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Gatis Zogla - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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energy performance of historical Brick Buildings in northern climate zone
Energy Procedia, 2015Co-Authors: Kristaps Kass, Andra Blumberga, Gatis ZoglaAbstract:Abstract Historic Buildings are considered to be one of the precious gems of Europe, which defines its character and rich cultural heritage. Therefore historical Buildings with historical significance must be valued and preserved. The climate conditions to which Buildings are subjected may deteriorate their structural elements therefore reducing their life span. As there are several types of historic building structural elements, there are also several types of possible solutions for historical building structural element protection from further deterioration. Also there is a necessity to assess current heat energy consumption in historical Buildings to develop each specific case tailored energy efficiency improvement and facade protection measures. Therefore there is a necessity for historical building typology development, to distinguish different historical building structural elements with similar properties which may have similar measures for building envelope protection and heat energy reduction. This research focuses on historic Brick building heat energy consumption analysis to define benchmarks and to analyse the influence of various different building material characteristics on historic building heat energy consumption.
Andra Blumberga - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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energy performance of historical Brick Buildings in northern climate zone
Energy Procedia, 2015Co-Authors: Kristaps Kass, Andra Blumberga, Gatis ZoglaAbstract:Abstract Historic Buildings are considered to be one of the precious gems of Europe, which defines its character and rich cultural heritage. Therefore historical Buildings with historical significance must be valued and preserved. The climate conditions to which Buildings are subjected may deteriorate their structural elements therefore reducing their life span. As there are several types of historic building structural elements, there are also several types of possible solutions for historical building structural element protection from further deterioration. Also there is a necessity to assess current heat energy consumption in historical Buildings to develop each specific case tailored energy efficiency improvement and facade protection measures. Therefore there is a necessity for historical building typology development, to distinguish different historical building structural elements with similar properties which may have similar measures for building envelope protection and heat energy reduction. This research focuses on historic Brick building heat energy consumption analysis to define benchmarks and to analyse the influence of various different building material characteristics on historic building heat energy consumption.
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thermal insulation alternatives of historic Brick Buildings in baltic sea region
Energy and Buildings, 2014Co-Authors: Jurgis Zagorskas, Marija Burinskienė, Andra Blumberga, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Zenonas Turskis, Dagnija BlumbergaAbstract:The growth in building refurbishment works is creating a demand for suitable materials, retrofitting techniques and research. The differences between refurbishment of new-build projects and historical or valuable Buildings are insufficiently recognized – mostly the Buildings without further cultural preservation requirements are studied. This article covers the theme of retrofitting the historical Buildings, when due to the valuable facade or other heritage preservation requirements only the inside insulation is allowed. The problems of moisture in Brick wall construction, loosing space, etc. are discussed and method for selecting best insulation option is shown. The 5 modern insulation materials are selected, measurements are made and best alternative is found using TOPSIS method with grey numbers.
Jurgis Zagorskas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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thermal insulation alternatives of historic Brick Buildings in baltic sea region
Energy and Buildings, 2014Co-Authors: Jurgis Zagorskas, Marija Burinskienė, Andra Blumberga, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Zenonas Turskis, Dagnija BlumbergaAbstract:The growth in building refurbishment works is creating a demand for suitable materials, retrofitting techniques and research. The differences between refurbishment of new-build projects and historical or valuable Buildings are insufficiently recognized – mostly the Buildings without further cultural preservation requirements are studied. This article covers the theme of retrofitting the historical Buildings, when due to the valuable facade or other heritage preservation requirements only the inside insulation is allowed. The problems of moisture in Brick wall construction, loosing space, etc. are discussed and method for selecting best insulation option is shown. The 5 modern insulation materials are selected, measurements are made and best alternative is found using TOPSIS method with grey numbers.
