heritage Buildings in Malaysia
Nurul Fadzila Zahari, Adi Irfan Che-Ani, Robiah Binti Abdul Rashid, Mas Ayu Mohd Tahir, Suzana AmatThe purpose of this paper is to reveal the significant factors that contribute to the development of the assessment framework for wheelchair accessibility to National…
Heritage retrofit and cultural empathy; a discussion of challenges regarding the energy performance of historic UK timber-framed dwellings
Christopher J. Whitman, Oriel Prizeman, Pete Walker, Julie Amanda GwilliamThe energy retrofit of the existing building stock, and specifically the thermal upgrading of the buildings’ envelopes, has been identified as a key action for both the…
Sustainable refurbishment for school buildings: a literature review
An Thi Hoai Le, Kenneth Sungho Park, Niluka Domingo, Eziaku Rasheed, Nalanie MithraratneAny building refurbishment is challenging and school buildings offer no exception. They are increasingly in need of refurbishment due to their age and evolving teaching…
Balancing preservation and energy efficiency in building stocks
Petra Eriksson, Vlatko Milić, Tor BrostromEnergy use in buildings needs to be reduced to meet political goals; however, reducing energy use can conflict with heritage preservation objectives. The purpose of this…
An investigation into the construction industry’s view on fire prevention in high-rise buildings post Grenfell
Iman Farah Mohamed, David John Edwards, Monica Mateo-Garcia, Glenn Costin, Wellington Didibhuku Didibhuku ThwalaThe purpose of this paper is to explore contemporary attitudes amongst UK construction professionals regards fire safety post the Grenfell Tower disaster. Specifically…
Dementia-friendly heritage settings: a research review
Monika Sharma, Angela LeePreserving our built heritage from the onslaught of weather, pollution, development and the effects of tourism is a complex endeavour. Appended to this is the need to…
Developing a new framework to bring consistency and flexibility in evaluating actual building performance
Rajat Gupta, Matthew Gregg, Rohini CherianThe field of building performance evaluation (BPE) forms a fragmented whole with tools and methods that are not widely applicable. In response, the purpose of this paper…
A standardised flexibility assessment methodology for demand response
Sarah O’Connell, Glenn Reynders, Federico Seri, Raymond Sterling, Marcus M. KeaneThe purpose of this paper is to standardised four-step flexibility assessment methodology for evaluating the available electrical load reduction or increase a building can…
Modeling of chloride penetration in concrete structures under freeze-thaw cycles
H’mida Hamidane, Ayman Ababneh, Ali Messabhia, Yunping XiThe purpose of this paper is to develop a method for predicting the chloride ingress into concrete structures, with an emphasis on the low temperature range where…
The opportunities and challenges of improving the condition and sustainability of a historic building at an international tourist attraction in the UK
Samantha OrganHeritage tourism has become increasingly popular, and improving the sustainability of such sites is essential both nationally and internationally. The purpose of this…
Thermal analysis and post construction verification
Cormac Flood, Lloyd ScottThe residential sector in Ireland accounted for 25 per cent of energy related CO2 emissions in 2016 through burning fossil fuels, a major contributor to climate change. In…
Virtual 3D model of Canseleri building via close-range photogrammetry implementation
Ahmad Shahrunnizam Ahmad Shazali, Khairul Nizam TaharThe current technique used to measure construction is the conventional total station method. However, the conventional method is time-consuming and could not be used to…
A cost trajectory to environmentally adaptive building construction in wet humid settings
Alolote Amadi, Anthony Paul HighamThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the ongoing discourse centred on enhancing building performance to provide an interpretation of life cycle cost (LCC) analysis…
A cost-benefit analysis model for the retrofit of sustainable urban drainage systems towards improved flood risk mitigation
Oluwayemi A. Oladunjoye, David G. Proverbs, Beck Collins, Hong XiaoThe Environment Agency estimates that one in six homes in England (approximately 5.2m properties) are at risk from flooding and 185,000 commercial properties are located…
Implementation of BIM technology for knowledge transfer in IBS building maintenance projects
Zul-Atfi IsmailThe current maintenance management method affects the efficiency of the complex, high-rise industrialised building system (IBS) building maintenance management projects in…
Conservation management plans: An examination of obstacles to, and opportunities for, producing an effective management tool
Derek Worthing, Samantha OrganThe purpose of this paper is to identify factors that contribute to the development of an effective conservation management plan (CMP).
