Excessive and fluctuating indoor air quality (IAQ) leads to destruction of historical buildings.
Regenerated commercial historic buildings are generally fitted with heating, ventilation, and …

Historically granite is one of the most applied building materials worldwide. Building stones
should accomplish several properties required by different testing materials standards. Salt …

The structure of historic buildings and the materials used in their construction, along with
outdoor conditions, affect indoor temperature and humidity. The walls of San Juan Bautista …

Regenerated commercial heritage buildings employ heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning (HVAC) systems that significantly increase their energy consumption …

This work introduces the notion of salt climatology. It shows how climate affects salt
thermodynamic and the potential to relate long-term salt damage to climate types. It mainly …

A laboratory experiment on salt weathering was carried out under changing humidity
conditions. Three types of rock (tuff and dense and porous sandstone) with sodium chloride …

The indoor environment and its natural dynamics in small Spanish historical churches such
as the studied here depend on the variations of outdoor climate and the moisture dynamics …

Deliquescence is a first-order phase transition, happening when a salt absorbs water vapor.
This has a major impact on the stability of crystalline powders that are important for example …

Conservation of historic churches' interior artistic and architectural heritage may be severely
compromised by heating systems that alter indoor microclimatic stability. The modern …

Volcanic tuffs are widely used in the Armenian architecture and represent building stones of
the country's most precious cultural heritage sites. For the very first time, extensive …