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energetic refurbishment of historic Brick Buildings problems and opportunities
Scientific Journal of Riga Technical University. Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2013Co-Authors: Jurgis Zagorskas, Gražvydas Mykolas Paliulis, Marija Burinskienė, Jūratė VenckauskaitėAbstract:Building standards for energy effectiveness are increasing constantly and the market follows these changes by constructing new Buildings in accordance with standards and refurbishment of the existing housing stock. Comprehensive trends in European construction market show tremendous increase in building retrofit works. It can be predicted that after the end of this decade, more than half of the construction works in European cities will be taking place in existing Buildings, pushing the construction of new Buildings to a less important role. Such a growth in building refurbishment works is creating a demand for suitable materials, retrofitting techniques and research. The differences between refurbishment of new-build projects and historical or valuable Buildings are insufficiently recognized - mostly the Buildings without further cultural preservation requirements are studied. This article covers the theme of refurbishment measures in historical Buildings - the specific measures like inside insulation which are allowed due to the valuable facade or other heritage preservation requirements. An overview of other innovative methods for energy saving in existing Buildings and their potential is given. In cities of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) among other historical tracks the traces of the Hanseatic League clearly denominate. The "German Hanse" greatly influenced the development of BSR towns starting from the XIV century leaving its footprint of characteristic red Brick Buildings in the cities of most BSR countries. (6) Most remaining historic Buildings today have mortar construction and authentic facades and decorative elements which are listed amongst valuable characteristic traits of the Buildings and have to be preserved. From the other side, historic Buildings were built in times when energy performance standards of the Buildings and the lifestyles of inhabitants were not as challenging as today. People used natural wood or coal heating systems, they were used to colder temperatures during the winter season and their understanding of comfort was different from modern understanding. This creates the need to retrofit historic Buildings to suite modern standards. From the great oil crisis in the 1960-ies, the standards for building energy performance were raised constantly and the gap between existing previously built and newly constructed Buildings was increasing also (Fig. 1).
Kristaps Kass - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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energy performance of historical Brick Buildings in northern climate zone
Energy Procedia, 2015Co-Authors: Kristaps Kass, Andra Blumberga, Gatis ZoglaAbstract:Abstract Historic Buildings are considered to be one of the precious gems of Europe, which defines its character and rich cultural heritage. Therefore historical Buildings with historical significance must be valued and preserved. The climate conditions to which Buildings are subjected may deteriorate their structural elements therefore reducing their life span. As there are several types of historic building structural elements, there are also several types of possible solutions for historical building structural element protection from further deterioration. Also there is a necessity to assess current heat energy consumption in historical Buildings to develop each specific case tailored energy efficiency improvement and facade protection measures. Therefore there is a necessity for historical building typology development, to distinguish different historical building structural elements with similar properties which may have similar measures for building envelope protection and heat energy reduction. This research focuses on historic Brick building heat energy consumption analysis to define benchmarks and to analyse the influence of various different building material characteristics on historic building heat energy consumption.
Hirohide Kobayashi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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post disaster building repair and retrofit in a disaster prone historical village in china a case study in shangli sichuan
International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2016Co-Authors: Kenji Okazaki, Chiho Ochiai, Hirohide KobayashiAbstract:Abstract The aim of this paper is twofold: to investigate people's response on building repair and retrofit, and to identify the impediments of limited response in a case historical village Shangli located in disaster-prone mountainous area. The conclusions are as follows. Firstly, the local people were unsatisfied with the limited disaster resistance of their Buildings. However, their repair and retrofit activities were limited. Three-quarters of the damaged Buildings were not repaired or just partly repaired. Moreover, disaster-resistant retrofit was not seriously considered; two-thirds of the Buildings were simply reinforced, mostly by the owners in the process of repair. Secondly, the Buildings built before 1981, the wooden and wooden–Brick Buildings, and those severely damaged, were repaired less, comparing with Buildings built after 1980, modern building types of confined-Brick and reinforced concrete, and slightly or moderately damaged Buildings. Thirdly, the impediments to the repair and retrofit activities were limited access to building technology, the administrative licensing problem, and impediment to decision-making due to property right subdivision. Fourthly, the repair activities on the Buildings built before 1981 were particularly impeded by the administrative licensing problem.