Effects of climate change on rendered façades: expected degradation in a progressively warmer and drier climate—a review based on the literature

J Barrelas, A Silva, J de Brito, A Tadeu - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change could have a significant impact on buildings if its effects are not properly
recognized. The consequences of climate action should be considered at the design and …

Nanomineralogy of mortars and ceramics from the Forum of Caesar and Nerva (Rome, Italy): The protagonist of black crusts produced on historic buildings

MLS Oliveira, EMM Flores, GL Dotto, A Neckel… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent focus of the impacts of atmospheric pollution on effective conservation methods
for historic structures of great cultural heritage has been shown to be of critical importance …

Degradação de fachadas revestidas em argamassas nos edifícios de Brasília, Brasil

E Bauer, JS Souza, LMG Mota - Ambiente Construído, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
A incidência de agentes de degradação sobre os edifícios é responsável pela origem de
mecanismos de degradação que levam ao desenvolvimento de anomalias, as quais …

Uncertainty in building inspection and diagnosis: A probabilistic model quantification

C Pereira, A Silva, C Ferreira, J de Brito, I Flores-Colen… - Infrastructures, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the field of building inspection and diagnosis, uncertainty is common and surveyors are
aware of it, although it is not easily measured. This research proposes a model to quantify …

Application of the DEMATEL approach to analyse the root causes of building defects

S Shooshtarian, AT Gurmu, MN Mahmood - Quality & Quantity, 2024 - Springer
Building defects are a common phenomenon in the construction industry. The negative
consequences of building defects are not limited to waste generation or low resource …

The impact of demographical, geographical and climatological factors on building defects in Belgium

N Van Den Bossche, A Blommaert… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Quality failures in the design and construction process can entail significant delays
and costs. Databases of building defects have proven to be useful for drawing conclusions …

[HTML][HTML] Thermography evaluation of defect characteristics of building envelopes in urban villages in Guangzhou, China

Z Li, Y Jin, X Liang, J Zeng - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In many cities, the building envelope is deteriorating and aging. Understanding the defect
characteristics of the envelope is essential to increasing the safety of the house and …

Sustaining modern heritage buildings: visual defect categorisation guides for the general condition survey of rendered-painted facades

DY Ertemir, E Edis - International Journal of Building Pathology and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Regular inspection and maintenance is recommended to preserve and sustain built
cultural heritage. Systematising inspection processes and knowledge on defects, and …

Harmonised classification of the causes of defects in a global inspection system: Proposed methodology and analysis of fieldwork data

C Pereira, J de Brito, JD Silvestre - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This research results from the development of a global inspection system based on previous
studies about individual expert inspection systems for 12 types of elements/materials of the …

Mastering complexity for indoor inspection drone development

E Razafimahazo, P De Saqui-Sannes… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drones have successfully been used for many outdoor uses, notably inspection of buildings.
Using drones for indoor inspection of buildings raises new design challenges, in particular …