Monitoring climate change related biodeterioration of protected historic buildings
Mari Sand Austigard, Johan MattssonExpected rates of biodeterioration in heritage buildings under historic conditions are well known. Deteriorating organisms will benefit from a warmer and wetter climate…
Methodological evaluation of Integrated Façade Systems: Sensitivity analysis of net energy in a base-case model
Yahya Ibraheem, Poorang A.E. Piroozfar, Eric R.P. Farr, Neil RavenscroftThe purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology to test the robustness of energy performance of highly to fully glazed office buildings in hot and arid climates…
Long-term effects of additional insulation of building façades in Sweden: Towards a holistic approach
Martin Tunefalk, Mattias Legner, Gustaf LeijonhufvudThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate long-term effects of previous policies for energy efficiency on energy performance and heritage values. A further ambition is to…
Inferring the as-built air permeability of new UK dwellings
Jenny Crawley, Phillip Biddulph, Jez Wingfield, Minnie Ashdown, Robert Lowe, Cliff ElwellCompulsory airtightness testing was introduced for new dwellings in England and Wales in 2006 and in Scotland in 2010 to ensure that they are constructed according to…
Estimation of building heat transfer coefficients from in-use data: Impacts of unmonitored energy flows
Matthew Li, David Allinson, Kevin LomasThe purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of traditionally unmonitored energy sources and sinks on assessment of the as-built thermal performance of occupied…
Characterising the airtightness of dwellings: Its improvement over time and relationship to construction technique
Minnie M.A. Ashdown, Jenny Crawley, Phillip Biddulph, Jez Wingfield, Robert Lowe, Clifford A. ElwellThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the distribution of dwelling airtightness test results for a developer, between 2007 and 2011. The changes in airtightness test…
Assessing building performance in residential buildings using BIM and sensor data
Kay Rogage, Adrian Clear, Zaid Alwan, Tom Lawrence, Graham KellyBuildings and their use is a complex process from design to occupation. Buildings produce huge volumes of data such as building information modelling (BIM), sensor (e.g…
Post-occupancy evaluation of research and academic laboratory facilities
Mohammad A. Hassanain, Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire, Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud, Wahhaj AhmedThe purpose of this paper is to present the post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of academic and research laboratory facilities. This is based on the premise that the…
Concrete conservation: outstanding challenges and potential ways forward
Susan Macdonald, Ana Paula Arato GoncalvesThe purpose of this paper is to present current challenges in concrete conservation and how the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) is responding to these challenges. The…
Deep renovation of historic buildings: The IEA-SHC Task 59 path towards the lowest possible energy demand and CO2 emissions
Daniel Herrera-Avellanosa, Franziska Haas, Gustaf Leijonhufvud, Tor Brostrom, Alessia Buda, Valeria Pracchi, Amanda Laurel Webb, Walter Hüttler, Alexandra TroiImproving the energy performance of historic buildings has the potential to reduce carbon emissions while protecting built heritage through its continued use. However…
Assessment of energy performance using bottom-up method: Exemplified by multi-storey buildings in Tlemcen (Algeria)
Khadidja El-Bahdja Djebbar, Souria Salem, Abderrahmane MokhtariThe purpose of this paper is to analyze energy performance of the multi-storey buildings built in the city of Tlemcen between 1872 and 2016.
BIM in the Saudi Arabian construction industry: state of the art, benefit and barriers
Abdullah Al-Yami, Muizz O. Sanni-AnibireAlthough there is a boom in the construction industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), it is yet to fully adopt building information modeling (BIM), which has…
ISSN:
2398-4708Renamed from:
Structural SurveyOnline date, start – end:
2017Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Mark Shelbourn
- Prof David Proverbs
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