Climate change will affect the indoor temperature of historic buildings, impacting the
preservation of artworks and the thermal comfort of users, and possibly leading to increased …

Artefacts are prone to various types of decay depending on the indoor conditions of the
building in which they are kept. Moreover, due to climate changes, the indoor climate of …

Historic artefacts must be properly preserved if they are to be transmitted to future
generations. Indeed, several methodologies and guidelines that aim to safeguard artefacts …

Indoor microclimate and energy performance analyses of historic buildings require tailored
methodologies, because of their complexities, eg presence of artworks, lack of documents or …

Heritage buildings and the precious artworks contained therein, represent inestimable
cultural and artistic evidence from the past that must be properly preserved for future …

Churches, chapels and other places of worship are a major part of European cultural
heritage which modern society has decided should be preserved for future generations. The …

Climate change is expected to have a severe impact on cultural heritage in the future. This
study presents the methodology developed during the FP7 project Climate for Culture, of …

Heritage preservation presents uncertainties in the global warming context. Both predicting
the performance of environmental variables within the built environment and assessing the …

The proper simulation of the hygrothermal behaviour of historical buildings is a challenging
task with several implications regarding the evaluation of indoor thermal comfort and the …

In the last few decades, an increasing attention has been paid to the enhancement of energy
performance and indoor comfort conditions of historical buildings, where the architectural …