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Building Renovation

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89836-6

ISBN: 978-3-030-89835-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2022

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Chapter 1Building Renovation Opportunity

Grecchi, Manuela

Pages: 1 –9

[The urgency of climate change and all the problems related to the excessive use of energy force a reorganisation of the process which is interested in the reuse of the existing building stock. Building refurbishment and adaptive reuse are often confusing terms, but in reality they point to...
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Chapter 2Building Renovation Process

Grecchi, Manuela

Pages: 11 –34

[To properly plan for building reuse, it is necessary to identify a process capable of driving all subsequent actions to achieve the best possible solution. The first fundamental step is a thorough preliminary study of the building and its context to gather various types of information. The more...
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Chapter 3Building Adaptive Reuse

Grecchi, Manuela

Pages: 35 –51

[Adaptive reuse of old buildings has become an increasingly common feature of urban regeneration; reuse of historic buildings should also incorporate energy efficiency, low carbon emissions, improved environmental performance, economic sustainability and cultural identity. Many current buildings...
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Chapter 4Industrial Heritage: Sustainable Adaptive Reuse

Grecchi, Manuela

Pages: 53 –69

[The adaptive reuse of abandoned industrial heritage plays a strategic role that not only affects buildings but can also stimulate a renewal process in large urban areas. The typical decay of many suburbs, which experienced a great development in the period of the Industrial Revolution, has...
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Chapter 5Building Technical Upgrade

Grecchi, Manuela

Pages: 71 –106

[Before starting a renovation project, a careful analysis of the building's characteristics is necessary. Knowledge of the specific building technologies and their critical details will help to better identify the causes of deterioration and possible remedies. Typically, a renovation project...
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Chapter 6Energy Retrofit of Suburban Districts: An Opportunity for Social Regeneration

Grecchi, Manuela

Pages: 107 –122

[Residential construction is the largest segment and accounts for 75% of the building stock in the EU-27, of which 36% is multi-family. It is generally accepted that the building sector is one of the largest energy consumers in Europe and residential buildings are responsible for the majority of...

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