16:00 Building Refurbishment: Strategies, Technologies, Performance
Chair: Steve Burroughs, University of South Australia
Strategies for the refurbishment of landmarked post-war façades
- Starting point: Resources of landmarked post-war buildings
- Strategic refurbishment of façades from the 1950s and 1960s
- Structural stability, damages, functionality, and contemporary building culture Spiegel-Hochhaus
Florian Mähl, osd GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt, Germany
Double skin suitable for Mediterranean climate in school gym buildings
- Dry system for building renovation
- Reducing energy consumption with bio-climate architecture
- Envelope performance of public building
Margherita Finamore, Municipality of Pesaro, Italy
Villa Castelli: architectural heritage and energy efficiency
- Listed existing building turned into nZEB
- 20cm of hygroscopic material as internal insulation
- Dynamic simulation to solve complex connection
Barbara Wörndle, Solarraum, Bolzano, Italy
Improving performance of existing buildings through engineered skins in deep renovation interventions
- Holistic building renovation in urban peripheries
- Energy and structural retrofit with engineered advanced building skins
- Life cycle approach for the additional skin
Chiara Passoni, Università di Bergamo, Dalmine, Italy
Retrofitting skylights: thermal transference through large rooftop penetrations
- Preservation of energy efficiency through large roof openings
- Daylighting, passive solar design, roof assembly design, materiality
- Case studies on energy loss and preservation
Kristel Bethel, Amtech Solutions, Dallas, USA
Integrating efficient technologies in building envelopes
- Energy retrofitting and add-ons in existing buildings
- User-oriented technologies
- Seismic improvement by façade additions
Annarita Ferrante, University of Bologna, Italy
Brief Presentations
Design methodology and computational tools for eco-adaptive building skins
Davide Ventura, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
17:30 End of Conference Day 1