A guide for monitoring the effects of climate change on heritage building materials and elements

Mahdjoubi, Lamine; Hawas, Soheir; Fitton, Richard; Dewidar, Khaled; Nagy, Gehan; Marshall, Alex; Alzaatreh, Ammar; Abdelhady, Esraa

Abstract

This report is concerned with advanced tools and methods for monitoring the effects of climate change in buildings. It addresses the expected changes, the effects on the fabric of a heritage building, and the mechanisms of deterioration. This will be addressed only using the data and measurements that is being collected as part of the HBIM process.

This report was produced as a part of a Newton Fund-sponsored research project 'Heritage Building Information Modelling and Smart Heritage Buildings Performance Measurements for Sustainability'

• Report Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Aug 30, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 27, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 27, 2017
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: HBIM, heritage, climate change, heritage buildings, architecture, data collection, instrumentation
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/882571
• Contract Date: Sep 27, 2017