Hygrothermal Behaviour of Cultural Heritage and Climate Changes
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 18817
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Cultural heritage; preventive conservation; hygrothermal behaviour; building simulation; indoor air quality; thermal comfort; building physics
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Interests: energy efficiency in buildings; thermal comfort; indoor air quality; hygrothermal behaviour; preventive conservation; cultural heritage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are inviting submissions to the Special Issue on “Hygrothermal Behaviour of Cultural Heritage and Climate Changes”.
Cultural heritage plays a major role in societies as a symbol of their past. Its conservation is a challenge to safeguard their identity and to ensure cultural diversity in a continuously changing world.
The 21st century has brought new concerns and currently, in addition to issues related to conservation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality, there is an urgent need to ensure the sustainability of buildings and assess the impact of climate change on all these factors. This complex balance can only be achieved with the involvement of all stakeholders and studying the actual and future needs of cultural heritage.
Authors are encouraged to publish their original theoretical and/or experimental research on hygrothermal behaviour of build cultural heritage, climate monitoring campaigns, simulations, preventive conservation, building rehabilitation, energy efficiency, climate control strategies, thermal comfort and indoor air quality, climate changes and sustainability.
Interdisciplinary studies and papers that incorporate more than one topic or more than one methodology (e.g., experimental, modelling, analysis, and optimization) are encouraged. Review papers are also welcomed.
Dr. Hugo Entradas Silva
Dr. Luísa Dias Pereira
Prof. Dr. Luís G. Baltazar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cultural heritage
- preventive conservation
- climate monitoring
- hygrothermal behaviour
- risk analysis
- simulation
- rehabilitation
- energy efficiency
- sustainability
- impact of climate changes on cultural heritage
- indoor air quality
- thermal comfort
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