Bertolin, C and Berto, F (2024) Sustainable management of heritage buildings in long-term perspective (symbol): Current knowledge and further research needs. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 42(1), pp. 1-17. ISSN 23984708
Abstract
Purpose: This article introduces the Special Issue on Sustainable Management of Heritage Buildings in long-term perspective. Design/methodology/approach: It starts by reviewing the gaps in knowledge and practice which led to the creation and implementation of the research project SyMBoL—Sustainable Management of Heritage Buildings in long-term perspective funded by the Norwegian Research Council over the 2018–2022 period. The SyMBoL project is the motivation at the base of this special issue. Findings: The editorial paper briefly presents the main outcomes of SyMBoL. It then reviews the contributions to the Special Issue, focussing on the connection or differentiation with SyMBoL and on multidisciplinary findings that address some of the initial referred gaps. Originality/value: The article shortly summarizes topics related to sustainable preservation of heritage buildings in time of reduced resources, energy crisis and impacts of natural hazards and global warming. Finally, it highlights future research directions targeted to overcome, or partially mitigate, the above-mentioned challenges, for example, taking advantage of no sestructive techniques interoperability, heritage building information modelling and digital twin models, and machine learning and risk assessment algorithms.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adaptive re-use; building energy retrofit; climate change; editorial paper; historic and heritage buildings; integrated computational tools; machine learning; microclimate; risk assessment; stave churches; sustainable management |
| Index terms: | implementation, interoperability, risk assessment, microclimate, sustainable management, information modelling, editorial, re-use, digital twin, differentiation, machine learning, climate change, methodology, heritage building, motivation, global warming, natural hazard |
| Subjects: | digital engineering, organization, research dissemination and communication, construction type, climate science, psychology, artificial intelligence, contractual arrangements, research methods, digital design, financial risk, health safety and environment, systems and processes, environmental hazards |
| Topics: | Digital Applications, Human Resources, Organizational Design, Cost Management, Health and Safety, Research Practice, Construction Technology, Procurement, Sustainability |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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